PRINTER'S NO. 4233
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2716
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY TAYLOR, OCTOBER 12, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, OCTOBER 12, 2018
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), entitled
"An act establishing rights in public employes to organize
and bargain collectively through selected representatives;
defining public employes to include employes of nonprofit
organizations and institutions; providing compulsory
mediation and fact-finding, for collective bargaining
impasses; providing arbitration for certain public employes
for collective bargaining impasses; defining the scope of
collective bargaining; establishing unfair employe and
employer practices; prohibiting strikes for certain public
employes; permitting strikes under limited conditions;
providing penalties for violations; and establishing
procedures for implementation," in representation, further
providing for appropriateness of public employer unit.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 604(3) of the act of July 23, 1970
(P.L.563, No.195), known as the Public Employe Relations Act, is
amended to read:
Section 604. The board shall determine the appropriateness
of a unit which shall be the public employer unit or a
subdivision thereof. In determining the appropriateness of the
unit, the board shall:
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(3) Not permit guards at prisons and mental hospitals,
employes directly involved with and necessary to the functioning
of the courts of this Commonwealth, or any individual employed
as a guard to enforce against employes and other persons, rules
to protect property of the employer or to protect the safety of
persons on the employer's premises to be included in any unit
with other public employes, each may form separate homogenous
employe organizations with the proviso that organizations of the
latter designated employe group may not be affiliated with any
other organization representing or including as members,
[persons] employes outside of the organization's classification.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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