All notes for Subtopic 1402.04000 – By Acquiescence/Conduct

DecisionDescriptionPERC Vol.PERC IndexDate
2881E West Contra Costa Unified School District
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
To establish waiver of the right to bargain based on conduct, a respondent has the burden to show the charging party consciously abandoned its right. (City of Culver City (2020) PERB Decision No. 2731-M, p. 18.) Normally, this involves proof that the union failed to seek bargaining even after the employer provided clear, advance notice of its proposed change with sufficient time to allow a reasonable bargaining opportunity. (Id., adopting proposed decision at pp. 25-26.) (pp. 17-18.) more or view all topics or full text.
487911/06/23
2875E Oakland Unified School District
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
To establish waiver of the right to bargain based on evidence other than an effective contract, it is necessary to demonstrate “conscious abandonment” of the right. (City of Culver City (2020) PERB Decision No. 2731-M, p. 18.) Showing that a union consciously abandoned its right to bargain typically involves proof that “the union had clear notice, meaning advance knowledge, of the employer’s intent to change policy with sufficient time to allow a reasonable opportunity to bargain about the change and then failed to request negotiations.” (Id., adopting proposed decision at pp. 25-26 24 [internal quotation marks omitted; emphasis original].) However, a union’s acquiescence to a unilateral change in one or more instances does not waive its right to bargain regarding a future change on the same subject. (County of Kern & Kern County Hospital Authority (2019) PERB Decision No. 2659-M, p. 22, fn. 19.) (pp. 23-24.) more or view all topics or full text.
486410/16/23
2847M * * * JUDICIAL APPEAL PENDING * * * Kern County Hospital Authority
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
Where the employer asserts contractual waiver and waiver by inaction, the employer bears the burden of proving clear and unmistakable waiver, viz., that the union intentionally relinquished its right. (City of Culver City (2020) PERB Decision No. 2731-M, p. 13, and adopting proposed decision at p. 23.) PERB resolves any doubt against finding waiver. (County of Merced (2020) PERB Decision No. 2740-M, p. 10.) (pp. 13-14.) more or view all topics or full text.
12/20/22
2598S State of California (Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) * * * Remedial Order SUPERSEDED by State of California (Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) (2022) PERB Decision No. 2598a-S
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
* * * Remedial Order SUPERSEDED by State of California (Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) (2022) PERB Decision No. 2598a-S. * * *An employee does not waive her right to union representation by signing an acknowledgement of the employer’s rule that she is subject to search at any time while on the employer’s grounds. (p. 14.) more or view all topics or full text.
437811/26/18
2602M City of Commerce
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
Union’s failure to cite legal authority against employer’s intended course of action does not absolve the employer of interfering with employee and union rights. more or view all topics or full text.
438912/11/18
2475E United Teachers of Los Angeles (Raines, et al)
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
Because “waiver” generally denotes a voluntary relinquishment of a known right, there can be no waiver where there is no actual or constructive notice that a right is being relinquished. Employees cannot have acquiesced or waived their right to give input on a change in their collectively-bargained seniority rights or priority order when they neither knew nor reasonably should have known that the representative was considering modifying seniority or priority rights. more or view all topics or full text.
4014702/29/16
2443M City of Milpitas
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
The union president made a bargaining demand in his March 5, 2012, e-mail to the City Manager. Any waiver of a right to bargain over a negotiable contracting out decision must be clear and unmistakable. Therefore, the union’s March 5, 2012, bargaining demand obviates a determination that the union waived its right to bargain by inaction. more or view all topics or full text.
403607/29/15
1822E Santee Elementary School District
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
A valid request to negotiate will be found if it adequately indicates a desire to negotiate on a subject within scope. (Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District (1982) PERB Decision No. 223.) In this case, STA made a reasoned decision not to demand to barain the adoption of the Board Policy after being given 2 weeks notice of the Board’s intent. Protests over District’s contemplated change is not a demand to bargain. An employer is obligated to provide the exclusive representative with notice and an opportunity to negotiate over the effects of its decisions that have an impact upon matters within scope. (Oakland Unified School District (1985) PERB Decision No. 540.) Union did not waive its right to negotiate the impacts of the Board Policy because it had waived its right to negotiate over the decision to adopt the BP. more or view all topics or full text.
