Success Stories

Some of our most recent successes has had a significant impact on our industry

1. 1. Through staffing companies coming together to take on local Texas governments, we were able to stand against the paid sick leave and win.
   2. We also stood against the federal vaccine mandate, and it was our argument that was reviewed by the Supreme Court and we defeated it.

If it’s a harmful bill, ordinance, or mandate, through our amazing affiliations and ability to work well together as staffing professionals we are able to have a seat at the table. We present ourselves to lawmakers as a professional, constructive and positive voice for the temporary staffing industry and the integrity of Texas business.

Details

Sec. 201.091. TOTAL AND PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT.
https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.201.htm#201.091
(f) For purposes of this subtitle, an individual who last worked for a temporary help firm is not considered to be unemployed until three business days have passed since the date the individual’s last assignment ended.
Source: House Bill 1745 (2005)

Sec. 207.045. VOLUNTARILY LEAVING WORK.
https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.207.htm#207.045
(h) A temporary employee of a temporary help firm is considered to have left the employee’s last work voluntarily without good cause connected with the work if the temporary employee does not contact the temporary help firm for reassignment on completion of an assignment. A temporary employee is not considered to have left work voluntarily without good cause connected with the work under this subsection unless the temporary employee has been advised:
1. that the temporary employee is obligated to contact the temporary help firm on completion of assignments; and
2. that unemployment benefits may be denied if the temporary employee fails to do so.
Source: Senate Bill 1251 (1993)

TAS was instrumental on all three of those enactments. Of all the changes I have seen in the unemployment insurance laws in Texas, there have been three that both specifically pertained to one industry and were also beneficial to that industry. All three of them are noted above, and they all had the involvement of TAS.

TAS also had one other notable success in the area of workers’ compensation law – Section 93.004 of the Texas Labor Code, which made it clear that in a temporary employment situation, both the staffing company and the client have the benefits and protections that go along with workers’ compensation coverage – see that statute at https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.93.htm#93.004. That provision was added in 2013.