Headnote for 2865E, 300.06000 – Demands for Change in Working Conditions - California Public Employment Relations Board

UNFAIR PRACTICE ISSUES; PROTECTED ACTIVITIES – Demands for Change in Working Conditions

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300.00000 – UNFAIR PRACTICE ISSUES; PROTECTED ACTIVITIES
300.06000 – Demands for Change in Working Conditions

The Board has long held that EERA protects an employee’s pursuit of a safety related complaint through their union. (Oakdale Union Elementary School District (1998) PERB Decision No. 1246, p. 17 (Oakdale), citing Regents of the University of California (1983) PERB Decision No. 319-H, p. 15, fn. 6.) EERA also protects employees’ right to report safety concerns to their employer (Pleasant Valley School District (1988) PERB Decision No. 708, p. 15), as well as an individual employee’s right report safety concerns to a third party (Oakdale, supra, PERB Decision No. 1246, p. 18). Here, EERA protects the employees’ complaints regarding the lab safety and related staffing concerns and their related e-mailed complaints to District management and their union. (p. 19.)