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REFERENCE TITLE: labor representative; employee; privilege |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature First Regular Session 2013
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SB 1126 |
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Introduced by Senator Gallardo
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AN ACT
amending title 12, chapter 13, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 12-2240, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to privileged communications.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 12, chapter 13, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 12-2240, to read:
12-2240. Labor representative and employee; definitions
A. In a civil action, a labor representative shall not be examined as to any communication made to the labor representative by an employee or advice given by the labor representative to the employee in the course of representation of the employee in a grievance process.
B. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Employee" means a member of a collective bargaining unit of an employer with which a labor organization has a contract.
2. "Grievance process" means a process prescribed by a labor agreement to address a complaint by an employee that the employer has violated the labor agreement.
3. "Labor organization" means an organization, agency or employee representation committee or plan in which employees participate and that exists, in whole or in part, to deal with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment or other conditions of employment.
4. "Labor representative" means a member of a labor organization or any other person retained by a labor organization to represent an employee in a grievance process.