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CT Gen Stat § 7-467a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-467a - Qualification of employee organization.

 No employee organization, as defined in section 7-467, shall be eligible to petition for exclusive recognition or to participate in a recognition election under section 7-471 unless it has been in existence for not fewer than six months.(1967, P.A. 491, S. 1.)Cited. 175 C. 349. Standing to test constitutionality of binding arbitration provisions of Municipal Employees Relations Act discussed. 181 C. 421. Cited. 185 C. 88; 196 C. 192; 200 C. 38; 201 C. 577; 204 C. 746; 205 C. 116; 210 C. 549; 212 C. 294; 215 C. 14; 221 C. 244; 225 C. 297.Cited. 3 CA 1; 16 CA 232.A public announcement of plaintiff's intention to file a prohibited practice complaint against a union is protected by the Municipal Employees Relations Act when the complaint is actually filed at a later date. 31 CS 7. Cited. 42 CS 227; 43 CS 470.
CT Gen Stat § 7-469 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-469 - Duty to bargain collectively.

 The municipal employer and such employee organization as has been designated as exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit, through appropriate officials or their representatives, shall have the duty to bargain collectively. This duty extends to the obligation to bargain collectively as set forth in subsection (c) of section 7-470.(February, 1965, P.A. 159, S. 3.)Cited. 162 C. 579. Collective bargaining is a constitutional right. 164 C. 348. Cited. 171 C. 347; Id., 553; 175 C. 349. Standing to test constitutionality of binding arbitration provisions of Municipal Employees Relations Act discussed. 181 C. 421. Cited. 182 C. 93; 185 C. 88; 196 C. 192; Id., 623; 200 C. 38; 201 C. 577; 204 C. 746; 205 C. 116; 210 C. 549; Id., 597; 212 C. 294; 215 C. 14; 221 C. 244; 224 C. 666; 225 C. 297; 232 C. 57; 234 C. 123.Cited. 3 CA 1; 16 CA 232.A public announcement of plaintiff's intention to file a prohibited practice complaint against a union is protected by the Municipal Employees Relations Act when the complaint is actually filed at a later date. 31 CS 7. Cited. 42 CS 227; 43 CS 340; Id., 470.
CT Gen Stat § 7-471a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-471a - Supervisory employees not required to form employees association.

 Nothing in sections 7-467 and 7-471 shall require any employees in a supervisory position to form an employees association.(P.A. 78-375, S. 3.)Standing to test constitutionality of binding arbitration provisions of Municipal Employees Relations Act discussed. 181 C. 421. Cited. 185 C. 88; 196 C. 192; 200 C. 38; 201 C. 577; 204 C. 746; 205 C. 116; 210 C. 549; 212 C. 294; 215 C. 14; 221 C. 244; 225 C. 297; 234 C. 123.Cited. 3 CA 1; 16 CA 232.Cited. 42 CS 227; 43 CS 470.
CT Gen Stat § 7-473 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-473 - Petition to State Board of Mediation and Arbitration for fact finding. Fact finder's report and appearance before parties. Procedure for acceptance or rejection of report.

 Section 7-473 is repealed.(February, 1965, P.A. 159, S. 7; P.A. 75-173, S. 1; 75-570, S. 3; P.A. 82-37, S. 2; P.A. 83-86; P.A. 92-170, S. 24, 26.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-473a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-473a - Notice of expiration date of collective bargaining agreement. Notice of newly certified or recognized municipal employee organization. Filing; form.

 A notice of the expiration date of any collective bargaining agreement between a municipal employer and a municipal employee organization shall be filed by such employer with the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration within thirty days of the approval of such agreement. The State Board of Labor Relations shall notify the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration whenever a municipal employee organization has been certified or recognized, in accordance with section 7-471, as the bargaining representative for a group of municipal employees. When a bargaining representative is recognized in accordance with subsection (b) of section 7-468, either the newly certified or recognized employee organization or the municipal employer shall notify the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration of such recognition. The newly certified or recognized municipal employee organization and the municipal employer shall commence negotiations concerning the terms of an original collective bargaining agreement within thirty days of certification or recognition. The State Board of Mediation and Arbitration shall prescribe the form and content of the notice of the expiration date and the notice of the certification or recognition date.(P.A. 75-570, S. 1; P.A. 93-17, S. 1, 6.)History: P.A. 93-17 added provisions re notice of newly certified and recognized municipal employee organizations and provisions requiring such organizations to begin negotiations concerning original collective bargaining agreements no later than 30 days after certification or recognition, effective April 21, 1993.Cited. 175 C. 349. Standing to test constitutionality of binding arbitration provisions of Municipal Employees Relations Act discussed. 181 C. 421. Cited. 185 C. 88; 196 C. 192; 200 C. 38; 201 C. 577; 204 C. 746; 205 C. 116; 210 C. 549; 212 C. 294; 215 C. 14; 221 C. 244; 225 C. 297; 234 C. 123.Cited. 3 CA 1; 16 CA 232.Cited. 42 CS 227; 43 CS 470.
CT Gen Stat § 7-473b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-473b - Mandatory timetable for negotiations. Appointment of mediator.

