Worker Privacy Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3128 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3128

 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to protect worker privacy, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 6, 2025

 Mr. Scott of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
               on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to protect worker privacy, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Worker Privacy Act''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTING WORKER PRIVACY.

    (a) Notice of Rights and Protections; Voter Registration Lists.--
            (1) In general.--Section 9(c) of the National Labor 
        Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159(c)) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following:
    ``(6) Whenever the Board directs an election under this subsection 
or approves an election agreement, the employer of employees in the 
bargaining unit shall, not later than two business days after the Board 
directs such election or approves such election agreement, provide a 
voter list to each labor organization that has petitioned to represent 
such employees, which shall include the names of all employees in the 
bargaining unit and not more than one additional form of personal 
contact information for the employee (such as a telephone number, an 
email address, or a mailing address) chosen by the employee in writing. 
The voter list shall be provided in a searchable electronic format 
generally approved by the Board unless the employer certifies that the 
employer does not possess the capacity to produce the list in the 
required form. Not later than nine months after the date of enactment 
of the Worker Privacy Act, the Board shall promulgate regulations 
implementing the requirements of this paragraph.''.
            (2) Unfair labor practice.--Section 8(a) of the National 
        Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) to violate any requirement under section 9(c)(6).''.
    (b) Labor Organization Use of Personal Information.--Section 8(b) 
of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (7), in the flush text after subparagraph 
        (C), by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) to fail to protect the personal information of an 
        employee provided by an employer under section 9(c)(6) (such as 
        by selling the information to a third-party or using the 
        information for political activism), to use the information 
        received under such section for any reason other than a 
        representation proceeding, or to use such information after the 
        conclusion of a representation proceeding, except that nothing 
        in this paragraph shall preclude a labor organization from 
        collecting or using personal information of an employee that is 
        voluntarily provided to the labor organization by the 
        employee.''.
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