Board sends one DSHS policy back to agency after bargaining-contract language concern
While approving three Department of Social and Health Services policy updates, the board decided to return one DSHS ethics-related policy for revision after a member said a sentence implying a collective bargaining agreement could 'prevail' might conflict with the board's advisory opinion that the Executive Ethics Act cannot be trumped by a CBA.
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The board reviewed four policies submitted by the Department of Social and Health Services. A board member flagged a sentence in the first policy (18.91) that reads, 'to the extent any provision of this policy conflicts with the collective bargaining agreement, the CBA provision prevails.' The member said this language may conflict with the board's advisory opinion (advisory opinion 0201) that the Executive Ethics Act cannot be overridden by a collective bargaining agreement.
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