State of California

  M E M O R A N D U M

  REFERENCE CODE:
  2002-055

  DATE:
  September 5, 2002

  TO:
  Employee Relations Officers
  Personnel Officers

  FROM:
  Department of Personnel Administration
  Labor Relations Division

  SUBJECT:
  Second Quarterly Labor Relations Half-Day Training Session

  CONTACT:
  Randy Fisher, Labor Relations Officer
  (916) 324-0476, CALNET 454-0476
  FAX: (916) 322-0765
   
  Email: RandyFisher@dpa.ca.gov


  The Department of Personnel Administration (DPA), in 
  conjunction with the Labor Relations Forum, is sponsoring 
  its Second Quarterly Labor Relations Half-Day Training 
  Session on September 24, 2002, from 8:30-11:30 a.m.  The 
  training is scheduled at the Department of Education at 
  1430 N Street, Room 1101 (Board Room in Lobby), Sacramento.  
  This training is free to all State Labor Relations Officers 
  and Employee Relations Officers.  Participation for this 
  training is limited to the first 100 arriving.
  
  This half-day seminar will cover these technical aspects of 
  Labor Relations: (1) The interplay between the supersession 
  provisions of memoranda of understanding (MOUs) and the 
  employer's establishment of a "new" policy, (2) impact 
  bargaining under the Entire Agreement clauses of the MOUs, 
  (3) the difference between "meet and confer" and "meet and 
  discuss," and (4) the differences between the application 
  of Weingarten Rights, Robinson Rights, and Peace Officer 
  Bill of Rights to State employees.
  
  We believe this will be a valuable session for Labor 
  Relations staff and hope to hold similar sessions 
  throughout the year.
  
  The presenters are Randy Fisher of DPA Labor Relations, 
  Howard Schwartz, Chief Counsel for DPA, and Brigid Hanson, 
  Chief of Labor Relations for the California Youth 
  Authority.
  
  
  
  Gloria Moore Andrews
  Chief of Labor Relations