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2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining. › 41.56.520 - Certain communications—Privilege from examination and disclosure.

RCW 41.56.520
Certain communications—Privilege from examination and disclosure.
The privilege established by RCW 5.60.060(11) shall apply to all employee organizations covered by this chapter and in all proceedings authorized by this chapter.
[ 2023 c 202 § 4.]
NOTES:
Findings—2023 c 202: See note following RCW 5.60.060.
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.58 - Public Employment Labor Relations. › 41.58.015 - Compensation and travel expenses of members—Executive director—Employees.

RCW 41.58.015
Compensation and travel expenses of members—Executive director—Employees.
(1) Each member of the commission shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.250. Members of the commission shall also be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties on the same basis as is provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
(2) The commission shall appoint an executive director whose annual salary shall be determined under the provisions of RCW 43.03.028. The executive director shall perform such duties and have such powers as the commission shall prescribe in order to implement and enforce the provisions of this chapter. In addition to the performance of administrative duties, the commission may delegate to the executive director authority with respect to, but not limited to, representation proceedings, unfair labor practice proceedings, mediation of labor disputes, arbitration of disputes concerning the interpretation or application of a collective bargaining agreement, and, in certain cases, fact-finding or arbitration of disputes concerning the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. Such delegation shall not eliminate a party's right of appeal to the commission. The executive director, with such assistance as may be provided by the attorney general and such additional legal assistance consistent with chapter 43.10 RCW, shall have authority on behalf of the commission, when necessary to carry out or enforce any action or decision of the commission, to petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an order requiring compliance with the action or decision.
(3) The commission shall employ such employees as it may from time to time find necessary for the proper performance of its duties, consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(4) The payment of all of the expenses of the commission, including travel expenses incurred by the members or employees of the commission under its orders, shall be subject to the provisions of RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
[ 1984 c 287 § 71; 1979 ex.s. c 146 § 2; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34 § 91; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 5 § 2.]
NOTES:
Legislative findings—Severability—Effective date—1984 c 287: See notes following RCW 43.03.220.
Effective date—Severability—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34: See notes following RCW 2.08.115.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.58 - Public Employment Labor Relations. › 41.58.020 - Powers and duties of commission.

RCW 41.58.020
Powers and duties of commission.
(1) It shall be the duty of the commission, in order to prevent or minimize interruptions growing out of labor disputes, to assist employers and employees to settle such disputes through mediation and fact-finding.
(2) The commission, through the director, may proffer its services in any labor dispute arising under a collective bargaining statute administered by the commission, either upon its own motion or upon the request of one or more of the parties to the dispute, whenever in its judgment such dispute threatens to cause a substantial disruption to the public welfare.
(3) If the director is not able to bring the parties to agreement by mediation within a reasonable time, the director shall seek to induce the parties to voluntarily seek other means of settling the dispute without resort to strike or other coercion, including submission to the employees in the bargaining unit of the employer's last offer of settlement for approval or rejection in a secret ballot. The failure or refusal of either party to agree to any procedure suggested by the director shall not be deemed a violation of any duty or obligation imposed by this chapter.
(4) Final adjustment by a method agreed upon by the parties is declared to be the desirable method for settlement of grievance disputes arising over the application or interpretation of an existing collective bargaining agreement. The commission is directed to make its mediation and fact-finding services available in the settlement of such grievance disputes only as a last resort.
[ 1993 c 379 § 303; 1975 1st ex.s. c 296 § 4.]
NOTES:
Intent—Severability—Effective date—1993 c 379: See notes following RCW 28B.10.029.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.58 - Public Employment Labor Relations. › 41.58.030 - Office.

RCW 41.58.030
Office.
The principal office of the commission shall be in the city of Olympia, but it may meet and exercise any or all of its powers at any other place in the state.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 296 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.58 - Public Employment Labor Relations. › 41.58.040 - Duties of employers and employees.

