Public Sector Collective Bargaining Laws

Public Sector Collective Bargaining Laws

NOTE: These links go to the most current version of the law available on the Web. They may not be the most current law and should be used with caution.

Alaska
Public Employment Relations Act — Alaska Statutes Title 23, Ch. 40, § 23.40.070 et seq.
Employees of the Alaska Railroad Corporation — Alaska Statutes Title 42, Ch. 40, § 42.40.720 et seq.
 
California
State Employer-Employee Relations (Ralph C. Dills Act) — Government Code §§ 3512-3524
Excluded Employees Bill of Rights — Government Code §§ 3525 - 3539.5
Local Public Employee Organizations (Meyers-Milias-Brown Act) — Government Code §§ 3500-3510
Public Educational Employer-Employee Relations Act — Government Code §§ 3540 - 3549.3
Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations — Government Code §§ 3560-3599
Fire Fighters: Right to Bargain Collectively — Labor Code §§ 1960-1964
 
Connecticut
Municipal Employee Relations Act — Conn. Gen. Stats., Title 7, § 7-467 et seq.
State Employee Collective Bargaining Act — Conn. Gen. Stats., Title 5, § 5-270 et seq.
Teachers' bargaining rights — Conn. Gen. Stats., Title 10, Ch. 166, § 10-153a et seq.
 
Delaware
Public Employment Relations Act — Del. Code Ann. Title 19, §§ 1301-1318
Police Officers' and Firefighters' Employment Relations Act — Del. Code Ann. Title 19, §§ 1601-1618
Public School Employment Relations Act — Del. Code Ann. Title 14, §§ 4001-4018
 
District of Columbia
Public employee bargaining rights — D.C. Code Ann. § 1-617.01 et seq.
 
Florida
Public Employees Act — Fla. Stats., Ch. 447, § 447.201 et seq.
 
Georgia
Firefighters' bargaining rights — Ga. Code Ann. §§ 45-19-1 to 45-19-5
 
Hawaii
Public employee bargaining rights — Hawaii Rev. Stats., Ch. 89, § 89-1 et seq.
 
Idaho
Teachers' bargaining rights — Idaho Code §§ 33-1271 to 33-1276
Firefighters' bargaining rights — Idaho Code §§ 44-1801 to 44-1811
 
Illinois
Illinois Public Labor Relations Act — 5 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 315/1 - 315/27
Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act — 115 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/1 - 5/20
 
Indiana
Certified Educational Employee Bargaining — Ind. Code Ann. §§ 20-7.5-1-1 to 20-7.5-1-14
 
Iowa
Public Employment Relations Act — Iowa Code §§ 20.1 - 20.26
Child care providers: Executive Order No. 45 and Executive Order No. 46, 2006
 
Kansas
Look up acts in the Kansas Statutes:
Public Employer-Employee Relations Act — Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-4321 to 75-4337
Teachers' bargaining rights — Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 72-5410 to 72-5437
 
Kentucky
Firefighters' bargaining rights — Kentucky Rev. Statutes, Ch. 345, § 345.010 et seq.
Police bargaining rights — Kentucky Rev. Statutes, Ch. 78, § 78.400 et seq.
 
Maine
Judicial Employees Labor Relations Act — Me. Rev. Stat. Ann., Title 26, §§ 1281-1294
State Employee Labor Relations Act — Me. Rev. Stat. Ann., Title 26, §§ 979-979-Q
University of Maine System Labor Relations Act — Me. Rev. Stat. Ann., Title 26, §§ 1021-1035
Municipal Public Employees Labor Relations Law — Me. Rev. Stat. Ann., Title 26, §§ 961-974
 
Maryland
State employees collective bargaining law — Md. Code Ann., State Personnel and Pensions § 3-101 et seq.
Noncertificated public school employees bargaining rights — Md. Code Ann., Educ. §§ 6-501 - 6-510
Teachers — Md. Code Ann., Educ. §§ 6-401 - 6-411
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission employees — Md. Code Ann., art. 28, § 5-114.1
 
Massachusetts
Public employee bargaining rights — Mass. Ann. Laws, Ch. 150E, §§ 1-15
 
Michigan
Public Employment Relations Act — Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. §§ 423.201 to 423.216
Michigan Civil Service Commission Employee Relations Policy — Michigan Department of Civil Service Rules, Chapter 6
Michigan Const. Art. XI
Police Troopers and Sergeants — Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. §§ 423.271 to 423.286
Police and Firefighters — Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 423.231 to 423.246
 
