The Office of
Collective Bargaining offers labor relations training to
exempt supervisors, managers, exempt labor relations and
human resource personnel. In early 2008, OCB will also unveil
a completely revamped OCB Academy as a certificate program
that will offer comprehensive labor relations training over
the course of one year.
We offer
standardized or customized training to fit your agency or
group needs. Any Exempt supervisor or management level
personnel interested in setting up a training class for
their agency or group should complete the OCB Training Request
below. Once your request is received, you will be
contacted by a member of our training staff. If you have
questions and need further details please feel free to
contact:
Elizabeth Brown, Training Coordinator
100 East Broad
Street, 14th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3607
(614)
466-5120– Office (614) 644-0991 - Fax Elizabeth.Brown@das.state.oh.us
Administrative Investigations
Program
Description This program presents a systematic
method of conducting administrative investigations, including
planning the investigation, interviewing employees and
other witnesses, preparing reports and presenting
results. Audience: Management-level staff, especially supervisors
of bargaining unit
employees.
Program covers the
following areas:
- Distinguishing
administrative from criminal investigations - Initiating
the investigation - Identifying witnesses - Evidence and
documentation - Planning the interview - Interview do's
and don'ts - Investigative reports - Discipline,
collective bargaining agreements and arbitration
Arbitration School
Program Description This is
an intensive program that is designed to train persons
interested in becoming management-side advocates in
arbitrations. The school utilizes case studies and allows
participants to apply techniques in practical exercises that
simulate actual arbitrations. OCB staff instructors are
assisted by an adjunct faculty of arbitrators.
Audience: Management-level staff, especially
supervisors of bargaining unit employees.
Program
covers the following areas:
-
Basics of labor relations - Ohio collective bargaining
law - Elements of arbitration - Types of
arbitrations - Witnesses and witness preparation -
Opening statements - Direct and cross-examination -
Closing arguments
Basics of Supervision: Discipline and Grievance
Process/Supervising Union
Employees
Program
Description This two-part program
provides a "nuts and bolts" overview of the employee
discipline and grievance processes. Targeted especially to
supervisors who supervise bargaining unit employees, the
program delivers basic, practical information on handling
disciplinary investigations and grievances. Audience: Management-level staff,
especially supervisors of bargaining unit
employees.
Program
covers the following areas: -
Progressive discipline - Off-duty conduct - Just cause
for discipline - Investigation planning - Interviewing
witnesses - Employees' rights during investigations -
Evaluating investigation results - Handling and preventing
grievances
Basics of Unfair
Labor Practices
Program
Description This program provides a more detailed
look at the legal bases for collective bargaining, unfair
labor practices and the process of investigating ULP
charges. Audience:
Agency labor relations practitioners, management
representatives.
Program covers the following areas:
- Ohio revised code Chapter 4117 -
Protected activities - Mandatory vs. permissive subjects of
bargaining - Good faith bargaining - Grievance
processing - The ULP process
Grievance Administration System
Program Description This
program provides an overview of the OCB grievance tracking
system: its purpose, use parameters, system features and
functionality. Attendees will learn to use the database
through hands-on training. In this test environment
attendees will learn to create, modify and close grievance
records. Access privileges will be required prior to
database use. Audience: Labor relations personnel.
Program covers the following areas:
-
Background - Purpose - Use and Confidentiality -
Features and Functionality - Interaction With the OCB
Arbitration Database - Search and Report Capabilities
Ohio
Collective Bargaining Law
Program
Description This
program describes the background, statutory framework and
basics of public sector labor relations in Ohio. A
component of the week-long Arbitration School, the program can
also be a stand-alone presentation. Audience: Agency Labor Relations
practitioners, management arbitration advocacy candidates. Program covers the following
areas:
- Evolution of federal labor
law - Origins of public sector collective bargaining -
Scope of the Ohio Collective Bargaining statutes - Unfair
labor practices - Seven questions of just cause -
Grievance processing - Vacating and modifying arbitration
awards
Ohio Performance Review
System
Program
Description This program
presents background information and an orientation to the
employee performance review system that is used in all
state agencies. Audience:
Management-level staff, especially supervisors of bargaining
unit employees. Program covers the following areas:
- Setting goals - Tailoring performance
measures to the employee - Monitoring performance -
Giving feedback and coaching employees - Documenting
employee performance - The annual performance review -
Employee appeals of evaluations - The role of OCB
Pre-Disciplinary
Meeting
Program
Description This program presents the legal
background and requirements of meetings that must be held with
employees prior to disciplinary actions that result in
significant discipline, and provides techniques and
suggestions for handling various
situations. Audience: Supervisors and
management-level staff who may be expected to preside as
meeting officers at pre-disciplinary meetings.
Program covers the following areas:
- Purpose
of pre-disciplinary meetings - Elements of pre-meeting
notice - Who should attend? - Procedural objections -
Evaluating evidence - Report writing
Reduction in Force (Layoffs)
Program
Description This program presents the
statutory and contractual legal requirements for layoffs and
other reductions in force. The steps of the layoff process
for both exempt and bargaining unit staff are covered in
detail. Audience: Human resources and management
staff who may be involved in implementing a reduction in work
force.
Progam covers the following areas:
- What is a layoff? - The
layoff process - Layoff rationales - Early retirement
incentive plans - Paper layoffs - Displacement and
bumping - Appeals, recall and re-employment
Working Out of
Class
Program
Description This program focuses on the cause and
remedies for workplace disagreements involving job duties
or work assignments. Audience:
Management-level staff, especially supervisors of bargaining
unit employees.
Program covers the following areas:
- Classification overview -
Contractual articles and timelines - Grievance
requirements - Responding to grievances - Arbitration
process - Preventing grievances
