Bill Text: PA HB1848 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for broadcast employee contracts; and providing for enforcement.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-09-19 - Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY [HB1848 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1848-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2371
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1848 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, D. COSTA, BISHOP, DALEY, DAVIS, FABRIZIO, HARPER, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, KAVULICH, KORTZ, KULA, PASHINSKI, PRESTON AND WATERS, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
AN ACT
Providing for broadcast employee contracts; and providing for
enforcement.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and shall be cited as the Broadcast
Employment Free Market Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Broadcast employee." An employee of a broadcast industry
employer, excluding sales and management employees.
"Broadcast industry employer." A television station and
network, radio station and network and cable station and network
and any associated broadcast entity.
Section 3. Prohibitions.
No broadcast industry employer may require, in any employment
contract, that a broadcast employee or prospective broadcast
employee:
(1) Refrain from obtaining employment in a specified
geographic area for a specific period of time after
termination of employment with that broadcast industry
employer.
(2) Disclose the terms of an offer of employment from
any other broadcast industry employer following the
expiration of the term of the employment contract.
Section 4. Contract void and unenforceable.
A contract that contains a provision prohibited under section
3 shall be void and unenforceable with respect to the provision.
Section 5. Violations.
Any person who violates the provisions of this act shall be
liable for attorney fees and court costs of the broadcast
employee in an action relating to the enforceability of an
employment contract between a broadcast employee and broadcast
industry employer.
Section 6. Applicability.
This act shall apply to contracts entered into on or after
the effective date of this section.
Section 7. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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