PERC is a quasi-judicial body. Hearing officers hold hearings throughout the state on labor and employment disputes. PERC and its staff review hearing officers' recommendations. PERC issues a final order, which may be appealed directly to the District Courts of Appeal. PERC estimates that well over 600,000 public employees are in bargaining units throughout Florida, including firefighters, police and corrections officers, school teachers and support personnel, state troopers, toll collectors, and sanitation workers.
In Fiscal Year 2021-22, 98.48% of the commission's employment and 99.57% of the labor dispositions were closed within the statutory timeframe (105 days after filing in employment cases and 180 days after filing in labor cases). Of all appealed cases disposed of by the state appellate court, 100% were affirmed or the cases were dismissed/withdrawn.
Fund | Dollars | Positions | |
---|---|---|---|
PROGRAM: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS COMMISSION | |||
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS |
6,020,915
|
30.00 |
|
TOTAL |
6,020,915 |
30.00 |
Public Employer Collective Bargaining. The 2023 Legislature enacted Ch. 2023-35, Laws of Florida, which amends Ch. 447, Florida Statutes, related to public employer collective bargaining and imposes several new requirements on the employee organizations that represent public employees in collective bargaining. Among other changes, the law prohibits certain employee organizations from receiving their members' dues and assessments via salary deduction from the members' public employer (organizations certified as the bargaining agent for law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and correctional probation officers are exceptions).
The law also requires the employee organization to be recertified as the bargaining agent if the number of employees paying dues to the employee organization during the last registration period is less than 60% of the number of employees eligible for representation in the bargaining unit. This provision of the law does not apply to organizations certified as the bargaining agent for law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and correctional probation officers.
Other Reports
Publications, Public Employee Relations Commission
Websites of Interest
Association of Labor Relations Agencies
National Labor Relations Board
Performance Information
Public Employees Relations Commission, 850-488-8641
Election Contact: Eddie Johnson, 850-488-8641, ext. 521
Impasse Contact: Jennifer Okwabi, 850-488-8641, ext. 506
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