In New York, one of the laws that regulates public employment is Article 14 of the Public Employees Fair Employment Act, also known as the Taylor Law. It contains a definition of improper practices by labor organizations at N.Y. Civ. Serv. Law § 209-a, which include:

(a) to interfere with, restrain or coerce public employees in the exercise of the rights granted in section two hundred two, or to cause, or attempt to cause, a public employer to do so provided, however, that an employee organization does not interfere with, restrain or coerce public employees when it limits its services to and representation of non-members in accordance with this subdivision;

(b) to refuse to negotiate collectively in good faith with a public employer, provided it is the duly recognized or certified representative of the employees of such employer; or

(c) to breach its duty of fair representation to public employees under this article.

In Pennsylvania, some of the laws that regulates public employment include the Public Employe Relations Act (PERA) and the Policemen and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act (Act 111). PERA contains a definition of unfair labor practices at 43 P.S. § 1101.120.

In Connecticut, some of the laws that regulate public employment include the Municipal Employee Relations Act (MERA), the State Employee Relations Act (SERA), and the School Board Teacher-Negotiations Act (TNA). MERA contains a definition of unfair labor practices at Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-470, and SERA contains a definition of unfair labor practices at Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-272.

For federal employees, some of the laws that regulate employment include the Civil Service Reform Act and the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS). The FSLMRS contains a definition of unfair labor practices at 5 U.S.C.S. § 7116.

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