Recognizes municipal employees' right to binding arbitration and sets new factors for arbitrators to consider.

This bill recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize binding arbitration and establishes new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages and hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs. The arbitrators would have the power to render an award over all negotiated matters, including the expenditure of money. The bill would take effect upon passage.

Recognizes municipal employees' right to binding arbitration and sets new factors for arbitrators to consider.

This bill recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize binding arbitration and establishes new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages and hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs. The arbitrators would have the power to render an award over all negotiated matters, including the expenditure of money. The bill would take effect upon passage.