SB 539 – Creates a crime for employers who divulge certain personal information of employees and customers

• Sponsor: Chappelle-Nadal
• LR Number: 4105S.01I
• Committee: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
• Last Action: 1/5/2012 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
• Journal Page: S63
• Effective Date: August 28, 2012

Current Bill Summary

SB 539 - This act creates a Class B misdemeanor for employers who transmit an employee's or customer's name on a public address system or provides an employee's work schedule or personal information to another.

Employers are barred from evicting, harassing, dismissing, or retaliating against employees and patrons that have reported violations of the crime.

This act is identical to HB 1755 (2010), and SB 314 (2011).

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