2014 – S 2106
Enacted 04/09/14
A N A C T
RELATING TO LABOR RELATIONS - MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION - OBLIGATION TO BARGAIN
Introduced By: Senators Satchell, Ruggerio, Pearson, McCaffrey, and Archambault
Date Introduced: January 21, 2014
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 28-9.4-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-9.4 entitled "Municipal Employees' Arbitration" is hereby amended to read as follows:
28-9.4-5. Obligation to bargain. -- It shall be
the obligation of the municipal employer to meet and confer in good faith with
the representative or representatives of the negotiating or bargaining agent
within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice from the agent of the
request for a meeting for negotiating or collective bargaining purposes. This
obligation includes the duty to cause any agreement resulting from negotiation
or bargaining to be reduced to a written contract; provided, that no contract
shall exceed the term of three (3) years unless a budget commission or a
receiver has been appointed for a municipality pursuant to chapter 45-9, 9 of title 45 or if a municipality has a locally administered pension plan in “critical
status”, and is required to submit a funding improvement plan pursuant
to § 45-65-6(2), in which case
in either of which cases the
contract shall not exceed the term of five (5) years. Failure to negotiate or
bargain in good faith may be complained of by either the negotiating or
bargaining agent or the municipal employer to the state labor relations board,
which shall deal with the complaint in the manner provided in chapter 7 of this
title. An unfair labor practice charge may be complained of by either the
bargaining agent or employer's representative to the state labor relations
board, which shall deal with the complaint in the manner provided in chapter 7
of this title.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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