AB 314 — Public employment: labor relations: release time.

Summary

Existing law, including the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act, the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act, Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations Act, and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Employer-Employee Relations Act, as well as provisions commonly referred to as the Educational Employment Relations Act and the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, regulates the labor relations of the state, the courts, and specified local public agencies and their employees. Existing law establishes other requirements relating to labor relations that are applicable to specified transit agencies. These acts grant specified public employees the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their choosing and require public agency employers, among other things, to meet and confer with representatives of recognized employee organizations and exclusive representatives on terms and conditions of employment. These acts generally require the public entities in this context to grant employee representatives of recognized employee organizations reasonable time off without loss of compensation or benefits for certain purposes in connection with labor relations, commonly referred to as release time. This bill would prescribe requirements relating to release time that would apply to all of the public employers and employees subject to the acts described above and would generally repeal the provisions relating to release time in those acts. The bill would require these public employers to grant a reasonable number of employee representatives of the exclusive representative reasonable time off without loss of compensation or other benefits for specified activities. This requirement would apply to activities to investigate and process grievances or otherwise enforce a collective bargaining agreement or memorandum of understanding; to meet and confer or meet and negotiate with the public employer on matters within the scope of representation, including preparation for the activities specified in these provisions; to testify or appear as the designated representative of the exclusive representative in conferences, hearings, or other proceedings before the Public Employment Relations Board or similar bodies, as specified; to testify or appear as the designated representative of the exclusive representative before the governing body of the public employer, or a personnel, civil service, or merit commission, among others, and to serve as a representative of the exclusive representative for new employee orientations. The bill would require the exclusive representative to provide reasonable notice requesting an absence in this connection. The bill would specify that its provisions prescribe minimum release time rights and would prescribe requirements regarding the relation of its provisions to other labor agreements that address release time. The bill would prohibit the Public Employment Relations Board from enforcing these provisions with regard to public transit workers that are not otherwise subject to the board's jurisdiction.

Bill Text

• Enrolled 09/17/19 - Enrolled Current pdf September 17, 2019
• Amended 09/06/19 - Amended Senate pdf September 06, 2019
• Amended 04/22/19 - Amended Assembly pdf April 22, 2019
• Introduced 01/30/19 - Introduced pdf January 30, 2019
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Action History

1. January 21, 2020

   Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

2. October 12, 2019

   Vetoed by Governor.

3. September 24, 2019

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

4. September 12, 2019

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 12. Page 3480.).

5. September 11, 2019

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

6. September 11, 2019

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2822.).

7. September 09, 2019

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

8. September 06, 2019

   Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

9. August 30, 2019

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

10. August 30, 2019

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30).

11. July 08, 2019

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

12. June 26, 2019

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

13. June 06, 2019

    Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

14. May 24, 2019

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

15. May 23, 2019

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 1862.)

16. May 20, 2019

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

17. May 16, 2019

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 16).

18. May 01, 2019

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

19. April 23, 2019

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

20. April 22, 2019

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.

21. April 03, 2019

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

22. March 18, 2019

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

23. February 11, 2019

    Referred to Com. on P.E. & R.

24. January 31, 2019

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.

25. January 30, 2019

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Mia Bonta · Primary

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