§ 8-3.3-111 — Decertification of exclusive representative - rules

Colorado § 8-3.3-111

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 08: Labor and
• Art.: Collective Bargaining by County Employees

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(1) A county
employee in a bargaining unit or an employee organization may initiate
decertification of the employee organization as the exclusive representative upon
submission to the director of a showing of interest demonstrating that thirty
percent of the county employees in the appropriate bargaining unit request
decertification of the existing exclusive representative or a showing of interest
demonstrating that thirty percent of the county employees in the bargaining unit
authorize an employee organization other than the exclusive representative to
represent them for purposes of collective bargaining. Decertification elections
must be held in a manner similar to certification elections, as specified in rules
promulgated by the director, so long as an incumbent exclusive representative
employee organization is not required to file a showing of interest to be placed on
the ballot.

(2) If there is a collective bargaining agreement in effect, a petition for a
decertification election may be made to the director no earlier than ninety days and
no later than sixty days prior to the expiration of the collective bargaining
agreement; except that a request for an election may be filed at any time after the
expiration of the third year of a collective bargaining agreement that has a term of
more than three years.

(3) If an exclusive representative has been certified but no collective
bargaining agreement is in effect, the director shall not act on a request for a
decertification election earlier than twelve months after the certification of an
employee organization as the exclusive representative.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2022: Entire article added, (SB 22-230), ch. 260, p. 1912, � 2, effective July 1, 2023.