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New Bills Affecting PERB

The deadline to introduce new legislation was February 24, 2012.  As far as I can tell, there were only a handful of new bills introduced that affect the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB).  The new bills include: AB 1659 by Assembly Member Butler.  This bill would subject employees of the County of Los Angeles and the City of Los Angeles to PERB’s jurisdiction unless those two entities could demonstrate that they have “independent” employee relations commissions.  The bill considers an employee relations commission to be “independent” if it 1) has a separate budget line item, 2) has sole discretion to spend…

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AB 1606: Mediation Not Required for Factfinding

AB 1606 was introduced by Assemblymember Perea on February 7, 2012.  AB 1606 would clarify that mediation is not a prerequisite to fact-finding under the MMBA.  Specifically, AB 1606 would make the following changes: (a)  If the mediator is parties are unable to effect settlement of the controversy within 30 days after his or her the appointment of a mediator, or if the dispute was not submitted to mediation within 30 days after the date that either party provided the other with written notice of a declaration of impasse, the employee organization may request that the parties' differences be submitted…

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PERB Emergency Regs Approved

On December 29th, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved PERB's emergency regualations implementing AB 646.  Click here to see OAL's approval package.  The emergency regulations are effective January 1, 2012.

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PERB Statutory Changes for 2012

Several bills were enacted into law this year that affect the statutes administered by PERB.  I have compiled a summary of all those statutory changes, along with a brief commentary about them.  That document can be found here.  Feel free to distribute to others.

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