§ 653. Powers and duties. The director shall assist the governor with
regard to relations between the state and its employees. Such assistance
may include acting as the governor's agent in discharging the powers and
duties conferred on the governor by the public employees' fair
employment act, as amended, including, without limitation, conducting
collective negotiations with recognized or certified employee
organizations and executing agreements reached pursuant thereto. The
director shall have such other and further powers and duties as may from
time to time be conferred upon him by law and as the governor may from
time to time request. Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted to
enlarge, diminish or otherwise change any power or duty of the governor
or legislature under said act or otherwise.