 (a) The negotiations between a municipal employer and a municipal employee organization shall commence at least one hundred twenty days prior to the expiration date of any current collective bargaining agreement subject to the provisions of sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive.(b) If, within fifty days of the commencement of negotiations concerning the terms of a current collective bargaining agreement, or within eighty days of the certification or recognition of a newly certified or recognized municipal employee organization required to commence negotiations pursuant to section 7-473a, a collective bargaining agreement has not been approved, or either the municipal employer or the municipal employee organization has not requested the mediation services of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration, said board shall appoint a mediator in accordance with the provisions of section 31-97.(c) Either the municipal employer or the employee organization may request the mediation services of said board at any earlier time than that established in subsection (b) of this section, provided the mediation services are requested in accordance with the provisions of section 7-472.(P.A. 75-570, S. 2; P.A. 84-242, S. 1; P.A. 92-170, S. 17, 26; P.A. 93-17, S. 2, 6.)History: P.A. 84-242 amended Subsec. (c) to provide that the parties may jointly waive the fact finding requirement and thereafter be subject to mandatory binding arbitration; P.A. 92-170 deleted former Subsecs. (c) and (d) re timetables and procedures for fact-finding, relettering former Subsec. (e) accordingly and removing all references to fact-finding, effective May 26, 1992, and applicable to arbitration proceedings commencing after that date; P.A. 93-17 amended Subsec. (b) to require state board of mediation and arbitration to impose mediation on a newly certified or recognized municipal employee organization and a municipal employer if the parties fail to approve an original collective bargaining agreement within 80 days of the organization's certification or recognition, effective April 21, 1993.Cited. 175 C. 349. Standing to test constitutionality of binding arbitration provisions of Municipal Employees Relations Act discussed. 181 C. 421. Cited. 185 C. 88; 196 C. 192; Id., 623; 200 C. 38; 201 C. 577; Id., 685; 204 C. 746; 205 C. 116; 210 C. 549; 212 C. 294; 215 C. 14; Id., 277; 221 C. 244; 225 C. 297; 234 C. 123.Cited. 3 CA 1; 16 CA 232.Cited. 42 CS 227; 43 CS 470.
CT Gen Stat § 7-474a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-474a - Provision limiting volunteer services for maintenance of buildings and grounds prohibited in collective bargaining agreements.

 Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no collective bargaining agreement entered into on or after July 1, 2018, between a municipality and an employee organization that is the exclusive representative of the municipality's employees shall contain any provision limiting the ability of the municipality to permit volunteer services for the maintenance of buildings and grounds, provided there is no impact on the wages or conditions of employment of represented employees.(P. A. 18-81, S. 59.)History: P.A. 18-81 effective July 1, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 7-475 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-475 - Strikes prohibited.

 Nothing in sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive, shall constitute a grant of the right to strike to employees of any municipal employer and such strikes are prohibited. In the event an agreement expires before a new agreement has been approved by the municipal employer and the employee organization, the terms of the expired agreement shall remain in effect until such time as a new agreement is reached and approved in accordance with section 7-474. Nothing in this section shall affect the rights and duties of the municipal employer and the employee organization under sections 7-468 to 7-470, inclusive, during the period of time such expired agreement remains in effect.(February, 1965, P.A. 159, S. 9; P.A. 75-81.)History: P.A. 75-81 added provisions re continuance of previous agreement terms after their expiration and until new agreement made.Cited. 171 C. 347; Id., 553; 175 C. 349. Standing to test constitutionality of binding arbitration provisions of Municipal Employees Relations Act discussed. 181 C. 421. Cited. 182 C. 93; 185 C. 88; 196 C. 192; Id., 623; 200 C. 38; 201 C. 577; 204 C. 746; 205 C. 116; 210 C. 549; 212 C. 294; 215 C. 14; 217 C. 490; 221 C. 244; 225 C. 297; 234 C. 123.Cited. 3 CA 1; 16 CA 232.A public announcement of plaintiff's intention to file a prohibited practice complaint against a union is protected by the Municipal Employees Relations Act when the complaint is actually filed at a later date. 31 CS 7. Duty to bargain collectively and in good faith takes on important dimension in public sector because of denial of right to strike. 36 CS 18. Cited. 42 CS 227; 43 CS 470.
CT Gen Stat § 7-476 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-476 - Existing bargaining unit not altered during term of agreement.

