Assembly committee advances bill to require minimum discipline and grievance standards in local MOUs

Assemblymember Saburra introduced AB 4 65 on behalf of AFSCME and SEIU California, telling the Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement on March 28 that the bill would require employers to negotiate minimum standards for employee discipline and grievance procedures into Memoranda of Understanding when requested by a union.

The bill would require three elements in an MOU when requested by a union: a system of progressive discipline that includes a just-cause standard and due process; a grievance procedure allowing employees to appeal adverse actions; and reasonable paid release time for employee representatives participating in grievance proceedings. “This bill will protect California’s public sector employees by requiring employers, when requested by a union, to negotiate fair disciplinary procedures in an MOU,” Assemblymember Saburra said.

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