In Ramirez v. City of Indio, the Court of Appeal held that a city manager had the authority to affirm, revoke, or modify the arbitrator’s advisory findings and recommendations under the Memorandum of Understanding’s appeals procedure. This case confirms that, absent sufficient contractual language to the contrary, when an MOU provides for advisory
In California, non-employee representatives of employee organizations generally have the right to access employee non-work areas, and to solicit for union membership or activity and distribute literature to employees in such areas on the employees’ non-work time.
The California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has recognized that employers have a legitimate interest in maintaining security