Labor & Employment Law

Fragmentation of collective bargaining units

By Harvey Randall, Esq.

Fragmentation of collective bargaining units
Matter of NYS Parole Officers Benevolent Association and PEF, C5441, ALJ Quinn

An ALJ ruled that State parole officers are not sufficiently engaged in criminal law enforcement to warrant their fragmentation from an otherwise civilian negotiating unit. Although the ALJ noted that parole officers are authorized, and occasionally required, to make criminal arrests, the ALJ concluded that such criminal law enforcement activities were merely incidental to the parole officers? status as peace officers under the Criminal Procedure Law, but not a primary characteristic of their responsibilities as parole officers.

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on March 13, 2008 (boomark / email).