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Committee clears bill to codify confidentiality between public employees and union reps amid safety concerns
Summary
AB 1564 would make communications between public employees and union representatives confidential (enforceable via PERB) and exempts criminal investigations; unions supported the bill while school administrators and county associations warned it could hinder administrative investigations and student safety.
AB 1564 was advanced by the committee after a contentious record of support and opposition testimony about the bill's scope and potential impacts on workplace and school investigations.
The sponsor described the bill as a modest measure that would codify existing PERB precedent to make representational communications between public employees and union representatives confidential, but not a formal evidentiary privilege. "We're not talking about privilege here," counsel for Porak said in…
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