Decision 3025M – Casitas Municipal Water District
LA-CE-1861-M
Decision Date: May 29, 2026
Decision Type: PERB Decision (Non-Precedential)
Description: Charging Party Brian H. Taylor alleged Respondent Casitas Municipal Water District violated the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act when it unilaterally changed its payroll methodology without providing notice and an opportunity to bargain. After reviewing Taylor’s charge and the District’s response, PERB’s Office of the General Counsel (OGC) issued a warning letter stating Taylor did not allege a prima facie case that the District had committed a unilateral change or engaged in bad faith bargaining. OGC dismissed the charge on the basis that individual employees lack standing to allege that an employer violated statutory sections that protect collective bargaining rights of employee organizations, including unilateral change violations and allegations of bad faith bargaining. Taylor appealed.
Disposition: In a non-precedential decision, the Board affirmed OGC’s dismissal without leave to amend.
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