LD 1380
pg. 4
Page 3 of 10 An Act To Promote Safety and Fair Labor Practices for Forestry Workers Page 5 of 10
Download Bill Text
LR 266
Item 1

 
camps, 29 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 1910.142.__In
addition to such standards, each separate structure offered
under subsection 1 must have at least one clothes washing
machine and one clothes drying machine.

 
3.__Worker not required to reside in housing.__The employer
may not require a forestry worker to reside in housing
provided by the employer pursuant to this section.__If the
worker refuses an offer to reside in employer-provided housing
that meets the standards set forth in subsections 1 and 2, the
employer may require the worker to provide the worker's own
transportation to the work site or the employer-provided
housing, whichever is closer to the location of the
nonemployer-provided housing in which the worker lives.

 
4.__Transportation to town.__For a forestry worker residing
in housing provided by the employer pursuant to this section,
the employer shall make available transportation on at least a
weekly basis to a town sufficient in size to allow the worker
the opportunity to purchase food, clothing, toiletries and
other items, to do laundry and banking and to send money by
wire service.__The transportation is subject to the
protections set forth in section 643, must be provided at no
cost to the worker and must be offered at reasonable times and
with reasonable notice to the worker.__The employer must not
have a financial interest in any retail establishment to which
the worker is taken, and the employer must not derive
financial benefit from any transaction between the worker and
the retail establishment.

 
5.__Prohibition against unfair prices.__A person may not
sell to any forestry worker who resides in employer-provided
housing pursuant to this section any article, item, good or
service at a price that results in an unjust or unreasonable
profit.

 
A.__This subsection may be enforced by the Attorney
General, who in the event of an alleged or seeming
violation of this subsection is authorized to exercise all
the investigative powers provided in Title 10, section
1107 for violations of Title 10, sections 1105 and 1106.

 
B.__The Attorney General is also authorized to seek, for
violations of this subsection, all of the remedies
provided in Title 10, section 1107 for violations of Title
10, sections 1105 and 1106.

 
C.__This subsection may also be enforced by means of an
action pursuant to section 648, subsection 4.


Page 3 of 10 Top of Page Page 5 of 10