Parlier Municipal Code Art. 5 Unfair Employee Relations Practices

It shall be an unfair employee relations practice for the city to:

A. Interfere with, restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights recognized or granted in this chapter;

B. Dominate or interfere with the formation of any employee organization or contribute financial support to it, provided that the city may permit the use of city facilities, make dues deductions and permit employees who are officers or representatives of employee organizations to confer with city officials during working hours without loss of time or pay, subject to applicable regulations;

C. Refuse to meet and confer with representatives of an exclusively recognized employee organization on matters within the scope of representation;

D. Refuse or fail to cooperate with any duly designated mediators or fact-finders; or

E. Violate any provision of this chapter.

(Ord. 97-4 §1(part), 1997).

It shall be an unfair employee relations practice for employees or employee organizations or their agents to:

A. Interfere with, restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights recognized or granted in this article.

B. Refuse to meet and confer with city officials on matters within the scope of representation when the employee organization involved has been recognized as the exclusive representative.

C. Refuse or fail to cooperate with any duly designated mediators or fact-finders.

D. Engage in strike, slowdown or work stoppage of any kind against the city.

E. Violate any provision of this chapter.

(Ord. 97-4 §1(part), 1997).

Charges under this article may be initiated by a management representative, by a representative of an employee organization, or by an individual employee or group of employees. Such charges shall be filed in writing with the personnel board. Each charge so filed shall be processed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the personnel board.

A. If the personnel board's decision is that the city engaged in an unfair employee relations practice, the personnel board shall order the city to take appropriate corrective action.

B. If the personnel board's decision is that an employee or employee organization or its agents engaged in an unfair employee relations practice, the personnel board shall order the offending party to take appropriate corrective action or, dependent upon the gravity of the violation, may elect to impose penalties, including but not limited to reduction of the percentage of petitioning employees required for decertification election as provided for in Section 4.05.090 of this chapter.

(Ord. 97-4 §1(part), 1997).

Any action taken by the personnel board under Section 4.05.270 of this chapter may be appealed to the city council.

(Ord. 97-4 §1(part), 1997).