Minnesota
Public Employment Labor Relations Act — Minn. Stat. §§ 179A.01 - 179A.25
 
Missouri
Public employee bargaining rights — Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 105.500 - 105.530
 
Montana
Collective Bargaining for Public Employees — Mont. Code Ann. §§ 39-31-101 to 39-31-409
Collective Bargaining for Nurses — Mont. Code Ann. §§ 39-32-101 to 39-32-114
 
Nebraska
State Employees Collective Bargaining Act — Nebraska Const. Article 13, Ch. 81, § 81-1369 et seq. (WARNING: Large (3103 K) document; must scroll to section)
Industrial Relations Act — Nebraska Const. Article 8, Ch. 48, § 48-801 et seq. (must scroll to section)
 
Nevada
Local Government Employee-Management Relations Act — Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 288.010-288.280
 
New Hampshire
Public Employee Labor Relations — N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 273-A.1 to 273-A.17
Dog and Horse Racing Employees — N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 273-C.1 to 273-C.14
 
New Jersey
New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act — N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 34:13A-1 to 34:13A-13
Police and Fire Public Interest Arbitration Reform Act — N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 34:13A-14 to 34:13A-21
 
New Mexico
Public Employee Bargaining Act — New Mexico Statutes Annotated 10-7E-1 to 10-7E-26
 
New York
Public Employees' Fair Employment Act (Taylor Act) — N.Y. Civ. Serv. Law §§ 200-214
New York City Employees — N.Y. City Charter Ch.54; N.Y. Admin. Code, Sec. 1173-1.0 et seq.
NOTE: The NY City Charter and Administrative Code are available online at http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi. Click on "Laws of New York" then scroll down to "Miscellaneous", under which you will find these codes.
North Dakota
No public sector bargaining laws.
 
Ohio
Public Employees' Collective Bargaining — Ohio Rev. Code Ann. §§ 4117.01-4117.23
 
Oklahoma
School employees — Okla. Stat. Ann., Title 70, Ch. 70, §§ 509.1 - 509.10
Fire and Police Arbitration Law — Okla. Stat. Ann., Title 11, Ch. 256, §§ 51-101 to 51-112
 
Oregon
Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act — O.R.S. § 243.650 et seq.
 
Pennsylvania
Public Employee Relations Act — Pa. Stat. Ann., Title 43, §§ 1101.101 - 1101.2301
Police and firefighters — Pa. Stat. Ann., Title 43, §§ 217.1-217.10 (not online)
 
Rhode Island
Organization of State Employees — R.I. General Laws, § 36-11-1 et seq.
Arbitration of Labor Controversies — R.I. General Laws, § 28-9-1 et seq.
 
South Dakota
Public Employees' Unions — S.D. Codified Laws §§ 3-18-1 to 3-18-17
 
Tennessee
Education Professional Negotiations Act — Tenn. Code. Ann. §§ 49-5-601 to 49-5-613 (must scroll to sections)
 
Texas
Fire and Police Employee Relations — Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Ann. § 174.001 et seq.
 
Vermont
State Employees Labor Relations Act — Vt. Stat. Ann., Title 3, Ch. 27, §§ 901-1006
Vermont Municipal Labor Relations Act — Vt. Stat. Ann., Title 21, Ch. 22, §§ 1721-1735
Vermont State Labor Relations Act — Vt. Stat. Ann., Title 21, Ch. 19, §§ 1501-1623
Labor Relations for Teachers Act — Vt. Stat. Ann., Title 16, Ch. 57, §§ 1981-2010
 
Washington
State civil service employees' bargaining rights — Was. Rev. Code § 41.06.150 et seq.
Public Employees' Collective Bargaining — Was. Rev. Code § 41.56.010 et seq.
Educational Employment Relations Act — Was. Rev. Code § 41.59.010 et seq.
Collective Bargaining - Academic Personnel in Community Colleges — Was. Rev. Code § 28B.52.010 et seq.
Marine Employees - Public Employment Relations — Was. Rev. Code § 47.64.011 et seq.
Port District Employees - Collective bargaining and arbitration — Was. Rev. Code § 53.18.010 et seq.
 
Wisconsin
State employees' bargaining rights — Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 111.80 - 111.97
Municipal employees' bargaining rights — Wis. Stat. Ann. §§ 111.70 - 111.77
 
Wyoming
Collective Bargaining for Fire Fighters — Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 27-10-101 to 27-10-109
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