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H. B. No. 314 As IntroducedAs Introduced
129th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2011-2012 |
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Cosponsor:
Representative Adams, J.
A BILL
To amend section 4117.10 and to enact section 124.16
of the Revised Code to limit the amount by which a
state employee's salary or wage may be increased.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 4117.10 be amended and section 124.16
of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 124.16. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Consumer price index" means the consumer price index for
all urban consumers as prepared by the United States bureau of
labor statistics or its successor index.
(2) "Employee" means an employee paid in whole or in part by
the state.
(3) "Salary or wages" do not include employee benefits such
as paid leave, insurance coverage, or retirement benefits.
(B) No state agency shall increase the salary or wage of an
employee during a one-year period by more than the percentage
increase, rounded to the nearest tenth, in the consumer price
index for that one-year period. If the consumer price index
increases by more than five per cent in that period, the state
agency may increase the salary or wage of an employee by a maximum
of five per cent. If the consumer price index decreases or
otherwise does not increase during that time period, the state
agency shall not increase the salary or wage of an employee.
(C) The restrictions described in division (B) of this
section do not apply to either of the following circumstances:
(1) If an employee is promoted or transferred to a different
position or otherwise changes positions;
(2) If the salary or wage of an employee has not increased
for a significant period of time, as determined by the state
agency, due to the financial condition of the state or the state
agency, any one-time increase in the employee's salary or wage to
compensate the employee for the time period during which the
employee's salary or wage remained unchanged due to that financial
condition, however, the employee's salary or wage shall be subject
to division (B) of this section beginning the following year.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit an
employee's progression through the schedules listed in section
124.15 or 124.152 of the Revised Code, however, notwithstanding
the rates of pay identified in those sections, any increase in pay
resulting from an employee's progress through those schedules is
subject to this section.
Sec. 4117.10. (A) An agreement between a public employer and
an exclusive representative entered into pursuant to this chapter
governs the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of public
employment covered by the agreement. If the agreement provides for
a final and binding arbitration of grievances, public employers,
employees, and employee organizations are subject solely to that
grievance procedure and the state personnel board of review or
civil service commissions have no jurisdiction to receive and
determine any appeals relating to matters that were the subject of
a final and binding grievance procedure. Where no agreement exists
or where an agreement makes no specification about a matter, the
public employer and public employees are subject to all applicable
state or local laws or ordinances pertaining to the wages, hours,
and terms and conditions of employment for public employees. Laws
All of the following prevail over conflicting provisions of
agreements between employee organizations and public employers:
(1) Laws pertaining to civil any of the following subjects:
(a) Civil rights, affirmative;
(b) Affirmative action, unemployment;
(c) Unemployment compensation, workers';
(d) Workers' compensation, the;
(e) The retirement of public employees, and residency;
(f) Residency requirements, the;
(g) The minimum educational requirements contained in the
Revised Code pertaining to public education including the
requirement of a certificate by the fiscal officer of a school
district pursuant to section 5705.41 of the Revised Code, the;
(h) The provisions of division (A) of section 124.34 of the
Revised Code governing the disciplining of officers and employees
who have been convicted of a felony, and the;
(i) The minimum standards promulgated by the state board of
education pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the
Revised Code prevail over conflicting provisions of agreements
between employee organizations and public employers;
(j) The restriction regarding an increase of the salary or
wage of an employee as described in section 124.16 of the Revised
Code. The
(2) The law pertaining to the leave of absence and
compensation provided under section 5923.05 of the Revised Code
prevails over any conflicting provisions of such agreements, if
the terms of the agreement contain benefits which are less than
those contained in that section or the agreement contains no such
terms and the public authority is the state or any agency,
authority, commission, or board of the state or if the public
authority is another entity listed in division (B) of section
4117.01 of the Revised Code that elects to provide leave of
absence and compensation as provided in section 5923.05 of the
Revised Code. The;
(3) The law pertaining to the leave established under section
5906.02 of the Revised Code prevails over any conflicting
provision of an agreement between an employee organization and
public employer if the terms of the agreement contain benefits
that are less than those contained in section 5906.02 of the
Revised Code. Except
Except for sections 306.08, 306.12, 306.35, and 4981.22 of
the Revised Code and arrangements entered into thereunder, and
section 4981.21 of the Revised Code as necessary to comply with
section 13(c) of the "Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964," 87
Stat. 295, 49 U.S.C.A. 1609(c), as amended, and arrangements
entered into thereunder, this chapter prevails over any and all
other conflicting laws, resolutions, provisions, present or
future, except as otherwise specified in this chapter or as
otherwise specified by the general assembly. Nothing in this
section prohibits or shall be construed to invalidate the
provisions of an agreement establishing supplemental workers'
compensation or unemployment compensation benefits or exceeding
minimum requirements contained in the Revised Code pertaining to
public education or the minimum standards promulgated by the state
board of education pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of
the Revised Code.
