Section 3593 Of Article 9. Impasse Procedure From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 12. >> Article 9.
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. (a) If the dispute is not settled within 30 days after the
appointment of the panel, or, upon agreement by both parties, within
a longer period, the panel shall make findings of fact and recommend
terms of settlement, which recommendations shall be advisory only.
Any findings of fact and recommended terms of settlement shall be
submitted in writing to the parties privately before they are made
public. The panel, subject to the rules and regulations of the board,
may make those findings and recommendations public 10 days
thereafter. During this 10-day period, the parties are prohibited
from making the panel's findings and recommendations public.
(b) The costs for the services of the panel chairperson, including
per diem fees, if any, and actual and necessary travel and
subsistence expenses, shall be borne by the board. Any other mutually
incurred costs shall be borne equally by the employer and the
exclusive representative. Each party shall bear the costs it incurs
for the panel member it selects.
(c) (1) This subdivision applies only to disputes relating to the
faculty and librarians of the University of California and the
Hastings College of the Law. For the purposes of this subdivision,
"faculty" means teachers employed to teach courses and authorize the
granting of credit for the successful completion of courses, and
excludes employees whose employment is contingent on their status as
students.
(2) Irrespective of whether the panel makes its findings and
recommendations public pursuant to subdivision (a), the Regents of
the University of California and the Directors of the Hastings
College of the Law, as appropriate, shall make the findings and
recommendations of the panel public after the 10-day period
prescribed by subdivision (a) has ended. These findings and
recommendations shall be posted in a prominent public place, and
copies of the findings and recommendations shall be made available to
any person attending the next regularly scheduled public meeting of
the regents or the directors, as appropriate. The publicly
distributed agenda of the next regularly scheduled meeting of the
regents or the directors, as appropriate, shall reference the
availability of these findings and recommendations.
(3) It is the intent of the Legislature that the regents or the
directors, as appropriate, shall act upon the findings and
recommendations of the panel at an open and public meeting within 90
days of their submission to the parties by the panel.