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WA Rev Code § 41.56.473 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.473 - Uniformed personnel—Application of chapter to Washington state patrol—Bargaining subjects.

RCW 41.56.473 Uniformed personnel—Application of chapter to Washington state patrol—Bargaining subjects.(1) In addition to the entities listed in RCW 41.56.020, this chapter applies to the state with respect to the officers of the Washington state patrol appointed under RCW 43.43.020, except that the state is prohibited from negotiating any matters relating to retirement benefits or health care benefits or other employee insurance benefits.(2) For the purposes of negotiating wages, wage-related matters, and nonwage matters, the state shall be represented by the governor or the governor's designee who is appointed under chapter 41.80 RCW, and costs of the negotiations under this section shall be reimbursed as provided in RCW 41.80.140.(3) The governor or the governor's designee shall consult with the chief of the Washington state patrol regarding collective bargaining.(4) The negotiation of provisions pertaining to wages and wage-related matters in a collective bargaining agreement between the state and the Washington state patrol officers is subject to the following:(a) The state's bargaining representative must periodically consult with a subcommittee of the joint committee on employment relations created in *RCW 41.80.010(5) which shall consist of the four members appointed to the joint committee with leadership positions in the senate and the house of representatives, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate transportation committee and the house transportation committee, or their successor committees. The subcommittee must be consulted regarding the appropriations necessary to implement these provisions in a collective bargaining agreement and, on completion of negotiations, must be advised on the elements of these provisions.(b) Provisions that are entered into before the legislature approves the funds necessary to implement the provisions must be conditioned upon the legislature's subsequent approval of the funds.(5) The governor shall submit a request for funds necessary to implement the wage and wage-related matters in the collective bargaining agreement or for legislation necessary to implement the agreement. Requests for funds necessary to implement the provisions of bargaining agreements may not be submitted to the legislature by the governor unless such requests:(a) Have been submitted to the director of financial management by October 1st before the legislative session at which the requests are to be considered; and(b) Have been certified by the director of financial management as being feasible financially for the state or reflects the decision of an arbitration panel reached under RCW 41.56.475.[ 2005 c 438 § 1; 1999 c 217 § 3.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 41.80.010 was amended by 2017 3rd sp.s. c 23 § 3, deleting subsection (5).
WA Rev Code § 41.56.480 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.480 - Uniformed personnel—Refusal to submit to procedures—Invoking jurisdiction of superior court—Contempt.

RCW 41.56.480 Uniformed personnel—Refusal to submit to procedures—Invoking jurisdiction of superior court—Contempt.If the representative of either or both the uniformed personnel and the public employer refuse to submit to the procedures set forth in RCW 41.56.440 and 41.56.450, the parties, or the commission on its own motion, may invoke the jurisdiction of the superior court for the county in which the labor dispute exists and such court shall have jurisdiction to issue an appropriate order. A failure to obey such order may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. A decision of the arbitration panel shall be final and binding on the parties, and may be enforced at the instance of either party, the arbitration panel or the commission in the superior court for the county where the dispute arose.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 296 § 30; 1973 c 131 § 7.]NOTES:Construction—1973 c 131: See RCW 41.56.905.
WA Rev Code § 41.56.490 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.490 - Uniformed employees—Strikes prohibited—Violations—Contempt of court.

RCW 41.56.490 Uniformed employees—Strikes prohibited—Violations—Contempt of court.The right of uniformed employees to engage in any strike, work slowdown, or stoppage is not granted. An organization recognized as the bargaining representative of uniformed employees subject to this chapter that willfully disobeys a lawful order of enforcement by a superior court pursuant to RCW 41.56.480 and 41.56.490, or willfully offers resistance to such order, whether by strike or otherwise, is in contempt of court as provided in chapter 7.21 RCW. An employer that willfully disobeys a lawful order of enforcement by a superior court pursuant to RCW 41.56.480 or willfully offers resistance to such order is in contempt of court as provided in chapter 7.21 RCW.[ 1989 c 373 § 24; 1973 c 131 § 8.]NOTES:Construction—1973 c 131: See RCW 41.56.905.
WA Rev Code § 41.56.492 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.492 - Application of uniformed personnel collective bargaining provisions to employees of public passenger transportation systems—Conditions.

