§ 41.56.010 Declaration of purpose
§ 41.56.020 Application of chapter
§ 41.56.021 Application of chapter to employees of institutions of higher education — Exceptions — Limitations on bargaining
§ 41.56.0215 Application of chapter to academic employees
§ 41.56.022 Application of chapter to University of Washington printing craft employees
§ 41.56.024 Application of chapter to classified employees of technical colleges
§ 41.56.025 Application of chapter to education providers under chapter 28A.193 RCW
§ 41.56.0251 Application of chapter to charter schools
§ 41.56.026 Application of chapter to individual providers under chapter 74.39A RCW
§ 41.56.027 Application of chapter to passenger-only ferry employees
§ 41.56.028 Application of chapter to family child care providers — Governor as public employer — Procedure — Intent
§ 41.56.029 Application of chapter to adult family home providers — Governor as public employer — Procedure — Intent
§ 41.56.030 Definitions
§ 41.56.035 Information to be provided to exclusive bargaining representative by employer
§ 41.56.037 Presenting information about the exclusive bargaining representative — Access to new employees
§ 41.56.040 Right of employees to organize and designate representatives without interference
§ 41.56.050 Disagreement in selection of bargaining representative — Disagreement as to merger of bargaining units — Intervention by commission
§ 41.56.060 Determination of bargaining unit — Bargaining representative
§ 41.56.070 Election to ascertain bargaining representative
§ 41.56.080 Certification of bargaining representative — Scope of representation
§ 41.56.090 Rules and regulations
§ 41.56.095 Certification of bargaining representative — Cross-check
§ 41.56.100 Authority and duty of employer to engage in collective bargaining — Limitations — Mediation, grievance procedures upon failure to agree
§ 41.56.110 Employee authorization of membership dues and other payments — Revocation
§ 41.56.113 Department-contracted individual providers — Family child care providers — Adult family home providers — Language access providers — Employee authorization of membership dues and other payments — Revo
§ 41.56.120 Right to strike not granted
§ 41.56.122 Collective bargaining agreements — Binding arbitration
§ 41.56.123 Collective bargaining agreements — Effect of termination — Application of section
§ 41.56.125 Arbitrators — Selection — Additional method
§ 41.56.130 Rules and regulations of Washington state personnel resources board — Mandatory subjects
§ 41.56.140 Unfair labor practices for public employer enumerated
§ 41.56.150 Unfair labor practices for bargaining representative enumerated
§ 41.56.160 Commission to prevent unfair labor practices and issue remedial orders and cease and desist orders
§ 41.56.165 Applicability of administrative procedure act to commission action
§ 41.56.203 University of Washington — Certain employees enrolled in an academic program — Scope of collective bargaining
§ 41.56.205 Washington State University — Certain employees enrolled in an academic program — Scope of collective bargaining
§ 41.56.210 Department to prevent unfair labor practices and issue remedial orders — Application to state civil service employees
§ 41.56.220 Right of employee representing bargaining unit to be absent from employment during legislative session — Replacement
§ 41.56.230 Rights of employees and bargaining representatives of school districts dissolved due to financial insolvency
§ 41.56.430 Uniformed personnel — Legislative declaration
§ 41.56.440 Uniformed personnel — Negotiations — Declaration of an impasse — Appointment of mediator
§ 41.56.450 Uniformed personnel — Interest arbitration panel — Powers and duties — Hearings — Findings and determination
§ 41.56.452 Interest arbitration panel a state agency
§ 41.56.465 Uniformed personnel — Interest arbitration panel — Determinations — Factors to be considered
§ 41.56.470 Uniformed personnel — Arbitration panel — Rights of parties
§ 41.56.473 Uniformed personnel — Application of chapter to Washington state patrol — Bargaining subjects
§ 41.56.475 Uniformed personnel — Application of chapter to Washington state patrol — Mediation and arbitration
§ 41.56.480 Uniformed personnel — Refusal to submit to procedures — Invoking jurisdiction of superior court — Contempt
§ 41.56.490 Uniformed employees — Strikes prohibited — Violations — Contempt of court
§ 41.56.492 Application of uniformed personnel collective bargaining provisions to employees of public passenger transportation systems — Conditions
§ 41.56.496 Commercial nuclear plants — Application of chapter to certain employees
§ 41.56.500 School district collective bargaining agreements
