Decision 2333E – Saddleback Valley Unified School District
LA-CE-5467-E
Decision Date: October 7, 2013
Decision Type: PERB Decision
Description: ALJ ruled that the employer violated EERA both when it implemented its last, best and final offer without having bargained over the methodology to be used in calculating a retroactive salary schedule decrease and when it failed to provide relevant and necessary requested information to exclusive representative.
Disposition: Decision partially reversed. The methodology to be used in calculating a retroactive salary schedule decrease was reasonably comprehended within the employer’s last, best and final offer. Therefore, the employer did not violate EERA when it implemented its last, best and final offer.
Perc Vol: 38
Perc Index: 52
Decision Headnotes
602.02000 – Prior Notice and Opportunity to Bargain
Union had prior notice based on the District’s last, best and final offer of the methodology for implementing a retroactive salary schedule decrease and the District was free to implement that methodology when it imposed the terms of the factfinder report or its last, best and final offer on August 31, 2010.