Alaska Statutes Title 23, Chapter 23.40, Article 02 - Public Employment Relations Act

• Sec. 23.40.070 Declaration of Policy.
  The legislature finds that joint decision-making is the modern way of administering government. If public employees have been granted the right to share in...
• Sec. 23.40.075 Items Not Subject to Bargaining.
  The parties may not negotiate terms contrary to the(1) reemployment rights for injured state employees under AS 39.25.158;(2) reemployment rights of the organized militia...
• Sec. 23.40.080 Rights of Public Employees.
  Public employees may self-organize and form, join, or assist an organization to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and engage in concerted...
• Sec. 23.40.090 Collective Bargaining Unit.
  The labor relations agency shall decide in each case, in order to assure to employees the fullest freedom in exercising the rights guaranteed by...
• Sec. 23.40.100 Representatives and Elections.
  (a) The labor relations agency shall investigate a petition if it is submitted in a manner prescribed by the labor relations agency and is(1)...
• Sec. 23.40.110 Unfair Labor Practices.
  (a) A public employer or an agent of a public employer may not(1) interfere with, restrain, or coerce an employee in the exercise of...
• Sec. 23.40.120 Investigation and Conciliation of Complaints.
  If a verified written complaint by or for a person claiming to be aggrieved by a practice prohibited by AS 23.40.110 , or a...
• Sec. 23.40.130 Complaint and Accusation.
  If the labor relations agency fails to eliminate the prohibited practice by conciliation and to obtain voluntary compliance with AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260, or,...
• Sec. 23.40.140 Orders and Decisions.
  If the labor relations agency finds that a person named in the written complaint or accusation has engaged in a prohibited practice, the labor...
• Sec. 23.40.150 Enforcement by Injunction.
  The labor relations agency may apply to the superior court in the judicial district in which the prohibited practice occurred for an order enjoining...
• Sec. 23.40.160 Power to Investigate and Compel Testimony.
  (a) For the purpose of the investigations, proceedings, or hearings which the labor relations agency considers necessary to carry out the provisions of AS...
• Sec. 23.40.170 Regulations.
  The labor relations agency may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to carry out the provisions of AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260.
• Sec. 23.40.180 Penalty for Violation of Order or Decision.
  A person who violates a provision of an order or decision of the labor relations agency is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable...
• Sec. 23.40.190 Mediation.
  If, after a reasonable period of negotiation over the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, a deadlock exists between a public employer and an...
• Sec. 23.40.200 Classes of Public Employees; Arbitration.
  (a) For purposes of this section, public employees are employed to perform services in one of the three following classes:(1) those services which may...
• Sec. 23.40.205 Family Leave.
  Notwithstanding any provision of AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 to the contrary, an agreement between the employer subject to AS 39.20.500 - 39.20.550 and an...
• Sec. 23.40.210 Agreement; Cost-Of-living Differential.
  (a) Upon the completion of negotiations between an organization and a public employer, if a settlement is reached, the employer shall reduce it to...
• Sec. 23.40.212 Agreement With the Board of Regents.
  (a) The Board of Regents of the University of Alaska may delegate to the Department of Administration its authority under AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260...
• Sec. 23.40.215 Monetary Terms Subject to Legislative Funding.
  (a) The monetary terms of any agreement entered into under AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 are subject to funding through legislative appropriation.(b) The Department of...
• Sec. 23.40.220 Labor or Employee Organization Dues and Employee Benefits, Deduction and Authorization.
  Upon written authorization of a public employee within a bargaining unit, the public employer shall deduct from the payroll of the public employee the...
• Sec. 23.40.225 Exemption Based on Religious Convictions.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 23.40.220 , a collective bargaining settlement reached, or agreement entered into, under AS 23.40.210 that incorporates union security provisions,...
• Sec. 23.40.230 Assistance by Department of Labor. [Repealed, E. O. No. 77 Sec. 8 Sla 1990].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 23.40.235 Public Involvement in School District Negotiations.
  Before beginning bargaining, the school board of a city or borough school district or a regional educational attendance area shall provide opportunities for public...
• Sec. 23.40.240 Effect on Certain Units, Representatives, and Agreements.
  Nothing in this chapter terminates or modifies a collective bargaining unit, recognition of exclusive bargaining representative, or collective bargaining agreement if the unit, recognition,...
• Sec. 23.40.245 Postsecondary Student Involvement in Collective Bargaining.
  (a) When a bargaining unit includes members of the faculty or other employees of a public institution of postsecondary education, the public employer and...
• Sec. 23.40.250 Definitions.
  In AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260, unless the context otherwise requires,(1) "collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual obligation of the public employer or...
• Sec. 23.40.255 Applicability to Political Subdivisions, Including School Districts.
  (a) AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 is applicable to organized boroughs and political subdivisions of the state, home rule or otherwise, unless the legislative body...
• Sec. 23.40.260 Short Title.
  AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 may be cited as the Public Employment Relations Act.

Last modified: November 15, 2016