Amendment #376 to H3400

Part Time Rights

[Sponsors] Representatives Winslow of Norfolk and Levy of Marlborough move to amend the bill by inserting after section XX the following section:-

“Section XX. Chapter 150E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new section: -

‘Section 16. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a public employer shall have no authority to bargain collectively and shall have no authority to enter into collective bargaining agreements with respect to matters of inherent management right which shall include the right to hire temporary or part-time employees, provided that such employees are hired for purposes of reducing overtime costs and that no full-time employee position that existed at the date of enactment shall be replaced by any temporary or part-time employee.’”