§ 1010. Purpose It is the purpose and policy of this chapter to recognize the right of employees of the Judiciary Department to join a labor organization of their own choosing and to be represented by that organization in collective bargaining for terms and conditions of their employment. (Added 1997, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § […]
§ 1011. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Agreement,” means a written agreement resulting from collective bargaining negotiation and covers the terms, tenure, and conditions of employment. (2) “Board,” means the State Labor Relations Board established pursuant to section 921 of this title. (3) “Collective bargaining,” means the process of negotiating terms, tenure, or […]
§ 1012. Employees’ rights and duties; prohibited acts (a) Employees shall have the right to self-organization; to form, join, or assist employee organizations; to bargain collectively through their chosen representatives; to engage in concerted activities of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; to refrain from any or all those activities, except as provided […]
§ 1013. Subjects for bargaining All matters relating to the relationship between the employer and employees are subject to collective bargaining, to the extent those matters are not prescribed or controlled by law, including: (1) wages, salaries, benefits, and reimbursement practices relating to necessary expenses and the limits of reimbursable expenses; (2) minimum hours per […]
§ 1014. Management rights (a) The employer shall be responsible for insuring consistency of the terms and conditions in various agreements throughout the Judiciary Department and shall not agree to any terms or conditions for which adequate funds are not available. (b) Subject to rights guaranteed by this chapter and other applicable laws, nothing in […]
§ 1015. Designation of managerial, supervisory, and confidential employees The employer shall determine the designation of employees as managerial, supervisory, or confidential. Any disputes arising from this determination shall be resolved by the Board. (Added 1997, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)
§ 1016. Obligation to bargain The employer and representative of the employees shall bargain collectively, which for the purposes of this chapter means performing the mutual obligation to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect to all matters bargainable under the provisions of this chapter. The failure or refusal of either […]
§ 1017. Grievance procedures; binding arbitration (a) The employer and the representative of the employees shall negotiate a procedure for resolving complaints and grievances. Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, the Board shall hear and make final determination on a grievance. A grievance hearing shall be conducted in accordance to the rules of the […]
§ 1018. Mediation; fact-finding; last best offer (a) If after a reasonable period of negotiation, the representative of a collective bargaining unit and the employer reach an impasse, the Board, upon petition of either party, may authorize the parties to submit their differences to mediation. Within five days after receipt of the petition, the Board […]
§ 1020. Reports arbitration; costs (a) The results of all arbitration proceedings, recommendations, and awards conducted under this chapter shall be filed with the Board simultaneously with submission of the decisions to the parties. (b) The costs of any mediation, fact-finding, or arbitration conducted pursuant to this chapter, including per diem expenses and actual and […]
§ 1021. Unit determination; certification (a) The Board shall determine issues of unit determination, certification, and representation in accordance with this chapter and the provisions of section 941 of this title. The Board shall decide the appropriate unit for collective bargaining in each case and the employees to be included in that unit to assure […]
§ 1022. Access to new employees in bargaining unit (a) An employer shall provide the employee organization that is the exclusive representative of the employees in a bargaining unit with an opportunity to meet with each newly hired employee in the bargaining unit to present information about the employee organization. (b)(1) The meeting shall occur […]
§ 1023. Annual list of employees in bargaining unit (a) Annually, or on a more frequent basis if mutually agreed to by the employer and the employee organization, the employer shall provide the employee organization that is the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit with a list of all employees in that bargaining unit. (b) […]
