2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 70 - SHERIFFS, CONSTABLES, AND COUNTY POLICE FORCE
70.262 Collective bargaining for deputy sheriffs in merit system in county containing a consolidated local government or a city of first class -- Prohibition against strikes -- Employment contract with sheriff.
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<![CDATA[70.262 Collective bargaining for deputy sheriffs in merit system in county
containing a consolidated local government or a city of first class -Prohibition against strikes -- Employment contract with sheriff.
(1)
(2)
In any county containing a consolidated local government or city of the first
class that has adopted a merit system under KRS 70.260 to 70.273, deputies
subject to the merit system may organize, form, join, or participate in
organizations in order to engage in lawful concerted activities for the purpose
of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection, and to bargain
collectively through a representative of their own free choice. Deputies shall
also have the right to refrain from any or all of these activities but shall be
subject to the lawful provisions of any collective bargaining agreement entered
into under this section. Strikes by deputies of any collective bargaining unit
shall be prohibited at any time.
In any county containing a consolidated local government or city of the first
class that has adopted a merit system under KRS 70.260 to 70.273, the sheriff
shall contract with a representative of the deputies described in subsection (1)
of this section employed by the sheriff where the representative has
established representation of a majority of the deputies, with respect to wages,
hours, and terms and conditions of employment, including execution of a
written contract incorporating any agreement reached between the sheriff and
the representative. The sheriff shall not be required to bargain over matters of
inherent managerial policy.
Effective:July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 69, effective July 15, 2002. -Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 340, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000.
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