RCW 41.58.040
Duties of employers and employees.
In order to prevent or minimize disruptions to the public welfare growing out of labor disputes, employers and employees and their representatives shall:
(1) Exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain agreements concerning rates of pay, hours, and working conditions, including provision for adequate notice of any proposed change in the terms of such agreements;
(2) Whenever a dispute arises over the terms or application of a collective bargaining agreement and a conference is requested by a party or prospective party thereto, arrange promptly for such a conference to be held and endeavor in such conference to settle such dispute expeditiously; and
(3) In case such dispute is not settled by conference, participate fully and promptly in such meetings as may be undertaken by the commission under this chapter for the purpose of aiding in a settlement of the dispute.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 296 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.58 - Public Employment Labor Relations. › 41.58.050 - Rules and regulations.

RCW 41.58.050
Rules and regulations.
The commission shall have authority from time to time to make, amend, and rescind, in the manner prescribed by the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 16 § 17; 1975 1st ex.s. c 296 § 7.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 16 §§ 16-25: See note following RCW 41.58.060.
Transfer of powers, duties, and functions—2011 1st sp.s. c 16: See note following RCW 41.58.060.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.58 - Public Employment Labor Relations. › 41.58.800 - Transfer of employees to commission.

RCW 41.58.800
Transfer of employees to commission.
All employees of the department of labor and industries classified under the provisions of chapter 41.06 RCW, the state civil service law, whose positions are entirely concerned with functions transferred to the commission by chapter 296, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. shall be transferred to the jurisdiction of the commission.
[1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 5 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.58 - Public Employment Labor Relations. › 41.58.801 - Transfer of reports, documents, records, property, etc., funds, appropriations, etc.

RCW 41.58.801
Transfer of reports, documents, records, property, etc., funds, appropriations, etc.
All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, papers, or other writings in the possession of the marine employee commission, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the state board for community and technical colleges, and the department of labor and industries and pertaining to the functions transferred to the commission by chapter 296, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. shall by January 1, 1976, be delivered to the custody of the commission. All cabinets, furniture, office equipment, motor vehicles, and other tangible property employed in carrying out the functions transferred by chapter 296, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. shall by January 1, 1976, be transferred to the commission.
Any appropriation or portion thereof remaining as of January 1, 1976, and which is made to an agency for the purpose of carrying out functions transferred from such agency pursuant to chapter 296, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess., shall, by January 1, 1976, be transferred and credited to the commission for the purpose of carrying out such functions. This paragraph shall not affect the transfer of moneys prior to January 1, 1976, pursuant to section 67, chapter 269, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess.
Whenever any question arises as to the transfer of any funds, including unexpended balances within any accounts, books, documents, records, papers, files, equipment, or any other tangible property used or held in the exercise of the performance of the functions transferred under chapter 296, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess., the director of financial management or his or her successor shall make a determination as to the proper allocation and certify the same to the state agencies concerned.
[ 2012 c 117 § 90; 1979 c 151 § 66; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 5 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.58 - Public Employment Labor Relations. › 41.58.802 - Procedure for transfer of budgeted fund or equipment.

RCW 41.58.802
Procedure for transfer of budgeted fund or equipment.
Where transfers of budgeted funds or equipment are required under *this act, the director of financial management shall certify such transfers to the agencies affected, the state auditor and the state treasurer all of whom shall make the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and appropriation accounts and equipment records in accordance with such certification.
[ 1979 c 151 § 67; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 5 § 5.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: For codification of "this act" [1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 5], see Codification Tables.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.58 - Public Employment Labor Relations. › 41.58.803 - Continuation and savings.

RCW 41.58.803
Continuation and savings.
On January 1, 1976, all rules and regulations, and all business pending before the agencies or divisions thereof from whom functions are transferred pursuant to chapter 296, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. and which pertain to such functions shall be continued and acted upon by the commission. All existing contracts and obligations pertaining to such functions shall remain in full force and effect, but shall be performed by the commission in lieu of the agency from whom the functions are transferred. The transfer of any functions shall not affect the validity of any act performed by such agency or division thereof or any officer or employee thereof prior to the effective date of the transferral of such functions.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of *this act, contracts or agreements are authorized between the commission and other agencies with respect to functions transferred from other agencies pursuant to chapter 296, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. Such contract or agreement may provide for an employee or employees of such other agencies or other person or persons to continue to provide services relating to pending business which is transferred to the commission as of January 1, 1976, until such pending business is completed.
[1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 5 § 6.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: For codification of "this act" [1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 5], see Codification Tables.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.59 - Educational Employment Relations Act. › 41.59.010 - Purpose.

