Kansas Statutes 44-825. Memorandum of agreement by representatives of employer and employee organization
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 44-825
- Agricultural employer: shall mean any employer engaged in cultivating the soil or in raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity including custom harvesting operators operating wholly within the state of Kansas, and employers engaged in operating stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, furbearing animal, wildlife and truck farms, plantations, ranches, feedlots, ranges, orchards, or other similar agricultural enterprises and who employed six or more employees for 20 or more days of any calendar month in the six months preceding the filing for recognition by such employees as an employee organization as provided for in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 44-819
- Board: means the agricultural labor relations board established pursuant to this act. See Kansas Statutes 44-819
- Conditions of employment: means salaries, wages, hours of work, vacation allowances, sick and injury leave, number of holidays, retirement benefits, insurance benefits, wearing apparel, premium pay for overtime, shift differential pay, jury duty and grievance procedures. See Kansas Statutes 44-819
- Employee organization: means any organization which includes employees of an agricultural employer and which has as one of its primary purposes representing such employees in dealings with that agricultural employer over conditions of employment and grievances. See Kansas Statutes 44-819
- Memorandum of agreement: means a written memorandum of understanding arrived at by the representatives of the agricultural employers and a recognized employee organization. See Kansas Statutes 44-819
If agreement is reached by the representatives of the agricultural employer and the recognized employee organization, they jointly shall prepare a memorandum of agreement. The scope of a memorandum of agreement may extend to all matters relating to conditions of employment except to the extent that any proposal is limited or prohibited by this act. Any memorandum agreement relating to conditions of employment entered into may be executed for a maximum period of three (3) years. Any party wishing to terminate or modify an existing memorandum agreement, must notify the other party, with a copy to the board, at least sixty (60) days prior to the termination date of said agreement.