Bill Text: CT HB05374 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5374 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Wage Parity Under Municipal Binding Arbitration Awards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-10 - Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees [HB05374 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05374-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5374*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 350
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Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING WAGE PARITY UNDER MUNICIPAL BINDING ARBITRATION AWARDS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require that the calculation of wages and benefits for municipal employees under binding arbitration awards be based on the wages and benefits of private sector employees for comparable work, adjusted for the higher level of job security in the public sector and based on the number of hours worked.

Statement of Purpose:

To create wage parity between comparable public and private sector jobs under municipal binding arbitration awards.