LAWS / RULES

Laws
Rules

Academic Personnel in Community Colleges — Chapter 28B.52 RCW Collective Bargaining

(Statute covering community college and technical college faculty only.)

State Civil Service Law — Chapter 41.06 RCW

(Selected provisions of statute covering state civil service employees.)

Public Employees Collective Bargaining Act — Chapter 41.56 RCW

(Statute covering all local government and selected “state” operations.)

Public Employees Collective Bargaining — Chapter 41.58 RCW

(Statute which created PERC and provides some general authority and principles.)

Educational Employment Relations Act — Chapter 41.59 RCW
(Statute covering K-12 certificated employees only.)

Higher Education Faculty Labor Relations — Chapter 41.76 RCW

(Statute covering faculty labor relations in public four-year institutions of higher education.)

State Collective Bargaining — Chapter 41.80 RCW

(Statute covering collective bargaining for state civil service employees.)

Marine Employees — Public Employment Relations — Chapter 47.64 RCW

(Statute covering collective bargaining for state ferry system employees.)

Arbitration of Disputes (Private Employment) — Chapter 49.08 RCW

(Statute covering private sector employers and employees, where PERC is the state mediation agency for purposes of filing notice and obtaining services under Section 8(d) of the National Labor Relations Act.)

Symphony Musicians — Chapter 49.39 RCW

(Statute covering symphony orchestras who gross between $300,000 and $1,000,000 annually.)

Employment Relations — Collective Bargaining and Arbitration (Port Districts) — Chapter 53.18 RCW

(Statute covering port district employees, “dovetailed” with Chapter 41.56 RCW.)

General Provisions — Public Utility District — Chapter 54.04 RCW

(Statute covering public utility district employees, “dovetailed” with Chapter 41.56 RCW.)

WAC Model Rules of Procedure – Chapter 10-08

(Rules adopted by the Chief Administrative Law Judge of the State of Washington, to regulate adjudicative proceedings under the Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 34.05 RCW. Some of these rules are replaced by more specific PERC rules, below.)

WAC Rules of Practice and Procedure Public Employment Relations Commission – Chapter 391-08

(General procedural rules adopted by PERC which modify or supplement the Model Rules of Procedure in Chapter 10-08 WAC.)

WAC Representation Case Rules – Chapter 391-25

(Cases where a union seeks certification as exclusive bargaining representative of a group of employees, or the majority status of an incumbent exclusive bargaining representative is questioned.)

WAC Unit Clarification Case Rules – Chapter 391-35

(Cases where an employer or incumbent exclusive bargaining representative questions whether one or more employees are properly included in or excluded from an existing bargaining unit, after a change in circumstances.)

WAC Unfair Labor Practice Rules – Chapter 391-45

(Cases where employees, a union, or an employer alleges that an employer and/or union has violated the rules established by the Legislature for the collective bargaining process.)

WAC Impasse Resolution Rules – Chapter 391-55

(Cases where an employer and a union are unable to resolve their differences in negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement.)

WAC Grievance Arbitration Rules – Chapter 391-65

(Cases where an employer and a union have a disagreement about the interpretation or application of an existing contract.)

WAC Union Security Dispute Rules – Chapter 391-95

(Cases where an employee and a union have a disagreement about the employee’s assertion of a “right of nonassociation” based on religious beliefs.)