Maine § 26 §595 Hiring of workers during a labor dispute

Maine Statutes

§ 26 §595 — Hiring of workers during a labor dispute

Maine § 26 §595

Title 26LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Ch. 7EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 26, § 26 §595 (2026).

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1.Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that:

2.Purpose. The purpose of this section is to reduce the potential for violence during labor disputes by prohibiting certain provocative acts and imposing penalties for failure to obey this section.

3.Receiving job applicants at worksite prohibited. No employer may perform any of the following acts at any of that employer's plants, facilities, places of business or worksites where a labor dispute, strike or lockout involving the employees of that employer is in progress:

4.Hiring off-site permitted. An employer involved in a labor dispute, strike or lockout may perform hiring activities prohibited under subsection 3 at any site other than the employer's customary plants, facilities, places of business or worksites where a labor dispute

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1.
Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds that:
2.
Purpose.
The purpose of this section is to reduce the potential for violence during labor disputes by prohibiting certain provocative acts and imposing penalties for failure to obey this section.
3.
Receiving job applicants at worksite prohibited.
No employer may perform any of the following acts at any of that employer's plants, facilities, places of business or worksites where a labor dispute, strike or lockout involving the employees of that employer is in progress:
4.
Hiring off-site permitted.
An employer involved in a labor dispute, strike or lockout may perform hiring activities prohibited under subsection 3 at any site other than the employer's customary plants, facilities, places of business or worksites where a labor dispute, strike or lockout involving the employees of that employer is in progress.
5.
Dangerous weapons prohibited.
It is a Class D crime for any person, including, but not limited to, security guards and persons involved in a labor dispute, strike or lockout, to be armed with a dangerous weapon, as defined in Title 17‑A, section 2, subsection 9, at a site where applications for employment with an employer involved in a labor dispute, strike or lockout are being received or where interviews of those job applicants are being conducted or where medical examinations of those job applicants are being performed.