AB 14

Current law

House-to-house employment of minors

Under current law, no person may employ, offer to employ, or recruit a minor

to sell goods or services from house-to-house (house-to-house street trades) without

obtaining a house-to-house employer certificate from the Department of Workforce

Development (DWD). A person may obtain a house-to-house employer certificate

by submitting an application to DWD that contains certain information required

under current law, including documentation proving that the person has the ability

to pay any compensation owed to a minor employee, which proof may be in the form

of a bond, certificate of deposit, escrow account, or irrevocable letter of credit in an

amount of at least $5,000 (proof of financial responsibility). If the applicant

establishes proof of financial responsibility and if DWD is satisfied that the applicant

will comply with the laws relating to house-to-house street trades, DWD must issue

a house-to-house employer certificate, which is valid for a 12-month period.

When a minor applies for a job in house-to-house street trades, the

house-to-house employer must inform the minor in writing of the terms and

conditions of employment, including the compensation to be paid, the time and

manner of payment of compensation, the number of days per week and hours per day

that the minor would be required to conduct house-to-house street trades, the

nature and frequency of required employment-related meetings and how

compensation is paid for attendance at those meetings, whether and how the

employer provides transportation, and the expenses that the minor would be

required to pay. A house-to-house employer may change those terms and conditions

by a supplemental document in writing, if the change applies prospectively only.

DWD may suspend or revoke a house-to-house employer certificate if the

employer submits false information in the application, fails to notify DWD of any

change in that information within 30 days after the change occurs, fails to comply

with the terms and conditions of a written disclosure statement, fails to maintain

proof of financial responsibility, or fails to comply with the laws relating to

house-to-house street trades.

The bill

Traveling sales crews

Certificate of registration

This bill regulates traveling sales crews, which the bill defines as two or more

individuals who are employed as salespersons or in related support work, who travel

together in a group, and who are absent overnight from their permanent residences

for the purpose of selling goods or services to consumers from house to house, on any

street, or in any other place that is open to the public.

Specifically, under the bill, a person may not employ, offer to employ, or

otherwise recruit an individual to work as a traveling sales crew worker without first