Interim Bargaining

The state’s collective bargaining law now has an expedited bargaining schedule when bargaining occurs during the term of a contract. Under this schedule:

• The employer must notify the union in writing of any anticipated changes that “impose a duty to bargain.”
• The union has 14 calendar days after the employer’s notification to file a demand to bargain. If the union does not file its demand to bargain within 14 days of the notice, the union waives its right to bargain over the change or the impact of the change identified in the notice.

The expedited bargaining process ends 90 calendar days after the employer gives written notice. At this point the employer may implement the proposed change without any further obligations to bargain. (ORS 243.698)

See diagrams of regular and interim negotiations procedures.

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