24.16.1503    EFFECTS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS

(1) The cost of board, lodging, or other facilities shall not be included as part of the wage paid to any employee to the extent it is excluded therefrom under the terms of bona fide collective bargaining agreement applicable to the particular employee.

(2) A collective bargaining agreement shall be deemed to be "bona fide" when it is made with a labor organization which has been certified by the National Labor Relations Board, or which is the certified representative of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, or the Railway Labor Act, as amended, or the Montana Collective Bargaining for Public Employees Act, or the Montana Collective Bargaining for Nurses Act.

(3) Collective bargaining agreements made with representatives who have not been certified will be ruled on individually upon submission to the Commissioner.

History: Sec. 39-3-403, MCA; IMP, Sec. 39-3-402, MCA; Eff. 12/31/72.