Recommendations of mediation board - Effect - Good faith and cooperation required
N.D. Cent. Code § 34-11-01
in effect34-11-01. Recommendations of mediation board - Effect - Good faith and cooperation
required.
No provisions of this chapter may be construed to mean that the state or any subordinate
jurisdiction thereof or any board, commission, or department within such public jurisdiction is
compelled to accept the recommendations of a mediation board as binding nor is any group of
employees affiliated with a union or otherwise compelled to abide by the recommendations of
such mediation board; provided, however, that both parties to any dispute or grievance in the
public employee field covered by this chapter are required to proceed in good faith according to
the terms hereof to create a mediation board and to cooperate fully with such board in attending
hearings and supplying data concerning all matters in dispute, to answer questions and in all
other particulars to respond in good faith and to cooperate fully with such board in its attempt to
settle the matter in dispute. Nor may anything in this chapter be construed to affect, limit, or
impair the right of any public employee to express that individual's views, to make complaint or
give testimony concerning any grievance pertaining to public employment or to the betterment
of that individual's working conditions. Nor may the provisions herein be construed to authorize
any public employer covered by this chapter to attempt to or deter any public employee working
subject to the public employer's jurisdiction from affiliating with any union, association, or other
group of public employees nor may a public employer refuse to consider grievances concerning
employment problems with the representatives duly chosen by such union, association, or
affiliation of public employees.
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