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Bill would require 120-day notice and 5-year grant ineligibility for call-center offshoring
Summary
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5,459 would require certain call center employers (50+ employees) to notify the Employment Security Department 120 days before relocating operations to a foreign country, bar such employers from state grants or loans for five years after moving (with limited waivers), and require state contracted call-center services to be performed in the U.S.; labor witnesses urged support to protect local jobs.
Ben McCarthy, committee staff, summarized Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5,459, which has three main elements: (1) a requirement that covered call center employers provide Employment Security Department (ESD) notice at least 120 days prior to relocating call center operations to a foreign country; (2) a five-year ineligibility period for state grants…
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