RCW 41.56.492 Application of uniformed personnel collective bargaining provisions to employees of public passenger transportation systems—Conditions.In addition to the classes of employees listed in *RCW 41.56.030(7), the provisions of RCW 41.56.430 through 41.56.452, 41.56.470, 41.56.480, and 41.56.490 shall also be applicable to the employees of a public passenger transportation system of a metropolitan municipal corporation, county transportation authority, public transportation benefit area, or city public passenger transportation system, subject to the following:(1) Negotiations between the public employer and the bargaining representative may commence at any time agreed to by the parties. If no agreement has been reached ninety days after commencement of negotiations, either party may demand that the issues in disagreement be submitted to a mediator. The services of the mediator shall be provided by the commission without cost to the parties, but nothing in this section or RCW 41.56.440 shall be construed to prohibit the public employer and the bargaining representative from agreeing to substitute at their own expense some other mediator or mediation procedure; and(2) If an agreement has not been reached following a reasonable period of negotiations and mediation, and the mediator finds that the parties remain at impasse, either party may demand that the issues in disagreement be submitted to an arbitration panel for a binding and final determination. In making its determination, the arbitration panel shall be mindful of the legislative purpose enumerated in RCW 41.56.430 and as additional standards or guidelines to aid it in reaching a decisions [decision], shall take into consideration the following factors:(a) The constitutional and statutory authority of the employer;(b) Stipulations of the parties;(c) Compensation package comparisons, economic indices, fiscal constraints, and similar factors determined by the arbitration panel to be pertinent to the case; and(d) Such other factors, not confined to the foregoing, which are normally or traditionally taken into consideration in the determination of wages, hours, and conditions of employment.[ 1993 c 473 § 1.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 41.56.030 was alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k), changing subsection (7) to subsection (14). RCW 41.56.030 was subsequently amended by 2011 1st sp.s. c 21 § 11, changing subsection (14) to subsection (13). RCW 41.56.030 was subsequently amended by 2020 c 298 § 1, changing subsection (13) to subsection (14).
WA Rev Code § 41.56.496 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.496 - Commercial nuclear plants—Application of chapter to certain employees.

RCW 41.56.496 Commercial nuclear plants—Application of chapter to certain employees.(1) In order to assure the uninterrupted and dedicated service of employees employed by employees of operators of certain commercial nuclear plants, the provisions of RCW 41.56.430 through 41.56.470, 41.56.480, and 41.56.490 shall apply to the operating and maintenance employees of a joint operating agency as defined in RCW 43.52.250 who are employed at a commercial nuclear power plant operating under a site certificate issued under chapter 80.50 RCW, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.(2) In making its determination, the arbitration panel shall take into consideration the following factors:(a) The constitutional and statutory authority of the employer;(b) Stipulations of the parties;(c) A comparison of the wages, benefits, hours of work, and working conditions of the personnel involved in the proceeding with those of like personnel in relevant Washington labor markets. For classifications not found in Washington, the comparison shall be made with similar personnel in the states of California and Arizona, taking into account the relative differences in the cost of living;(d) Economic indices, fiscal constraints, relative differences in the cost of living, and similar factors determined by the arbitration panel to be pertinent to the case;(e) Other factors, not confined to the factors under (a) through (d) of this subsection, that are normally or traditionally taken into consideration in the determination of wages, benefits, hours of work, and working conditions.[ 2009 c 126 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 41.56.513 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.513 - Application of chapter to certain postdoctoral and clinical university employees.

RCW 41.56.513 Application of chapter to certain postdoctoral and clinical university employees.In addition to the entities listed in RCW 41.56.020, this chapter applies to postdoctoral and clinical employees as excluded in chapter 41.76 RCW at the University of Washington and at Washington State University.[ 2012 c 255 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 41.56.515 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.515 - Fish and wildlife officers—Application of chapter.

