Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05551 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/11/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5551
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 619
 *00619*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. LABRIOLA, 131st Dist. REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5551 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 619

*00619*

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 

Introduced by:

REP. LABRIOLA, 131st Dist.

REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist.

AN ACT LIMITING WAGE INCREASES IN ARBITRATION AWARDS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit binding arbitration awards for increased wages pursuant to collective bargaining negotiations from exceeding the level increase reflected in the prevailing Consumer Price Index. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To amend the collective bargaining statutes to limit binding arbitration awards to not more than the Consumer Price Index.