CHAPTER 7.5. Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act [71800. - 71828.]

Chapter 7.5 added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1047, Sec. 2.

§§ 71800–71828 · 32 sections

§ 71800 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act.
§ 71801 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Certified interpreter” and “registered interpreter” have the same meanings as in…
§ 71802 (a) Trial courts shall appoint trial court employees, rather than independent contractors, to perform spoken language interpretation of trial court…
§ 71803 (a) In each trial court, there shall be an employee classification entitled “intermittent, part-time interpreter” to perform simultaneous and consecutive…
§ 71804.5 (a) An intermittent, part-time interpreter may not be an employee of more than one trial court, but may accept appointments to provide services to more than…
§ 71806 (a) Trial courts in the region may employ certified and registered interpreters to perform spoken language interpretation for the trial courts in full-time,…
§ 71807 (a) For purposes of developing regional terms and conditions of employment for court interpreters and for collective bargaining with recognized employee…
§ 71808 (a) The regional court interpreter employment relations committee shall set terms and conditions of employment for court interpreters within the region,…
§ 71809 The regional court interpreter employment relations committee shall act as the representative of the trial courts within the region in bargaining with a…
§ 71810 (a) A court interpreter pro tempore employed by a trial court may accept appointments to provide services to other trial courts. (b) The Judicial Council shall…
§ 71811 Except as provided in this chapter, or by a memorandum of understanding or agreement with a recognized employee organization, court interpreters who are…
§ 71812 Except as provided in this chapter, or by a memorandum of understanding or agreement with a recognized employee organization, each trial court may control the…
§ 71812.5 (a) Court interpreters employed by the trial courts shall be permitted to engage in outside employment or enterprises, except where that activity would violate…
§ 71813 Except as otherwise provided by statute, court interpreters employed by the trial courts shall have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities…
§ 71814 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation, an agency shop agreement may be negotiated between a regional court interpreter employment…
§ 71815 A recognized employee organization shall have the right to represent its members in their employment relations with the trial courts as to matters covered by…
§ 71816 (a) The scope of representation shall include all matters relating to employment conditions and employer-employee relations, including, but not limited to,…
§ 71817 (a) Except in cases of emergency, as provided in this section, the regional court interpreter employment relations committee shall give reasonable written…
§ 71818 The regional court interpreter employment relations committee, or those representatives as it may designate, shall meet and confer in good faith regarding…
§ 71819 If agreement is reached by the representatives of the regional court interpreter employment relations committee and a recognized employee organization, they…
§ 71820 If after a reasonable period of time, representatives of the regional court interpreter employment relations committee and the recognized employee organization…
§ 71821 The trial courts shall allow a reasonable number of court interpreter employee representatives of a recognized employee organization reasonable time off,…
§ 71822 The trial courts, the regional court interpreter employment relations committee, and employee organizations may not interfere with, intimidate, restrain,…
§ 71823 (a) On or before April 1, 2003, the regional court interpreter employment relations committee shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the…
§ 71824 A court interpreter may authorize, and the trial court employer shall honor, a dues deduction from his or her salary or wages as provided in Section 1152,…
§ 71825 (a) As used in this section, “board” means the Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to Section 3541. (b) The powers and duties of the board…
§ 71825.05 Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognition or certification of an employee organization is appealed,…
§ 71825.1 (a) Any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final decision or order of the board in an unfair practice case, except a decision of the…
§ 71825.2 (a) Any written agreements reached through negotiations held pursuant to this article are binding upon the parties, upon adoption under Section 71819, and,…
§ 71826 (a) The enactment of this chapter may not be construed as making Section 923 of the Labor Code applicable to court interpreters. (b) Court interpreters and the…
§ 71827 If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof, to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the invalidity may not affect other provisions…
§ 71828 (a) This chapter does not apply to trial courts in Solano and Ventura Counties. Labor and employment relations for court interpreters employed by trial courts…