 Nothing in sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive, is intended to require that the composition of an existing bargaining unit be altered during the term of an existing agreement.(February, 1965, P.A. 159, S. 10.)Cited. 171 C. 347; Id., 553; 175 C. 349. Standing to test constitutionality of binding arbitration provisions of Municipal Employees Relations Act discussed. 181 C. 421. Cited. 182 C. 93; 185 C. 88; 196 C. 192; 200 C. 38; 201 C. 577; 204 C. 746; 205 C. 116; 210 C. 549; 212 C. 294; 215 C. 14; 221 C. 244; 225 C. 297; 234 C. 123.Cited. 3 CA 1; 16 CA 232.A public announcement of plaintiff's intention to file a prohibited practice complaint against a union is protected by the Municipal Employees Relations Act when the complaint is actually filed at a later date. 31 CS 7. Cited. 42 CS 227; 43 CS 470.
CT Gen Stat § 7-477 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-477 - Payroll deductions of union dues authorized.

 Municipal employers and employee organizations are authorized to negotiate provisions in a collective bargaining agreement calling for the payroll deduction of employee organization dues and initiation fees.(February, 1965, P.A. 159, S. 11.)Cited. 171 C. 347; Id., 553; 175 C. 349. Standing to test constitutionality of binding arbitration provisions of Municipal Employees Relations Act discussed. 181 C. 421. Cited. 182 C. 93; 185 C. 88; 196 C. 192; 200 C. 38; 201 C. 577; Id., 685; 204 C. 746; 205 C. 116; 210 C. 549; 212 C. 294; 215 C. 14; 221 C. 244; 225 C. 297; 234 C. 123.Cited. 3 CA 1; 16 CA 232.A public announcement of plaintiff's intention to file a prohibited practice complaint against a union is protected by the Municipal Employees Relations Act when the complaint is actually filed at a later date. 31 CS 7. Cited. 42 CS 227; 43 CS 470.
CT Gen Stat § 7-478 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-478 - Municipal employee member of civil service board or commission not to participate in certain matters.

 Any provision of any special act, home rule ordinance or charter to the contrary notwithstanding, no member of a municipal civil service board or commission who is an employee of such municipality shall participate, as a board or commission member, in matters regarding compensation plans, or in grievances involving employees covered by collective bargaining.(1967, P.A. 214.)Cited. 204 C. 746; 210 C. 549; 215 C. 14; 221 C. 244; 225 C. 297.Cited. 42 CS 227.
CT Gen Stat § 7-478a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-478a - Municipalities participating in interlocal agreements deemed a municipal employer subject to collective bargaining.

 (a) Two or more municipal employers participating in an interlocal agreement pursuant to sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, shall constitute a municipal employer as defined in section 7-467.(b) Each employee organization, as defined in said section 7-467, of the municipal employers constituting a municipal employer under this section shall retain representation rights for collective bargaining. If two or more employee organizations have representation rights, the employee organizations shall act in coalition for all collective bargaining purposes.(c) When a municipal employer is constituted under this section the collective bargaining agreement of each employee organization with representation rights shall remain in effect. A decision by a municipal employer to enter into or implement an interlocal agreement under sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, shall not be a subject of collective bargaining but the impact of such agreement upon wages, hours and other conditions of employment, shall be a subject of collective bargaining.(P.A. 95-308, S. 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 7-478b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-478b - Collective bargaining agreement provision re closing of nonmunicipal offices on Martin Luther King Day.

