Decision 0912E – Willits Unified School District

SF-CE-1413

Decision Date: December 5, 1991

Decision Type: PERB Decision

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Perc Vol: 16
Perc Index: 23002

Decision Headnotes

602.00000 – EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; UNILATERAL CHANGE (FOR NEGOT OF SPECIFIC SUBJECTS, SEE SEC 1000, SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION)
602.01000 – In General

District unilaterally implemented a change in its past practice of granting released time for negotiations, by denying released time to union chief negotiator to attend PERB settlement conference, where underlying charge was interpretation of section of parties' CBA.

602.00000 – EMPLOYER REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH; UNILATERAL CHANGE (FOR NEGOT OF SPECIFIC SUBJECTS, SEE SEC 1000, SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION)
602.06000 – Change in Past Practice

District unilaterally implemented a change in its past practice of granting released time for negotiations, by denying released time to union chief negotiator to attend PERB settlement conference, where underlying charge was interpretation of section of parties' CBA.

1000.00000 – SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION
1000.02117 – Released Time

Released time is a negotiable matter; p. 13, proposed dec.

1101.00000 – CASE PROCESSING PROCEDURES; LIMITATION PERIOD FOR FILING CHARGE
1101.02000 – Amended Charge or Complaint; Withdrawal of Charge; Relation Back Doctrine

Relation back doctrine applicable where original and amended charge based on the same central fact.

1104.00000 – CASE PROCESSING PROCEDURES; PROCEDURE BEFORE ALJ
1104.05000 – Informal Settlement Conferences

District unilaterally implemented a change in its past practice of granting released time for negotiations, by denying released time to union chief negotiator to attend PERB settlement conference, where underlying charge was interpretation of section of parties' CBA. Confidentiality of settlement discussions is designed to protect statements, not techniques or style.

1205.00000 – REMEDIES FOR UNFAIR PRACTICES; MISCELLANEOUS REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
1205.04000 – Attorneys Fees and Costs

District's request for attorneys' fees denied as amended charge states same central allegations as original charge.

401.00000 – EMPLOYER INTERFERENCE, RESTRAINT, COERCION, EMPLOYER CONDUCT AFFECTING ORGANIZING, UNION ACCESS; SOLICITATION, AND OTHER UNION RIGHTS
401.10000 – Released Time

District unilaterally implemented a change in its past practice of granting released time for negotiations, by denying released time to union chief negotiator to attend PERB settlement conference, where underlying charge was interpretation of section of parties' CBA. No statutory right to release time for post-impasse negotiations session held outside the formal impasse procedures.