Section 71810 Of Chapter 7.5. Trial Court Interpreter Employment And Labor Relations Act From California Government Code >> Title 8. >> Chapter 7.5.
71810
. (a) A court interpreter pro tempore employed by a trial
court may accept appointments to provide services to other trial
courts.
(b) The Judicial Council shall adopt procedures to facilitate the
efficient cross-assignment of court interpreters.
(c) Based on an assessment of interpreter use and current
practices, trial courts may create new employee positions for court
interpreters to perform spoken language interpretation for the trial
courts in classifications other than court interpreter pro tempore.
Some of these positions may include, as part of the duties of the
position, the requirement that the interpreter accept
cross-assignments, as defined in Section 71801, under procedures
adopted by the Judicial Council, and some positions may make the
acceptance of cross-assignments optional. Court interpreters pro
tempore, and other interpreters who have not accepted employment in a
position requiring the interpreter to accept cross-assignments, may
not be disciplined for declining a cross-assignment.
(d) The impact of cross-assignments shall be included within the
scope of representation as those matters affect wages, hours, and
terms and conditions of employment of court interpreters. The
regional court interpreter employment relations committee shall be
required to meet and confer in good faith with respect to that
impact.
(e) A court interpreter on cross-assignment shall be treated for
purposes of compensation, employee benefits, seniority, and
discipline and grievance procedures, as having performed the services
in the trial court in which the interpreter is employed.
(f) Court interpreters on cross-assignment shall be reimbursed for
mileage and other travel expenses at the same rates as other
judicial branch employees.