Sec. 5-276. Mediation and arbitration services by State Board of Mediation and Arbitration.
Sec. 5-276. Mediation and arbitration services by State Board of Mediation
and Arbitration. (a) The services of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
shall be available to employers or employee organizations designated as the exclusive
bargaining representative for purposes of settlement of grievances arising out of the
interpretation and application of the terms of a written agreement, for mediation of
impasses in contract negotiations, for purposes of arbitration of disputes over the interpretation or application of the terms of a written agreement and for arbitration of impasses resulting from negotiations over unit contracts, unit reopeners and coalition bargaining matters as provided in subsection (f) of section 5-278.
(b) Nothing contained herein shall prevent the use of other arbitration tribunals in
the resolution of disputes between employers and designated employee organizations.
(P.A. 75-566, S. 7; P.A. 86-411, S. 2, 8.)
History: P.A. 86-411 provided that the state board of mediation and arbitration shall provide arbitration services for
negotiation impasses concerning unit contracts, reopeners and coalition bargaining, effective July 1, 1986, and applicable
to negotiations then in progress.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 20 CA 676.