Chapter 273-E OFFICE OF STATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR LABOR RELATIONS
Section 273-E:1
273-E:1 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Office" means the office of state and public sector labor relations created by RSA 273-E:2.
II. "Public employee labor relations board" means the board created by RSA 273-A:2.
III. "Personnel appeals board" means the board created by RSA 273-D:1, I.
IV. "Right-to-know ombudsman" means the position created by RSA 91-A:7-a.
Source. 2025, 141:204, eff. July 1, 2025.
Section 273-E:2
273-E:2 The Office. –
I. There is hereby created an office of state and public sector labor relations consisting of the public employee labor relations board, the personnel appeals board, and the right-to-know ombudsman. The purpose of the office is to consolidate the physical location of the public employee labor relations board, the personnel appeals board, and the right-to-know ombudsman and to have the public employee labor relations board provide administrative support to the personnel appeals board and the right-to-know ombudsman.
II. The public employee labor relations board shall be responsible for the operations of the office and shall provide the personnel appeals board and the right-to-know ombudsman with use of its hearing room for the conduct of official business. The public employee labor relations board shall also provide administrative support and workspace to the personnel appeals board and the right-to-know ombudsman to the extent of their respective budgets, the public employee labor relation board's available staff, and its other resources.
III. The public employee labor relations board, the right-to-know ombudsman, and the personnel appeals board shall have separate budgets organized under category 2 "Administration of Justice and Public PRTN" and department "Office of State and Public Sector Labor Relations."
IV. The public employee labor relations board shall continue to independently exercise the jurisdiction conferred upon it pursuant to RSA 273-A. The New Hampshire administrative rules Pub 100-300 shall remain in full force and effect.
V. The personnel appeals board shall continue to independently exercise the jurisdiction conferred upon it pursuant to RSA 273-D. The New Hampshire administrative rules Per 100-200 shall remain in full force and effect.
VI. The right-to-know ombudsman shall continue to independently exercise the jurisdiction conferred upon it pursuant to RSA 91-A:7-a. The New Hampshire administrative rules Rko 100-300 shall remain in full force and effect.