IMPASSE PROCEDURES; IN GENERAL; DUTY TO PARTICIPATE IN GOOD FAITH – During Impasse

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MMBA section 3505.4, subdivision (a) and PERB’s implementing regulation (PERB Reg. 32802) provide two alternate deadlines for a union to request factfinding: (1) Not sooner than 30 days, but not more than 45 days, following the appointment or selection of a mediator pursuant either to the parties’ agreement to mediate or a mediation process required by a public agency’s local rules; or (2) If the dispute was not submitted to mediation, not later than 30 days following the date that either party provided the other with written notice of a declaration of impasse. (pp. 4-5.)