CHAPTER 10.4. Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations

Chapter 10.4 added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1.

§§ 3524.50–3524.81 · 32 sections

§ 3524.50 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations Act.
§ 3524.51 The Legislature finds and declares that it is the purpose of this chapter to promote full communication between the Judicial Council and its employees by…
§ 3524.52 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Board” means the Public Employment Relations Board. The powers and duties of the board described in Section 3541.3 shall…
§ 3524.53 The Judicial Council shall have the sole authority and discretion to designate Judicial Council state employee positions as excluded positions, provided that…
§ 3524.54 Any person who willfully resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with any member of the board, or any of its agents, in the performance of duties pursuant to…
§ 3524.55 The initial determination as to whether the charges of unfair practices are justified, and, if so, what remedy is necessary to effectuate the purposes of this…
§ 3524.56 Except as otherwise provided by the Legislature, Judicial Council employees shall have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee…
§ 3524.57 Employee organizations shall have the right to represent their members in their employment relations with the Judicial Council, except that once an employee…
§ 3524.58 All employee organizations shall have the right to have membership dues, initiation fees, membership benefit programs, and general assessments deducted…
§ 3524.59 (a) Once an employee organization is recognized as the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit, it may enter into an agreement with the Judicial…
§ 3524.60 Any Judicial Council employee who pays a fair share fee shall have the right to demand and receive from the recognized employee organization, under procedures…
§ 3524.61 The scope of representation shall be limited to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, except, however, that the scope of representation…
§ 3524.62 (a) Except in cases of emergency as provided in subdivision (b), the employer shall give reasonable written notice to each recognized employee organization…
§ 3524.63 The Administrative Director of the Courts, or his or her designated representatives, acting with the authorization of the Chairperson of the Judicial Council,…
§ 3524.64 If an agreement is reached between the Administrative Director of the Courts and the recognized employee organization, they shall jointly prepare a written…
§ 3524.65 (a) Any side letter, appendix, or other addendum to a properly ratified memorandum of understanding that requires the expenditure of two hundred fifty thousand…
§ 3524.66 If the Legislature does not fully fund any provision of the memorandum of understanding that requires the expenditure of funds, either party may reopen…
§ 3524.67 (a) If a memorandum of understanding has expired, and the Administrative Director of the Courts and the recognized employee organization have not agreed to a…
§ 3524.68 If after a reasonable period of time, the Administrative Director of the Courts and the recognized employee organization fail to reach agreement, the…
§ 3524.69 A reasonable number of employee representatives of recognized employee organizations shall be granted reasonable time off without loss of compensation or other…
§ 3524.70 Managerial employees, confidential employees, supervisory employees, and excluded employees shall be prohibited from holding elective office in an employee…
§ 3524.71 It shall be unlawful for the Judicial Council to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, to discriminate or threaten…
§ 3524.72 It shall be unlawful for an employee organization to do any of the following: (a) Cause or attempt to cause the Judicial Council to violate Section 3524.71.…
§ 3524.73 (a) Judicial review of a unit determination shall only be allowed under either of the following circumstances: (1) When the board, in response to a petition…
§ 3524.74 (a) The Judicial Council shall grant exclusive recognition to employee organizations designated or selected pursuant to rules established by the board for…
§ 3524.75 The Judicial Council shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for all of the following: (a) Registering employee organizations, as defined by subdivision…
§ 3524.76 Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognition or certification of an employee organization is appealed,…
§ 3524.77 (a) In determining an appropriate unit, the board shall be governed by the criteria in subdivision (b). However, the board shall not direct an election in a…
§ 3524.78 (a) (1) All initial meet and confer proposals of recognized employee organizations shall be presented to the employer at a public meeting, and those proposals…
§ 3524.79 This chapter shall not be construed to apply Section 923 of the Labor Code to Judicial Council employees.
§ 3524.80 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as modifying or eliminating any existing wages, hours, or terms and conditions of employment for Judicial Council…
§ 3524.81 If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof, to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect any other…