PURPOSE: This rule states that the parties may stipulate to an election and to the details of an election.

1. (1) Where one (1) or more employee organizations assert a claim to represent employees in an appropriate unit and a petition for certification of public employee representative or a petition for decertification of public employee representative has been filed, the parties may stipulate, subject to the approval of the chair, that a secret ballot election shall be conducted by the board among the employees in an appropriate bargaining unit to determine whether they desire to be represented for purposes of negotiations by any or none of the employee organizations involved. The parties to such proceeding shall be the public employer, the petitioner, the incumbent, if any, and any intervenors who shall have complied with the requirements set forth in 8 CSR 40-2.130.
2. (2) The parties shall stipulate as to the composition of the bargaining unit, the eligibility period for participation in the election, the dates, hours and places of the election and the designations on the ballot.

AUTHORITY: section 295.070, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Dec. 31, 1975, effective Jan. 10, 1976. Amended: Filed May 3, 1999, effective Nov. 30, 1999. Amended: Filed March 1, 2022, effective Oct. 30, 2022.

*Original authority: 295.070, RSMo 1947.