CONST 0013-0002 ANNOTATIONS

Civil servants, see §76-101.

Collective bargaining in public employment, see chapter 89.

Scope of right of collective bargaining is for the legislature to decide. Att. Gen. Op. 68-27.

Section 2 of Act 100, L 1999 violated the rights of public employees under this section by amending §89-9 to prohibit public employers and public employees' unions from collectively bargaining over cost items for the biennium 1999 to 2001. 100 H. 138, 58 P.3d 649.

Section 2 of Act 100, L 1999 (which amended §89-9(a)) violated this section because it withdrew from the collective bargaining process core subjects such as wages, hours, and other conditions of employment that the voters contemplated would be part of the bargaining process when they ratified this section. 101 H. 46, 62 P.3d 189.