Collective Bargaining
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining (Library Workers Empowerment Act) [SB-591]
[Education ]
[Libraries ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Authorizing employees of certain public libraries to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; requiring employers and certified exclusive representatives to engage in good faith bargaining; establishing a collective bargaining process for employees of certain public libraries; prohibiting employers and employee organizations from engaging in certain actions regarding the exercise of an employee's rights under the Act; etc.
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Gettr Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining (Library Workers Empowerment Act) [HB-609]
[Education ]
[Libraries ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Authorizing employees of public libraries to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; requiring employers and certified exclusive representatives to engage in good faith bargaining; establishing a collective bargaining process for employees of public libraries; prohibiting employers and employee organizations from engaging in certain actions regarding the exercise of an employee's rights under the Act; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Public Utilities - Thermal Energy Network Systems - Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act) [SB-570]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
Requiring certain gas companies and authorizing certain gas companies to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems by October 1, 2024; requiring a gas company that serves at least 75,000 customers in its distribution territory to submit either one or two proposals for a pilot system to the Public Service Commission for approval by July 1, 2025; authorizing a municipal corporation, county, or community organization to submit neighborhoods to gas companies for consideration as part of a pilot system; etc.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Collective Bargaining. [HB-2720]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate assistants employed by the University of Hawaii and community college system. Takes effect 7/1/2055. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Collective Bargaining. [HB-2756]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
Recategorizes City and County of Honolulu Emergency Medical Services Department employees from bargaining unit (10) into a new bargaining unit (16).
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Collective Bargaining. [SB-3317]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate assistants employed by the University of Hawaii and community college system. Takes effect 7/1/2055. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Collective Bargaining. [SB-3299]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pensions ]
Allows the public employer and exclusive representative to negotiate benefits of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund. Allows the exclusive representative to fully utilize dispute resolution and impasse provisions under state law when negotiating the benefits and contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Trust Fund. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty, Part-Time Faculty, Post Doctoral Associates, and Graduate Assistants [HB-493]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for the faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants; and altering the application of certain collective bargaining laws to supervisory, managerial, and confidential employees of a State institution of higher education.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Making Appropriations For Public Employment Cost Items. [HB-2655]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Makes appropriations for the public employment cost items and cost adjustments for employees of the Senate, House of Representatives, and various legislative agencies who are excluded from collective bargaining. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Legislative Employees. [HB-2632]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Specifies that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each have one vote if they have employees in a particular bargaining unit for the purposes of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. Repeals staff of the legislative branch of the State from the list of individuals not included in any appropriate bargaining unit.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act [SB-470]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; altering the eligibility criteria and the types of grants to be awarded under the Program; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop certain mental health wellness policies to be implemented in certain law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Wage and Hour Law - Minor League Baseball Players - Exemption [SB-466]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Sports ]
Exempting minor league baseball players who are compensated under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that expressly provides for the wages and working conditions of employees from the Maryland Wage and Hour Law.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
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Relating To Collective Bargaining Unit Creation. [SB-2991]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to adopt rules establishing criteria and procedures for the creation of new bargaining units. Requires certain employees or any employer or exclusive representative proposing a new bargaining unit to submit an application to the Board. Allows certain employees or any employer or exclusive representative to petition the Board to determine the appropriateness of a new bargaining unit. Requires the Board to consider certain criteria in determining the appropriateness of a new bargaining unit. Requires the Board
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Unemployment Benefits Rights. [SB-2941]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
Establishes provisions for unemployment benefit rights when claimants are unemployed due to a strike or industrial controversy.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Public Employment. [HB-2198]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
Allows public employee organizations to negotiate retirement benefits.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Department Of Accounting And General Services. [SB-2717]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Allows the Department of Accounting and General Services to employ persons exempt from civil service and collective bargaining requirements.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Harbor Safety. [SB-2746]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requires the Department of Transportation to require that the securing of mooring lines from vessels to commercial docks, wharves, piers, quays, and landings be performed by labor subject to collective bargaining. Sunsets 7/1/2028. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Collective Bargaining. [SB-2716]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
Allows retirement benefits to be negotiated during collective bargaining negotiations.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Legislative Employees. [SB-2760]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Specifies that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each have one vote if they have employees in a particular bargaining unit for the purposes of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. Repeals staff of the legislative branch of the State from the list of individuals not included in any appropriate bargaining unit.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Collective Bargaining. [SB-2714]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amends the period for an employer and an individual or labor organization that has been newly organized or certified as a representative to meet and commence to bargain collectively.