Section 71801 Of Chapter 7.5. Trial Court Interpreter Employment And Labor Relations Act From California Government Code >> Title 8. >> Chapter 7.5.
71801
. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
shall apply:
(a) "Certified interpreter" and "registered interpreter" have the
same meanings as in Article 4 (commencing with Section 68560) of
Chapter 2. This chapter does not apply to sign language interpreters.
(b) "Cross-assign" and "cross-assignment" refer to the appointment
of a court interpreter employed by a trial court to perform spoken
language interpretation services in another trial court, pursuant to
Section 71810.
(c) "Employee organization" means a labor organization that has as
one of its purposes representing employees in their relations with
the trial courts.
(d) "Mediation" means effort by an impartial third party to assist
in reconciling a dispute regarding wages, hours, and other terms and
conditions of employment between representatives of the trial court
or regional court interpreter committee and the recognized employee
organization through interpretation, suggestion, and advice.
(e) "Meet and confer in good faith" means that a trial court or
regional court interpreter committee or those representatives it may
designate, and representatives of a recognized employee organization,
shall have the mutual obligation personally to meet and confer
promptly upon request by either party and continue for a reasonable
period of time in order to exchange freely information, opinions, and
proposals, and to endeavor to reach agreement on matters within the
scope of representation. The process shall include adequate time for
the resolution of impasses where specific procedures for resolution
are contained in this chapter, or when the procedures are used by
mutual consent.
(f) "Personnel rules," "personnel policies, procedures, and plans,"
and "rules and regulations" mean policies, procedures, plans, rules,
or regulations adopted by a trial court or its designee pertaining
to conditions of employment of trial court employees, subject to meet
and confer in good faith.
(g) "Recognized employee organization" means an employee
organization that has been formally acknowledged to represent the
court interpreters employed by the trial courts in a region, pursuant
to this chapter.
(h) "Regional court interpreter employment relations committee"
means the committee established pursuant to Section 71807.
(i) "Regional transition period" means the period from January 1,
2003, to July 1, 2005, inclusive, except that the transition period
for the region may be terminated earlier by a memorandum of
understanding or agreement between the regional court interpreter
employment relations committee and a recognized employee
organization.
(j) "Transfer" means transfer within the trial court as defined in
the trial court's personnel policies, procedures, and plans, subject
to meet and confer in good faith.
(k) "Trial court" means the superior court in each county.