Should the existing bargaining unit be clarified to include regular part-time employees?
The Executive Director accepts the parties’ stipulations and modifies the bargaining unit represented by the union to include the petitioned-for employees. APPLICABLE LEGAL PRINCIPLES Unit placement of part-time state civil service employees is addressed in WAC 391-35-356. Under this rule, it is presumptively appropriate for employees covered by Chapter 41.06 RCW who work less than full-time to be included in the same bargaining unit as full-time employees who perform similar work. The Personnel Resources Board (PRB) is the agency authorized to interpret Chapter 41.06 RCW, the applicable statute. On July 1, 2005, a revised rule, WAC 357-04-045, was adopted by the PRB addressing part-time or temporary employees: WHICH PART-TIME OR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES OF HIGHER EDUCATION EMPLOYERS ARE EXEMPT FROM CIVIL SERVICE RULES? Persons employed to work one thousand fifty hours or less (1050 hours or less) in any twelve consecutive month period from the original date of hire or October 1, 1989, whic