RCW 41.56.515 Fish and wildlife officers—Application of chapter.(1) In addition to the entities listed in RCW 41.56.020, this chapter applies to the state with respect to fish and wildlife officers except the state may not negotiate any matters relating to retirement benefits or health care benefits or other employee insurance benefits.(2) For the purposes of negotiating wages, wage-related matters, and nonwage matters, the state shall be represented by the governor or the governor's designee who is appointed under RCW 41.80.010, and costs of the negotiations under this section shall be reimbursed as provided in RCW 41.80.140.(3) Fish and wildlife officers shall be excluded from the coalition bargaining for a master agreement of all exclusive bargaining representatives of fewer than five hundred employees under chapter 41.80 RCW.(4) The governor or the governor's designee shall consult with the director of fish and wildlife regarding collective bargaining.(5) The negotiation of provisions pertaining to wages and wage-related matters in a collective bargaining agreement between the state and the bargaining representatives of the fish and wildlife officers is subject to the following:(a) The state's bargaining representative must periodically consult with the committee of the joint committee on employment relations created in RCW 41.80.007 or any such successor committee for the joint committee on employment relations; and(b) Provisions that are entered into before the legislature approves the funds necessary to implement the provisions are conditioned upon the legislature's subsequent approval of the funds.(6) The governor shall submit a request for funds necessary to implement the wage and wage-related matters in the collective bargaining agreement or for legislation necessary to implement the agreement. Requests for funds necessary to implement the provisions of bargaining agreements may not be submitted to the legislature by the governor unless such requests:(a) Have been submitted to the director of financial management by October 1st before the legislative session at which the requests are to be considered; and(b) Have been certified by the director of financial management as being feasible financially for the state or reflects the decision of an arbitration panel reached under RCW 41.56.475.[ 2020 c 298 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 41.56.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.900 - Short title—Effective date—1967 ex.s. c 108.

RCW 41.56.900 Short title—Effective date—1967 ex.s. c 108.RCW 41.56.010 through 41.56.900 and 41.06.150 shall be known as the "Public Employees' Collective Bargaining Act" and shall take effect on July 1, 1967.[ 1967 ex.s. c 108 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 41.56.905 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.905 - Uniformed personnel—Provisions additional—Liberal construction.

RCW 41.56.905 Uniformed personnel—Provisions additional—Liberal construction.The provisions of this chapter are intended to be additional to other remedies and shall be liberally construed to accomplish their purpose. Except as provided in RCW 53.18.015, 41.58.070, 43.101.095, and 43.101.135, if any provision of this chapter conflicts with any other statute, ordinance, rule or regulation of any public employer, the provisions of this chapter shall control.[ 2021 c 323 § 23; 2021 c 13 § 4; 1983 c 287 § 5; 1973 c 131 § 10.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2021 c 13 § 4 and by 2021 c 323 § 23, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Severability—1983 c 287: See note following RCW 41.56.450.
WA Rev Code § 41.56.906 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.906 - Construction of chapter—Certain agreements subject to RCW 28A.400.320.

RCW 41.56.906 Construction of chapter—Certain agreements subject to RCW 28A.400.320.Nothing in this chapter may be construed to grant school district employers or classified school district employees the right to reach agreements that are in conflict with the termination provisions of RCW 28A.400.320.[ 2009 c 396 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 41.56.907 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.907 - School district collective bargaining agreements not altered or impaired—Compliance with chapter—2017 3rd sp.s. c 13.

RCW 41.56.907 School district collective bargaining agreements not altered or impaired—Compliance with chapter—2017 3rd sp.s. c 13.Nothing in chapter 13, Laws of 2017 3rd sp. sess. is intended to alter or impair school district collective bargaining agreements that are in effect on October 19, 2017. Any school district collective bargaining agreement executed or modified after October 19, 2017, must comply with chapter 13, Laws of 2017 3rd sp. sess.[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 13 § 704.]NOTES:Intent—2017 3rd sp.s. c 13: See note following RCW 28A.150.410.
WA Rev Code § 41.56.913 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.913 - Conflict with federal requirements—2006 c 54.

