SENATE DOCKET, NO. 893        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1215

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act providing for fairness and equity for Massachusetts water resource authority employees..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 1.  Section 7(c) (i) of Chapter 372 of the Massachusetts General Laws shall be amended by striking the following words:-  “employment, assignment and promotion of employees and the determination of standards therefore”

Subsections (ii) through (v) shall be renumbered accordingly.

Section 2.  Section 7(c) (ii) of Chapter 372 of the Massachusetts General Laws shall be amended by striking the following phrase:- “provided that any collective bargaining agreement may protect employees against such actions on arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable grounds,” and inserting in place thereof the phrase:-  “for just cause,”