Decision 0912E – Willits Unified School District
SF-CE-1413
Decision Date: December 5, 1991
Decision Type: PERB Decision
Perc Vol: 16
Perc Index: 23002
Decision Headnotes
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.
602.06000 – 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.
1000.02117 – Released Time
Released time is a negotiable matter; p. 13, proposed dec.
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.
1104.05000 – 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.
1205.04000 – Attorneys Fees and Costs
District's request for attorneys' fees denied as amended charge states same central allegations as original charge.
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.