Appeal of the House Legislative Facilities Subcommittee

This appeal arises from a decision of the New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB) that the New Hampshire General Court is a public employer for purposes of New Hampshire’s Public Employee Labor Relations Act (Act), RSA ch. 273-A (1987 & Supp. 1995). We reverse.

In October 1993, Robert Cushing, an employee of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (house), petitioned the PELRB for a determination that permanent, full-time employees of the house are “public employees” as defined by RSA 273-A: 1, IX (1987), and thereby entitled to the full rights and protections of RSA…