Headnote for 2881, 602.03000 – Change in or Deviation from Written Agreement or Policy - California Public Employment Relations Board

EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; UNILATERAL CHANGE (FOR NEGOT OF SPECIFIC SUBJECTS, SEE SEC 1000, SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION) – Change in or Deviation from Written Agreement or Policy

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602.00000 – EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; UNILATERAL CHANGE (FOR NEGOT OF SPECIFIC SUBJECTS, SEE SEC 1000, SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION)
602.03000 – Change in or Deviation from Written Agreement or Policy

Given that the District unilaterally created a brand-new policy, union’s unilateral change claim does not necessarily turn on establishing a firm prior policy. (See, e.g., Regents of the University of California (2004) PERB Decision No. 1700-H, adopting proposed decision at pp. 61-62 [letter prohibiting demonstrations inside university’s central administration building constituted unilateral change, where previously employer had no such policy].) (p. 14.)