Bill > H1939

This bill aims to protect the confidentiality of communications and information shared between labor organizations (unions) and their employees. The key provisions are: 1. Labor organizations and their agents cannot be compelled to disclose any confidential communications or information they receive from employees while acting in a representative capacity, except in certain limited circumstances, such as criminal proceedings or to prevent certain death/harm, or to prevent the employee from committing a crime, fraud, or violation of an agreement. 2. The employee's privilege to confidentiality continues even after the employee's employment or the labor organization's representation ends. 3. Labor organizations cannot be subject to adverse inferences based on their refusal to disclose confidential communications or information, except as explicitly allowed under the bill. The purpose of this bill is to maintain the confidentiality of employee-union communications and protect the ability of labor organizations to effectively represent their members.

Labor and Employment

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H1939