(B) The public employer shall submit a request for funds
necessary to implement an agreement and for approval of any other
matter requiring the approval of the appropriate legislative body
to the legislative body within fourteen days of the date on which
the parties finalize the agreement, unless otherwise specified,
but if the appropriate legislative body is not in session at the
time, then within fourteen days after it convenes. The legislative
body must approve or reject the submission as a whole, and the
submission is deemed approved if the legislative body fails to act
within thirty days after the public employer submits the
agreement. The parties may specify that those provisions of the
agreement not requiring action by a legislative body are effective
and operative in accordance with the terms of the agreement,
provided there has been compliance with division (C) of this
section. If the legislative body rejects the submission of the
public employer, either party may reopen all or part of the entire
agreement.
As used in this section, "legislative body" includes the
governing board of a municipal corporation, school district,
college or university, village, township, or board of county
commissioners or any other body that has authority to approve the
budget of their public jurisdiction and, with regard to the state,
"legislative body" means the controlling board.
(C) The chief executive officer, or the chief executive
officer's representative, of each municipal corporation, the
designated representative of the board of education of each school
district, college or university, or any other body that has
authority to approve the budget of their public jurisdiction, the
designated representative of the board of county commissioners and
of each elected officeholder of the county whose employees are
covered by the collective negotiations, and the designated
representative of the village or the board of township trustees of
each township is responsible for negotiations in the collective
bargaining process; except that the legislative body may accept or
reject a proposed collective bargaining agreement. When the
matters about which there is agreement are reduced to writing and
approved by the employee organization and the legislative body,
the agreement is binding upon the legislative body, the employer,
and the employee organization and employees covered by the
agreement.
(D) There is hereby established an office of collective
bargaining in the department of administrative services for the
purpose of negotiating with and entering into written agreements
between state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions and
the exclusive representative on matters of wages, hours, terms and
other conditions of employment and the continuation, modification,
or deletion of an existing provision of a collective bargaining
agreement. Nothing in any provision of law to the contrary shall
be interpreted as excluding the bureau of workers' compensation
and the industrial commission from the preceding sentence. This
office shall not negotiate on behalf of other statewide elected
officials or boards of trustees of state institutions of higher
education who shall be considered as separate public employers for
the purposes of this chapter; however, the office may negotiate on
behalf of these officials or trustees where authorized by the
officials or trustees. The staff of the office of collective
bargaining are in the unclassified service. The director of
administrative services shall fix the compensation of the staff.
The office of collective bargaining shall:
(1) Assist the director in formulating management's
philosophy for public collective bargaining as well as planning
bargaining strategies;
(2) Conduct negotiations with the exclusive representatives
of each employee organization;
(3) Coordinate the state's resources in all mediation,
fact-finding, and arbitration cases as well as in all labor
disputes;
(4) Conduct systematic reviews of collective bargaining
agreements for the purpose of contract negotiations;
(5) Coordinate the systematic compilation of data by all
agencies that is required for negotiating purposes;
(6) Prepare and submit an annual report and other reports as
requested to the governor and the general assembly on the
implementation of this chapter and its impact upon state
government.
Section 2. That existing section 4117.10 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act applies to a collective bargaining
agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this act.
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