GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION – General Principles

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Though PERB may look to analogous federal precedent for guidance in construing California’s public sector labor relations statutes, it is not controlling authority. Thus, when federal law and the PERB-administered statutes serve dissimilar purposes, we are not constrained to follow federal precedent. (p. 28.)