Title 25 — Fire Protection and Safety
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O.C.G.A. § 25-5-1 Short title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Firefighter’s Mediation Act.” History. Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 1.
O.C.G.A. § 25-5-10 Factors to be considered by mediation board
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The mediators shall conduct the hearing and render their decision upon the basis of a prompt, peaceful, and just settlement of wage or hour disputes between the firefighters and the corporate authority. The factors, among others, to be given weight by the mediators in arriving at a…
O.C.G.A. § 25-5-11 Payment of expenses of mediation
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The expenses incurred by the bargaining agent in connection with the mediation shall be borne by the bargaining agent. The expenses incurred by the corporate authorities in connection with the mediation shall be borne by such authorities. The necessary expenses incurred by the th…
O.C.G.A. § 25-5-12 Contracts
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Limitation as to duration, §25-5-6. Reduction of agreement to written contract, §25-5-6. Obligation of corporate authority and agent, §25-5-6. Requests. Service of process, §25-5-13. Rights of firefighters, §25-5-4. Selection of bargaining agents, §25-5-5. Service of notice for req…
O.C.G.A. § 25-5-13 Unresolved issues
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Submission to mediation, §25-5-7. Contracts. Duration of contract, §25-5-6. Reduction of agreement to written contract, §25-5-6. Declaration of public policy, §25-5-3. Definitions, §25-5-2. Interpretation and construction. Applicability of chapter, §25-5-14. Labor organizations. R…
O.C.G.A. § 25-5-14 Applicability of chapter
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(a) Before a municipality with a population of 20,000 or more and its firefighters may come under this chapter, the governing authority of the municipality must agree by ordinance that the municipality will be so covered. (b) In no case may a city with a population of less than 20,…
O.C.G.A. § 25-5-2 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Corporate authorities” means the proper officials within any municipality whose duty it is to establish the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment of firefighters, as defined in p…
O.C.G.A. § 25-5-3 Declaration of public policy
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(a) The protection of the public health, safety, and welfare demands that the permanent members of any paid fire department of a municipality should not be accorded the right to strike or engage in any work stoppage or slowdown. This necessary prohibition, however, shall not prohi…
O.C.G.A. § 25-5-4 Right of firefighters to bargain collectively
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Firefighters shall have the right to bargain collectively with their respective corporate authorities and to be represented by a labor organization in such collective bargaining as to wages, rates of pay, 97 25-5-6 hours, working conditions, and all other terms and conditions of e…
O.C.G.A. § 25-5-5 Mediation, §§25-5-7 to 25-5-11
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Board. Chairman, §25-5-8. Composition, §25-5-8. Decisions. Effect, §25-5-9. Factors to be considered in reaching, §25-5-10. Hearings, §25-5-9. Opinions, §25-5-9. Selection, §25-5-8. Decisions. Effect, §25-5-9. Factors to be considered in reaching, §25-5-10. Expenses, §25-5-11. Pa…
O.C.G.A. § 25-5-6 Obligations of corporate authority and agent
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It shall be the obligation of the proper corporate authority and the bargaining agent to meet and confer in good faith within 30 days after receipt of a written notice from the bargaining agent of the request for a meeting for collective bargaining purposes. This obligation may i…
O.C.G.A. § 25-5-7 Submission of unresolved issues to mediation
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If the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities are unable, within 30 days from and including the date of their first meeting, to reach an agreement on a contract, any and all unresolved issues shall be submitted to mediation. History. Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 7.
O.C.G.A. § 25-5-8 Composition and selection of mediation board
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Within five days from the expiration of the 30 day period referred to in Code Section 25-5-7, the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities shall each select and name one mediator and shall immediately thereafter notify each other in writing of the name and address of the per…
O.C.G.A. § 25-5-9 Hearings of mediation board
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(a) The mediation board, acting through its chairman, shall call a hearing to be held within ten days after the date of the appointment of the chairman and, acting through its chairman, shall give at least seven days’ notice in writing to each of the other two mediators, the barg…