Maine Revised Statutes Title 26. Labor and Industry § 595. Hiring of workers during a labor dispute

A. The practice of receiving applicants for employment, conducting interviews of job applicants or performing medical examinations of job applicants at the worksite of an employer who is currently engaged in a labor dispute with that employer's employees tends to incite violence by bringing individuals who may be considered as replacements for workers to the physical focus of the labor dispute and by encouraging a direct confrontation between these individuals and the prior employees; and

B. The presence of persons carrying dangerous weapons near sites where applications for positions with an employer involved in a labor dispute are being accepted or where interviews of those job applicants are being conducted or medical examinations of those applicants are being performed creates an unacceptable risk of violence; and

C. The public safety requires the regulation of these practices to reduce the likelihood of violence.

A. Receiving persons for the purpose of soliciting or receiving applications for employment with the employer;

B. Conducting or having conducted interviews of applicants for employment with the employer; or

C. Performing or having performed medical examinations of applicants for employment with the employer.

A. The employer must notify the law enforcement agencies of the county and municipality in which the hiring activities will be conducted at least 10 days before commencing hiring activities.

B. An employee of the employer conducting hiring activities under this subsection and who is involved in the labor dispute, strike or lockout may not picket, congregate or in any way protest the hiring activities of the employer within 200 feet of the building or structure at which such activities are taking place. Violation of this paragraph is a Class E crime.

A. A person holding a valid permit to carry a concealed handgun is not exempt from this subsection.

B. A security guard is exempt from this subsection to the extent that federal laws or rules required the security guard to be armed with a dangerous weapon at such a site.

C. A public law enforcement officer is exempt from this subsection while on active duty in the public service.

D. A security guard employed by an employer involved in a labor dispute, strike or lockout may be present at the location where applications for employment with the employer will be accepted, interviews of those applicants conducted or medical examinations of those applicants performed to the extent permitted under Title 32, chapter 93.  1 Nothing in this section may be construed to extend or limit in any way the restrictions placed upon the location of private security guards under Title 32, chapter 93.