RCW 41.59.010
Purpose.
It is the purpose of this chapter to prescribe certain rights and obligations of the educational employees of the school districts of the state of Washington, and to establish procedures governing the relationship between such employees and their employers which are designed to meet the special requirements and needs of public employment in education.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 288 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.59 - Educational Employment Relations Act. › 41.59.031 - Application of chapter to charter schools.

RCW 41.59.031
Application of chapter to charter schools.
This chapter applies to any charter school established under chapter 28A.710 RCW. Any bargaining unit or units established at the charter school must be limited to employees working in the charter school and must be separate from other bargaining units in school districts, educational service districts, or institutions of higher education. Any charter school established under chapter 28A.710 RCW is a separate employer from any school district, including the school district in which it is located.
[ 2016 c 241 § 138. Prior: 2013 c 2 § 308 (Initiative Measure No. 1240, approved November 6, 2012).]
NOTES:
Effective date—2016 c 241: See RCW 28A.710.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.59 - Educational Employment Relations Act. › 41.59.060 - Employee rights enumerated—Employee authorization of membership dues and other payments—Revocation.

RCW 41.59.060
Employee rights enumerated—Employee authorization of membership dues and other payments—Revocation.
(1) Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist employee organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall also have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities.
(2)(a) Upon authorization of an employee within the bargaining unit and after the certification or recognition of the bargaining unit's exclusive bargaining representative, the employer must deduct from the payments to the employee the monthly amount of dues as certified by the secretary of the exclusive bargaining representative and must transmit the same to the treasurer of the exclusive bargaining representative.
(b) An employee's written, electronic, or recorded voice authorization to have the employer deduct membership dues from the employee's salary must be made by the employee to the exclusive bargaining representative. If the employer receives a request for authorization of deductions, the employer shall as soon as practicable forward the request to the exclusive bargaining representative.
(c) Upon receiving notice of the employee's authorization from the exclusive bargaining representative, the employer shall deduct from the employee's salary membership dues and remit the amounts to the exclusive bargaining representative.
(d) The employee's authorization remains in effect until expressly revoked by the employee in accordance with the terms and conditions of the authorization.
(e) An employee's request to revoke authorization for payroll deductions must be in writing and submitted by the employee to the exclusive bargaining representative in accordance with the terms and conditions of the authorization.
(f) After the employer receives confirmation from the exclusive bargaining representative that the employee has revoked authorization for deductions, the employer shall end the deduction no later than the second payroll after receipt of the confirmation.
(g) The employer shall rely on information provided by the exclusive bargaining representative regarding the authorization and revocation of deductions.
(3) If the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative of a bargaining unit enter into a collective bargaining agreement that includes requirements for deductions of other payments, the employer must make such deductions upon authorization of the employee.
[ 2019 c 230 § 12; 2018 c 247 § 3; 1975 1st ex.s. c 288 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.59 - Educational Employment Relations Act. › 41.59.068 - Application of RCW 41.56.037—Bargaining representative access to new employees.

RCW 41.59.068
Application of RCW 41.56.037—Bargaining representative access to new employees.
RCW 41.56.037 applies to this chapter.
[ 2018 c 250 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.59 - Educational Employment Relations Act. › 41.59.080 - Determination of bargaining unit—Standards.

