Pocket Guide to the Educational Employment Relations Act (9th ed., 2016)

The EERA guide is designed for day-to-day use by labor and management in California public schools and community colleges.
The 2016 guide is the first new edition since 2011, and brings readers up to date on legislation and case law developments.
Here in one concise Pocket Guide are all the major decisions of the Public Employment Relations Board and the courts that interpret and apply the law. The Guide also includes the history and complete text of the act, and a summary of PERB regulations. Arranged by topic, the EERA Pocket Guide covers arbitration of grievances, discrimination, scope of bargaining, protected activity, strikes and job actions, unilateral action, and more.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction (Page 1)
2. Overview of California Labor Relations Laws (Page 2)
3. History of the Statutory Enactments (Page 4)
4. EERA: Summary and Commentary (Page 6)
1. PERB (Page 7)
2. Representation (Page 8)
3. Scope of representation (Page 9)
4. Unfair practices (Page 10)
5. Grievance arbitration (Page 12)
6. Organizational security (Page 12)
7. Dispute settlement and strikes (Page 14)
8. Public notice (Page 16)
5. Educational Employment Relations Act (Page 18)
6. Major PERB and Court Decisions (Page 56)
1. Agency Shop (Page 62)
2. Agreements and Contracts (Page 62)
3. Arbitration of Grievances (Page 65)
4. Discrimination for, or Interference With, Protected Activity (Page 68)
5. Domination of, or Interference With, Union (Page 74)
6. Duty of Fair Representation (Page 75)
7. Duty to Negotiate in Good Faith (Page 80)
8. Exclusive Representative, Certification or Decertification Elections (Page 87)
9. Impasse Resolution Procedures (Page 89)
10. Protected Activity (Page 91)
11. Public Employment Relations Board Jurisdiction (Page 97)
12. Public Employment Relations Board Procedure (Page 102)
13. Public Notice (“Sunshine Law”) (Page 108)
14. Representation Rights (Page 109)
15. Scope of Bargaining (Page 114)
16. Strikes and Job Actions (Page 119)
17. Unfair Practices (in General) (Page 122)
18. Unilateral Action (Page 126)
19. Unit Determination (Page 132)
7. PERB Regulations and Sources of Information (Page 137)
1. PERB Regulations (Page 137)
1. General provisions (Page 137)
2. Unfair practices (Page 138)
3. Injunctions (Page 139)
4. Representation procedures (Page 139)
5. Impasse resolution (Page 140)
6. Public notice (Page 140)
7. Agency shop (Page 140)
2. Sources of Information on PERB (Page 141)
8. Glossary of Terms (Page 143)
9. Table of Cases (Page 155)
10. Index of Terms (Page 177)