(a) Supervisory employees, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 3513, shall not be included within any demonstration project unless there are written agreements with respect to the demonstration project between the affected state agency and all verified supervisory employee organizations that represent supervisory employees covered by the demonstration project.

(b) Employees within any bargaining unit with respect to which a labor organization has not been accorded exclusive recognition shall not be included within any demonstration project unless the employer first meets and confers in good faith with the employees and any employee organizations representing the employees. “Meet and confer in good faith” means that the employer and employees and employee organizations shall have the mutual obligation personally to meet and confer promptly upon request by either party and continue for a reasonable time in order to exchange freely information, opinions, and proposals, and to endeavor to reach agreement.

Terms Used In California Government Code 19605

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • state agency: includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission. See California Government Code 11000
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10

(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 357, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)