| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| | 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| | 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. |
|
| A. A person holding a valid permit to carry a concealed | firearm 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. |
|
|