Category: PERB News

PERB has recently placed on its website a survey for stakeholders. Click here to get to the survey. The survey period runs from February 19 to April 6, 2015.  The survey seeks input on what functions are most important to stakeholders. Among the few specific questions is this one: Would you like to see PERB staff travel to conduct informal settlement conferences and formal hearings at facilities in closer proximity to the parties? Would your opinion change if the time spent by staff traveling reduced the overall time available for processing and investigating charges, drafting warning/dismissal letters and proposed decisions, and lengthen the time…

Governor Brown has re-appointed Eric Banks to the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB).  (Click here for the news release)  The Governor has also appointed Mark Gregersen to fill the final seat on the five-member PERB.  In addition, the Governor appointed Felix De La Torre as PERB’s new General Counsel.  Here are the bios of the appointees from the Governor’s new release:

Purple Communications, Inc. v. Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO (NLRB Decision) (Issued on 12/11/14) Last week the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its long-awaited decision in Purple Communications, Inc. v. Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO.  In a 3-2 decision, the NLRB overturned its prior precedent in order to hold that: [E]mployee use of email for statutorily protected communications on nonworking time must presumptively be permitted by employers who have chosen to give employees access to their email systems. The NLRB majority characterized this decision as “carefully limited.”  According to the majority, this decision only applies to employees who have…