§ 41.56.510 Application of chapter to language access providers — Governor as public employer — Procedure — Intent — Report
§ 41.56.513 Application of chapter to certain postdoctoral and clinical university employees
§ 41.56.515 Fish and wildlife officers — Application of chapter
§ 41.56.516 Fish and wildlife officers — Application of certain uniformed personnel provisions
§ 41.56.520 Certain communications — Privilege from examination and disclosure
§ 41.56.900 Short title — Effective date — 1967 ex.s. c 108
§ 41.56.905 Uniformed personnel — Provisions additional — Liberal construction
§ 41.56.906 Construction of chapter — Certain agreements subject to RCW 28A.400.320
§ 41.56.907 School district collective bargaining agreements not altered or impaired — Compliance with chapter — 2017 3rd sp.s. c 13
§ 41.56.913 Conflict with federal requirements — 2006 c 54
§ 41.56.914 Short title — 2006 c 54
§ 41.56.915 Effective date — 2006 c 54
§ 41.56.950 Retroactive date in collective bargaining agreements allowable, when
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 41.56 - Public employees' collective bargaining

  • Adult family home provider: means a provider as defined in RCW 70. See Washington Code 41.56.030
  • Bargaining representative: means any lawful organization which has as one of its primary purposes the representation of employees in their employment relations with employers. See Washington Code 41.56.030
  • Child care subsidy: means a payment from the state through a child care subsidy program established pursuant to RCW 74. See Washington Code 41.56.030
  • Collective bargaining: means the performance of the mutual obligations of the public employer and the exclusive bargaining representative to meet at reasonable times, to confer and negotiate in good faith, and to execute a written agreement with respect to grievance procedures, subject to RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.56.030
  • Commission: means the public employment relations commission. See Washington Code 41.56.030
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the commission. See Washington Code 41.56.030
  • Family child care provider: means a person who: (a) Provides regularly scheduled care for a child or children in the home of the provider or in the home of the child or children for periods of less than twenty-four hours or, if necessary due to the nature of the parent's work, for periods equal to or greater than twenty-four hours; (b) receives child care subsidies; and (c) under chapter 43. See Washington Code 41.56.030
  • Fish and wildlife officer: means a fish and wildlife officer as defined in RCW 77. See Washington Code 41.56.030
  • Individual provider: means an individual provider as defined in RCW 74. See Washington Code 41.56.030
  • Institution of higher education: means the University of Washington, Washington State University, Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University, Western Washington University, The Evergreen State College, and the various state community colleges. See Washington Code 41.56.030
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Language access provider: means any independent contractor who provides spoken language interpreter services, whether paid by a broker, language access agency, or the respective department:
Washington Code 41.56.030
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Public employee: means any employee of a public employer except any person (a) elected by popular vote, or (b) appointed to office pursuant to statute, ordinance or resolution for a specified term of office as a member of a multimember board, commission, or committee, whether appointed by the executive head or body of the public employer, or (c) whose duties as deputy, administrative assistant or secretary necessarily imply a confidential relationship to (i) the executive head or body of the applicable bargaining unit, or (ii) any person elected by popular vote, or (iii) any person appointed to office pursuant to statute, ordinance or resolution for a specified term of office as a member of a multimember board, commission, or committee, whether appointed by the executive head or body of the public employer, or (d) who is a court commissioner or a court magistrate of superior court, district court, or a department of a district court organized under chapter 3. See Washington Code 41.56.030
  • Public employer: means any officer, board, commission, council, or other person or body acting on behalf of any public body governed by this chapter, or any subdivision of such public body. See Washington Code 41.56.030
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Uniformed personnel: means : (a) Law enforcement officers as defined in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.56.030