HB 338

Building service employees; transition period. Permits any locality to provide, by ordinance or resolution, for certain requirements concerning successor building service employers, defined in the bill. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor service employers retain incumbent service employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, building service employees are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, certain transportation services, and food preparation services. The bill provides that a building service employer who violates the provisions of a local ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to the bill may be subject to a civil action and monetary damages.