Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Decision 13061-A (PSRA, 2019)

STATE OF WASHINGTON

BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Herb Harris, Coordinator of PERC Activities, for the Washington Federation of State Employees.

Laura L. Wulf, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General Robert W. Ferguson, for the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.

On June 14, 2019, the Washington Federation of State Employees filed a representation petition with the Public Employment Relations Commission involving certain employees of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.  As a result of preliminary processing of the petition, the Commission determined the question concerning representation and reserved the issues concerning the eligibility of certain employees for inclusion in the bargaining unit for a subsequent determination.  The tally indicated that Washington Federation of State Employees was entitled to certification in the matter and that the reserved eligibility issues were not of a sufficient number to affect the outcome of the proceedings.

An interim certification was issued in this matter, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Decision 13061 (PSRA, 2019), for a bargaining unit described as:

All supervisory civil service employees of the State of Washington performing services for residents of 24-hour care and/or custody institutions operated by the Department of Social and Health Services, or providing alternative support and case services on a regional basis for the developmentally disabled who may not require institutionalizing, or those who have made the transition from a developmentally disabled institution setting back to the community, excluding confidential employees, internal auditors, Washington Management Service employees, nonsupervisory employees, employees in other bargaining units, and employees historically excluded from the unit by such orders of the Washington Personnel Resources Board or its predecessors as have not been modified by orders of the Commission.

The proceeding was held open to resolve the eligibility disputes previously framed by the parties.

Prior to issuance of a decision on the eligibility issues, the parties resolved their differences.  It therefore appears that all issues that could properly be addressed in this representation proceeding have been resolved and that no further proceedings are necessary.

ORDER

1.                  The interim certification issued in this matter will stand as the final certification in this representation proceeding.

2.                  The above-captioned matter is CLOSED.

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  27th  day of September, 2019.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director