Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

(a) For purposes of this section, the Public Employment Relations Board, as established pursuant to Section 3541 of the Government Code, shall determine if an entity seeking information is a provider organization within the meaning of subdivision (d) of Section 10421 as follows: …

Family child care providers have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of provider organizations of their own choosing. Family child care providers also have the right to refuse to join or participate in the activities of provider organizations. This chapter …

Family child care providers are not public employees, and this chapter does not create an employer-employee relationship between family child care providers and the state, any agency or department of the state, any political subdivision of the state, or a contractor or subcontrac…

This chapter does not alter the rights of families to select, direct, and terminate the services of family child care providers. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)

(a) An appropriate unit of family child care providers, as described in subdivision (h), may designate, in accordance with this chapter, the provider organization, if any, that shall be its representative for purposes of this chapter. The board shall, pursuant to the procedures i…

(a) The scope of representation shall not extend to the rights of families to select, direct, and terminate the services of family child care providers. The scope of representation shall be limited to the following: (1) Improvement of recruitment and retention of providers. (2) J…

(a) The department and any other state department or agency administering a state-funded early care and education program shall permit the certified provider organization to participate in a stakeholder meeting convened to provide input regarding proposed rules and regulations th…

(a) The Governor, through the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, shall meet and confer in good faith regarding all matters within the scope of representation with representatives of a certified provider organization and, before arriving at a determination o…

(a) If an agreement is reached between the Governor, through the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, and the certified provider organization, they shall jointly prepare a written memorandum of understanding, which shall be presented, when appropriate, to the…

(a) Deductions may be requested by a certified provider organization from the subsidy payments of its provider members, and the Department of Human Resources or Governor’s designee shall ensure that those requests are honored. The department, any other state department or agency …

(a) If a memorandum of understanding has expired, and the Governor or the Governor’s representative and the certified provider organization have not agreed to a new memorandum of understanding and have not reached an impasse in negotiations, subject to subdivision (b), the partie…

It is unlawful for the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, the department, or any state agency or department charged with the administration of any state-funded early care and education program, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 10421, to do any of th…

It is unlawful for any political subdivision, contractor, or subcontractor, charged with the administration of a state-funded early care and education program, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 10421, to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals o…

It shall be unlawful for a provider organization or a certified provider organization to: (a) Cause or attempt to cause the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, the department, or any state agency, department, local political subdivision, contractor, or subco…

(a) An unfair practice charge alleging that a political subdivision, a contractor, or a subcontractor has committed a violation of Section 10427.7, or an unfair practice charge alleging a violation of subdivision (c) of Section 10427.5 that is based on the conduct of a political …

(a) The powers and duties of the board described in Section 3541.3 of the Government Code, also apply, as appropriate, to this chapter. In implementing this chapter, the board shall rely on its existing regulations for the adjudication of unfair practice charges. The board may pr…

(a) If online or group in-person preservice meetings or orientations are held for family child care providers by the state or a department, contractor, subcontractor, or political subdivision of the state, that entity shall provide a certified provider organization mandatory acce…

(a) This section shall apply only if a provider organization has been certified pursuant to Section 10424. (b) If the state, or a department, political subdivision, contractor, or subcontractor that administers a state-funded early care and education program chooses to disseminat…

To effectuate the purposes of this chapter, any training partnership that is established as a joint labor-management committee pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 10424.5. to make recommendations as to any professional development and training program agreed t…