All notes for Subtopic 606.13000 – Parity Agreements

DecisionDescriptionPERC Vol.PERC IndexDate
2603M City of Yuba City
606.13000: EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; NEGOTIATIONS; INDICIA OF SURFACE OR BAD FAITH BARGAINING; TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES; Parity Agreements
While the Board has recognized that an employer has a legitimate interest in maintaining parity or equity across its bargaining units, it has never held that parity is required. To the contrary, an employer comes perilously close to bad faith when it insists that it will not under any circumstances agree to different terms for different employee groups. more or view all topics or full text.
439012/12/18
2582M City of Davis
606.13000: EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; NEGOTIATIONS; INDICIA OF SURFACE OR BAD FAITH BARGAINING; TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES; Parity Agreements
Because an employer’s desire for parity among its units is not, standing alone, evidence of bad faith, neither is entering into parity agreements. more or view all topics or full text.
435109/05/18
2582M City of Davis
606.13000: EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; NEGOTIATIONS; INDICIA OF SURFACE OR BAD FAITH BARGAINING; TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES; Parity Agreements
Entering into a parity agreement may be evidence of bad faith, but not where the agreement was entered into after impasse was declared. more or view all topics or full text.
435109/05/18
0536E Banning Unified School District
606.13000: EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; NEGOTIATIONS; INDICIA OF SURFACE OR BAD FAITH BARGAINING; TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES; Parity Agreements
Parity agreements are not per se violation of EERA but issue must be decided on case by case basis. Parity agreements are not prohibited by EERA "wall of separation" clause. more or view all topics or full text.
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