Connecticut § 7-478c - Reopening of certain collective bargaining agreements for compensation or exchange of benefits for observance of Martin Luther King Day.

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§ 7-478c. Reopening of certain collective bargaining agreements for compensation or exchange of benefits for observance of Martin Luther King Day.

Sec. 7-478c. Reopening of certain collective bargaining agreements for compensation or exchange of benefits for observance of Martin Luther King Day. Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes, each municipal employer and each employee organization in a municipality that is required to close all nonessential municipal offices in observance of Martin Luther King Day pursuant to subsection (b) of section 7-478b shall reopen each collective bargaining agreement approved in accordance with the provisions of sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive, for the sole purpose of negotiating compensation or exchange of benefits, if any, for the bargaining unit members covered by such agreement for observance of Martin Luther King Day.

(P.A. 00-98, S. 2, 6.)

History: P.A. 00-98 effective April 26, 2000.

Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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