Judicial Council: employer-employee relations.

The Ralph C. Dills Act, administered by the Public Employment Relations Board, authorizes state employees to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations, as specified. Existing law authorizes an employee organization to become the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit for purposes of meeting and negotiating, as specified. Existing law requires the Governor, or his or her representative, as properly designated by law, to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations, and to consider fully any presentation that is made by an employee organization on behalf of its members prior to arriving at a determination of policy or course of action. This bill would provide that the Ralph C. Dills Act applies to employees of the Judicial Council, including employees of the Administrative Office of the Courts. The bill would require the Administrative Director of the Courts to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment and would identify matters excluded from the scope of representation. The bill would require the Public Employment Relations Board, in determining appropriate bargaining units, to not include Judicial Council employees in a bargaining unit that includes other employees.