Management Programs

This workshop presents a comprehensive, application-oriented overview of the Taylor Law, the law governing labor-management relations for public sector employees in New York State, as well as the New York City Collective Bargaining Law, which governs labor-management relations for New York City government. This workshop will cover:

• The rights and obligations of public sector employers, employees, and employee organizations under the Taylor Law and the New York City Collective Bargaining Law
• Impact of the Taylor Law and the New York City Collective Bargaining Law on your workplace and labor-management relations

Key Topics

• Legal rights, obligations, and limitations for New York's public sector employers, employees, and employee organizations
• An overview of the administrative framework for enforcing the law
• Identifying and avoiding improper practices
• Protected employee activity under the law
• The interrelationship between the collective bargaining agreement and the law
• The interrelationship of the Taylor Law and the New York City Collective Bargaining Law with other laws regulating the public sector workplace
• Representation procedures
• The definition of "the most appropriate bargaining unit"
• Unit determinations
• Unit certification procedures
• Managerial and confidential designations
• The nature and scope of the duty to negotiate
• Resolution of negotiation impasses

Who Will Benefit

Labor relations practitioners, human resource professionals, attorneys, and individuals in mid-to-senior management-level positions working for the State of New York, New York municipalities, school districts, public authorities, or the City of New York

Instructor

Andrea M. Basile Terrillion