EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; OTHER PER SE VIOLATIONS – Insistence on Nonmandatory/Illegal Subjects (See also Scope of Representation, Sec 1000)

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PERB has held that retirement benefits for current employees is a mandatory subject of bargaining. In contrast, retirement benefits for retirees – those who are no longer employed by the employer – is only a permissive subject of bargaining. A party may not insist to impasse on a permissive subject of bargaining.