Bill > S996

Introduced Session

This bill provides, in certain cases, super conciliation for emergency responder service employees, which the bill defines emergency medical technicians, paramedics, public safety dispatchers, 9-1-1 operators, and other public safety telecommunicators. The bill also requires the continuation of existing provisions of collective negotiation agreements during negotiations. In any case in which collective negotiations between an employer and a majority representative of the employees have failed to result in the parties reaching agreement, and mediation and factfinding procedures of the Public Employment Relations Commission have been exhausted without an final agreement, the parties shall be required to utilize a super conciliator which shall promptly schedule proceedings to: 1. Investigate and acquire all relevant information regarding the failure to reach agreement; 2. Discuss with the parties their differences, and utilize means and mechanisms, including but not limited to requiring 24-hour per day negotiations, until a voluntary settlement is reached, and provide recommendations to resolve the parties' differences; and 3. Institute any other non-binding procedures deemed appropriate by the super conciliator. The super conciliator is required to complete the proceedings not later than 90 day after the super conciliator is selected. If the actions taken by the super conciliator fail to resolve the dispute, the super conciliator is required to issue a final report not more than 30 days after the completion of the investigatory proceedings, to be provided to the parties promptly and made available to the public within 10 days after it issued.

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Patrick Diegnan (D)*,  Linda Greenstein (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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