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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 489 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2338 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | James K. Hawkins and Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to ensure pay parity for county sheriffs' correction officers and jail officers. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol1/13/2023Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.5th Worcester1/13/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/27/2023Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable1/28/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester1/29/2023Angelo L. D'Emilia8th Plymouth1/30/2023Patricia A. Haddad5th Bristol2/3/2023Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester2/6/2023Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth2/9/2023Alan Silvia7th Bristol2/10/2023Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex2/13/2023Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk2/14/2023Ryan C. FattmanWorcester and Hampden2/14/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 489 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2338 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Hawkins of Attleboro and Berthiaume of Spencer, a petition (accompanied |
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| 19 | 19 | | by bill, House, No. 2338) of James K. Hawkins, Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. and others relative to |
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| 20 | 20 | | benefits for county sheriffs' correction officers and jail officers. Public Safety and Homeland |
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| 21 | 21 | | Security. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2474 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act to ensure pay parity for county sheriffs' correction officers and jail officers. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 Part 1 ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 Title VI COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 SECTION 17. Chapter 37 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4existing text in Section 17 the following: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, The Correction Officers and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6Jail Officers working in the fourteen (14) County Sheriffs' Offices throughout the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall re‐titled Correction Officer I, II and III or Jail Officer I, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8II, and III, and be paid base salaries according to the corresponding salary Grade in State 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9Bargaining Unit 4 covering the Department of Correction job titles of Correction Officer I, II, or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10III. County Sheriffs’ Office, Correction Officers and Jail Officers shall be slotted into such Unit |
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| 42 | 42 | | 114 titles according to where the core duties and responsibilities of such Correction Officers and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12Jail Officers within the County Sheriffs’ Offices most closely approximate the core duties and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13responsibilities of the corresponding Department of Correction CO I, II, and III titles. The |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14foregoing compensation adjustment shall be structured so that the salary rates for Sheriffs' Office |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15Correction Officer I, II, III and Jail Officer I, II, III equalize with the general Department of |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16Corrections base salary rates in through equal annual increments over the three fiscal years after |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17next following the passage of this legislation by the General Court and its enactment by the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18Governor. Upon the enactment of this legislation, County Sheriffs will not be required to bargain |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19under G. L. Chapter 150E with public employee organizations representing County Sheriffs |
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| 51 | 51 | | 20Correction Officers I, II and III or Jail Officers I, II and III over base salary rates for such |
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| 52 | 52 | | 21Officers covering the three fiscal year period in which such Officers are receiving salary rates |
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| 53 | 53 | | 22pursuant to this legislation, but shall otherwise remain obligated to comply with collective |
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| 54 | 54 | | 23bargaining agreements, if any, covering such Officers and, in all other respects, except as |
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| 55 | 55 | | 24otherwise provided herein, shall remain obligated to comply with their obligations under Chapter |
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| 56 | 56 | | 25150E with respect to such Officers and the public employee labor organizations representing |
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| 57 | 57 | | 26such Officers during such three fiscal year period. Following the three fiscal year period covered |
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| 58 | 58 | | 27by this legislation, Chapter 150E shall once again fully apply to County Sheriffs as it relates to |
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| 59 | 59 | | 28Correction Officers I, II, and III and Jail Officers I, II and III in all respects, including but not |
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| 60 | 60 | | 29limited to the negotiation of base salary rates with public employee organizations representing |
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| 61 | 61 | | 30them. |
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