Georgia Code, Title 25, Chapter 5 - Resolution of Wages, Hours, Working Conditions of Firefighters

• § 25-5-1 - Short Title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Firefighter's Mediation Act."
• § 25-5-2 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Corporate authorities" means the proper officials within any municipality whose duty it is to establish the...
• § 25-5-3 - Declaration of Public Policy
  (a) The protection of the public health, safety, and welfare demands that the permanent members of any paid fire department of a municipality should...
• § 25-5-4 - Right of Firefighters to Bargain Collectively
  Firefighters shall have the right to bargain collectively with their respective corporate authorities and to be represented by a labor organization in such collective...
• § 25-5-5 - Selection of Bargaining Agent by Firefighters; Recognition by Corporate Authority
  The organization selected by vote of the majority of the firefighters in any fire department shall be recognized by the proper corporate authority, provided...
• § 25-5-6 - Obligation of Corporate Authority and Agent to Meet and Confer in Good Faith; Reduction of Agreement to Written Contract; Limitation As to Duration of Contract
  It shall be the obligation of the proper corporate authority and the bargaining agent to meet and confer in good faith within 30 days...
• § 25-5-7 - Submission of Unresolved Issues to Mediation
  If the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities are unable, within 30 days from and including the date of their first meeting, to reach...
• § 25-5-8 - Mediation Board -- Composition and Selection; Chairman
  Within five days from the expiration of the 30 day period referred to in Code Section 25-5-7, the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities...
• § 25-5-9 - Mediation Board -- Time, Notice, and Conduct of Hearings; Transmittal of Findings and Opinion; Effect of Decision
  (a) The mediation board, acting through its chairman, shall call a hearing to be held within ten days after the date of the appointment...
• § 25-5-10 - Mediation Board -- Factors to Be Considered in Reaching Decision
  The mediators shall conduct the hearing and render their decision upon the basis of a prompt, peaceful, and just settlement of wage or hour...
• § 25-5-11 - Payment of Expenses of Mediation
  The expenses incurred by the bargaining agent in connection with the mediation shall be borne by the bargaining agent. The expenses incurred by the...
• § 25-5-12 - Agreements Constituting Collective Bargaining Contracts; Required Provisions; Engaging in Work Stoppages, Slowdowns, or Strikes by Firefighters
  (a) Any agreement actually negotiated between the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities either before or within 30 days after mediation shall constitute the...
• § 25-5-13 - Service of Notice of Request for Collective Bargaining Upon Corporate Authorities by Bargaining Agent
  Whenever wages, rates of pay, or any other matter requiring appropriation of money by any municipality are included as a matter of collective bargaining...
• § 25-5-14 - Applicability of Chapter
  (a) Before a municipality with a population of 20,000 or more and its firefighters may come under this chapter, the governing authority of the...

Last modified: October 14, 2016