Section 89542.5 Of Article 2. Appointment, Tenure, Layoff And Dismissal Of Employees From California Education Code >> Division 8. >> Title 3. >> Part 55. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 2.
89542.5
. (a) The Trustees of the California State University shall
establish grievance and disciplinary action procedures for all
academic employees, including all temporary employees who have been
employed for more than one semester or quarter, whereby all of the
following requirements are satisfied:
(1) Grievances and disciplinary actions shall be heard by a
faculty hearing committee composed of full-time faculty members,
selected by lot from a panel elected by the campus faculty, which
shall make a recommendation to the president of the state university.
(2) The grievance or disciplinary hearing shall be open to the
public at the option of the person aggrieved or the person charged in
a disciplinary hearing.
(3) Each party to the dispute shall have the right of
representation by a faculty adviser or counsel of his or her choice
and to be provided access to a complete record of the hearing.
(4) If there is disagreement between the faculty hearing committee'
s decision and the state university president's decision, the matter
shall go before an arbitrator whose decision shall be final.
(5) The costs incurred in arbitration shall be paid by the state
university.
(6) If the parties cannot agree upon an arbitrator, either party
may petition the Federal Mediation Service, the State Conciliation
Service, or the American Arbitration Association for a list of seven
qualified, disinterested persons, from which list each party shall
alternate in striking three names, and the remaining person shall be
designated as the arbitrator.
(7) The grievance procedure established pursuant to this section
shall be exclusive with respect to any grievance that is not subject
to a State Personnel Board hearing. In the case of a grievance or
disciplinary action that is subject to a State Personnel Board
hearing, pursuant to Sections 89535 to 89539, inclusive, and Section
89542, the procedures provided for in those sections or those
provided for in this section may be utilized. The academic employee
shall have the choice of which procedures shall be utilized.
(b) For purposes of this section, a "grievance" is an allegation
by an employee that the employee was directly wronged in connection
with the rights accruing to his or her job classification, benefits,
working conditions, appointment, reappointment, tenure, promotion,
reassignment, or the like. A grievance does not include matters, such
as the salary structure, which require legislative action.
(c) If a memorandum of understanding is agreed to pursuant to
Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 3560) of Division 4 of Title 1 of
the Government Code, and it provides for merit pay for academic
employees of the university, the arbitration provisions of this
section shall not apply to grievances concerning merit pay.
(d) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the
provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to
Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 3560) of Division 4 of Title 1 of
the Government Code, the memorandum of understanding shall be
controlling without further legislative action, except that, if the
provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure
of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved
by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.