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Assembly committee backs bill requiring minimum discipline and grievance standards in local government MOUs
Summary
Assemblymember Zabir presented AB 465 to require minimum disciplinary and grievance standards in local government memoranda of understanding, and the Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement approved the bill on a 5-0 recorded vote with two members not voting.
Assemblymember Zabir presented AB 465 to the California State Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement, asking members to require local public employers to negotiate minimum disciplinary and grievance standards into memoranda of understanding when requested by a represented employee organization.
The bill would require, at a minimum, that an MOU include: (1) a progressive-discipline process with a just-cause standard; (2) a grievance procedure allowing appeal of adverse actions; and (3) reasonable paid release time for employee representatives participating in grievance processes. "These collective bargaining agreements, particularly related to how or when an employee can be reprimanded or fired by their employer, are basic…
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