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OLR Bill Analysis
SB 1486
AN ACT CONCERNING TEMPORARY STATE EMPLOYEES AND
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
SUMMARY
This bill allows temporary state employees to be included in a state
employee bargaining unit for collective bargaining purposes if (1) their
classification as a temporary employee is not currently included in the
bargaining unit and (2) the unit’s exclusive representative (such as a
union) requests it.
Under the bill, a “temporary employee” is someone hired for a
limited term to do the same or comparable work as employees in
permanent positions (such as casual, seasonal, periodic, extra help,
relief, and per diem employees). Once temporary employees are
included in the bargaining unit, the bill requires the state to promptly
begin negotiating with the union to set wages, hours, and employment
terms and conditions for them. This must include whether temporary
employees receive (1) seniority or any other credit for their time as a
temporary employee if they obtain permanent status and (2) preferential
hiring over external candidates for permanent positions.
Any agreement reached by the negotiations must be added as an
addendum to the bargaining unit’s existing collective bargaining
agreement, with any subsequently negotiated employment terms and
conditions for permanent and temporary employees included in a
successor agreement. The bill specifies that this does not require the
same employment terms and conditions for permanent and temporary
employees.
Under the bill, when the state hires temporary employees, it must
give them and their union their (1) wage rates, (2) benefits eligibility, (3)
anticipated employment duration, and (4) procedures explaining how 2025SB-01486-R000343-BA.DOCX
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to apply for permanent positions. The bill also requires the state to give
the union the (1) anticipated end date for a newly hired temporary
employee and (2) actual end date for a temporary employee whose
employment has ended.
Existing law requires public employers to give public employee
unions certain information about newly hired employees (such as their
name, job title, and work location) in a certain format and within certain
timeframes.
The bill also makes technical changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
COMMITTEE ACTION
Labor and Public Employees Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 9 Nay 4 (03/13/2025)