RCW 41.59.080
Determination of bargaining unit—Standards.
The commission, upon proper application for certification as an exclusive bargaining representative or upon petition for change of unit definition by the employer or any employee organization within the time limits specified in RCW 41.59.070(3), and after hearing upon reasonable notice, shall determine the unit appropriate for the purpose of collective bargaining. In determining, modifying or combining the bargaining unit, the commission shall consider the duties, skills, and working conditions of the educational employees; the history of collective bargaining; the extent of organization among the educational employees; and the desire of the educational employees; except that:
(1) A unit including nonsupervisory educational employees shall not be considered appropriate unless it includes all such nonsupervisory educational employees of the employer; and
(2) A unit that includes only supervisors may be considered appropriate if a majority of the employees in such category indicate by vote that they desire to be included in such a unit; and
(3) A unit that includes only principals and assistant principals may be considered appropriate if a majority of such employees indicate by vote that they desire to be included in such a unit; and
(4) A unit that includes both principals and assistant principals and other supervisory employees may be considered appropriate if a majority of the employees in each category indicate by vote that they desire to be included in such a unit; and
(5) A unit that includes supervisors and/or principals and assistant principals and nonsupervisory educational employees may be considered appropriate if a majority of the employees in each category indicate by vote that they desire to be included in such a unit; and
(6) A unit that includes only employees in vocational-technical institutes or occupational skill centers may be considered to constitute an appropriate bargaining unit if the history of bargaining in any such school district so justifies; and
(7) Notwithstanding the definition of collective bargaining, a unit that contains only supervisors and/or principals and assistant principals shall be limited in scope of bargaining to compensation, hours of work, and the number of days of work in the annual employment contracts; and
(8) The bargaining unit of certificated employees of school districts, educational service districts, or institutions of higher education that are education providers under chapter 28A.193 RCW must be limited to the employees working as education providers to juveniles in each adult correctional facility maintained by the department of corrections and must be separate from other bargaining units in school districts, educational service districts, or institutions of higher education.
[ 1998 c 244 § 11; 1975 1st ex.s. c 288 § 9.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1998 c 244: See RCW 28A.193.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.59 - Educational Employment Relations Act. › 41.59.090 - Certification of exclusive bargaining representative—Scope of representation.

RCW 41.59.090
Certification of exclusive bargaining representative—Scope of representation.
The employee organization which has been determined to represent a majority of the employees in a bargaining unit shall be certified by the commission as the exclusive bargaining representative of, and shall be required to represent all the employees within the unit without regard to membership in that bargaining representative: PROVIDED, That any employee at any time may present his or her grievance to the employer and have such grievance adjusted without the intervention of the exclusive bargaining representative, as long as such representative has been given an opportunity to be present at that adjustment and to make its views known, and as long as the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement then in effect.
[ 2012 c 117 § 91; 1975 1st ex.s. c 288 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.59 - Educational Employment Relations Act. › 41.59.106 - Rights of employees and bargaining representatives of school districts dissolved due to financial insolvency.

RCW 41.59.106
Rights of employees and bargaining representatives of school districts dissolved due to financial insolvency.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, employees and bargaining representatives of school districts that are dissolved due to financial insolvency shall have resort to collective bargaining, including grievance arbitration and other processes, only to the extent provided by RCW 28A.315.229.
[ 2012 c 186 § 24.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.
Rule-making authority—2012 c 186: See RCW 28A.315.902.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.59 - Educational Employment Relations Act. › 41.59.110 - Commission, rules and regulations of—Federal precedents as standard.

RCW 41.59.110
Commission, rules and regulations of—Federal precedents as standard.
(1) The commission shall promulgate, revise, or rescind, in the manner prescribed by the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and appropriate to administer the provisions of this chapter, in conformity with the intent and purpose of this chapter, and consistent with the best standards of labor-management relations.
(2) The rules, precedents, and practices of the national labor relations board, provided they are consistent with this chapter, shall be considered by the commission in its interpretation of this chapter, and prior to adoption of any aforesaid commission rules and regulations.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 288 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions › Chapter 41.59 - Educational Employment Relations Act. › 41.59.130 - Binding arbitration procedures authorized.

RCW 41.59.130
Binding arbitration procedures authorized.
An employer and an exclusive bargaining representative who enter into a collective bargaining agreement may include in such agreement procedures for binding arbitration of such disputes as may arise involving the interpretation or application of such agreement.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 288 § 14.]