Definitions

PURPOSE: This rule sets out definitions used in the rules of the State Board of Mediation. (1) The following definitions are listed to clarify the terminology applicable to these rules unless otherwise specifically provided or unless plainly repugnant to the intent of the law or the context: (A) Board means the Missouri State Board of Mediation; (B) Chair means the chief administrator of the State Board of Mediation or an officer designated by the chair to act on the chair’s behalf in instances when the chief administrator cannot perform his or her duties; (C) Certification means the designation by the board of an employee organization selected as the majority representative of employees through an election in an appropriate bargaining unit; (D) Officer means any member, counsel, election officer, chair, or any other individual or employee specifically designated as an officer of the board to act on the board’s behalf. The board may delegate to such officer all of the powers conferred upon the board in connection with the discharge of the duties so delegated; (E) Party means any person, employee, group of employees, organization, or public employer filing a petition, request or application under these rules; any person, organization, or public employer named as a party in a complaint, request, application, or petition filed under these rules; any incumbent majority representative; or any other person, organization, or public employer whose intervention in a proceeding has been permitted or directed by the board, but nothing in this rule shall be construed to prevent the board or any designated officer from limiting any party’s participation in the proceedings to the extent of his/her interest; (F) Showing of interest means a designated percentage of employees as determined by the board who have provided signatures indicating the desire to have or not to have a named employee organization as a representative; and (G) Voluntary recognition means an employer has recognized an employee organization as the majority representative of an appropriate unit of its employees. The granting of such recognition is at the discretion of the employer and has been granted outside the authority of the State Board of Mediation and the certification process. 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. Amended: Filed Jan. 12, 2023, effective July 30, 2023. *Original authority: 295.070, RSMo 1947.