REMEDIES FOR UNFAIR PRACTICES; REINSTATEMENT; BACKPAY BENEFITS – Back Pay; Interest

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Board finds no merit in the District’s implicit argument that its constitutional power to determine wages precludes PERB from ordering backpay to remedy interference and/or discrimination. The MMBA incorporates by reference the Board’s broad powers under EERA to effectuate the purposes of the Act. (MMBA, § 3509, subds. (a), (b); Gov. Code, § 3541.3, subds. (i), (n).) By contrast, the MMBA expressly limits PERB’s power to award monetary damages only in cases involving an unlawful strike, which is not at issue here. (MMBA, § 3509, subd. (b).) Thus, the principle that the expression of one thing excludes others further confirms that PERB’s broad remedial powers include the power to direct public agencies to compensate employees with backpay, or other forms of remuneration necessary to make employees whole or to otherwise effectuate the statute’s purposes.