Staffing agencies: registration.

Existing law requires a person engaged in certain businesses to register with the Labor Commissioner, as provided. This bill would require a staffing agency to annually register with the commissioner. The bill would prohibit the commissioner from registering or renewing a registration, unless the staffing agency satisfies certain conditions, including submitting an application to the commissioner for registration or renewal of registration and providing the commissioner proof of a current workers compensation policy, as provided. If the commissioner finds that the staffing agency does not have a current worker's compensation insurance, the bill would require the commissioner to notify the Director of Industrial Relations of that matter. The bill would also require the commissioner to post a specified list of registered staffing agencies on the internet website of the Department of Industrial Relations. The bill would prohibit a business from using the services of a staffing agency without verifying that the staffing agency is registered pursuant to these provisions. The bill would authorize a registered staffing agency to bring an action against an unregistered staffing agency or a business that uses the services of a staffing agency without verifying that the staffing agency is registered, as provided. The bill would authorize the commissioner to promulgate regulations and rules necessary to carry out these provisions.