AB 1181, as amended, Gray. Public employee organizations: members: paid leaves of absence.
The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act requires that local public agencies allow a reasonable number of local public agency employee representatives of recognized employee organizations reasonable time off without loss of compensation or other benefits when formally meeting and conferring with representatives of the public agency.
This bill would additionally require the local public agency to give reasonable time off, without loss of compensation or other benefits, to public agency employee representatives when they are testifying or representing the employee organization in proceedings before the Public Employment Relations Board in matters relating to a charge filed by the employee organization against the public agency, or when they are testifying or representing the employee organization in other employment relations matters. The bill would require the employee organization being represented to provide reasonable notification to the employer requesting a leave of absence without loss of compensation pursuant to these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 3505.3 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
(a) Public agencies shall allow a reasonable number
4of public agency employee representatives of recognized employee
5organizations reasonable time off without loss of compensation
6or other benefits when they are participating in any one of the
7following activities:
8(1) Formally meeting and conferring with representatives of the
9public agency on matters within the scope of representation.
10(2) Testifyingbegin delete, participating,end delete or representing the employee
11organization in conferences, hearings, or other proceedings before
12the
board, or an agent thereof, in matters relating to a charge filed
13by the employee organization against the public agency.
14(3) Testifyingbegin delete, participating,end delete or representing the employee
15organization in other matters employment relations, including
16personnel and merit commission hearingsbegin delete, city council meetings, .
17and labor management committee meetingsend delete
18(b) The employee organization being represented shall provide
19reasonable notification to the employer requesting a leave of
20absence without loss of compensation pursuant to subdivision (a).
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