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County’s MOU Unconstitutional / Court Of Appeal Strikes Down Provision
Requiring Employee To Pay One-Half Cost Of Arbitration
(Alert No. 08-05)
The Riverside County’s collective agreement with the Riverside Sheriff’s Association included a
cost-sharing provision that required an employee appealing a discipline to
pay one-half the cost of the arbitrator’s expenses if the employee chose not to use union
representation. If the employee chose union representation, the union would pay the cost
of the hearing
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Conflicting Court Of Appeal Decisions / Unless An Unfair Labor Practice Charge
Is Pending, PERB Does Not Have Initial Jurisdiction Over MMBA Strike
(Alert No. 08-06)
The California Court of Appeal recently decided that Contra
Costa County could bypass PERB (Public Employment Relations Board) and go directly
to the local superior court in order to enjoin certain essential employees from striking.
Just three months ago, another division of the Court of Appeal made the opposite decision
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