Plain English Breakdown
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Rules on Contracting Out Work in Higher Education
This law makes it an unfair labor practice for higher education employers to ignore arbitration decisions regarding the contracting out of work by renewing old contracts or signing new ones.
What This Bill Does
- Makes it an unfair practice for a school employer to extend, renew, or sign a new contract that ignores an arbitrator's decision on moving bargaining unit work outside the union.
- Prohibits schools from entering into new contracts for similar services at the same location if an arbitrator has already ruled against such actions.
- Stops employers from violating contract terms when an arbitrator has interpreted those terms to ban specific conduct regarding contracting out work.
- Requires PERB to handle repeat offenses directly instead of waiting for future arbitration cases in these situations.
- Orders that remedies must include the charging party's attorney fees and costs if schools break these rules.
Who It Names or Affects
- Higher education employers, such as public colleges and universities.
- The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB).
- Employee organizations representing higher education workers involved in contracting out disputes.
Terms To Know
- Collective Bargaining Agreement
- A written contract between an employer and a union that sets wages, hours, and work rules.
- Arbitrator
- An independent person chosen to settle disputes when the two sides cannot agree.
- Contracting Out Work
- Hiring an outside company instead of using union employees to do a job that belongs in the bargaining unit.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not state when this law will officially take effect.
- These rules apply only to disputes about contracting out work, not other types of contract violations.
- The bill requires attorney fees and costs but does not list specific fines or jail time.