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Bill to expand interest arbitration to small jurisdictions prompts debate over cost and fairness
Summary
At the Labor & Workplace Standards Committee hearing Friday, March 14, members heard Substitute Senate Bill 5040, which would expand interest arbitration to uniformed law‑enforcement personnel in all jurisdictions and to municipal airports.
At the Labor & Workplace Standards Committee hearing Friday, March 14, members heard testimony on substitute Senate Bill 5040, which would expand interest arbitration rights to uniformed law‑enforcement personnel in all cities, towns and counties regardless of population size and extend those rights to law enforcement employed by municipal airports.
Staff said the bill extends interest arbitration to municipal airports and small jurisdictions that currently lack access to binding interest arbitration, pointing to a history of changes in the population threshold that defines…
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