§ 1 Definitions
§ 2 Collective bargaining; self organization
§ 3 Bargaining units; rules and regulations; procedures; officers excepted
§ 4 Exclusive representative; hearing; election; stipulation; certification; review; verification of evidence of written majority authorization
§ 5 Exclusive representative; powers and duties; payment of cost and fees by non-member; grievances
§ 5A Exclusive representative; public employees; duty to provide contact information; disclosure of personal information and communications; use of email; use of government buildings for meetings; failure to comply
§ 6 Negotiations; meetings
§ 7 Collective bargaining agreements; term; appropriation requests; provisions; legal conflicts, priority of agreement; review of agreement by retirement board
§ 8 Grievance procedure; arbitration
§ 9 Impasses in negotiations
§ 9A Strikes prohibited; investigation; enforcement proceedings
§ 10 Prohibited practices
§ 11 Complaints; investigation; hearing; orders; review; hearings before board
§ 12 Service fee; imposition; amount; discrimination
§ 13 List of employee organizations; required information; filing; compliance, enforcement
§ 14 Information statement and financial report required of employee organizations; filing; enforcement
§ 15 Penalties

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 150E - Labor Relations: Public Employees

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
  • Interests: includes any form of membership in a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.