60-9A-7. Investigation of bargaining unit questions--Election by employees--Waiting period before reconsideration.
When a question concerning the collective bargaining unit of employees is raised by an employer, or an employee or the representative of either of them, the department shall investigate such question and certify to the parties in writing, the name or names of the collective bargaining units that have been designated or selected. The filing of a petition for the investigation or certification of a collective bargaining unit of employees by any of the parties shall constitute a question within the meaning of this section. In any such investigation, the department may provide for an appropriate hearing and shall take a secret ballot of employees to determine the collective bargaining unit for the purposes of formal recognition. If the department has certified a formally recognized collective bargaining unit of employees, it shall not be required to consider the matter again for a period of one year unless it appears that sufficient reason exists therefor.
Source: SL 1974, ch 323, ยง7.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 60 - Labor and Employment
Chapter 09A - Collective Bargaining
Section 60-9A-1 - Definition of terms.
Section 60-9A-2 - Rights of employees--Labor organizations--Collective bargaining.
Section 60-9A-4 - Administration and enforcement.
Section 60-9A-5 - Jurisdiction of department over labor disputes and grievances.
Section 60-9A-6 - Determinations as to composition of bargaining unit--Certification.
Section 60-9A-8 - Tentative settlements--Recommendations to employer and bargaining units.
Section 60-9A-9 - Implementation of labor agreements--Failure to bargain in good faith.
Section 60-9A-12 - Unfair practices by employers.
Section 60-9A-13 - Unfair practices by collective bargaining units.
Section 60-9A-14 - Closed shop and agency shop contracts not authorized.