by David G. Ritchie on February 26, 2018
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Employment Law, Unions,
The United States Supreme Court hears oral argument today in a case that could reshape finances for public employee unions in 22 states, including California, where those unions are able to collect “agency fees” from non-member public employees to cover the costs of negotiating collective bargaining agreements and representation services.
Two years ago, the Court heard similar issues in Friedrichs v. California Teacher’s Association 136 S. Ct. 1083 (2016), however, the decision stalled 4-4 at the Court after Justice Scalia’s death prior to the decision, leaving the lower court decision ... Continue Reading
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Collective Bargaining, Janus v. American Federation, Union Dues, Union Shop,
by Matthew S. Kane on February 11, 2018
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Recent Court Decisions,
A recent court ruling in the First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal may require cities to make changes to their procedures for hearing administrative appeals of substandard housing citations.
In Lippman v. City of Oakland, a landlord who owns rental property in Oakland appealed citations he received from the City’s Building Services Department for blight and substandard living conditions. The landlord’s claims on appeal were adjudicated by a single hearing officer who was appointed by the same Department that cited him.
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Appeals of Administrative Citations, Building Code, Citations, Enforcement,
by Betsy Martyn on January 4, 2018
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Legislative Updates,
The State Legislature has enacted new prevailing wage legislation affecting public agency projects. Our office has summarized this new legislation.
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New Legislation, Prevailing wages,
by Betsy Martyn on January 4, 2018
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Legislative Updates,
Several new laws have taken effect in 2018. Our office has prepared a summary of new laws affecting local government.
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by David G. Ritchie on October 23, 2017
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Employment Law, Unions,
If public employers have not already done so, all should be prepared to engage with exclusive representative organizations over employee orientation and providing employee personal contact information to those exclusive representatives in the immediate future.
Assembly Bill 119 is in effect now, and provided recognized employee exclusive representative organizations access to employees during employee orientation and also requires that employers provide employee organizations with personal contact information for bargaining unit employees on a regular basis.
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AB 119, Orientation, Public Employees, Unions,
