N.H. Admin. Code § Pub 302.02 - Additional Criteria for Determining Appropriate Bargaining Units

(a) An appropriate bargaining unit shall be characterized by the existence of a community of interest shared by its members.

(b) In determining the appropriate bargaining unit, the board shall consider the following as evidence of a community of interest, in addition to the elements set out in RSA 273-A:8, I(a) through (d):

(1) A common geographic location of the proposed unit;

(2) The presence of:

a. Common work rules and personnel practices; and

b. Common salary and fringe benefit structures; and

(3) The self-felt community of interest among employees.

(c) In addition to considering the principle of community of interest, the board shall also consider:

(1) The effect of forming any particular bargaining unit on the efficiency of government operations as contemplated in RSA 273-A:1, XI; and

(2) The potential for employees within the proposed bargaining unit experiencing a division of loyalties between the public employer and the employees' exclusive representative.

Notes

N.H. Admin. Code § Pub 302.02

#2325, eff 3-28-83; ss by #3019, eff 5-14-85; EXPIRED: 5-14-91

New. #5679, eff 8-4-93, EXPIRED: 8-4-99

New. #7093, INTERIM, eff 9-9-99, EXPIRES: 1-7-00; ss by #7187, eff 1-8-00, EXPIRED: 1-8-08

New. #9081-B, eff 1-29-08

Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 41, Filed October 13, 2016, Proposed by #11176, Effective 9/16/2016, Expires 9/16/2026.