RCW 41.56.037
Presenting information about the exclusive bargaining representative—Access to new employees.
(1)(a) The employer must provide the exclusive bargaining representative reasonable access to new employees of the bargaining unit for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative to the new employee. The presentation may occur during a new employee orientation provided by the employer, or at another time mutually agreed to by the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative.
(b) No employee may be mandated to attend the meetings or presentations by the exclusive bargaining representative.
(c) "Reasonable access" for the purposes of this section means:
(i) The access to the new employee occurs within ninety days of the employee's start date within the bargaining unit;
(ii) The access is for no less than thirty minutes; and
(iii) The access occurs during the new employee's regular work hours at the employee's regular worksite, or at a location mutually agreed to by the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative.
(2) Nothing in this section prohibits an employer from agreeing to longer or more frequent new employee access, but in no case may an employer agree to less access than required by this section.
[ 2018 c 250 § 1.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions
Chapter 41.56 - Public Employees' Collective Bargaining.
41.56.010 - Declaration of purpose.
41.56.020 - Application of chapter.
41.56.022 - Application of chapter to University of Washington printing craft employees.
41.56.024 - Application of chapter to classified employees of technical colleges.
41.56.025 - Application of chapter to education providers under chapter 28A.193 RCW.
41.56.0251 - Application of chapter to charter schools.
41.56.026 - Application of chapter to individual providers under chapter 74.39A RCW.
41.56.027 - Application of chapter to passenger-only ferry employees.
41.56.040 - Right of employees to organize and designate representatives without interference.
41.56.060 - Determination of bargaining unit—Bargaining representative.
41.56.070 - Election to ascertain bargaining representative.
41.56.080 - Certification of bargaining representative—Scope of representation.
41.56.090 - Rules and regulations.
41.56.095 - Certification of bargaining representative—Cross-check.
41.56.110 - Employee authorization of membership dues and other payments—Revocation.
41.56.120 - Right to strike not granted.
41.56.122 - Collective bargaining agreements—Binding arbitration.
41.56.123 - Collective bargaining agreements—Effect of termination—Application of section.
41.56.125 - Arbitrators—Selection—Additional method.
41.56.130 - Rules and regulations of Washington state personnel resources board—Mandatory subjects.
41.56.140 - Unfair labor practices for public employer enumerated.
41.56.150 - Unfair labor practices for bargaining representative enumerated.
41.56.165 - Applicability of administrative procedure act to commission action.
41.56.430 - Uniformed personnel—Legislative declaration.
41.56.440 - Uniformed personnel—Negotiations—Declaration of an impasse—Appointment of mediator.
41.56.452 - Interest arbitration panel a state agency.
41.56.465 - Uniformed personnel—Interest arbitration panel—Determinations—Factors to be considered.
41.56.470 - Uniformed personnel—Arbitration panel—Rights of parties.
41.56.490 - Uniformed employees—Strikes prohibited—Violations—Contempt of court.
41.56.496 - Commercial nuclear plants—Application of chapter to certain employees.
41.56.500 - School district collective bargaining agreements.
41.56.513 - Application of chapter to certain postdoctoral and clinical university employees.
41.56.515 - Fish and wildlife officers—Application of chapter.
41.56.516 - Fish and wildlife officers—Application of certain uniformed personnel provisions.
41.56.900 - Short title—Effective date—1967 ex.s. c 108.
41.56.905 - Uniformed personnel—Provisions additional—Liberal construction.
41.56.906 - Construction of chapter—Certain agreements subject to RCW 28A.400.320.
41.56.913 - Conflict with federal requirements—2006 c 54.
41.56.914 - Short title—2006 c 54.
41.56.915 - Effective date—2006 c 54.
41.56.950 - Retroactive date in collective bargaining agreements allowable, when.