Decision 0260E – Rio Hondo Community College District

LA-CE-1079

Decision Date: November 30, 1982

Decision Type: PERB Decision

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Perc Vol: 7
Perc Index: 14010

Decision Headnotes

300.00000 – UNFAIR PRACTICE ISSUES; PROTECTED ACTIVITIES
300.15000 – Speech

Employee speech loses its protected status only if it is so opprobrious or disrespectful of the employer as to seriously impair maintenance of discipline; utterance of the word "chickenshit" is not unprotected; p. 12.

408.00000 – EMPLOYER INTERFERENCE, RESTRAINT, COERCION; INTERFERENCE WITH RIGHT TO SELF OR UNION REPRESENTATION; WEINGARTEN RIGHTS
408.03000 – Investigatory Interviews

Investigatory Interviews (Rt. to union representation applies to a disciplinary interview, whether labeled investigatory or not, so long as the interview is not merely for the purpose of informing the employee that he or she is being discipline; p. 17.