CHAPTER 12.5. Legislature Employer-Employee Relations
Chapter 12.5 added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 313, Sec. 1.
§§ 3599.50–3599.84 · 34 sections
- § 3599.50 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Legislature Employer-Employee Relations Act.
- § 3599.51 The Legislature finds and declares that it is the purpose of this chapter to promote full communication between each employer and its employees by providing a…
- § 3599.52 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 also…
- § 3599.54 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…
- § 3599.55 The initial determination as to whether charges of unfair practices are justified, and, if so, what remedy is necessary to effectuate the purposes of this…
- § 3599.56 Employees have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on…
- § 3599.57 Employee organizations have the right to represent their members in their employment relations with the employer, except that once an employee organization is…
- § 3599.58 All employee organizations have the right to have membership dues, initiation fees, membership benefit programs, and general assessments deducted pursuant to…
- § 3599.59 (a) Once an employee organization is recognized as the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit, it may enter into an agreement with the employer…
- § 3599.60 (a) The scope of representation is limited to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, except that the scope of representation does not…
- § 3599.61 (a) Except in cases of emergency as provided in subdivision (b), the employer shall give reasonable written notice to each recognized employee organization…
- § 3599.62 (a) The employer shall meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized…
- § 3599.63 If an agreement is reached between the employer and the recognized employee organization, the parties shall jointly prepare a written memorandum of…
- § 3599.64 A side letter, appendix, or other addendum to a properly ratified memorandum of understanding shall be expressly identified by the parties if that side letter,…
- § 3599.65 If the employer does not fully fund any provision of the memorandum of understanding that requires the expenditure of funds, either party may reopen…
- § 3599.66 (a) If a memorandum of understanding has expired, and the employer and the recognized employee organization have not agreed to a new memorandum of…
- § 3599.67 If, after a reasonable period of time, the employer and the recognized employee organization fail to reach an agreement, the employer and the recognized…
- § 3599.68 A reasonable number of employee representatives of recognized employee organizations shall be granted reasonable time off without loss of compensation or other…
- § 3599.69 It is unlawful for the employer to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, discriminate or threaten to discriminate…
- § 3599.70 It is unlawful for an employee organization to do any of the following: (a) Cause or attempt to cause the employer to violate Section 3599.69. (b) Impose or…
- § 3599.71 (a) Judicial review of a unit determination is allowed only under either of the following circumstances: (1) When the board, in response to a petition from the…
- § 3599.72 (a) The employer shall grant exclusive recognition to employee organizations designated or selected pursuant to rules established by the board for employees or…
- § 3599.73 The employer shall adopt reasonable rules for all of the following: (a) Registering employee organizations, as defined by subdivision (c) of Section 3599.52.…
- § 3599.74 Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognition or certification of an employee organization is appealed,…
- § 3599.75 (a) In determining an appropriate unit, the board is governed by the criteria in subdivision (b). However, the board shall not direct an election in a unit…
- § 3599.76 (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…
- § 3599.77 This chapter does not apply Section 923 of the Labor Code to employees.
- § 3599.78 This chapter does not modify or eliminate any existing wages, hours, or terms and conditions of employment for employees. All existing wages, hours, and terms…
- § 3599.79 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…
- § 3599.80 Expenses incurred by the employer in relation to a properly ratified memorandum of understanding pursuant to this chapter are subject to Section 7.5 of Article…
- § 3599.81 Notwithstanding any other law, the expression of any views, arguments, or opinions, or the dissemination thereof in any form, by a Member of the Legislature or…
- § 3599.82 Notwithstanding Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 9070) of Chapter 1.5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 2, or any other law, the employer is not required to…
- § 3599.83 Employees of the Legislature are exempt from civil service under the California Constitution. A memorandum of understanding entered into between an employer…
- § 3599.84 This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2026.