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Labor Law (Public Sector)
2024 Legislative Update, Part Four: Public Sector Developments
February 7, 2024 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Public Sector Temporary Employees Added to Regular Employee Bargaining Units (AB 1484) By: Andrew Baker This bill, for all Meyers-Milias-Brown Act employers, automatically folds into any existing bargaining unit all temporary employees who perform… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Two: New Workplace Violence and Labor Code Enforcement Laws
February 1, 2024 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Workplace Violence Prevention (SB 553) By: Peter McEntee Part 1: As of January 1, 2025, this bill allows collective bargaining representatives to initiate a request for a workplace temporary restraining order on behalf of… Read More
PERB Voids San Francisco Strike Ban
August 2, 2023 by
Lorrie Bradley
PERB has issued a new decision striking down provisions of the San Francisco City Charter banning all city employee strikes as an unlawful violation of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (“MMBA”). San Francisco’s City Charter The Charter… Read More
2022 Annual Legislative Summary, Public Sector Developments – Part 2
January 6, 2023 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
We are presenting our annual Legislative Summary in four parts this year – this is part two: AB 204 – Bonuses for Community Health Clinic Workers by Sarah Kanbar As part of a larger health… Read More
PERB Limits Public Employer Use of Scabs
August 9, 2021 by
Andrew Baker
The California Public Employment Relations Board has issued a decision clarifying the right of striking public employees to return to work following a strike and limiting the ability of public employers to use the employment… Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Two Attacks on Public Sector Union Representation
July 6, 2021 by
Dale Brodsky and Andrew Baker
At least for the time being, public sector unions can breathe a sigh of relief that they may continue to serve as the exclusive bargaining representative for all of the public employees in a bargaining… Read More
PERB Orders Reimbursement of Attorneys’ Fees as Make Whole Remedy for Unilateral Change
March 12, 2021 by
Tony Rice
In an unusual case, PERB has awarded attorneys fee to a union as part of the remedy for an unlawful unilateral change. The case involved a collective bargaining agreement between the Sacramento City Teachers Association… Read More
Losing the Battle but Winning the War to Protect Public Pensions
September 23, 2020 by
Stephanie Platenkamp
The California Supreme Court recently issued a long-awaited decision with far-reaching impact in Alameda County Deputy Sheriff’s Association et al., v. Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association et al. The key issue in this case was… Read More
PERB Orders Employer to Negotiate with Union Over Redactions to Requested Investigation Report
May 21, 2020 by
Christopher Hammer
PERB recently confirmed that public employers may not unilaterally make unlimited redactions to disciplinary investigatory reports produced in response to union requests. Rather, PERB ruled, employers have a duty to meet and confer with the… Read More
Make Your Voice Heard: Ninth Circuit Blasts Local Restriction on Bullhorn Use
December 17, 2019 by
Lorrie Bradley
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked enforcement of a local ordinance that restricted the use of a bullhorn at protests. (Cuviello v. City of Vallejo (Dec. 12, 2019).) In this case, an animal… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Four: Public Sector Developments
February 7, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Public Sector Temporary Employees Added to Regular Employee Bargaining Units (AB 1484) By: Andrew Baker This bill, for all Meyers-Milias-Brown Act employers, automatically folds into any existing bargaining unit all temporary employees who perform… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Two: New Workplace Violence and Labor Code Enforcement Laws
February 1, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Workplace Violence Prevention (SB 553) By: Peter McEntee Part 1: As of January 1, 2025, this bill allows collective bargaining representatives to initiate a request for a workplace temporary restraining order on behalf of… Read More
PERB Voids San Francisco Strike Ban
August 2, 2023 by Lorrie Bradley
PERB has issued a new decision striking down provisions of the San Francisco City Charter banning all city employee strikes as an unlawful violation of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (“MMBA”). San Francisco’s City Charter The Charter… Read More
2022 Annual Legislative Summary, Public Sector Developments – Part 2
January 6, 2023 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
We are presenting our annual Legislative Summary in four parts this year – this is part two: AB 204 – Bonuses for Community Health Clinic Workers by Sarah Kanbar As part of a larger health… Read More
PERB Limits Public Employer Use of Scabs
August 9, 2021 by Andrew Baker
The California Public Employment Relations Board has issued a decision clarifying the right of striking public employees to return to work following a strike and limiting the ability of public employers to use the employment… Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Two Attacks on Public Sector Union Representation
July 6, 2021 by Dale Brodsky and Andrew Baker
At least for the time being, public sector unions can breathe a sigh of relief that they may continue to serve as the exclusive bargaining representative for all of the public employees in a bargaining… Read More
PERB Orders Reimbursement of Attorneys’ Fees as Make Whole Remedy for Unilateral Change
March 12, 2021 by Tony Rice
In an unusual case, PERB has awarded attorneys fee to a union as part of the remedy for an unlawful unilateral change. The case involved a collective bargaining agreement between the Sacramento City Teachers Association… Read More
Losing the Battle but Winning the War to Protect Public Pensions
September 23, 2020 by Stephanie Platenkamp
The California Supreme Court recently issued a long-awaited decision with far-reaching impact in Alameda County Deputy Sheriff’s Association et al., v. Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association et al. The key issue in this case was… Read More
PERB Orders Employer to Negotiate with Union Over Redactions to Requested Investigation Report
May 21, 2020 by Christopher Hammer
PERB recently confirmed that public employers may not unilaterally make unlimited redactions to disciplinary investigatory reports produced in response to union requests. Rather, PERB ruled, employers have a duty to meet and confer with the… Read More
Make Your Voice Heard: Ninth Circuit Blasts Local Restriction on Bullhorn Use
December 17, 2019 by Lorrie Bradley
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked enforcement of a local ordinance that restricted the use of a bullhorn at protests. (Cuviello v. City of Vallejo (Dec. 12, 2019).) In this case, an animal… Read More
