§ 34-12-05 — Exclusive representation - Employees' adjustment of grievances directly with employer

with employer.
1. Representatives designated or selected for the purpose of collective bargaining of the
employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes are exclusive representatives of all
the employees in such unit for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates
of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other conditions of employment.
2. Any individual employee or group of employees has the right at any time to present
grievances to the individual's or group's employer and to have such grievances
adjusted, without the intervention of the bargaining representative, as long as the
adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining contract or
agreement then in effect. The bargaining representative must be given an opportunity
to be present at such adjustment.