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53 Montana Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2010)

handle is hein.sag/sagmt0007 and id is 1 raw text is: VOLUME NO. 53

CONTRACTS - Collective bargaining over county employee holiday pay;
COUNTIES - Collective bargaining over county employee holiday pay;
COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - Collective bargaining over county
employee holiday pay;
EMPLOYEES, PUBLIC - Collective bargaining over county employee holiday pay;
HOLIDAYS - Collective bargaining over county employee holiday pay;
LABOR RELATIONS - Collective bargaining over county employee holiday pay;
SALARIES - Collective bargaining over county employee pay;
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION - Adoption of construction of analogous federal
statutes;
MONTANA CODE ANNOTATED - Title 39, chapter 31; sections 2-18-601(8), -603,
(1)(a), -702(1), 39-4-107, (3), (4), 39-31-305(2);
MONTANA CONSTITUTION - Article XII, section 2(2);
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL - 44 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 33 (1992),
43 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 14 (1989), 42 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 37 (1987), 38 Op. Att'y Gen.
No. 116 (1980);
UNITED STATES CODE - 29 U.S.C. § 158(d).
HELD:      A county may bargain collectively over a provision that public employees
working ten-hour days, four days per week, are to be paid ten hours pay for
holidays.
July 1, 2010
Mr. Ed Corrigan
Flathead County Attorney
P.O. Box 1516
920 South Main Street
Justice Center, Second Floor
Kalispell, MT 59903-1516
Dear Mr. Corrigan:
[Pl] You have requested my opinion on a question I have phrased as follows:

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