EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; UNILATERAL CHANGE (FOR NEGOT OF SPECIFIC SUBJECTS, SEE SEC 1000, SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION) – Prior Notice and Opportunity to Bargain

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602.00000 – EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; UNILATERAL CHANGE (FOR NEGOT OF SPECIFIC SUBJECTS, SEE SEC 1000, SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION)
602.02000 – Prior Notice and Opportunity to Bargain

Board of Education meetings and associated public documents generally do not afford a union sufficient notice of a potential change, unless the employer sends such a document to a union official, in a manner reasonably calculated to draw attention to a specific item and with adequate time for good faith negotiations to ensue. (Oakland Unified School District (2023) PERB Decision No. 2875, p. 21; Regents of the University of California (2004) PERB Decision No. 1689-H, adopting proposed decision at p. 45; Victor Valley Union High School District (1986) PERB Decision No. 565, pp. 5-6 & fn. 6.) (p. 16.)