NEWS FLASH: Arbitrator rules against Malloy Administration on significant retirement issue - Wait, What?

NEWS FLASH: Arbitrator rules against Malloy Administration on significant retirement issue - Wait, What?:

NEWS FLASH: Arbitrator rules against Malloy Administration on significant retirement issue

by jonpelto

Although it hasn’t been officially confirmed, word is spreading that the Malloy Administration has lost a massive arbitration ruling today.

Last summer, the Connecticut State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) filed a grievance against the Malloy Administration with the Connecticut Board of Labor Relations.

The complaint revolved around the Malloy Administration’s unilateral decision to
offer to certain employees the ability to retire with 25 years of service regardless of age.”  According to labor unions, Malloy’s representatives made this offer without fulfilling their bargaining responsibility with SEBAC and without making it available to all state employees.

At the time, SEBAC challenged Malloy’s action because it was;