05/08/2024 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

                  HB  88-WAREHOUSE WORK QUOTAS                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:49:41 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN announced  the consideration of CS  FOR HOUSE BILL                                                               
NO.  88(L&C) "An  Act relating  to work  quotas for  employees at                                                               
warehouse distribution  centers; and  providing for  an effective                                                               
date."                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:50:16 PM                                                                                                                    
RYAN MCKEE,  Staff, Representative George Rauscher,  Alaska State                                                               
Legislature,  Juneau, Alaska,  said HB  88, the  Warehouse Worker                                                               
Protection  Act   was  designed   to  provide   transparency  for                                                               
warehouse and  logistic workers  when they agree  to a  pay scale                                                               
based on a  quota or production goal. HB 88  was also designed to                                                               
provide   protections  for   workers  against   counterproductive                                                               
methods employers [implement,  but] miss the mark on  to speed up                                                               
production and save on costs.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
1:50:53 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN  opened public testimony  on HB 88;  finding none,                                                               
he closed public testimony.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:52:18 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  DUNBAR  moved  to  adopt Amendment  1,  work  order  33-                                                               
LS0516\B.3, to CSHB 88 (L&C):                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
[Original punctuation included.}                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                 33-LS0516\B.3                                                                  
                                                   A. Radford                                                                   
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                          AMENDMENT 1                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     OFFERED IN THE SENATE                    BY SENATOR DUNBAR                                                                 
          TO:  CSHB 88(L&C)                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, line 9:                                                                                                            
          Delete "200"                                                                                                          
          Insert "100"                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:52:37 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN objected for purposes of discussion.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:52:40 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR DUNBAR  explained that Amendment  1 (B.3) changes  200 to                                                               
100 in  [HB 88 page  1,] line 9.  He said HB  88 was a  good bill                                                               
with good  protections, and that  it was  his intent to  have the                                                               
bill apply to more warehouses in Alaska.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:53:29 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN removed his objection.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:53:38 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN found  no further objection and  Amendment 1 (B.3)                                                               
was adopted.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:54:06 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BJORKMAN held HB 88, as amended in committee.