{"data":{"id":"us-mt/39-31-303","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"39-31-303","heading":"Management rights of public employers.","body":"Public employees and their representatives shall recognize the prerogatives of public employers to operate and manage their affairs in such areas as, but not limited to:\n(1) direct employees;\n(2) hire, promote, transfer, assign, and retain employees;\n(3) relieve employees from duties because of lack of work or funds or under conditions where continuation of such work be inefficient and nonproductive;\n(4) maintain the efficiency of government operations;\n(5) determine the methods, means, job classifications, and personnel by which government operations are to be conducted;\n(6) take whatever actions may be necessary to carry out the missions of the agency in situations of emergency;\n(7) establish the methods and processes by which work is performed.","path":["TITLE 39. LABOR","CHAPTER 31. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES","Part 3. Bargaining"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0390/chapter_0310/part_0030/section_0030/0390-0310-0030-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:32Z","sha256":"47afd403de2f1aa644f0b62033ab59b301c801278f782717a714206ffd62f9e6","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/39-31-302","next":"us-mt/39-31-304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}