Code of Massachusetts Regulations
456 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS
Title 456 CMR 14.00 - Questions of Representation
Section 14.11 - Consent Election Agreements

Where a petition has been duly filed, the employer, employee organization or person or persons representing a substantial number of employees involved and any intervenor which has submitted the required showing of interest may, subject to the approval of the Department, enter into a stipulation to waive the hearing and to conduct a consent election. Such stipulation shall include a description of the appropriate unit, the time and place for holding the election, and the payroll or the personnel list to be used in determining which employees within the appropriate unit shall be eligible to vote. Such consent election shall be conducted under the supervision of the Department or its agents.