6229

Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative (SB 6229)

2/28/18  House passes new employee orientation access bill

The House on Tuesday night (Feb. 27) passed a good bill that strengthens the new employee orientation program. It’s important that new state employees get access to a wide range of information, including their contract rights.

That value is strengthened with House passage of ESB 6229 guaranteeing that exclusive bargaining representatives have access to new employee orientations, at least 30 minutes within 90 days of a new employee coming on the job. The contracts we negotiate can exceed those minimum standards. For instance, the WFSE/AFSCME General Government contract Art. 39.11 covers new employee orientations.

More details: Public employers must provide the exclusive bargaining representative reasonable access to new employees of the bargaining unit for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative. The presentation may occur during a new employee orientation provided by the employer, or at another time agreed to by the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative.

The House passed ESB 6229 on a vote of 58-40. The bill now goes to the governor for his signature into law.

2/26/18   SB 6229 is now in House Rules. It must pass a vote of House by Mar 3.

2/12/18   Passed Senate 27-20-2