Sec. 5-278a. Certain provisions of collective bargaining agreement to remain in effect.
Sec. 5-278a. Certain provisions of collective bargaining agreement to remain
in effect. In the event an agreement expires before a new agreement has been approved
by the employee organization, the employer representative and the legislature, the provisions of the expired agreement concerning (1) salary, excluding annual increments, (2)
differentials, (3) overtime, (4) longevity, and (5) allowances for uniforms, which were
implemented pursuant to approval by the legislature in accordance with section 5-278
shall remain in effect until such time as a new agreement is reached and approved in
accordance with section 5-278. Nothing in this section shall affect the rights and duties
of the employer and any exclusive employee representative designated to negotiate such
new agreement under sections 5-271 to 5-280, inclusive, during the period of time after
such agreement expires including the right to negotiate the extension of the expired
agreement or any provision thereof not otherwise extended by this section. Notwithstanding any provision of a statute to the contrary, in the event an agreement expires
before a new agreement has been approved by the employee organization, the employer
representative and the legislature, the employer representative and the exclusive employee representative designated to negotiate such new agreement shall negotiate and
agree upon payment of an exclusive payroll deduction of employee organization regular
dues, fees and assessments and, upon reaching such agreement, such payment shall be
made to such exclusive employee representative.
(P.A. 79-621, S. 22, 24; P.A. 86-411, S. 6, 8; P.A. 93-80, S. 56, 67.)
History: P.A. 86-411 clarified that the section applies to the exclusive employee representative designated, rather than
certified, to negotiate a new agreement, effective July 1, 1986, and applicable to negotiations then in progress; P.A. 93-80 limited provisions of expired agreement which remain in effect until approval of a new agreement to provisions "concerning (1) salary, excluding annual increments, (2) differentials, (3) overtime, (4) longevity, and (5) allowances for uniforms",
effective January 1, 1994.