A supervisor’s reasonable interactions with an employee can be derailed by avoidable unfair practice charges resulting from the supervisor’s insufficient understanding of an employee’s right to union representation or of the extent of an employee’s or a union representative’s “free speech” right in the workplace. To help you achieve your personnel goals and avoid unfair practice charges, the presenters will explain PERB’s recent expansion of an employee’s right to union representation, identify circumstances that trigger the representation right, and help you recognize when an employee has effectively requested a representative. The presenters will also provide practical suggestions for accommodating an employee’s union representation rights without delaying your personnel process. This session will also provide practical guidelines to help you train your district’s supervisors to recognize and avoiding interfering with “protected” workplace speech.
