| | | 1-A. Additional bargaining; technical college employees. | | Cost items in any collective bargaining agreement of technical | | college employees must be submitted for inclusion in the | | Governor's next operating budget within 10 days after the date on | | which the agreement is ratified by the parties. If the | | Legislature rejects any of the cost items submitted to it, all | | cost items submitted must be returned to the parties for further | | bargaining. "Cost items" includes salaries, pensions and | | insurance. |
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| | | Cost items related to a collective bargaining agreement reached | | under this chapter and submitted to the Legislature for its | | approval under this subsection may not be submitted in the same | | legislation that contains cost items for employees exempted from | | the definition of "technical college employee" under section | 1022, subsection 11, except that cost items for those employees | exempted under section 1022, subsection 11, paragraph D need not | be excluded |
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| | | Sec. 3. 26 MRSA §1027, sub-§3-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 3-A.__Negotiation of initial probationary period.__The length | | and terms of an employee's probationary period upon initial | | employment is a negotiable item in accordance with the procedures | | set forth in section 1026, except that, at a minimum, the | | probationary period must include the first 6 months of the | | employee's active employment.__During the initial 6 months of | | active employment, an employee may be terminated without just | | cause. |
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| | | Sec. 4. Application. This Act applies to all collective bargaining | | contracts executed or renewed on or after September 1, 2003 by parties | | subject to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, chapter 12. |
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