Bill > H2040

This bill aims to protect the confidentiality of communications and information shared between labor organizations (i.e., unions) and their represented employees. The key provisions are: 1. Labor organizations and their agents cannot be compelled to disclose any confidential communications or information received from an employee while acting in a representative capacity, except in limited circumstances such as criminal proceedings, to prevent certain death or substantial bodily harm, or to prevent the employee from committing a crime, fraud, or a violation of a collective bargaining agreement. 2. The employee's privilege to keep such communications or information confidential continues even after the employee's employment or the representative relationship with the labor organization has ended. 3. The bill prohibits drawing adverse inferences based on a labor organization's refusal to disclose confidential communications or information, except as specified in the exceptions. The purpose of this bill is to maintain the confidentiality of the communications and information exchanged between labor organizations and their represented employees, in order to facilitate effective representation and address employee grievances.

Labor and Employment

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2040