All notes for Subtopic 200.01000 – In General
| Decision | Description | PERC Vol. | PERC Index | Date |
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| 2577M | Port of West Sacramento 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General To determine whether individuals are employees of a public agency subject to the MMBA or of another entity, the courts adapted the common law test for distinguishing an employee from an independent contractor, including (1) the right to control the duties of employees; (2) the power to discharge employees; (3) payment of salary; (4) the nature of the services; and (5) the parties’ belief as to the employment relationship. The right to control the purported employees’ duties is the most important factor. more or view all topics or full text. | 43 | 30 | 07/11/18 |
| 2577M | Port of West Sacramento 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General After a public entity has subcontracted the work of employees to another entity, it does not remain the employer of those performing the work. more or view all topics or full text. | 43 | 30 | 07/11/18 |
| 2530E | Monterey Peninsula Unified School District 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General An employee has standing to file an unfair practice charge against a former employer to allege that such employer interfered with the employee’s attempt to obtain and/or retain subsequent employment. more or view all topics or full text. | 42 | 2 | 06/19/17 |
| 2423M | County of San Bernardino (Office of the Public Defender) 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Publically employed attorneys have rights under the MMBA. more or view all topics or full text. | 39 | 165 | 05/15/15 |
| 2309E | Jurupa Unified School District 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Placement of an employee on a 39-month re-employment list pursuant to Education Code section 44978.1 does not constitute a separation from service. An employee on the 39-month re-employment list remains an employee of the school district throughout the 39-month period. Reaffirming Santa Ana Educators Association (Felicijan & Hetman) (2009) PERB Decision No. 2008. more or view all topics or full text. | 37 | 183 | 03/08/13 |
| 2221E | Chula Vista Elementary School District * * * OVERRULED IN PART by Bellflower Unified School District (2017) PERB Order No. Ad-447 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General * * * OVERRULED IN PART ON OTHER GROUNDS by Bellflower Unified School District (2017) PERB Order No. Ad-447. * * *Under EERA section 3543.5, subdivision (a), “employee” includes an applicant for employment or reemployment; subsequent to charging party’s reapplication to be a support provider in the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) Induction Program and retirement, charging party remained an “employee” within protection of statute given status as an applicant for reemployment. more or view all topics or full text. | 36 | 88 | 11/23/11 |
| A384E | Castaic Union School District * * * OVERRULED by amendment to EERA section 3540.1, subdivision (e), Stats. 2011, Ch. 674, and Center Unified School District (2014) PERB Decision No. 2379 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General * * * OVERRULED by Stats. 2011, ch. 674 (A.B. 501), § 1, and Center Unified School District (2014) PERB Decision No. 2379, which provide that non-classified, non-certificated noon duty aides are included in EERA’s definition of “public school employee” even though the Education Code expressly excludes such employees from the definition of “classified service.” * * *In Healdsburg Union High School District and Healdsburg Union School District/San Mateo City School District (1984) PERB Decision No. 375, PERB held that short-term employees have no representation rights under EERA because Education Code section 45103 excludes them from the classified service. Education Code section 45103 also excludes part-time playground positions from the classified service. When the Legislature granted classified status to employees in a part-time playground position who also hold another classified position in the same district, it maintained the exclusion for other part-time playground positions. EERA provides no guidance as to unit placement of employees who are neither certificated nor classified. For these reasons, noon-duty aides have no representation rights under EERA. more or view all topics or full text. | 34 | 120 | 08/09/10 |
| 2044M | County of Sacramento 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Retirees are not protected by the MMBA as they are not persons employed by the public employer and an employer is not required to bargain over their health insurance benefits. Current employees, however, do have bargaining rights protected by the MMBA and the employer is required to bargain over health benefits. more or view all topics or full text. | 33 | 126 | 06/30/09 |
| 2045M | County of Sacramento 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Retirees are not protected by the MMBA as they are not persons employed by the public employer and an employer is not required to bargain over their health insurance benefits. Current employees, however, do have bargaining rights protected by the MMBA and the employer is required to bargain over health benefits. more or view all topics or full text. | 33 | 127 | 06/30/09 |
| 2043M | County of Sacramento 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Retirees are not protected by the MMBA as they are not persons employed by the public employer and an employer is not required to bargain over their health insurance benefits. Current employees, however, do have bargaining rights protected by the MMBA and the employer is required to bargain over health benefits. more or view all topics or full text. | 33 | 122 | 06/30/09 |
