Bill > S2644

This bill amends various laws related to collective bargaining dues and access to public employees. The key provisions are: 1. Exempting public employees' home addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers from being public records, with exceptions for employee organizations and certain other entities. 2. Allowing exclusive representative employee organizations to require non-members to pay for the reasonable costs and fees, including arbitrator and attorney fees, for grievances or arbitration brought at the non-member's request. 3. Limiting the duty of fair representation for exclusive representative employee organizations to the negotiation and enforcement of collective bargaining agreements, and allowing them to provide services and benefits only to their members. 4. Requiring public employers to provide access to employee organizations for meeting with employees, including newly hired employees, and to provide employee contact information to the exclusive representative. 5. Allowing payroll deductions for union dues or fees to be irrevocable for up to one year, and specifying the process for revoking such authorizations.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2644