Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 41.56 · 63 active provisions
The intent and purpose of this chapter is to promote the continued improvement of the relationship between public employers and their employees by providing a uniform basis for implementing the right of public employees to join labor organizations of their own choosing and to be represented by such organizations in mat…
As used in this chapter:(1) "Adult family home provider" means a provider as defined in RCW 70.128.010 who receives payments from the medicaid and state-funded long-term care programs.(2) "Bargaining representative" means any lawful organization which has as one of its primary purposes the representation of employees i…
No public employer, or other person, shall directly or indirectly, interfere with, restrain, coerce, or discriminate against any public employee or group of public employees in the free exercise of their right to organize and designate representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of collective bargaining, or i…
Nothing contained in this chapter shall permit or grant any public employee the right to strike or refuse to perform his or her official duties.
It shall be an unfair labor practice for a public employer:(1) To interfere with, restrain, or coerce public employees in the exercise of their rights guaranteed by this chapter;(2) To control, dominate, or interfere with a bargaining representative;(3) To discriminate against a public employee who has filed an unfair…
It shall be an unfair labor practice for a bargaining representative:(1) To interfere with, restrain, or coerce public employees in the exercise of their rights guaranteed by this chapter;(2) To induce the public employer to commit an unfair labor practice;(3) To discriminate against a public employee who has filed an…
(1) The commission is empowered and directed to prevent any unfair labor practice and to issue appropriate remedial orders: PROVIDED, That a complaint shall not be processed for any unfair labor practice occurring more than six months before the filing of the complaint with the commission or in superior court. This pow…
See RCW 41.06.340.
(1) Upon the authorization of an employee within the bargaining unit and after the certification or recognition of the bargaining unit's exclusive bargaining representative, the employer shall deduct from the payments to the employee the monthly amount of dues as certified by the secretary of the exclusive bargaining r…
(1) If the employer has the information in the employer's records, the employer shall provide to the exclusive bargaining representative the following information for each employee in an appropriate bargaining unit:(a) The employee's name and date of hire;(b) The employee's contact information, including: (i) Cellular,…
(1)(a) The employer 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 to the new employee. The presentation may occur during a new employee orientation provided by the…
Any public employee who represents fifty percent or more of a bargaining unit or who represents on a statewide basis a group of five or more bargaining units shall have the right to absent himself or herself from his or her employment without pay and without suffering any discrimination in his or her future employment…
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.
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.
(1) This subsection (1) applies only if the state makes the payments directly to a provider.(a) Upon the authorization of an individual provider who contracts with the department of social and health services, a family child care provider, an adult family home provider, or a language access provider within the bargaini…
The commission shall promulgate, revise or rescind such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or 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.
Actions taken by or on behalf of the commission shall be pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW, or rules adopted in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW, and the right of judicial review provided by chapter 34.05 RCW shall be applicable to all such actions and rules.
This chapter shall apply to any county or municipal corporation, or any political subdivision of the state of Washington, including district courts and superior courts, except as otherwise provided by RCW 54.04.170, 54.04.180, and chapters 41.59, 47.64, and 53.18 RCW.
(1) In addition to the entities listed in RCW 41.56.101, 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, wag…
In addition to the entities listed in RCW 41.56.101, this chapter does apply to:(1) Public employees of public transportation benefit areas providing passenger-only ferry service as provided in RCW 47.64.090; and(2) Public employees of ferry districts providing passenger-only ferry service as provided in RCW 47.64.090.
This chapter applies to the bargaining unit of classified employees of school districts, educational service districts, or institutions of higher education that are education providers under chapter 28A.193 RCW. Such bargaining units must be limited to the employees working as education providers to juveniles in each a…
(1) All collective bargaining agreements entered into between a school district employer and school district employees under this chapter after June 10, 2010, as well as bargaining agreements existing on June 10, 2010, but renewed or extended after June 10, 2010, shall be consistent with RCW 28A.657.050.(2) All collect…
In addition to the entities listed in RCW 41.56.101, this chapter applies to any charter school established under chapter 28A.710 RCW. 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.
In addition to the entities listed in RCW 41.56.101, this chapter applies to individual providers who have contracts with the department under chapter 74.39A RCW.
(1) In addition to the entities listed in RCW 41.56.101, this chapter applies to the governor with respect to family child care providers. Solely for the purposes of collective bargaining and as expressly limited under subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the governor is the public employer of family child care pro…