H-8220

   Amend Senate File 2364, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 9, after line 33 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  26A.5  Employee rights during infectious disease emergencies.
   1.  For purposes of this section, “period of infectious disease emergency” means that period of time that a disease or virus determined to be life-threatening to a person exposed to the disease or virus has been declared a pandemic, epidemic, or public health emergency by the federal government, governor, or local public health authorities.
   2.  Except as prohibited by federal law, an employee performing work during a period of infectious disease emergency on a public improvement subject to a guaranteed maximum price contract shall have all of the following rights:
   a.  Any collective bargaining agreement entered into by employees performing work on a public improvement subject to a guaranteed maximum price contract shall not be modified or terminated by the employer, including pursuant to bankruptcy proceedings, unless the employer does so pursuant to the terms provided in the contract.
   b.  An employee shall have access to an employee representative upon request. An employee, employer, or employer representative shall not threaten, or discourage in any way, an employee from communicating with the employee representative.
   c.  An employee representative shall have access to the workplace to verify that proper safety protocols are being observed.
   d.  An employee representative may interview employees during their shift without the employer or an employer representative present. Such interviews shall be confidential. An employer shall not threaten an employee to coerce the employee into divulging the content of the conversation. 
   e.  An employer shall remain neutral in employee collective bargaining organizational efforts.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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HUNTER of Polk