Legal Opinion
State, Department of Mental Health, Retardation, & Hospitals v. Rhode Island Council 94
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 4, 1997No. 95-535-APPEALPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLANDERS, Justice.
Can a department of state government bargain away its statutory responsibility to provide for the health and safety of its disabled, custodial patients by agreeing to arbitrate whether certain of its health-care employees (who are paid to look after these patients) can decide for themselves how many consecutive hours they will work when the state needs overtime help? In the circumstances of these consolidated cases, we answer this question in the negative and therefore reverse a Superior Court order confirming an arbitration award striking down a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Jacinto v. EganSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1978
- Belanger v. MattesonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1975
- Vose v. Broth. of Correctional OfficersSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1991
- Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. FlynnSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996
- Town of Coventry v. TurcoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1990
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- North Providence School Committee v. North Providence Federation of Teachers, Local 920Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2008
- RI Council 94, Afscme, Afl-Cio v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1998
- Woonsocket Teachers' Guild, Local 951 v. Woonsocket School CommitteeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
- State v. Rhode Island Alliance of Social Services Employees, Local 580Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2000
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