RCW 41.56.913 Conflict with federal requirements—2006 c 54.If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this act is inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agencies directly affected, and this finding does not affect the operation of the remainder of this act in its application to the agencies concerned. Rules adopted under this act must meet federal requirements that are a necessary condition to the receipt of federal funds by the state.[ 2006 c 54 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 41.56.914 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.914 - Short title—2006 c 54.

RCW 41.56.914 Short title—2006 c 54.This act may be known and cited as the access to quality family child care act.[ 2006 c 54 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 41.56.915 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.915 - Effective date—2006 c 54.

RCW 41.56.915 Effective date—2006 c 54.Sections 1 through 5 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and take effect immediately [March 15, 2006].[ 2006 c 54 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 41.56.950 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.|41.56.950 - Retroactive date in collective bargaining agreements allowable, when.

RCW 41.56.950 Retroactive date in collective bargaining agreements allowable, when.Whenever a collective bargaining agreement between a public employer and a bargaining representative is concluded after the termination date of the previous collective bargaining agreement between the same parties, the effective date of such collective bargaining agreement may be the day after the termination date of the previous collective bargaining agreement and all benefits included in the new collective bargaining agreement including wage increases may accrue beginning with such effective date as established by this section.[ 1971 ex.s. c 187 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 41.58.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.58 - Public Employment Labor Relations.|41.58.005 - Intent—Construction.

RCW 41.58.005 Intent—Construction.(1) It is the intent of the legislature by the adoption of chapter 296, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. to provide, in the area of public employment, for the more uniform and impartial (a) adjustment and settlement of complaints, grievances, and disputes arising out of employer-employee relations and, (b) selection and certification of bargaining representatives by transferring jurisdiction of such matters to the public employment relations commission from other boards and commissions. It is further the intent of the legislature, by such transfer, to achieve more efficient and expert administration of public labor relations administration and to thereby ensure the public of quality public services.(2) Nothing contained in chapter 296, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. shall be construed to alter any existing collective bargaining unit or the provisions of any existing bargaining agreement.(3) Nothing contained in chapter 296, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. shall be construed to alter any power or authority regarding the scope of collective bargaining in the employment areas affected by chapter 296, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess., but chapter 296, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. shall be construed as transferring existing jurisdiction and authority to the public employment relations commission.(4) Nothing contained in chapter 296, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. shall be construed to prohibit the consideration or adjustment of complaints or grievances by the public employer.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 296 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 41.58.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions|Chapter 41.58 - Public Employment Labor Relations.|41.58.010 - Public employment relations commission—Created—Membership—Terms—Vacancies—Quorum—Report.

RCW 41.58.010 Public employment relations commission—Created—Membership—Terms—Vacancies—Quorum—Report.(1) There is hereby created the public employment relations commission (hereafter called the "commission") to administer the provisions of this chapter. The commission shall consist of three members who shall be citizens appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. One of the original members shall be appointed for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of five years. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of five years each, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the member whom he or she succeeds. Commission members shall be eligible for reappointment. The governor shall designate one member to serve as chair of the commission. Any member of the commission may be removed by the governor, upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other cause. Commission members shall not be eligible for state retirement under chapter 41.40 RCW by virtue of their service on the commission.(2) In making citizen member appointments initially, and subsequently thereafter, the governor shall be cognizant of the desirability of appointing persons knowledgeable in the area of labor relations in the state.(3) A vacancy in the commission shall not impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the commission, and two members of the commission shall, at all times, constitute a quorum of the commission.(4) The commission shall at the close of each fiscal year make a report in writing to the legislature and to the governor stating the cases it has heard, the decisions it has rendered, the names, salaries, and duties of all employees and officers in the employ or under the supervision of the commission, and an account of all moneys it has disbursed.[ 2012 c 117 § 89; 1981 c 338 § 21; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 5 § 1.]