Reference is to Printer's Date 2/3/12.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION at the end to read:
/ SECTION ( ). Chapter 1, Title 41 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 41-1-12.
(A) For the purposes of this
section:
(1)
'Department' means the Department of Labor, Licensing and
Regulation;
(2)
'NLRA' or 'Act' means the National Labor Relations
Act;
(3)
'NLRB' means the National Labor Relations Board; and
(4)
'PDF' or 'portable document format' means a file format
created for document exchange with a fixed-layout format in a
manner independent of the recipient's application software,
hardware, and operating system.
(B)(1) An employer
required by the National Labor Relations Board to post notice
regarding an employee's rights under the National Relations
Labor Act also shall post notice of other related employee
rights, including the right of an employee to:
(a)
be treated as an individual chosen for his unique
abilities and skills to be a member of his employer's team
rather than to be valued based on his seniority within the
organization;
(b)
decline membership in a union, noting that in this State a
person:
(i)
cannot be required to join or pay
fees to a union as a condition of employment;
(ii)
is free to refuse to become a part of a union; and
(iii)
has the right to withhold payments to a union for anything
other than fees for actual representation;
(c)
seek decertification of a union of which the employee is a
member, noting that the employer may not encourage or help with
this decertification; and
(d)
know how a union of which the employee is a member spends
money obtained through union dues, including his right to obtain
and review a copy of an LM-2 form provided by his union and his
right to notify the United States Department of Labor if his
union does not timely provide this form.
(2)
The department shall promulgate regulations specifying the
requirements of a poster providing notice required under item
(1). This poster must be of dimensions, colors, font sizes, and
font styles identical to those of the notice posting required by
the NLRB.
(3)
The department shall make the poster provided under item
(2) available in a portable document format to the public for
downloading and printing at no charge.
(3)
An employer shall post the notice required under this
section within two inches from the right side of the notice
posting required by the NLRB and at the same level as the
posting required by the NLRB." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.