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PUBLIC LAW 93-407-SEPT. 3, 1974
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benefits, retirement benefits, sick pay, and vacation time. The annual study shall also include the current percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for the Washington metropolitan area published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, and rates of compensation for Federal and District of Columbia employees having comparable duties and responsibilities. (b)(1) In order to conduct the annual study specified in subsection ^^f "^'^^^^^'^"Ts'h-'" (a), the Commissioner, or the Mayor, as the case may be, shall estab- Jent. lish a city personnel salary and benefits study committee whose sole function shall be to conduct such annual study. The size of the committee shall be determined by the Commissioner, or the Mayor, as the case may be, who shall appoint the management members of the committee. Each labor organization or other association or group which has been selected to represent the officers and member's of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall select representatives of their respective labor organizations or other association or group to be members of the labormanagement committee. (2) The number of management member's and the number of members representing the labor organizations or other associations or groups on the labor-management committee shall be equal. The chair- Chairman. man of the labor management committee shall be chosen by members of the committee, and shall not be an officer or employee of the District of Columbia government or a member or employee of a labor organization or other association or- group represented on the committee. If the committee has not chosen a chairman within 10 days after the date of the first meeting of the committee, then the chairman shall be chosen by the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. (c) On or before June 30 of each year, the results of the annual study shall be made public and shall be available to the parties involved in negotiations between the District of Columbia and representatives of the offic3rs and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of (yolumbia under the District of Columbia labor relations program. The results of such annual study shall also form the basis for consideration of adjustments in pay levels for officers of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia whose compensation is adjusted in a manner which is outside the scope of the negotiations referred to in the first sentence of this subsection. D.C. SEC. 112. (a) If after January 2, 1975, as a result of collective 'bar- 839. Code 4gaining the parties have reached a negotiated solution with respect to changes in compensation for officers and members of the Police and Fire Departments, the Mayor shall recommend to the Council of the District of Columbia that said changes should be authorized and that the Congress shall be requested to appropriate sufficient funds for that purpose. The first recommendation made by the Mayor under this subsection shall be made by no later than October 1, 1975. (b) The recommendations submitted by the Mayor under subsection (a) shall be considered a labor-management issue for the purposes of subsection (c). (c) If the parties have reached an impasse in negotiations on or Labor-managebefore the expiration date of their existing collective bargaining ment d i s p u t e s, mediation. agreements, either party shall promptly notify the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in writing. He shall assist in the resolution of that impasse by selecting an impartial person experienced in public sector disputes to serve as a mediator. If mediation does not resolve the impasse within thirty days, or any shorter period designated by the mediator, the Director shall, only upon the
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