Court Opinion

ID: 9753947
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 19:35:48.746817+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:54:54.947744
License: Public Domain

GODFREY, Justice,
concurring:
I concur in the result on the ground that the ad hoc determination of questions of classification and allocation that would result from the collective bargaining process would be inconsistent with the systematic resolution of such questions contemplated by the personnel laws, particularly 5 M.R. S.A. §§ 593, 633 & 634. Collective bargaining over classifications and allocations seems to me to be barred by operation of subsection 2 of 26 M.R.S.A. § 979-D(l)(E), which provides as follows:
(2) Paragraph E subparagraph (1) shall not be construed to be in derogation of or contravene the spirit and intent of the merit system principles and personnel laws.