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CA Govt Code § 3524.57 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.57.

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 organization is recognized as the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit, the recognized employee organization is the only organization that may represent that unit in employment relations with the Judicial Council. Employee organizations may establish reasonable restrictions regarding who may join and may make reasonable provisions for the dismissal of individuals from membership. This section shall not prohibit any employee from appearing in his or her own behalf in his or her employment relations with the Judicial Council.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.58 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.58.

3524.58.  All employee organizations shall have the right to have membership dues, initiation fees, membership benefit programs, and general assessments deducted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1152 and Section 1153 until an employee organization is recognized as the exclusive representative for employees in an appropriate unit, and then any deductions as to any employee in the negotiating unit shall not be permissible except to the exclusive representative. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.60 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.60.

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 established by the recognized employee organization, a return of any part of that fee paid by him or her which represents the employee’s additional pro rata share of expenditures by the recognized employee organization that is either in aid of activities or causes of a partisan political or ideological nature only incidentally related to the terms and conditions of employment, or applied towards the cost of any other benefits available only to members of the recognized employee organization. The pro rata share subject to refund shall not reflect, however, the costs of support of lobbying activities designed to foster policy goals and collective negotiations and contract administration, or to secure for the employees represented advantages in wages, hours, and other conditions of employment in addition to those secured through meeting and conferring with the Judicial Council. The board may compel the recognized employee organization to return that portion of a fair share fee which the board may determine to be subject to refund under the provisions of this section. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.61 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.61.

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 shall not include consideration of the merits, necessity, or organization of any service or activity provided by law or executive order. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.62 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.62.

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 affected by any law, rule, resolution, or regulation directly relating to matters within the scope of representation proposed to be adopted by the employer, and shall give such recognized employee organizations the opportunity to meet and confer with the administrative officials or their delegated representatives as may be properly designated by law.(b) In cases of emergency when the employer determines that a law, rule, resolution, or regulation must be adopted immediately without prior notice or meeting with a recognized employee organization, the administrative officials or their delegated representatives as may be properly designated by law shall provide notice and opportunity to meet and confer in good faith at the earliest practical time following the adoption of the law, rule, resolution, or regulation. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.63 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.63.

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, shall meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations, and shall consider fully such presentations as are made by the employee organization on behalf of its members prior to arriving at a determination of policy or course of action. For purposes of this section, the term “meet and confer in good faith” means that the Administrative Director of the Courts, or his or her designated representatives, and representatives of recognized employee organizations, shall have the mutual obligation personally to meet and confer promptly upon request by either party and continue to meet and confer for a reasonable period of time in order to exchange freely information, opinions, and proposals, and to endeavor to reach agreement on matters within the scope of representation prior to the adoption by the state of its final budget for the ensuing year. The process should include adequate time for the resolution of impasses.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.64 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.64.

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 memorandum of the agreement which shall be presented, when appropriate, to the Legislature for appropriation of funding and amendment of any related statutes.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.65 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.65.

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 dollars ($250,000) or more related to salary and benefits and that is not already contained in the original memorandum of understanding or the Budget Act, shall be provided by the Judicial Council to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. The Joint Legislative Budget Committee shall determine within 30 days after receiving the side letter, appendix, or other addendum whether it presents substantial additions that are not reasonably within the parameters of the original memorandum of understanding and thereby requires legislative action to ratify the side letter, appendix, or other addendum.(b) A side letter, appendix, or other addendum to a properly ratified memorandum of understanding that does not require the expenditure of funds shall be expressly identified by the Judicial Council if that side letter, appendix, or other addendum is to be incorporated in a subsequent memorandum of understanding submitted to the Legislature for appropriation or statutory amendment.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.66 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.66.

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 negotiations on all or part of the memorandum of understanding. Nothing herein shall prevent the parties from agreeing and effecting those provisions of the memorandum of understanding which do not require legislative action.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.67 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.67.

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 new memorandum of understanding and have not reached an impasse in negotiations, subject to subdivision (b), the parties to the agreement shall continue to give effect to the provisions of the expired memorandum of understanding, including, but not limited to, all provisions that supersede existing law, any arbitration provisions, any no-strike provisions, any agreements regarding matters covered in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq.), and any provisions covering fair share fee deduction consistent with Section 3515.7.(b) If the Administrative Director of the Courts and the recognized employee organization reach an impasse in negotiations for a new memorandum of understanding, the Judicial Council may implement any or all of its last, best, and final offer. Any proposal in the Judicial Council’s last, best, and final offer that, if implemented, would conflict with existing statutes or require the expenditure of funds shall be presented to the Legislature for appropriation of funding, and any related statutory changes shall be controlling without further legislative action. Implementation of the last, best, and final offer does not relieve the parties of the obligation to bargain in good faith and reach an agreement on a memorandum of understanding if circumstances change, and does not waive rights that the recognized employee organization has under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.68 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.68.

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 Administrative Director of the Courts and the recognized employee organization may agree upon the appointment of a mediator mutually agreeable to the parties, or either party may request the board to appoint a mediator. When both parties mutually agree upon a mediator, costs of mediation shall be divided one-half to the Judicial Council and one-half to the recognized employee organization. If the board appoints the mediator, the costs of mediation shall be paid by the board.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.69 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.69.

3524.69.  A reasonable number of employee representatives of recognized employee organizations shall be granted reasonable time off without loss of compensation or other benefits when formally meeting and conferring with representatives of the Judicial Council on matters within the scope of representation. This section shall apply only to Judicial Council employees, as defined by subdivision (c) of Section 3524.52, and only for periods when a memorandum of understanding is not in effect.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.70 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.70.

3524.70.  Managerial employees, confidential employees, supervisory employees, and excluded employees shall be prohibited from holding elective office in an employee organization that also represents Judicial Council employees.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.71 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.71.

