HB 5829 Summary

• Adds definition of "independent bargaining" allowing public employees to negotiate individually with employers regarding pay, wages, hours, and employment conditions without labor organization intervention, with no greater or lesser rights than unionized employees.

• Prohibits public employers from requiring non-member employees to accept representation from labor organizations or pay union dues equivalent to fees; allows police and fire employees to have fair-share fee agreements under existing conditions.

• Establishes that collective bargaining agreements cannot require wages or conditions of employment for union members to be based on, linked to, or contingent upon wages or conditions of non-union employees.

• Requires exclusive bargaining representatives to have independent examiners verify annual expenditures for collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment by July 1 each year and file with the employment relations commission.

• Expands prohibited subjects of bargaining for public school employers to include decisions on school calendars, open enrollment, public school academies, outsourcing support services, performance evaluations, teacher placement, and other operational matters.