PRINTER'S NO. 2529
No. 1970 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY REED, SCHWEDER, PRATT, MILANOVICH, GREEN AND
DAVIS, NOVEMBER 25, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, NOVEMBER 25, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), entitled
2 "An act establishing rights in public employes to organize
3 and bargain collectively through selected representatives;
4 defining public employes to include employes of nonprofit
5 organizations and institutions; providing compulsory
6 mediation and fact-finding, for collective bargaining
7 impasses; providing arbitration for certain public employes
8 for collective bargaining impasses; defining the scope of
9 collective bargaining; establishing unfair employe and
10 employer practices; prohibiting strikes for certain public
11 employes; permitting strikes under limited conditions;
12 providing penalties for violations; and establishing
13 procedures for implementation," further providing for the
14 determination of the appropriate public employer unit.
15 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16 hereby enacts as follows:
17 Section 1. The act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known
18 as the "Public Employe Relations Act," is amended by adding a
19 section to read:
20 Section 604.1. Public employer unit in counties. For the
21 purposes of this act, the county acting through the
22 commissioners of the county shall be the public employer of all
23 appointed officers and employes of the county whose salary is
24 fixed by the county salary board and paid from the county
1 treasury, except that the county board of inspectors of jails or
2 prisons shall be the public employer of the employes of the
3 board, the jails or prisons.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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