EFFECT:  Amends the provision in the definition of "confidential employee" pertaining to an employee having authorized access to information related to the employer's collective bargaining policies, strategies, or process to: (1) make it explicit that the access to information must be part of the employee's job duties; and (2) remove the qualifier that the access to information creates a conflict of interest. Removes the provision defining a confidential employee as an employee who has separate and distinct duties which include handling correspondence relating to labor negotiations and labor contract administration.