A bill requiring employers to provide employee contact and other information to unions is scheduled for a public hearing this week in the Senate. It was originally scheduled for a hearing last week but was rescheduled for this week.

The current version of HB 1200 requires public employers to provide certain employee information – including work and personal contact information, date of hire, salary, and jobsite location – to public employee unions. Employers have 21 days to provide information on new hires and must provide the same information again every 120 days for all employees in each bargaining unit. There is no provision for an employee to opt out of having their information shared.

Much of the employee information covered in the bill was already required to be shared with unions under current law, but current requirements don’t have as many formal deadlines or list what needs to be included – leaving that up to negotiation between the employer and union. AWC had concerns about the early bill drafts but was able to improve the bill in the House to contain more reasonable and attainable timelines for updating unions with employee information. The bill passed out of the House on a 56-41 vote on March 2.

Dates to remember

HB 1200 is scheduled for public hearing on Tuesday, March 21 in the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee at 10:30 am.