Police reform isn’t optional, and HR must be involved
In the world of local government, however, the issue isn’t really whether there will be new approaches to policing as we know it but what the changes will be.
RPLG Presents Update on PERB at Annual PELRAC Conference
Founding Partner Art Hartinger and Associate Anastasia Bondarchuk presented an update on the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) on Thursday, October 22 at the Public Employer Labor Relations Association of California (PELRAC) 11th Annual Training Conference.
Breaking Down Boling v. Public Employment Relations Board
Boling v. PERB should not be read as a statement on pension reform. The ruling does, however, carry significant—and detrimental—consequences for public employers.
Muzzling the voters on pensions
Last month, a unanimous California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) board tentatively approved a roughly 50% hike in the employer pension contribution rate.
Court of appeal rules challenges to San Diego’s pension reform must be heard initially by PERB
This case reinforces the judicial trend of deferring to PERB’s administrative processes on issues, even of constitutional dimension, on which the court and PERB jurisdiction coincide.
New public-sector laws in 2012
For public employers in California, this has truly been an “annus horribilis”—a “year of horrors.”