§ 31-10-1522 — Employer's unlawful acts

(1) It is unlawful for any employer,
whether corporation, association, company, firm, or person, or any officer or agent
of such employer:

(a) To refuse any of his employees the privilege of taking time off to vote as
provided in section 31-10-603; or

(b) To influence the vote of any employee by force, violence, or restraint, or
by inflicting or threatening to inflict any injury, damage, harm, or loss, or by
discharging from employment, or by promoting in employment; or

(c) To enclose, in paying his employees the salary or wages due them, their
pay in pay envelopes upon which there are written or printed any political mottoes,
devices, or arguments containing threats, expressed or implied, intended or
calculated to control the political opinions, views, or actions of such employees; or

(d) To put up or otherwise exhibit, within ninety days prior to any municipal
election, in his factory, workshop, mine, mill, office, or other establishment or place
where his employees may be working or be present in the course of such
employment any handbill, notice, or placard containing any threat, notice, or
information that, in case any particular candidate is elected or issue is carried, work
in his place or establishment will cease in whole or in part or the wages of his
employees be reduced or containing any other threats, expressed or implied,
intended or calculated to control the political opinions or actions of his employees;
or

(e) To either expressly or by implication threaten, intimidate, influence,
induce, or compel any employee to vote or refrain from voting for any particular
person or issue in any municipal election or to refrain from voting at any municipal
election.

(2) Each offense mentioned in subsection (1) of this section is a class 1
misdemeanor.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1073, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3253, � 525, effective March 1, 2022.