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 to discriminate against employees, or otherwise to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees because of their exercise of rights guaranteed by this chapter. For purposes of this subdivision, “employee” includes an applicant for employment or reemployment.(b) Deny to employee organizations rights guaranteed to them by this chapter.(c) Refuse or fail to meet and confer in good faith with a recognized employee organization.(d) Dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any employee organization, or contribute financial or other support to it, or in any way encourage employees to join any organization in preference to another.(e) Refuse to participate in good faith in the mediation procedure set forth in Section 3524.68. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.72 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.72.

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.(b) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, to discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees because of their exercise of rights guaranteed by this chapter.(c) Refuse or fail to meet and confer in good faith with the Judicial Council in relation to the employees for whom it is the recognized employee organization.(d) Refuse to participate in good faith in the mediation procedure set forth in Section 3524.68. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.73 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.73.

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 from the state or an employee organization, agrees that the case is one of special importance and joins in the request for the review.(2) When the issue is raised as a defense to an unfair practice complaint. A board order directing an election shall not be stayed pending judicial review.Upon receipt of a board order joining in the request for judicial review, a party to the case may petition for a writ of extraordinary relief from the unit determination decision or order.(b) Any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final decision or order of the board in an unfair practice case, except a decision of the board not to issue a complaint in such a case, may petition for a writ of extraordinary relief from such decision or order.(c) The petition shall be filed in the district court of appeal in the appellate district where the unit determination or unfair practice dispute occurred. The petition shall be filed within 30 days after issuance of the board’s final order, order denying reconsideration, or order joining in the request for judicial review, as applicable. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall cause notice to be served upon the board and thereupon shall have jurisdiction of the proceeding. The board shall file in the court the record of the proceeding, certified by the board, within 10 days after the clerk’s notice unless the time is extended by the court for good cause shown. The court shall have jurisdiction to grant to the board any temporary relief or restraining order it deems just and proper and in like manner to make and enter a decree enforcing, modifying, or setting aside the order of the board. The findings of the board with respect to questions of fact, including ultimate facts, if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole, shall be conclusive. The provisions of Title 1 (commencing with Section 1067) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to writs shall, except where specifically superseded herein, apply to proceedings pursuant to this section.(d) If the time to petition for extraordinary relief from a board decision has expired, the board may seek enforcement of any final decision or order in a district court of appeal or a superior court in the district where the unit determination or unfair practice case occurred. If, after hearing, the court determines that the order was issued pursuant to procedures established by the board and that the person or entity refuses to comply with the order, the court shall enforce the order by writ of mandamus. The court shall not review the merits of the order. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.74 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.74.

3524.74.  (a) The Judicial Council shall grant exclusive recognition to employee organizations designated or selected pursuant to rules established by the board for employees of the Judicial Council or an appropriate unit thereof, subject to the right of an employee to represent himself or herself.(b) The board shall establish reasonable procedures for petitions and for holding elections and determining appropriate units pursuant to subdivision (a).(c) The board, as it determines appropriate bargaining units, shall not include Judicial Council employees in a bargaining unit that includes employees other than those of the Judicial Council.(d) The board shall also establish procedures whereby recognition of employee organizations formally recognized as exclusive representatives pursuant to a vote of the employees may be revoked by a majority vote of the employees only after a period of not less than 12 months following the date of such recognition. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.75 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.75.

3524.75.  The Judicial Council shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for all of the following:(a) Registering employee organizations, as defined by subdivision (c) of Section 1150, and bona fide associations, as defined by subdivision (d) of Section 1150.(b) Determining the status of organizations and associations as employee organizations or bona fide associations.(c) Identifying the officers and representatives who officially represent employee organizations and bona fide associations. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.76 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.76.

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, the decision shall be deemed the final order of the board if the board does not issue a ruling that supersedes the decision on or before 180 days after the appeal is filed. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Govt Code § 3524.77 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 1 - GENERAL|DIVISION 4 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 10.4 - Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations|Section 3524.77.

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 unit unless one or more of the employee organizations involved in the proceeding is seeking or agrees to an election in such a unit.(b) In determining an appropriate unit, the board shall take into consideration all of the following criteria:(1) The internal and occupational community of interest among the employees, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(A) The extent to which they perform functionally related services or work toward established common goals.(B) The history of employee representation in state government and in similar employment.(C) The extent to which the employees have common skills, working conditions, job duties, or similar educational or training requirements.(D) The extent to which the employees have common supervision.(2) The effect that the projected unit will have on the meet and confer relationships, emphasizing the availability and authority of employer representatives to deal effectively with employee organizations representing the unit, and taking into account such factors as work location, the numerical size of the unit, the relationship of the unit to organizational patterns of the state government, and the effect on the existing classification structure or existing classification schematic of dividing a single class or single classification schematic among two or more units.(3) The effect of the proposed unit on efficient operations of the employer and the compatibility of the unit with the responsibility of the Judicial Council and its employees to serve the public.(4) The number of employees and classifications in a proposed unit and its effect on the operations of the employer, on the objectives of providing the employees the right to effective representation, and on the meet and confer relationship.(5) The impact on the meet and confer relationship created by fragmentation of employees or any proliferation of units among the employees of the employer.(6) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, or any other provision of law, an appropriate group of skilled crafts employees shall have the right to be a separate unit of representation based upon occupation. Skilled crafts employees shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, employment categories such as carpenters, plumbers, electricians, painters, and operating engineers.(c) There shall be a presumption that professional employees and nonprofessional employees should not be included in the same unit. However, the presumption shall be rebuttable, depending upon what the evidence pertinent to the criteria set forth in subdivision (b) establishes. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 835, Sec. 1. (AB 83) Effective January 1, 2018.)