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Judiciary officials urge House committee to remove language in S.125 that could bring managers into bargaining units
Summary
State court officials testified that Section 5 of S.125, as discussed in committee testimony, could expand bargaining coverage to managerial court operations staff and would create conflicts of interest and operational difficulties; witnesses asked lawmakers to clarify or remove the language and requested more time for review.
State court administrators told a House committee that language added to S.125 could allow managers as well as supervisors to be included in judicial bargaining units, a change they said would create conflicts of interest and impede court operations.
Terry Corson, state court administrator, told the committee the judiciary initially understood the bill to remove only supervisory employees from the list of exempt employees but later learned, based on earlier testimony, that some sponsors intend the change to reach managers as well. "If the intent is to include management in the bargaining units, that is a whole different level of reason why we would oppose it," Corson said, citing concerns about confidentiality, discipline and the ability to manage court business.
The committee heard legal and operational clarifications from Attorney Joe McNeil, who said the bill would effectively leave determinations about whether particular positions are managerial or…
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