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a. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business as a construction labor provider without first having obtained a license from the department pursuant to this subchapter. Licenses issued pursuant to this subchapter shall be valid for no more than two years and expire on a date the commissioner prescribes by rule. A license to operate as a construction labor provider shall be granted in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and any rules promulgated by the commissioner thereunder.
b. There shall be a fee of $200 to apply for or renew a license issued under this subchapter.
c. In addition to an applicant's name, address, email address, corporate structure and ownership, the names of each principal and officer, and other information as the commissioner may require, an applicant for a license required by this section or renewal thereof shall furnish the following information:
1. If the applicant is a non-resident of the city, the name and address of a registered agent within the city upon whom process or other notifications may be served.
2. A signed statement certifying:
(a) Compliance with all laws, regulations and rules applicable to doing business as a construction labor provider;
(b) That the applicant has no outstanding final judgments or warrants against the applicant in any action arising out of a violation of this subchapter or any rules promulgated thereunder;
(c) That the applicant maintains a commercial general liability insurance policy in the amount of one million dollars per occurrence and two million dollars in the aggregate; and
(d) That the applicant maintains workers' compensation coverage, unemployment insurance, and disability insurance for covered construction workers employed by such applicant, in compliance with law;
3. For the renewal of such license, the following information on business operations:
(a) The total number of covered construction workers employed during the preceding license term;
(b) The average hourly rate of wage paid to covered construction workers, as of the date of application, disaggregated by workers' compensation classification code;
(c) Types and hourly value of supplemental benefits paid to covered construction workers, as of the date of application, disaggregated by workers' compensation classification code;
(d) The name of each third party client during the preceding license term; and
(e) The address of each site where covered construction workers worked during the preceding license term, disaggregated by third party client for whom the work was performed.
d. Denial, renewal, suspension and revocation of license. In addition to any powers of the commissioner and not in limitation thereof, the commissioner may deny or refuse to renew any license required under this subchapter and may suspend or revoke any such license, after due notice and opportunity to be heard, if it is found that:
1. The applicant has failed to satisfy any fine or civil penalty ordered against such applicant in a judicial or administrative proceeding arising out of a violation of this subchapter or chapter one of this title or any rules promulgated thereunder;
2. An entity to which the applicant is a successor has failed to satisfy any fine or civil penalty ordered against such entity in a judicial or administrative proceeding arising out of a violation of this subchapter or chapter one of this title or any rules promulgated thereunder;
3. The applicant failed to answer a summons, notice of violation, request for records, or subpoena, appear for a hearing, or provide truthful information or documentation to the commissioner in connection with the application or other request for information;
4. The applicant or an entity to which the applicant is a successor committed two or more violations of any provision of this subchapter, chapter one of this title, chapter five of title twenty of this code, or any rules promulgated thereunder in the preceding two years;
5. There has been a final determination of liability against the applicant in a civil, criminal or administrative action involving egregious or repeated nonpayment or underpayment of wages or other illegal acts or omissions bearing a direct relationship to the fitness of the applicant to conduct the business; or
6. The applicant failed to submit the records described in section 20-564.4 for inspection by the department.
(L.L. 2021/150, 12/11/2021, eff. 6/9/2022)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2021/150.
a. Notice of rights. Every construction labor provider shall provide to each covered construction worker, in English and in the language identified by each covered construction worker as the primary language of such worker, at the time of hiring, a written notice of the rights of covered construction workers prepared and provided by the commissioner. Such notice shall include information on minimum wage, overtime, safe and sick leave, health and safety in the workplace, protections against employment discrimination, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, and the rights to notices and to be free from retaliation under this subchapter.
b. Certification notice. Every construction labor provider shall provide to each applicant for employment as a covered construction worker a written notice of any legally required certifications, trainings or other designations required to be completed or acquired by a covered construction worker either:
1. As a condition of hire by such construction labor provider; or
2. As a condition of performing any task performed by other workers hired for roles that are substantially similar to the one for which the covered construction worker was hired by such construction labor provider, or that such construction labor provider should otherwise reasonably anticipate such covered construction worker would be asked to perform if employed by such construction labor provider for at least one year.
Such written notice shall be provided: (i) before such covered construction worker is asked to sign any employment contract with such provider or to otherwise agree to work for such provider, and (ii) anytime such requirements change, without undue delay. For any certification, training or other designation included on such notice, the construction labor provider shall disclose the expected cost of acquiring such certification, training or other designation, and whether such cost will be borne by such construction labor provider or such covered construction worker.
c. Notice of assignment.
1. For contracts offered by a third party client more than 24 hours prior to the requested time of dispatch, at least 24 hours prior to dispatching a covered construction worker to a worksite for a third party client a construction labor provider shall provide the covered construction worker with a notice in writing containing the following information in a form and manner approved by the commissioner:
(a) The name and business address of the third party client and any other entity responsible for supervising such covered construction worker's work during the assignment;
(b) The address of the worksite;
(c) The nature of the work to be performed and the types of equipment and protective clothing required for the assignment;
(d) The anticipated number of hours of work, per week, or if less than a week, by day;
(e) The anticipated duration of the assignment;
(f) The wages offered, including whether prevailing wages would be owed for work performed, and whether supplemental benefits, including but not limited to health insurance, retirement funds and insurance premiums, would be paid for by the construction labor provider, the third party client or another entity;
(g) The name of the party responsible for providing workers' compensation coverage for such covered construction worker and the insurance policy number covering such covered construction worker; and
(h) Whether a meal or equipment, or both, are provided, either by the construction labor provider or the third party client, and the expected cost to the covered construction worker of the meal and equipment, if any.
2. For contracts offered by a third party client less than 24 hours prior to the requested time of dispatch, a construction labor provider shall provide a notice of assignment to a covered construction worker within 72 hours. Where such assignment is completed prior to 72 hours from the requested time of dispatch, no such notice is required.
3. If any of the information required to be provided by paragraph one of this subdivision changes, such construction labor provider shall update such covered construction worker in writing within 24 hours of such construction labor provider being informed of the change.
d. Every construction labor provider shall provide to the third party client on each project for which covered construction workers have been contracted to work, and the owner of the property where work is being performed, as applicable, a copy of the information required by subdivisions a and c of this section, no later than seven days after the day on which such construction labor provider first dispatched a covered construction worker to a worksite for a third party client. Such construction labor provider shall additionally furnish such information upon such third party client's request at any time for the duration of the project. The third party client shall provide written acknowledgment of receipt of such information.
e. A construction labor provider shall notify, both by telephone and in writing, each covered construction worker it employs and each third party client with whom it has a contract within 24 hours of any denial, suspension or revocation of its license by the department.
f. A construction labor provider shall notify each covered construction worker it employs and each third party client with whom it has a contract of all final violations or penalties issued against such construction labor provider by the department or the office of administrative trials and hearings for violations of this subchapter, within 90 days of such issuance.
(L.L. 2021/150, 12/11/2021, eff. 6/9/2022)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2021/150.
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