California Government Code

§ 3574

GOV § 3574 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 4 · Title 1 · Ch. 12 · Art. 5

Statute text

The higher education employer shall grant a request for recognition filed pursuant to Section 3573 unless any of the following occurs:

(a)The employer reasonably doubts that the employee organization has majority support or reasonably doubts the appropriateness of the requested unit. In that case, the employer shall notify the board, which shall conduct a representation election or verify proof of majority support pursuant to Section 3577 unless subdivision (c) or (d) applies.

(b)Another employee organization either files with the employer a challenge to the appropriateness of the unit or submits a competing claim of representation within 15 workdays of the posting of notice of the written request. If the claim is evidenced by the support of at least 30 percent of the members of the proposed unit, a question of representation shall be deemed to exist and the board shall conduct a representation election pursuant to Section 3577. Proof of that support shall be submitted to either the board or to a mutually agreed upon third party.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 216, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.