PHRca California Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining

Question 1

Which California agency oversees collective bargaining disputes for public sector employees (excluding agricultural workers)?

Accepted Answer

Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)

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NLRB

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Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE)

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CalOSHA

Question 2

The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA) governs collective bargaining for which group of employees?

Accepted Answer

Local government employees such as city and county workers

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California state civil service employees

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K-12 school district employees

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Agricultural workers

Question 3

California's Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA) was signed into law in which year, making California the first state to grant farm workers collective bargaining rights?

Accepted Answer

1975

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1965

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1970

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1980

Question 4

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) does NOT apply to which category of employers?

Accepted Answer

Federal, state, and local government agencies

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Private sector manufacturing companies

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Private sector retail stores

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Private sector healthcare facilities

Question 5

Under California public sector labor law, 'good faith' bargaining requires an employer to:

Accepted Answer

Meet at reasonable times and genuinely try to reach agreement, without being required to agree to any specific proposal

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Reach a final agreement on all union proposals within 90 days

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Accept all union wage demands up to the cost-of-living increase

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Use a state-appointed mediator for every bargaining session

Question 6

Which California statute governs collective bargaining for K-12 school districts and community colleges?

Accepted Answer

Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA/Rodda Act)

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Meyers-Milias-Brown Act

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Ralph C. Dills Act

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Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act (HEERA)

Question 7

Under California public sector labor law, an employer commits an unfair labor practice (ULP) when it:

Accepted Answer

Refuses to meet and confer in good faith with a recognized employee organization

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Offers wages above the prevailing market rate to employees

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Endorses a political candidate without consulting the union

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Provides voluntary benefits not required by the collective bargaining agreement