Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) Trial courts in the region may employ certified and registered interpreters to perform spoken language interpretation for the trial courts in full-time, part-time, or intermittent, part-time interpreter positions created by the trial courts. (b) For purposes of hiring interpr…

(a) For purposes of developing regional terms and conditions of employment for court interpreters and for collective bargaining with recognized employee organizations, the trial courts are divided into four regions, as follows: (1) Region 1: Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Lu…

(a) The regional court interpreter employment relations committee shall set terms and conditions of employment for court interpreters within the region, including, but not limited to, hourly rates of pay, subject to meet and confer in good faith. These terms and conditions of emp…

The regional court interpreter employment relations committee shall act as the representative of the trial courts within the region in bargaining with a recognized employee organization. A memorandum of understanding or agreement ratified by the regional court interpreter employm…

(a) A court interpreter pro tempore employed by a trial court may accept appointments to provide services to other trial courts. (b) The Judicial Council shall adopt procedures to facilitate the efficient cross-assignment of court interpreters. (c) Based on an assessment of inter…

Except as provided in this chapter, or by a memorandum of understanding or agreement with a recognized employee organization, court interpreters who are employed by a trial court shall be subject to the same personnel rules as other employees of the trial court, subject to meet a…

Except as provided in this chapter, or by a memorandum of understanding or agreement with a recognized employee organization, each trial court may control the manner and means of the work performed by court interpreters employed by the trial court and may hire, supervise, discipl…

(a) Court interpreters employed by the trial courts shall be permitted to engage in outside employment or enterprises, except where that activity would violate the professional conduct requirements set forth in Rule 2.893 of the California Rules of Court, would interfere with the…

Except as otherwise provided by statute, court interpreters employed by the trial courts shall have the right 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 rel…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation, an agency shop agreement may be negotiated between a regional court interpreter employment relations committee and a recognized employee organization. As used in this chapter, “agency shop” means an arrangement …

A recognized employee organization shall have the right to represent its members in their employment relations with the trial courts as to matters covered by this chapter. Employee organizations may establish reasonable restrictions regarding who may join and may make reasonable …

(a) The scope of representation shall include all matters relating to employment conditions and employer-employee relations, including, but not limited to, wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. However, the scope of representation may not include considerati…

(a) Except in cases of emergency, as provided in this section, the regional court interpreter employment relations committee shall give reasonable written notice to a recognized employee organization affected by any rule, practice, or policy directly relating to matters within th…

The regional court interpreter employment relations committee, or those representatives as it may designate, shall meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment within the scope of representation, as defined in this chapter, wi…

If agreement is reached by the representatives of the regional court interpreter employment relations committee and a recognized employee organization, they shall jointly prepare a written memorandum of understanding or agreement, which is not binding, and present it to the regio…

If after a reasonable period of time, representatives of the regional court interpreter employment relations committee and the recognized employee organization fail to reach agreement, the regional court interpreter employment relations committee and the recognized employee organ…

The trial courts shall allow a reasonable number of court interpreter employee representatives of a recognized employee organization reasonable time off, without loss of compensation or other benefits, when formally meeting and conferring with representatives of the regional cour…

The trial courts, the regional court interpreter employment relations committee, and employee organizations may not interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce, harass, or discriminate against applicants for interpreter employment or interpreter employees because of their member…

(a) On or before April 1, 2003, the regional court interpreter employment relations committee shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the administration of employer-employee relations under this chapter, which shall be binding on the trial courts within the region. These…

A court interpreter may authorize, and the trial court employer shall honor, a dues deduction from his or her salary or wages as provided in Section 1152, 1153, 1157.1, 1157.2, 1157.3, 1157.4, 1157.5, or 1157.7. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 53, Sec. 38. (SB 866) Effective June 27…

(a) As used in this section, “board” means the Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to Section 3541. (b) The powers and duties of the board described in Section 3541.3 shall also apply, as appropriate, to this chapter and shall include the authority as set forth…

Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognition or certification of an employee organization is appealed, the decision shall be deemed the final order of the board if the board does not issue a ruling that supersedes the decis…

(a) Any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final decision or order of the board in an unfair practice case, except a decision of the board not to issue a complaint in such a case, and any party to a final decision or order of the board in a unit determinatio…

(a) Any written agreements reached through negotiations held pursuant to this article are binding upon the parties, upon adoption under Section 71819, and, notwithstanding Sections 1085 and 1103 of the Code of Civil Procedure requiring the issuance of a writ to an inferior tribun…

(a) The enactment of this chapter may not be construed as making Section 923 of the Labor Code applicable to court interpreters. (b) Court interpreters and the trial courts are not covered by Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1, or any subsequent ch…

If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof, to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the invalidity may not affect other provisions or application of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application and, to this end the …

(a) This chapter does not apply to trial courts in Solano and Ventura Counties. Labor and employment relations for court interpreters employed by trial courts in Solano and Ventura Counties shall remain subject to the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act (Chapter …