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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Brandy,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Labor relations and contract negotiations for the State of Nebraska are centralized within the Employee Relations Division of State Personnel. Note that we do not handle the University of Nebraska nor State College Systems. Those systems
and any personnel agreements are administered separately. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. Are your labor relations efforts centralized or decentralized?
<b>Centralized.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. How many labor relations staff do you have? An org chart or sample structure would be appreciated if available.
<b>Employee Relations has five teammates led by the Employee Relations Administrator/Chief Negotiator. The other staff include Deputy Administrator/Attorney III, Administrative Technician, Research Analyst II, and Administrative Programs Officer I.
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<p class="MsoNormal">3. Do you target or maintain specific ratios of negotiators/representatives/labor admin to the number of covered staff? If so, what are those ratios?
<b>All negotiations are handled by our Chief Negotiator. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4. How many negotiators do you have that only spend time negotiating?
<b>No one solely negotiates. Our Chief Negotiator handles all contract negotiations but also serves as the administrator of the Employee Relations team.
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<p class="MsoNormal">5. How many partnership agreements do you have? Is each staff member assigned a certain number of partnership agreements?
<b>Nebraska has four agreements all handled by our Chief Negotiator:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>- Nebraska Association of Public Employees Local 61 (NAPE/AFSCME)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>- Fraternal Order of Police, Nebraska Protective Services, Lodge 88<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>- State Law Enforcement Bargaining Council (SLEBC)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>- State Code Agencies Teachers Association (SCATA)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6. How many covered employees do you have? Does each staff member cover a certain number of covered employees?
<b>The counts of employees covered under each agreement are listed below. All staff members respond as needed across covered groups.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>FOP Count 1703<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>NAPE/AFSCME Count 7903<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>SCATA Count 56<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>SLEBC Count 462 <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>Grand Count 10124<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">7. How often do you negotiate? <b>Contracts are renegotiated every two years</b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know if you have any further questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Laura L. Cooper, C.L.S.S.Y.B<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">Research Analyst II
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959">Nebraska Department of Administrative Services<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Malatesta - DPA, Brandy <brandy.malatesta@state.co.us>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 1, 2022 8:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NCASG (dhr_ncasg_survey_list@admws.idaho.gov) <dhr_ncasg_survey_list@admws.idaho.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NCASG] Questions: Labor Relations Staff Design<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are currently in the process of reviewing our newly established (in place about a year) Labor Relations team and have a few questions on how your teams may be designed. I apologize in advance for so many questions and appreciate any
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<p class="MsoNormal">Again, thanks so much! Looking forward to October!<o:p></o:p></p>
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