SF 1382

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to employment; modifying certain collective 
  1.3             bargaining agreement provisions; proposing coding for 
  1.4             new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179A. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [179A.225] [ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE; 
  1.7   DEFINITIONS.] 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE.] For the 
  1.9   purposes of sections 179A.226 and 179A.227, an "across the board 
  1.10  increase" is a wage or salary adjustment given at one time to 
  1.11  all or a significant group of employees covered under a 
  1.12  collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan.  An across 
  1.13  the board increase does not include step or lane progression, or 
  1.14  movement through a salary schedule. 
  1.15     Subd. 2.  [SCHOOL DISTRICT.] For purposes of sections 
  1.16  179A.226 and 179A.227, a "school district" is a public employer 
  1.17  as defined in section 124A.22, subdivision 2a. 
  1.18     Subd. 3.  [TEACHER.] For purposes of sections 179A.226 and 
  1.19  179A.227, a "teacher" is as defined in section 124A.22, 
  1.20  subdivision 2a. 
  1.21     Sec. 2.  [179A.226] [STATE EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE 
  1.22  BARGAINING.] 
  1.23     For collective bargaining agreements with state employees 
  1.24  negotiated under chapter 179A, the commissioner of employee 
  1.25  relations shall not enter into a collective bargaining agreement 
  2.1   or submit a final position for binding interest arbitration that 
  2.2   provides an across the board increase unless there is only one 
  2.3   across the board increase and unless that increase takes effect 
  2.4   on the first day of the first year of the new contract.  For 
  2.5   collective bargaining agreements that result from binding 
  2.6   interest arbitration, the arbitrator shall not issue an award 
  2.7   that provides an across the board increase unless there is only 
  2.8   one across the board increase and unless that increase takes 
  2.9   effect on the first day of the first year of the new contract. 
  2.10     Sec. 3.  [179A.227] [SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE 
  2.11  BARGAINING.] 
  2.12     For collective bargaining agreements with teachers of 
  2.13  school districts, no school board may enter into a collective 
  2.14  bargaining agreement or submit a final position for binding 
  2.15  interest arbitration that provides an across the board increase 
  2.16  unless there is only one across the board increase and unless 
  2.17  that increase takes effect on the first day of the first year of 
  2.18  the new contract.  For collective bargaining agreements that 
  2.19  result from binding interest arbitration, the arbitrator shall 
  2.20  not issue an award that provides an across the board increase 
  2.21  unless there is only one across the board increase and unless 
  2.22  that increase takes effect on the first day of the first year of 
  2.23  the new contract. 
  2.24     Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.25     Sections 2 and 3 apply to collective bargaining agreements 
  2.26  and arbitration awards for covered employees that are effective 
  2.27  during the time period July 1, 1995, through June 30, 1997.