| Any employer who violates this subsection is subject to a civil | penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each day the violation | continues, payable to the State, to be recovered in a civil | action. Upon request, any court of competent jurisdiction shall | also enjoin the violation under section 5. |
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| The Attorney General, the Commissioner of Labor or any employee, | employees or bargaining agent of employees involved in the labor | dispute may file a civil action to enforce this subsection. |
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| | 4. Hiring off-site permitted. An employer involved in a | labor dispute, strike or lockout may perform hiring activities | prohibited under subsection 3 at any site other than his | customary plants, facilities, places of business or worksites | where a labor dispute, strike or lockout involving the employees | of that employer is in progress. |
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| A. The employer must notify the law enforcement agencies of | the county and municipality in which these activities will | be conducted at least 10 days before commencing hiring | activities. |
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| B. No employee of the employer conducting hiring activities | under this subsection and who is involved in the labor | dispute, strike or lockout may picket, congregate or in any | way protest the hiring activity 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. |
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| | 5. Dangerous weapons prohibited. It is a Class D crime for | any person, including, but not limited to, security guards and | persons involved in a labor dispute, strike or lockout, to be | armed with a dangerous weapon, as defined in Title 17-A, section | 2, subsection 9, at a site where applications for employment with | an employer involved in a labor dispute, strike or lockout are | being received or where interviews of those job applicants are | being conducted or where medical examinations of those job | applicants are being performed. |
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| A. A person holding a valid permit to carry a concealed | firearm is not exempt from this subsection. |
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| 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. |
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| C. A public law enforcement officer is exempt from this | subsection while on active duty in the public service. |
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