The OSEA news., June 01, 1970, Page 2, Image 2

Page 2
June, 1970
The O S E A News
Arbitration of Grievances, Disputes Gets OK
Use of binding arbitration as
a means of settling employe
grievances and disputes arising
over the in te rp re ta tio n or
a pplication
of
collective
bargaining contracts has been
endorsed by the state's Per­
sonnel Division.
Arbitration is one of ten
“ employment relations" items
in OSEA's new, tw o-year
bargaining contracts to get the
division's approval.
A memorandum outlining the
items was issued to all state
agencies following a series of
meetings on the association's
new contract among officials of
the Executive Department, its
Personnel Division and OSEA.
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It was signed by William G.
Hughes, administrator of the
division.
"In the Interest of promoting
an objective evaluation by
negotiators of the proposals
being made by OSEA," he said,
"th e follow ing factors are
suggested as being influential
to your determinations as basic
management-employe re la ­
tions practices:
(1) "Both the state employer
and the certified representative
of its employes have a duty to
bargain in good fa ith .....".
(2) "Agreements are subject
to the laws of the State of
Oregon and rules adopted by
control agencies in accordance
with legislative direction."
(3) "An organization cer­
tified by the Public Employe
Relations
Board
as
representative of employes in a
bargaining unit shall be
recognized as the exclusive
representative of the employes
in the unit, and shall represent
all of the employes in the unit
without discrim ination."
(4) "C e rtifie d represen­
ta tives should be provided
payroll deduction of dues and
reasonable means for com­
munication with employes in
the unit, including but not
limited to such things as lists of
employe names and addresses,
bulletin board space and access
to work areas, when such ac­
cess w ill not unduly disrupt
work activities."
(5) "The internal business of
the em ploye organization
should be conducted during
non-duty hours, but th is does
include reorganization which
would influence the pay,
classification, work schedules,
geographic locations, etc., of
employes. Notice given should
provide sufficient time prior to
the effective date of the action
to
p e rm it
em ployes'
representatives an opportunity
to offer their comments."
(7)
"T h e
employe
representative should be
provided prompt notice of any
d is c ip lin a ry proceeding In­
volving an employe In the unit,
and the employe should be
n otified of his rig h t to
representation
in
the
proceeding."
(8) "The Personnel Division
endorses a rb itra tio n as a
means of settling grievances
and disputes where no ex­
clusive statutory procedure is
provided."
(9) "The Oregon collective
bargaining statutes contain no
reference to exclusion of
not
a c­
discu ss th e p r o g r a m a n d e le c t
tiv itie s , p rim a rily involving
collective bargaining, cannot
take place during duty hours if
recognized as being for the
mutual benefit of the employer
and employes. Meeting spaces
for employes should be made
available when their use would
not conflict with the business of
the employer."
(6) "N o tic e to employe
representatives of planned
management actions which w ill
involve or a ffe c t employe
relations is considered to be a
good practice. This would apply
to lay offs, changes in agency
policies or rules, and group
reclassifications. This would
officers.
Three subcommittees were
appointed to study the following
"re tire m e n t
im provem ent
program :"
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Central pays postage
Full information on how to order will be
enclosed with low-price quotations.
m ean
th a t
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management or supervisory
employes from bargaining
units. PERB rule 43-015 (3)
delineates the considerations
applicable to establishing the
excluded lis t. These con­
siderations do not contemplate
that all supervisory personnel
shall be excluded, nor does it
associate exclusion with the
part the supervisor may play in
a grievance procedure." .
(10) " I t is recognized that
there are m any personnel
administration subjects which
are not appropriate for rules of
general app lica tion in all
agencies, or regarding which
an appointing authority w ill be
given discretion for application
in the particular agency. These
matters are appropriate for
agreem ent
by
colle ctive
barga ining . That a m atter
might be appropriate for a rule
by the Personnel Division does
not of itself make the matter
non-bargainable."
Retirement Boost
Subject of Study
A seven-point program to
improve future and present
retirement benefits of Oregon
public employes has been
adopted fo r study by the
Steering Com m ittee of the'
Public Employes Retirement
Conference.
It met In Salem recently to
(1) Increasing the em ­
ployer's portion of the pension
by adjusting the "fo rm u la
fa cto r" from .0067 to .0084.
(2) Removal of the 25 and 30
year limitations on the number
of years employes are given
credit in computing pensions.
(3) Use of the highest three
(rather than five) years of
salary in the last ten years of
em ploym ent
to
compute
pensions.
(4) A change in the variable
a nn uity p ro gram , such as
giving employes the option of
leaving the program at in­
tervals, or converting variable
fu n d s to t h e
" fix e d
fu n d "
(5) A cost of living increase in
benefits fo r those already
retired.
(6) Im provem ent of the
d is a b ility
r e tir e m e n t
allowance.
(7)
C orrection
of the
limitations upon survivorship.
Thomas C. Enright, OSEA
executive secretary, and Cecil
Posey, executive secretary of
the
Oregon
Education
Association, were elected co-
chairmen of the group.
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