We are excited to continue our video series – Tips from the Table. In these videos, members of LCW’s Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented at your bargaining tables. We hope that you will find these clips informative and helpful in your negotiations.
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Your Employer-Employee Relations Resolution Called—It Wants Out of the 1970’s
Some Employer-Employee Relations Resolutions are so old they were typed on a typewriter, copied on a mimeograph, photocopied for 30 years, scanned into a PDF, and then photocopied again for good measure. By the time we see them, the text is often at a 15-degree angle and appears to be bargaining over whether it wants…
Trending Mistakes in Personnel Rules: What Public Agencies Should Fix Now
Public agencies in California face ongoing challenges to keep their personnel rules current with evolving legal requirements. Summer offers an ideal opportunity to review and update these rules. Over the past few years, LCW attorneys have identified several key areas where updates are needed in almost every public agency’s personnel rules. Addressing these areas now…
What Can Stay Interviews Tell Us That Exit Interviews Can’t?
Most employers know the value of an exit interview. When an employee resigns, agencies often ask why they are leaving and what could have been done differently. The problem, of course, is that by the time an exit interview takes place, the employee has already decided to move on.
What if agencies asked those questions…
Tips from the Table: Contractual Waiver of Statutory Obligations Under AB 339
We are excited to continue our video series – Tips from the Table. In these videos, members of LCW’s Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented at your bargaining tables. We hope that you will find these clips informative and helpful in your negotiations.
Why Beneficiary Forms Matter: Protecting Retirement Benefits and Reducing Agency Risk
California public agencies commonly offer a variety of retirement benefits to employees, including defined contribution plans such as 457(b) plans, 401(a) plans, and, in some cases, 401(k) plans or retiree health savings arrangements. While these plans provide valuable retirement security, they also create an often-overlooked administrative responsibility: ensuring that employees complete and maintain current beneficiary…
Accommodating Neurodivergence in the Workplace: A Spectrum of Possibilities
The modern workplace was not designed with every kind of brain in mind, yet an estimated 15-20% of the population is neurodivergent. This means one in five of your employees may be neurodivergent. Neurodivergence is a non-medical term used to describe individuals who interact with the world and whose brains function and process information…
Summer Camp Staffing Checklist: What Public Agencies Should Have Ready Before Programs Begin
Many California public agencies staff summer camps and other recreation activities with seasonal employees, teen workers, coaches, and temporary supervisors.
Below is a short staffing checklist to review before the first day of camp, or before recreation activities commence.
1. Identify Mandated Reporters
Under Penal Code section 11165.7, mandated reporters include an administrator of…
When Is A Promise Really A Promise? Lessons To Learn From Recent California Appellate Decision, Grant v. Chapman University.
By Hannah Casey
In the recently published opinion, Grant v. Chapman University, the California Court of Appeal considered whether Chapman University’s publications, course listings, and statements about campus life created an enforceable implied contract to provide in-person instruction amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Court held that Chapman University (“Chapman”) did not make a specific, enforceable promise to…
Public Records Act Meets AI: What Recent Records Requests Reveal About ChatGPT Use in Government
By Abigail Choi
As California public agencies increasingly experiment with generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools like ChatGPT, a critical question is no longer theoretical: are AI prompts and outputs subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (“CPRA”)?
Recent reporting and public records requests suggest the answer may soon be tested in real time—and that agencies should…