Last Best Offer Teacher Arbitration Hearings Can Take Place In Private, Says the Connecticut Supreme Court
In Connecticut, employees who engage in public sector collective bargaining with a board of education employer, fall into two categories: (1) those covered by the Teacher Negotiation Act (“TNA”), i.e., teachers and administrators; and (2) those covered by the Municipal Employee Relations Act (“MERA”), i.e., all other bargaining units. Both the TNA and the MERA…