§ 41.59.010 Purpose
§ 41.59.020 Definitions
§ 41.59.031 Application of chapter to charter schools
§ 41.59.060 Employee rights enumerated — Employee authorization of membership dues and other payments — Revocation
§ 41.59.068 Application of RCW 41.56.037 — Bargaining representative access to new employees
§ 41.59.070 Election to ascertain exclusive bargaining representative, when — Runoff election — Decertification election
§ 41.59.080 Determination of bargaining unit — Standards
§ 41.59.090 Certification of exclusive bargaining representative — Scope of representation
§ 41.59.105 School district collective bargaining agreements
§ 41.59.106 Rights of employees and bargaining representatives of school districts dissolved due to financial insolvency
§ 41.59.110 Commission, rules and regulations of — Federal precedents as standard
§ 41.59.120 Resolving impasses in collective bargaining — Mediation — Fact-finding with recommendations — Other
§ 41.59.130 Binding arbitration procedures authorized
§ 41.59.140 Unfair labor practices for employer, employee organization, enumerated
§ 41.59.150 Commission to prevent unfair labor practices — Scope
§ 41.59.160 Applicability of administrative procedure act provisions to commission action
§ 41.59.170 Effective date of certain agreements — Increased benefits during agreement authorized, when
§ 41.59.180 Employees in specialized job category — Exclusion
§ 41.59.190 Certain communications — Privilege from examination and disclosure
§ 41.59.200 Information to be provided to exclusive bargaining representative by employer
§ 41.59.900 Short title
§ 41.59.910 Construction of chapter — Effect on existing agreements — Collective bargaining agreement prevails where conflict
§ 41.59.920 Construction of chapter — Employee’s rights preserved
§ 41.59.930 Construction of chapter — Employer’s responsibilities and rights preserved
§ 41.59.935 Construction of chapter — Certain agreements subject to RCW 28A.150.410, 28A.400.200, and 28A.150.276
§ 41.59.936 Construction of chapter — Certain agreements subject to RCW 28A.405.470
§ 41.59.937 Collective bargaining agreements not altered or impaired — Compliance with chapter — 2017 3rd sp.s. c 13
§ 41.59.940 Effective date — 1975 1st ex.s. c 288

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 41.59 - Educational employment relations act

  • 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
  • bargaining: means the performance of the mutual obligation of the representatives of the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative to meet at reasonable times in light of the time limitations of the budget-making process, and to bargain in good faith in an effort to reach agreement with respect to the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment: PROVIDED, That prior law, practice or interpretation shall be neither restrictive, expansive, nor determinative with respect to the scope of bargaining. See Washington Code 41.59.020
  • commission: means the public employment relations commission established by RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.59.020
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • educational employee: means any certificated employee of a school district, except:
Washington Code 41.59.020
  • employee organization: means any organization, union, association, agency, committee, council, or group of any kind in which employees participate, and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining with employers. See Washington Code 41.59.020
  • employer: means any school district. See Washington Code 41.59.020
  • 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.
  • exclusive bargaining representative: means any employee organization which has:
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  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • 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.
  • person: means one or more individuals, organizations, unions, associations, partnerships, corporations, boards, committees, commissions, agencies, or other entities, or their representatives. See Washington Code 41.59.020
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • 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.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • supervisor: shall include only those employees who perform a preponderance of the above-specified acts of authority. See Washington Code 41.59.020
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.