 (a) Each municipality shall include a requirement in any collective bargaining agreement executed on or after April 26, 2000, that all nonessential municipal offices shall be closed on any day designated as Martin Luther King Day pursuant to section 1-4.(b) Any municipality that did not observe the Martin Luther King Day legal holiday on January 17, 2000, by closing all nonessential municipal offices shall close all such nonessential municipal offices on any day designated as Martin Luther King Day pursuant to section 1-4.(P.A. 00-98, S. 1, 6.)History: P.A. 00-98 effective April 26, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 7-478c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-478c - Reopening of certain collective bargaining agreements for compensation or exchange of benefits for observance of Martin Luther King Day.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes, each municipal employer and each employee organization in a municipality that is required to close all nonessential municipal offices in observance of Martin Luther King Day pursuant to subsection (b) of section 7-478b shall reopen each collective bargaining agreement approved in accordance with the provisions of sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive, for the sole purpose of negotiating compensation or exchange of benefits, if any, for the bargaining unit members covered by such agreement for observance of Martin Luther King Day.(P.A. 00-98, S. 2, 6.)History: P.A. 00-98 effective April 26, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 7-478d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-478d - Duties of State Board of Mediation and Arbitration if no resolution.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-473c, if any such municipal employer and any such employee organization are unable to resolve the compensation or exchange of benefits issue after reopening the agreement pursuant to section 7-478c by May 31, 2000, the parties shall submit the issue to the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration, and said board shall make every effort to resolve the issue through mediation not later than June 30, 2000.(P.A. 00-98, S. 3, 6.)History: P.A. 00-98 effective April 26, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 7-478f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-478f - Rejection of award by legislative body. Second arbitration format.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-473c:(1) Not later than October 30, 2000, the legislative body of the municipal employer may reject the award of the arbitrators or single arbitrator issued pursuant to section 7-478e by a two-thirds majority vote of the members of such legislative body present at a regular or special meeting called and convened for such purpose.(2) Not later than November 10, 2000, the legislative body or its authorized representative shall be required to state, in writing, the reasons for such vote and shall submit such written statement to the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration and the municipal employee organization. Not later than November 20, 2000, the municipal employee organization shall prepare a written response to such rejection and shall submit it to the legislative body and the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration.(3) Not later than November 20, 2000, the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration shall select a review panel of three arbitrators or, if the parties agree, a single arbitrator who are residents of Connecticut and labor relations arbitrators approved by the American Arbitration Association and not members of the panel who issued the rejected award. Such arbitrators or single arbitrator shall review the decision on each such rejected issue. The review conducted pursuant to this subdivision shall be limited to the record of the hearing pursuant to section 7-478e, the written explanation of the reasons for the vote and a written response by either party. In conducting such review, the arbitrators or single arbitrator shall be limited to consideration of the criteria set forth in subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of section 7-473c. Such review shall be completed not later than December 10, 2000.(4) Not later than December 15, 2000, after the completion of such review, the arbitrators or single arbitrator shall render a written decision with respect to each rejected issue which shall be final and binding upon the municipal employer and the employee organization except that a motion to vacate or modify such award may be made in accordance with sections 52-418 and 52-419. The arbitrators or single arbitrator shall accept the last best offer of either of the parties. The decision of the arbitrators or single arbitrator shall be in writing and shall include specific reasons and standards used by each arbitrator in making a decision on each issue. The decision shall be filed with the parties. The reasonable costs of the arbitrators or single arbitrator and the cost of the transcript shall be paid by the legislative body. Where the legislative body of a municipal employer is the town meeting, the board of selectmen shall perform all of the duties and shall have all of the authority and responsibilities required of and granted to the legislative body under this subsection.(P.A. 00-98, S. 5, 6.)History: P.A. 00-98 effective April 26, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 7-479 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 7 - Municipalities|Chapter 113 - Municipal Employees|Section 7-479 - Conflicts of interest.

 For the purposes of this section, “municipality” means any town, city, borough, school district, taxing district, fire district, district department of health, probate district, housing authority, flood commission or authority established by special act or regional council of governments. Any municipality, in addition to such powers as it has under the provisions of the general statutes or any special act, may, by ordinance or regulation, prohibit any member or employee of any municipal board or agency, or any official, officer or employee of such municipality from (1) being financially interested, or having any personal beneficial interest, either directly or indirectly, in any contract or purchase order for any supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services furnished to or used by any such municipality, board or agency, and (2) accepting or receiving, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm or corporation to which any contract or purchase order may be awarded by such municipality, by rebate, gifts or otherwise, any money, or anything of value whatsoever, or any promise, obligation or contract for future reward or compensation. Such municipalities may prescribe penalties for the violation of any ordinance or regulation enacted pursuant to this section, including the voidance of any municipal purchase, contract or ruling adopted in contravention thereof.(1969, P.A. 782; P.A. 13-247, S. 274.)History: P.A. 13-247 substituted “council of governments” for “planning agency” and made a technical change, effective January 1, 2015.Cited. 204 C. 746; 210 C. 549; 215 C. 14; 221 C. 244; 225 C. 297.Cited. 42 CS 227.