Department of Labor Relations (DLR)

We serve public sector employers, employees, and unions. We carry out our objectives by: 

• Investigating, mediating, adjudicating, and litigating public sector unfair labor practice cases
• Defining appropriate bargaining units and conducting elections in which public employees may choose whether and which employee organization they want to represent them in collective bargaining
• Providing mediation, fact-finding, and arbitration services to assist public employers and employee representatives in resolving labor disputes and contract negotiations
• Enforcing special collective bargaining laws related to municipal police and firefighters through the Joint Labor Management Committee