1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 643 as follows:
1.2Renumber subdivisions accordingly
1.3Page 1, line 9, delete "Definition" and insert "Definitions" and delete everything
1.4after "the" and insert "purposes of sections 179.86 to 179.87: (1) "Employer" means"
1.5Page 1, line 10, delete "employer" and insert "any person or business entity having
1.625 or more employees" and before the period insert "; and (2) "meatpacking industry"
1.7means business operations in which slaughtering, butchering, meat canning, meat packing,
1.8meat manufacturing, poultry canning, poultry packing, poultry manufacturing, pet
1.9food manufacturing, processing of meatpacking products, or rendering is carried on.
1.10Meatpacking products includes livestock and poultry products"
1.11Page 1, line 15, after "restroom" insert "and meal" and after "breaks" insert "as
1.12required under chapter 177, United States Code Title 29, Chapter 15, and United States
1.13Code, Title 42, Chapter 126, or a valid collective bargaining agreement"
1.14Page 1, line 16, after "equipment" insert "and training"
1.15Page 1, line 17, after "equipment" insert "and training" and after the period insert
1.16"An employer must make ongoing skill development and training opportunities, including
1.17supervisory training, available to employees."
1.18Page 1, line 20, after "materials" insert "as required by state or federal law, or a valid
1.19collective bargaining agreement"
1.20Page 1, line 23, after "employee" insert "as required under chapter 181"
1.21Page 1, line 24, after "position" insert "as required under chapter 181"
1.22Page 1, line 25, after "policies" insert "as required under chapter 181 and United
1.23States Code, Title 29, Chapter 28"
1.24Page 2, line 1, after "policy" insert "as required under chapter 181, United States
1.25Code, Title 29, Chapter 201, or a valid collective bargaining agreement"
1.26Page 2, line 2, after "position" insert "as required under chapter 181 and 182 and
1.27United States Code, Title 29, Chapter 15"
2.1Page 2, line 6, after "collectively" insert "as required under chapters 177 and 179
2.2and United States Code, Title 29, Chapter 7"
2.3Page 2, line 7, after "workplace" insert "as required under chapters 181 and 182 and
2.4United States Code, Title 29, Chapter 15"
2.5Page 2, line 8, after "discrimination" insert "as required under chapters 179, 181,
2.6182, 363A and United States Code, Title 42, Chapter 21"
2.7Page 2, line 19, delete everything after "ombudsman"and insert "shall be an
2.8employee of the department. The ombudsman shall be appointed by the commissioner
2.9in consultation with the chair of the standing committee of the senate and house of
2.10representatives with jurisdiction over labor and employment issues in accordance with the
2.11preference established in subdivision 5 of this section."
2.12Page 2, line 22, delete "the following" and after "rights" insert "under section
2.13179.86" and delete the colon and insert a period
2.14Page 2, delete lines 23 to 32
2.15Page 3, line 5, delete "the Spanish language" and insert "languages in addition to
2.16English"
2.17Page 3, after line 9, insert:

2.18    "Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION.
2.19    $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of labor and
2.20industry in fiscal year 2008 and fiscal year 2009 for the operation of the meatpacking
2.21industry workers rights ombudsman under section 179.87."