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Senate committee considers bill to make remote-work standards a mandatory bargaining topic for state employees
Summary
The Senate Committee on Government Operations reviewed S.228 on Feb. 17, 2026, which would add negotiation over remote, in-person and hybrid work standards to the State Employee Labor Relations Act; lawmakers raised concerns about inconsistent implementation, childcare impacts and workplace morale and asked administration and employee representatives to testify next week.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations on Tuesday examined S.228, a bill that would add "terms and conditions of remote, in person, and hybrid work standards" to the State Employee Labor Relations Act, making remote-work policies a mandatory subject of collective bargaining for state employees.
Sophie Sedatnik of Legislative Council told the committee the change is short and specific: the bill would add the subject as item number 11 on page three of the statute so employers and bargaining units must negotiate those standards. "This is a bill that would impact the State Employees' Labor Relations Act," Sedatnik said, summarizing the proposal and noting that the statute already contains broad bargaining topics.
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