2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
CHAPTER 28-9.4 - Municipal Employees' Arbitration
§ 28-9.4-13 - Appeal from decision.

SECTION 28-9.4-13

   § 28-9.4-13  Appeal from decision. – (a) The decision of the arbitrators shall be made public and shall be binding upon the municipal employees in the appropriate bargaining unit and their representative and the municipal employer on all matters not involving the expenditure of money.

   (b) The decision of the arbitrators shall be final and cannot be appealed except on the ground that the decision was procured by fraud or that it violates the law, in which case appeals shall be to the superior court.

   (c) The municipal employer shall within three (3) days after it receives the decision send a true copy of the decision by certified or registered mail postage prepaid to the department or agency of the municipal employer responsible for the preparation of the budget and to the agency of the municipal employer which appropriates money for the operation of the particular municipal function or service in the city, town, or regional school district involved, if the decision involves the expenditure of money.

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