Title 26, Title 26

1. Public employer prohibitions. The public employer, its representatives and agents are prohibited from: A. Interfering with, restraining or coercing employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 1283; [PL 1983, c. 702 (NEW).] B. Encouraging or discouraging membe…

1. Contract signed before October 1, 2005. If a contract between a public employer and a bargaining agent signed prior to October 1, 2005 expires prior to the parties' agreement on a new contract, the grievance arbitration provisions of the expired contract pertaining to discipli…

1. Negotiations. On and after the effective date of this chapter, it shall be the obligation of the public employer and the bargaining agent to bargain collectively. "Collective bargaining" means, for the purpose of this chapter, their mutual obligation: A. To meet at reasonable …

1. Unit determination. In the event of a dispute between the public employer and an employee or employees over the appropriateness of a unit for purposes of collective bargaining or between the public employer and an employee or employees over whether a supervisory or other posit…

1. Voluntary recognition. Any judicial employee organization may file a request with the public employer alleging that a majority of the judicial employees in an appropriate bargaining unit wish to be represented for the purpose of collective bargaining between the public employe…

1. Rule-making procedure. Proceedings conducted under this chapter shall be subject to the rules and procedures of the board promulgated under section 968, subsection 3. 2. Review of representation proceedings. Any person aggrieved by any ruling or determination of the executive …

1. Prevention of prohibited acts; board powers. The board may prevent any person, the public employer, any judicial employee, any judicial employee organization or any bargaining agent from engaging in any of the prohibited acts enumerated in section 1284. This power shall not be…

1. Hearings; rules of evidence; evidence. Hearings conducted by the board shall be informal and the rules of evidence prevailing in judicial proceedings shall not be binding. Any and all documentary evidence and other evidence deemed relevant by the board may be received. 2. Subp…

A collective bargaining agreement between the public employer and a bargaining agent may provide for binding arbitration as the final step of a grievance procedure, but the only grievances which may be taken to such binding arbitration shall be disputes between the parties as to …

1. Review by Superior Court. Either party may seek a review by the Superior Court of a binding determination by an arbitration panel. For interest arbitrations, the review must be sought in accordance with the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 80B. 2. Questions of fact. In the…

1. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the …

This Act shall not be amended without first consulting the Supreme Judicial Court.

1. Bargaining agent access to employees. Public employers shall provide to a bargaining agent access to members of the bargaining unit that the bargaining agent exclusively represents. Access must include, but is not limited to, the following: A. The right to meet with individual…

During the interim after the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement and before the effective date of any subsequent collective bargaining agreement, judicial employees covered by the expired collective bargaining agreement remain eligible for and must receive merit or st…