It is the purpose of this chapter to promote collaborative relationships between the County and its employees, subject to the duty of the County to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens and the duty to ensure the uninterrupted operations and functions of government. The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors (Board) adopts this chapter to: (1) grant its employees the right to representation by an employee organization; (2) authorize the County to recognize, bargain with, and enter into a written collective bargaining agreement with an employee organization as the exclusive bargaining representative for an employee bargaining unit; and (3) establish procedures to resolve labor-management disputes and provide for the protection of the rights of the County, County employees, and the public at large.
(Ord. 21-19. Passed 12-7-21.)