Existing law authorizes certain groups of employees in the classified service of the Executive Department of the State Government to engage in collective bargaining with the Executive Department concerning wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for such employees. (NRS 288.400-288.630) Existing law establishes the subjects of mandatory bargaining for such employees and the subject matters which are not within the scope of mandatory bargaining and are reserved to the Executive Department. Matters which are neither subject to mandatory bargaining or reserved to the Executive Department are required to be discussed by the Executive Department, but are not required to be negotiated. (NRS 288.500) Matters relating to contributions to the Public Employees' Retirement System are neither a mandatory or a reserved subject for such bargaining. (NRS 288.150, 288.500) Existing law also provides that, with certain exceptions, payment of a public employee's portion of contributions to the Public Employees' Retirement System must be: (1) made in lieu of equivalent basic salary increases or cost-of-living increases, or both; or (2) counterbalanced by equivalent reductions in employees' salaries. (NRS 286.421) Section 3 of this bill makes a mandatory subject of collective bargaining for certain groups of employees in the classified service of the Executive Department of the State Government whether: (1) the payment of the employees' portion of the contributions to the Public Employees' Retirement System must be: (1) made in lieu of equivalent basic salary increases or cost-of-living increases, or both; or (2) counterbalanced by equivalent reductions in the employees' salaries.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 286.410, 286.421, 288.500, 288.505
Reprint 1: 288.500
BDR: 286.410, 286.421, 288.500, 288.505