context: Section 42-56-21(a). In comparable circumstances this Court has held that the statutory powers and obligations of the state cannot be contractually abdicated.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.identifier: 587 A.2d 915, 915
citation_a.parenthetical: CBA was invalid because it conflicted with the statutory power of the director of the DOC to require correctional officers to work involuntary overtime
citation_a.sentence: Brotherhood of Correctional Officers, 587 A.2d at 915 (CBA was invalid because it conflicted with the statutory power of the director of the DOC to require correctional officers to work involuntary overtime); see also State Department of Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals v. Rhode Island Council 94, 692 A.2d 318, 324-25 (R.I. 1997) (department has statutory responsibility to provide for the health and safety of its patients and may not arbitrate whether employees can decide for themselves how many consecutive hours of overtime they will work); Pawtucket School Committee v. Pawtucket Teachers’ Alliance, Local No. 930, 652 A.2d 970, 972 (R.I.1995) (school committee cannot bargain away its responsibility of evaluating bilingual language programs for state law compliance).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 652 A.2d 970, 972
citation_b.parenthetical: school committee cannot bargain away its responsibility of evaluating bilingual language programs for state law compliance
citation_b.sentence: Brotherhood of Correctional Officers, 587 A.2d at 915 (CBA was invalid because it conflicted with the statutory power of the director of the DOC to require correctional officers to work involuntary overtime); see also State Department of Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals v. Rhode Island Council 94, 692 A.2d 318, 324-25 (R.I. 1997) (department has statutory responsibility to provide for the health and safety of its patients and may not arbitrate whether employees can decide for themselves how many consecutive hours of overtime they will work); Pawtucket School Committee v. Pawtucket Teachers’ Alliance, Local No. 930, 652 A.2d 970, 972 (R.I.1995) (school committee cannot bargain away its responsibility of evaluating bilingual language programs for state law compliance).