| 2008E | Santa Ana Educators Association (Felicijan and Hetman) 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Individuals on a 39-month reemployment list pursuant to Education Code section 44978.1 remain “employees” as defined in EERA section 3540.1(j) throughout the 39-month period. more or view all topics or full text. | 33 | 53 | 03/10/09 |
| 1863E | El Centro Elementary School District * * * OVERRULED IN PART by Oakland Unified School District (2023) PERB Decision No. 2875 * * * 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General OVERRULED IN PART on other grounds by Oakland Unified School District (2023) PERB Decision No. 2875.Retirees, because they are no longer “employees” as defined in EERA section 3541.5(a), are not subject to the protection of EERA. more or view all topics or full text. | 31 | 10 | 11/13/06 |
| 1835S | State of California (Department Of Transportation) 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General An individual who filed a charge alleging unfair practices which occurred nearly two years after his State employment was terminated is not a “State employee” under Dills Act section 3513(c) and, therefore lacks standing to invoke the protections of the Dills Act. more or view all topics or full text. | 30 | 108 | 04/10/06 |
| 1547E | Ventura County Community College District 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General In determining the employee status under the Act the Board is not bound by the employer or employee’s intentions, only the language of the Act. Board applied the common law right to control test to determine whether an individual was an employee or independent contractor. more or view all topics or full text. | 27 | 133 | 09/24/03 |
| 1539M | City of Folsom 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General As Siroky had not worked for the City of Folsom since 1998 but worked for the State of California at the time the alleged protected activity and adverse action occurred (2002), he is not a “public employee” under MMBA sections 3501(c), (d) and 3506 for purposes of this charge. more or view all topics or full text. | 27 | 99 | 06/26/03 |
| 1519H | Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos National Laboratory) 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General A charging party claiming supervisory status must provide specific facts establishing that status. Enter did not provide any evidence of her supervisory status. Since LANL disputed her claim of supervisory status, the Board agent analyzed her claims under HEERA as if Enter was a non-supervisory employee. more or view all topics or full text. | 27 | 67 | 05/07/03 |
| 1493E | California School Employees Association and its Chapter 245 (Waymire) 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Using the guidelines in Goleta Union School District (1984) PERB Decision No. 391, pp. 15-17, the Board found that Waymire is not a “public school employee” under EERA section 3540.1(j) because he had not provided services to the District or on the District’s premises, received compensation from the District, or been under the supervision of District management since January 22, 1998. more or view all topics or full text. | 26 | 33105 | 07/31/02 |
| 1492E | Monterey Peninsula Community College District 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Using the guidelines in Goleta Union School District (1984) PERB Decision No. 391, pp. 15-17, the Board found that Waymire is not a “public school employee” under EERA section 3540.1(j) because he had not provided services to the District or on the District’s premises, received compensation from the District, or been under the supervision of District management since January 22, 1998. more or view all topics or full text. | 26 | 33104 | 07/31/02 |
| 1484S | State of California 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Charging party never held a civil service position and was not a civil service employee within the meaning of Section 3513(c) where there is no evidence that he was hired into a civil service classification with a classification code number, that he applied for an announced vacancy, participated in testing procedure, was paid as a civil service employee, received health benefits, paid retirement or social security, or has taxes withheld from check. Additionally, when the various state agencies decided to no longer use charging party’s services, there was no evidence he was terminated through the normal due process procedures provided to state employees, he was simply not asked to serve as an interpreter. more or view all topics or full text. | 26 | 33077 | 06/06/02 |
| 1261H | Regents of the University of California and Association of Student Employees, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, et al. 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General The Board applied the subsection (f) test and determined that some of the students employed by the University at San Diego are employees under HEERA and, that the unit requested by the Union is appropriate for negotiating with the Regents of the University of California at the San Diego campus, provided an employee organization becomes the exclusive representative of that unit; p. 37. more or view all topics or full text. | 22 | 29084 | 04/23/98 |
| 1368S | California State Employees Association (Hutchinson) 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Employees on approved leaves of absence from civil service appointments retain their status as employees for the purpose of Dills Act coverage. Employee can challenge alleged discriminatory termination because she was employee at time of alleged unlawful conduct. Employee who has been terminated from her position as a State employee, allegedly in violation of the Dills Act, is not an "employee" for purposes of the Dills Act because she had no absolute right to return to a civil service position within State service. more or view all topics or full text. | 24 | 31031 | 12/21/99 |
