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AGO Opinion Topics: BENEFITS

AGO 2014 NO. 5 >
Whether Supplemental Retirement Benefits Or Retiree Health And Welfare Benefits For State Employees Are Mandatory, Permissive, Or Illegal Subjects For Co...

 

RCW 41.80.040(5) prohibits the State, as an
employer, from engaging in collective bargaining regarding supplemental
retirement benefits for state employees independent of state-controlled
retirement plans.  It also prohibits engaging in collective bargaining
regarding retiree health and welfare benefits.

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