We are excited to continue our video series – Tips from the Table. In these videos, members of LCW’s Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented at your bargaining tables. We hope that you will find these clips informative and helpful in your negotiations.
PERB Leaves Open the Question as to Whether an Employee Has a Right to Union Representation during a Performance Evaluation Meeting
By: Adrianna E. Guzman and Joshua A. Goodman
The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has long held that employees are entitled to union representation if they are required to attend a meeting where they have a reasonable belief that discipline may result from the meeting (Weingarten rights). In Redwoods Community College District v. Public
PERB Expands Right to Union Representation to Interactive Process Meetings
The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) recently held in Sonoma County Superior Court (Sonoma) that employees are entitled to union representation at interactive process meetings. With this ruling, PERB expressly overturned prior precedent on this issue.
Before the Sonoma ruling, PERB recognized a right to union representation in individual meetings with the employer primarily only