Title 03, Title 03: Executive

§ 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…

§ 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.…

§ 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 un…

§ 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 grieva…

§ 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…

§ 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, …

§ 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 barg…

§ 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 infor…

§ 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…

§ 1026. Employers It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer: (1) to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of rights guaranteed by section 1012 of this title or by any other law; (2) to dominate or interfere with the formation or administration o…

§ 1027. Employees It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employee organization or its agents: (1) To restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed to them by law. This subdivision shall not limit the right of an employee organization to prescribe its …

§ 1028. Membership; employee rights An employee organization entering into an agreement shall not: (1) discriminate against a member or applicant for membership on account of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, religion, or disabili…

§ 1029. Business and products of other employers It shall be an unfair labor practice for any employee organization and any employer to enter into any contract or agreement, express or implied, whereby the employer ceases or refrains or agrees to cease or refrain from handling, u…

§ 1030. Prevention of unfair practices (a) The Board may prevent any person from engaging in any unfair labor practice prohibited under this chapter. Whenever a charge is made that any person has engaged in or is engaging in any unfair labor practice, the Board may issue and caus…

§ 1031. Freedom of expression The expression of any views, argument, or opinion, or the dissemination of such an expression, in any form, shall not constitute or be evidence of an unfair labor practice under this chapter, provided the expression contains no threat of reprisal or …

§ 1036. Agreements; limitations, renegotiation, and renewal (a) A collective bargaining agreement shall be for a maximum term of two years. The agreement may not be canceled, supplemented, or renegotiated during the term of the agreement, unless both parties consent in writing an…

§ 1041. Grievances; applicants and excluded personnel (a) An applicant for employment in a position included in the bargaining unit and employees who are in the initial or extended probationary period may appeal to the Board if they believe they were discriminated against on acco…

§ 1042. Enforcement (a) Orders of the Board issued under this chapter may be enforced by any party or by the Board by filing a petition with the Washington Superior Court or the Superior Court in the county in which the action before the Board originated. The petition shall be se…

§ 1043. Judicial review; stay pending appeal (a) Any person aggrieved by an order or decision of the Board issued under this chapter, except a decision and order made pursuant to subsection 1018(i) of this title, may appeal questions of law to the Supreme Court. (b) An order of t…

§ 1044. Contract ratification; annual vote Annually, the employees of the bargaining unit shall meet and discuss whether employees who have chosen not to join the employee organization shall be allowed to vote on the ratification of any collective bargaining agreement entered int…