Bill Text - HB582 (2012)

Relative to communication between employers and employees during bargaining negotiations.


Revision: May 4, 2012, midnight

HB 582 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

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HOUSE BILL 582

AN ACT relative to communication between employers and employees during bargaining negotiations.

SPONSORS: Rep. Burt, Hills 7; Rep. Comerford, Rock 9; Rep. Pitre, Straf 3

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a procedure for communication between employers and employees during bargaining negotiations if an impasse has occurred.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to communication between employers and employees during bargaining negotiations.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Public Employee Labor Relations; Resolution of Disputes. Amend RSA 273-A:12 to read as follows:

I.(a) Whenever the parties request the board's assistance or have bargained to impasse, or if the parties have not reached agreement on a contract within 60 days, or in the case of state employees 90 days, prior to the budget submission date, and if not otherwise governed by ground rules:

(1) The chief negotiator for the bargaining unit may request to make a presentation directly to the board of the public employer. If this request is approved by the board of the public employer, the chief negotiator for the board of the public employer shall in turn have the right to make a presentation directly to the bargaining unit. The cost of the respective presentations shall be borne by the party making the presentation.

(2) The chief negotiator for the board of the public employer may request to make a presentation directly to the bargaining unit. If this request is approved by the bargaining unit, the chief negotiator for the bargaining unit shall in turn have the right to make a presentation directly to the board of the public employer. The cost of the respective presentations shall be borne by the party making the presentation.

(b) If the impasse is not resolved, a neutral party chosen by the parties, or failing agreement, appointed by the board, shall undertake to mediate the issues remaining in dispute. If the parties so choose, or if mediation does not result in agreement within 45 days, or in the case of state employees 75 days, prior to the budget submission date, a neutral party chosen by the parties, or failing agreement, appointed by the board, shall make and report findings of fact together with recommendations for resolving each of the issues remaining in dispute, which findings and recommendations shall not be made public until the negotiating teams shall have considered them for 10 days.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.