It shall be unlawful for the transit district employer to do any of the following:

(a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, to discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees because of their exercise of rights guaranteed by this chapter. For purposes of this subdivision, “employee” includes an applicant for employment or reemployment.

Terms Used In California Public Utilities Code 99563.7

  • Board: means the Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to §. See California Public Utilities Code 99560.1
  • Employee organization: means any organization of any kind in which public transit district employees participate and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with public transit district employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment of employees. See California Public Utilities Code 99560.1
  • Exclusive representative: means any recognized or certified employee organization or person it authorizes to act on its behalf. See California Public Utilities Code 99560.1
  • Impasse: means that the parties have reached a point in meeting and conferring at which their differences in positions are such that further meetings would be futile. See California Public Utilities Code 99560.1
  • Meet and confer: means the performance of the mutual obligation of the public transit district employer and the exclusive representative of the public transit district employees to meet at reasonable times and to confer in good faith with respect to matters within the scope of representation and to endeavor to reach agreement on matters within the scope of representation. See California Public Utilities Code 99560.1
  • transit district employer: means the governing board of a public transit district, including any person acting as an agent of an employer. See California Public Utilities Code 99560.1

(b) Deny to employee organizations rights guaranteed to them by this chapter.

(c) Refuse or fail to meet and confer with an exclusive representative.

(d) Dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any employee organization, or contribute financial or other support to it, or in any way encourage employees to join any organization in preference to another. However, subject to rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Section 99561, an employer shall not be prohibited from permitting employees to engage in meeting and conferring or consulting during working hours without loss of pay or benefits.

(e) Refuse to participate in good faith in the impasse procedure set forth in Article 9 (commencing with Section 99568).

(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 833, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)

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