Bill > H2068

This bill modifies the definition of "Employee" in Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 150E, which governs collective bargaining rights, to expand protections for administrative employees in the Management Classification Series. Specifically, the bill ensures that employees in management positions below the M-VI level cannot be automatically excluded from collective bargaining rights. Now, such employees can only be excluded if either the Department of Labor Relations determines that their specific job duties qualify them as managerial employees or if their bargaining unit's exclusive representative agrees to their exclusion. This change aims to protect the collective bargaining rights of administrative employees who may have previously been denied such rights, potentially giving more workers the ability to negotiate employment terms collectively and providing them with additional workplace protections.

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2068