| A079S | State Employer-Employee Relations Act - Governor's Office of Employee Relations (Phase III) 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Proper scope of unit determination proceeding is employees who are to be included in designated units. It is unnecessary to address the contention that the Board is without jurisdiction to designate an employee as managerial, confidential, or supervisory in order to formulate appropriate units, as such an inquiry would concern matter not in controversy; pp. 2-3. Burden of proof in unit determination proceeding is on party seeking exclusion of employees from units to justify the exclusion; p. 2. Burden of justifying exclusion in unit determination proceeding can be met by showing evidence of actual job requirements which disqualify the employee from placement in representation units, irrespective of which exclusionary category those employees may fit; p. 2. more or view all topics or full text. | 3 | 10133 | 10/18/79 |
| 1086E | San Francisco Unified School District 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Education Code section 45318 only requires that the district's employees be covered by the city's civil service system, not that the district be subject to the bargaining unit structure of the city employee relations ordinance; p. 28, proposed dec. EERA does not preclude in every case an employee's placement in more than one bargaining unit. An employee holding two positions with the same employer might well be included in two separate bargaining units represented by two different exclusive representatives; p. 28, proposed dec. more or view all topics or full text. | 19 | 26064 | 03/01/95 |
| 0871S | State of California (Department of Personnel Administration) (California State Employees Association) 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Conservation Corps members are state civil service (nonmerit system) employees for the purposes of the Dills Act; pp. 18-19. more or view all topics or full text. | 15 | 22063 | 03/20/91 |
| 0787S | State of California (Department of Personnel Administration) 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Under the Dills Act it is found that all employees in state service, unless specifically exempted by section 4 of Article 7 of the Constitution, are civil service employees. Board overruled, in part, Decision No. 110d-S. more or view all topics or full text. | 14 | 21040 | 01/11/90 |
| 0741E | Hacienda La Puente Unified School District * * * SUPERSEDED by amendment to EERA section 3543.5, subdivision (a) Stats. 1989, Ch. 313 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General * * * SUPERSEDED by Stats. 1989, ch. 313, § 2, which amended EERA section 3543.5(a) to explicitly state that EERA’s prohibitions against discrimination and interference with employee rights apply to applicants for employment or reemployment. * * *Failure to rehire an individual is not a violation of EERA when the person is not an employee at the time of seeking reemployment and thus lacks standing to invoke the protection of EERA; p. 2. more or view all topics or full text. | 13 | 20129 | 06/16/89 |
| 0685E | Hacienda La Puente Unified School District * * * SUPERSEDED by amendment to EERA section 3543.5, subdivision (a) Stats. 1989, Ch. 313 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General * * * SUPERSEDED by Stats. 1989, ch. 313, § 2, which amended EERA section 3543.5(a) to explicitly state that EERA’s prohibitions against discrimination and interference with employee rights apply to applicants for employment or reemployment. * * *Applicants for employment are not employees protected by Government Code section 3543.5(a). Note: Statute amended to define applicants as employees. more or view all topics or full text. | 12 | 19113 | 06/24/88 |
| 0686E | Los Angeles Unified School District 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Applicants for employment have no standing to file an unfair practice charge as EERA's protection extends only to employees. Note: Statute amended to define applicants as employees. more or view all topics or full text. | 12 | 19114 | 06/24/88 |
| 0391E | Goleta Union School District 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General In determining employee status under EERA, Board must rely primarily on statutory languages, though will consider, in part, indicia of employment where they are appropriate; p. 15. more or view all topics or full text. | 8 | 15134 | 08/01/84 |
| 0171E | Dixie Elementary School District 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Substitute and temporary teachers are employees under the EERA. more or view all topics or full text. | 5 | 12093 | 08/11/81 |
| 0173H | Unit Determination - California State University and Colleges (Professional) 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Summer instructional faculty and substitutes are not excluded from faculty bargaining unit at CSU as being casual. These classifications are filled by faculty members who have the same training and background as other CSU instructors. more or view all topics or full text. | 5 | 12120 | 09/22/81 |
| 0003E | Pittsburg Unified School District 200.01000: PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? (SEE 502 AND 1309); In General Noon-duty supervisors are employees under EERA although not members of the classified service pursuant to the Education Code. more or view all topics or full text. | 1 | 6 | 10/14/76 |