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Effective Aug 16, 2004Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 227, Sec. 66. Effective August 16, 2004.
(a) A trial court may adopt reasonable rules and regulations, after consultation in good faith with representatives of a recognized employee organization or organizations, for the administration of employer-employee relations under this article. These rules and regulations may include provisions for:
- (1) Verifying that an organization does in fact represent employees of the trial court.
- (2) Verifying the official status of employee organization officers and representatives.
- (3) Recognition of employee organizations.
- (4) Exclusive recognition of employee organizations formally recognized pursuant to a vote of the employees of the trial court or an appropriate unit thereof, subject to the right of an employee to represent himself or herself as provided in Section 71631.
- (5) Additional procedures for the resolution of disputes involving wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.
- (6) Access of employee organization officers and representatives to work locations.
- (7) Use of official bulletin boards and other means of communication by employee organizations.
- (8) Furnishing nonconfidential information pertaining to employment relations to employee organizations.
- (9) Any other matters as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.
- (b) Exclusive recognition of employee organizations formally recognized as majority 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 recognition.
- (c) No trial court shall unreasonably withhold recognition of employee organizations. A trial court may not offer to provide employees benefits of any kind for the purpose of inducing those employees to decertify or withdraw support from a recognized employee organization.
- (d) Pursuant to the obligation to meet and confer in good faith, the trial court shall establish procedures to determine the appropriateness of any bargaining unit of court employees.
- (e) Trial court employees and employee organizations shall be able to challenge a rule or regulation of a trial court as a violation of this chapter.