Section 1142.5 Of Article 1. Agricultural Labor Relations Board: Organization From California Labor Code >> Division 2. >> Part 3.5. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The board shall maintain, at its principal office, a
telephone line 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the purpose of
providing interested persons with information concerning their rights
and responsibilities under this part, or for referring such persons
to the appropriate agency or entity with the capacity to render
advice or help in dealing with any situation arising out of
agricultural labor disputes.
In order to carry out its responsibilities pursuant to this
subdivision, the board may contract with an answering service to
receive telephone messages during periods of time that its principal
office is normally not open for business. Such messages shall be
transmitted to the board on the board's next business day, or at such
earlier time as the board specifies, or to its designated
representative at the earliest possible time.
(b) Whenever a petition for an election has been filed in a
bargaining unit in which a majority of the employees are engaged in a
strike, the necessary and appropriate services of the board in the
region in which the election will be held shall be available to the
parties involved 24 hours a day until the election is held.