KRS § 345.050 Activities prohibited and duty to bargain in good faith.
AI-assisted research summary: Public employers and labor organizations are prohibited from interfering with firefighters’ rights and must bargain in good faith when the provision applies.
345.050 Activities prohibited and duty to bargain in good faith. (1) Except as provided in KRS 336.130, public employers, their representatives or their agents are prohibited from: (a) Interfering, restraining or coercing firefighters in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in KRS 345.030; (b) Dominating or interfering with the formation, existence or administration of any labor organization; (c) Discriminating in regard to hiring or tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization; (d) Discharging or otherwise discriminating against an employee because he has signed or filed any affidavit, petition or complaint or given any information or testimony under this chapter; (e) Refusing to bargain collectively in good faith with a labor organization which is the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit, including but not limited to the discussing of grievances with the exclusive representative. (2) Labor organizations or their agents are prohibited from: (a) Restraining or coercing: 1. Firefighters in the exercise of the right guaranteed in subsection (1) of KRS 345.030, and 2. A public employer in the selection of his representative for the purposes of collective bargaining or the adjustment of grievances; (b) Refusing to bargain collectively in good faith with a public employer, if they have been designated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter as the exclusive representative of firefighters in an appropriate unit. (3) For the purposes of this chapter, to bargain collectively is to carry out in good faith the mutual obligation of the parties, or their representatives; to meet together at reasonable times, including meetings in advance of the budget-making process; to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours and other conditions of employment; to negotiate an agreement; to negotiate any question arising under any agreement; and to execute a written contract incorporating any agreement reached, if requested by either party. The obligation shall not be interpreted to compel either party to agree to a proposal, or require either party to make a concession. Effective:January 9, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 12, effective January 9, 2017. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 6.