Section 44-824 - Rights and duties of certified or recognized employee organizations(a) An agricultural employer shall extend to a certified or formally recognized employee organization the right to represent the employees, of the appropriate unit involved in meet and confer proceedings and in the settlement of grievances, and also shall extend the right to unchallenged representation status, consistent with subsection (d) of K.S.A. 44-823, during the twelve (12) months following the date of certification or formal recognition.(b) A certified or formally recognized employee organization shall be obligated to fully and equally represent all employees of the appropriate unit involved whether said employees do or do not have membership in the employee organization.L. 1972, ch. 193, § 7; July 1.