307202/22/06
1296S State of California (Department of Personnel Admin)
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
Adopting and publishing regulations changing travel reinbursement rates for excluded employees does not constitute constructive notice of change in past practice for unit members sufficient to start limitations period; p. 17, proposed dec; Employer mentioning during negotiations of proposed changes in excluded employees travel rules did not give notice to union that its members would not have the same changes applied to them under the expired contract clause. more or view all topics or full text.
233000910/22/98
1270E San Bernardino City Unified School District * * * OVERRULED IN PART by Contra Costa Community College District (2019) PERB Decision No. 2652
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
* * * OVERRULED IN PART ON OTHER GROUNDS by Contra Costa Community College District (2019) PERB Decision No. 2652. * * *Contract language that the District has the right to "maintain the efficiency of District operations" is generally-worded management rights clause, and thus will not be construed as a waiver; p. 57, proposed decision. Employer's failure to require sick leave verification consistently in the past does not preclude it from doing so in the future; p. 54, proposed decision. Union does not waive its right to negotiate by failing to request negotiations after the employer's firm decision. Speculation will not support the finding of a waiver. more or view all topics or full text.
222911306/22/98
1259E Fall River Joint Unified School District
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
Where District has made firm decision to implement teacher swap program, the failure of the union to request bargaining of such decision for over one year will not be considered a waiver of the right to bargain, because the request under these circumstances would be futile; p. 28, citing Archoe Union School District (1983) PERB Decision No. 360. more or view all topics or full text.
222908204/08/98
1085E Cajon Valley Union School District
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
Actual knowledge of a change in the hours of vacant positions is not required only constructive knowledge. The district made numerous changes in hours of vacant positions which affected every classification and occurred at almost every job site; p. 5. more or view all topics or full text.
192606303/01/95
0842H Regents of the University of California (Davis, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Diego)
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
No waiver where employees and non-exclusive representative notified after decision to implement change was made and carried out. more or view all topics or full text.
142118909/27/90
0834E Chula Vista City School District
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
Party may bargain over a permissive and nonmandatory subject of bargaining without waiving the right thereafter to take the position the subject is nonmandatory. more or view all topics or full text.
142116208/16/90
0754E Calexico Unified School District
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
Where the union makes inquiries and is assured problem would be taken care of and demands to bargain as soon as it is on notice that the problem of contracting out has not been remedied, there is no waiver; pp. 33-35, proposed dec. more or view all topics or full text.
132015907/17/89
0680E Poway Unified School District
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
District's bargaining of nonmandatory subject did not constitute waiver of right to later assert its nonnegotiability. more or view all topics or full text.
121910206/15/88
0321E Palo Verde Unified School District
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
Contractual silence on matter within scope is not waiver. Employee organization's drop of proposal at negotiation table is not waiver. Union representative's concession conditioned where condition is not met is not waiver. Union representative's concession based upon total agreement, where not concluded before change, not waiver. more or view all topics or full text.
71418206/20/83
0215E Barstow Unified School District
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
Union is under no duty to demand negotiations to preserve statutory rights when faced with a fait accompli. more or view all topics or full text.
61313606/11/82
0213E Delano Union Elementary School District
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
No evidence of waiver of right to bargain on part of union shown; p. 15. more or view all topics or full text.
61311704/30/82
0201E Anaheim Union High School District
1402.04000: GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES; WAIVER; By Acquiescence/Conduct
Waiver not shown simply because Union did not bargain before July 1 - date District believed it had to act to implement proposed change. Mutual agreement to postpone negotiations until after the July 1 date does not constitute waiver. District did not show "demonstrative behavior [by Union] waiving a reasonable opportunity to bargain over a decision not already firmly made by the employer;" p. 8. more or view all topics or full text.
61307803/26/82