CASE PROCESSING PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE – Hearsay

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While the technical rules of evidence do not apply in a PERB formal hearing, hearsay cannot form the sole basis for a material factual finding. (County of Santa Clara (2019) PERB Decision No. 2670-M, p. 21, fn. 23 [a factual finding cannot be based solely on uncorroborated hearsay that does not satisfy one of the statutory exceptions].)