Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 803 - LABOR CABINET › Chapter 3 - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration › Section 803 KAR 3:060 - Procedures for electing and certifying exclusive representatives of police officers employed by urban-county or consolidated local governments and firefighter personnel, firefighters, or corrections personnel employed by urban-county governments

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				67A.6905,
				67C.408
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				67A.6905(3) requires the
				Education and Labor Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations governing
				elections for exclusive representatives of police officers and firefighter
				personnel, firefighters, or corrections personnel employed by urban-county
				governments. KRS
				67C.408(3) requires the
				Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations governing elections for
				exclusive representatives of police officers employed by consolidated local
				governments. This administrative regulation establishes procedures for electing
				and certifying exclusive representatives of police officers employed by
				urban-county or consolidated local governments and firefighter personnel,
				firefighters, or corrections personnel employed by urban-county
				governments.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Appropriate Collective Bargaining Unit"
			 means a group of police officers, firefighter personnel, firefighters, or
			 corrections personnel, as determined by the Cabinet considering the factors
			 outlined in KRS
			 67A.6905(2) and
			 KRS
			 67C.408(2), which is the
			 subject of a petition for election.
(2) "Commissioner" is defined in
			 KRS
			 67A.6901(1) and
			 67C.400(5).
(3) "Cross petition for election" means a
			 petition authorized by
			 KRS
			 67A.6905(1) or
			 67C.408(1)
			 seeking to intervene in a pending petition to elect an exclusive representative
			 of an appropriate collective bargaining unit.
(4) "Cross petitioner" means a person,
			 organization, or employer, authorized by
			 KRS
			 67A.6905(1) and
			 67C.408(1) to
			 request an election for an exclusive representative of an appropriate
			 collective bargaining unit, who files a cross petition for election.
(5) "Cabinet" is defined in
			 KRS
			 67A.6901(3) and
			 67C.400(1).
(6) "Exclusive representative" is defined in
			 KRS
			 67A.6901(4) and
			 67C.400(3).
(7) "Labor Organization" is defined in
			 KRS
			 67A.6901(7) and
			 67C.400(2).
(8) "Notice of Election" means a notice
			 prepared by the Cabinetcontaining the details of an election for an exclusive
			 representative, including the appropriate collective bargaining unit; voting
			 eligibility criteria; date, hours, method, and location of the election; sample
			 ballot; and effect of the vote.
(9)
			 "Petition for election" means a petition authorized by
			 KRS
			 67A.6905(1) or
			 67C.408(1)
			 requesting an election for an exclusive representative of an appropriate
			 collective bargaining unit.
(10)
			 "Petitioner" means a person, group, organization, or employer, authorized by
			 KRS
			 67A.6905(1) and
			 67C.408(1) to
			 request an election for an exclusive representative of an appropriate
			 collective bargaining unit, who files a petition for election.