SUMMARY
Chapter 5 describes the multistep bargaining process established by the Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act to promote cooperative relationships between public employers and public employees in helping the parties resolve their issues. PDF Download - After purchase go to My Content to retrieve your digital file(s).
DESCRIPTION
Chapter 5
THE PECBA COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING PROCESS
Jenny Marston
Margaret Olney
§ 5.1 INTRODUCTION
§ 5.1-1 Intent and Purpose of PECBA
§ 5.1-2 Definitions
§ 5.2 COMMENCEMENT OF THE DUTY TO BARGAIN
§ 5.2-1 Certification by ERB
§ 5.2-2 Voluntary Recognition
§ 5.2-3 Duty to Bargain with Certified or Recognized Representative
§ 5.2-4 Demand to Bargain
§ 5.3 NEGOTIATION
§ 5.3-1 Ground Rules
§ 5.3-2 Mechanics of Negotiations
§ 5.4 MEDIATION
§ 5.4-1 Commencement
§ 5.4-2 Procedures Used to Commence Mediation
§ 5.4-3 Mediator’s Role
§ 5.4-4 Mediation Procedures
§ 5.4-5 Permissive Subjects of Bargaining
§ 5.4-6 Cost
§ 5.5 DECLARATION OF IMPASSE
§ 5.5-1 Declaration of Impasse
§ 5.5-2 Final Offer and Cost Summary
§ 5.5-3 Cost Summary
§ 5.6 FACT-FINDING
§ 5.7 BINDING INTEREST ARBITRATION
§ 5.7-1 Initiating Binding Interest Arbitration
§ 5.7-2 Mandatory Interest Arbitration for Strike-Prohibited Employees
§ 5.7-3 Determining Which Employees Are Prohibited from Striking
§ 5.7-4 Bargaining Units Containing Strike-Permitted and Strike-Prohibited Employees
§ 5.7-5 Optional Interest Arbitration Provisions
§ 5.7-6 Court-Mandated Interest Arbitration
§ 5.7-7 Waiver of the Right to Interest Arbitration
§ 5.7-8 No Right to Interest Arbitration Created by No-Strike Clause
§ 5.7-9 Prehearing Procedures
§ 5.7-10 Procedures at Hearing
§ 5.7-11 Maintaining the Status Quo During Negotiations
§ 5.7-12 Permissive Bargaining Subjects
§ 5.7-13 Posthearing Procedures
§ 5.7-14 Retroactivity of Award
§ 5.7-15 Arbitrator’s Decision-Making
§ 5.7-16 Enforcement of Award
§ 5.8 STRIKE-PERMITTED EMPLOYEES
§ 5.8-1 Strikes in General
§ 5.8-2 Conditions for a Lawful Strike
§ 5.8-3 Declaration That Strike Is Unlawful
§ 5.8-4 Clear and Present Danger
§ 5.8-5 Effect of No-Strike Clause in Contract
§ 5.8-6 Employer Implementation of Final Offer
§ 5.8-7 Other Forms of Self-Help