Section 71823 Of Chapter 7.5. Trial Court Interpreter Employment And Labor Relations Act From California Government Code >> Title 8. >> Chapter 7.5.
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. (a) On or before April 1, 2003, the regional court
interpreter employment relations committee shall adopt reasonable
rules and regulations for the administration of employer-employee
relations under this chapter, which shall be binding on the trial
courts within the region. These rules shall include provisions for
all of the following:
(1) Verification that an organization represents employees of the
trial courts within the applicable region.
(2) Verification of the official status of employee organization
officers and representatives.
(3) Registration of employee organizations and recognition of
these organizations as representatives of interpreters employed by
the trial courts in the region.
(4) Establishment of a single, regional bargaining unit of all
court interpreters employed by the trial courts in the region,
including court interpreters pro tempore.
(5) Recognition of an employee organization as the exclusive
representative of all court interpreters employed by the trial courts
in the region, subject to the right of a court interpreter to
represent himself or herself, as provided in Section 71813, upon
either of the following:
(A) Presentation of a petition or cards with the signatures of 50
percent plus one of the court interpreters employed by the trial
courts in the region during the payroll period immediately prior to
the presentation of the cards or petition, including court
interpreters pro tempore, regardless of whether they have been
appointed to interpret during that payroll period, if they have
worked for the trial courts as independent contractors or employees
for at least 15 days in the six months prior to the filing of the
petition or cards with those signatures having been obtained within
one year prior to presentation of the petition or cards. A signature
shall be valid even if the interpreter was not yet an employee at the
time the petition or card was signed if the interpreter had
previously performed work for the trial courts as an independent
contractor, provided that the signature was obtained no more than 90
days before the interpreter became an employee. The results of a
request for recognition under this provision shall be certified
within 10 days after presentation of the cards or petition.
(B) Receipt by the employee organization of 50 percent plus one of
the votes cast at a secret ballot representation election conducted
by mail. A representation election shall be held within 30 days after
presentation of a 30-percent or greater showing of interest from
employees eligible to vote in the representation election by means of
a petition or cards supported by signatures obtained within one year
prior to the presentation of the petitions or cards. A signature
shall be valid even if the interpreter was not yet an employee at the
time the petition or card was signed if the interpreter had
previously performed work for the trial courts as an independent
contractor, provided that the signature was obtained no more than 90
days before the interpreter became an employee. All certified and
registered interpreters employed by the trial courts in the payroll
period immediately prior to the election, including court
interpreters pro tempore, shall be eligible to vote in the election,
regardless of whether they have been appointed to interpret during
that payroll period, so long as they have worked for the trial courts
as independent contractors or employees for at least 15 days in the
six months prior to the filing of the petition or cards. A list of
eligible voters shall be provided to the employee organization within
10 days after submission of the petition or cards. Certification of
the results of a representation election shall occur within 30 days
after the election is concluded.
(6) Procedures for the resolution of disputes involving wages,
hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.
(7) Access of employee organization officers and representatives
to work locations.
(8) Use of official bulletin boards and other means of
communication by employee organizations.
(9) Furnishing nonconfidential information pertaining to
employment relations to an employee organization.
(10) Revocation of recognition of an employee organization
formally recognized as majority representative pursuant to a vote of
the employees by a majority vote of the employees only after a period
of not less than 12 months following the date of recognition. A vote
shall be requested by a petition or cards signed by at least 30
percent of the employees within the bargaining unit, with those
signatures having been obtained within one year prior to presentation
of the petition or cards.
(11) Any other matters that are necessary to carry out the
purposes of this chapter.
(b) If there is a recognized employee organization in the region,
the regional court interpreter employment relations committee may
amend the reasonable rules and regulations adopted pursuant to
subdivision (a) by adopting reasonable rules and regulations, after
meeting and conferring in good faith, for the administration of
employer-employee relations under this chapter, which shall be
binding on the trial courts within the region.
(c) Interpreters and recognized employee organizations shall be
able to challenge a rule or regulation of the regional court
interpreter employment relations committee or a trial court as a
violation of this chapter.