EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; UNILATERAL CHANGE (FOR NEGOT OF SPECIFIC SUBJECTS, SEE SEC 1000, SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION) – Prior Notice and Opportunity to Bargain

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In a unilateral change case, the statute of limitations contained in section 3514.5 begins to run when the charging party has actual or constructive notice of the respondent's clear intent to implement the alleged charge; p. 9, citing The Regents of the University of California (1990) PERB Decision No. 826-H. State's advisory to union that it intended to award new benefits contract, which did not provide union with any information concerning the specific aspects of the new plan or any information concerning the old and new plans, was not actual or constructive notice for purposes of computing the six-month period; p. 10.