Decision 0900S – State of California, Department of Personnel Administration (Professional Engineers in California Government)

S-CO-127-S

Decision Date: September 13, 1991

Decision Type: PERB Decision

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Perc Vol: 15
Perc Index: 22151

Decision Headnotes

804.00000 – UNION UNFAIR PRACTICES; UNION BARGAINING CONDUCT
804.02000 – Refusal to Bargain in Good Faith (See, also, Scope of Representation, Sec. 1000)

Board upheld dismissal of allegation that union failed to bargain in good faith by insisting on negotiating ground rules/released time before discussing substantive issues, either under a per se or totality of circumstances test.

1000.00000 – SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION
1000.02058 – Ground Rules for Negotiations

Board holds that ground rules/released time is a mandatory subject of bargaining.

1000.00000 – SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION
1000.02117 – Released Time

Board holds that ground rules/released time is a mandatory subject of bargaining.

605.00000 – EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; OTHER PER SE VIOLATIONS
605.02000 – Insistence on Nonmandatory/Illegal Subjects (See also Scope of Representation, Sec 1000)

Insistence upon negotiations on a mandatory subject such as released time is not a per se violation of the duty to bargain.

605.00000 – EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; OTHER PER SE VIOLATIONS
605.04000 – Conditional Bargaining; Piecemeal or Fragmented Bargaining

Insistence upon negotiations on a mandatory subject such as released time is not a per se violation of the duty to bargain.

804.00000 – UNION UNFAIR PRACTICES; UNION BARGAINING CONDUCT
804.01000 – In General

Insistence upon negotiations on a mandatory subject such as released time is not a per se violation of the duty to bargain.