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August 2012
Every Bargaining Unit 9 employee is
entitled to receive two days of back pay and more than 200 PECG
members will be awarded up to 70 days of back pay because they were
illegally furloughed. This was the ruling of Alameda Superior Court
Judge Steven A. Brick in a lawsuit filed by PECG on behalf of the
members.
Because Unit 9 employees were furloughed
two days more than supervisors and the law specifies that furloughs
must be proportionate, the Judge awarded two days of back pay to all
10,000 employees in Unit 9. In addition, 200 PECG members at the
Water Resources Control Board and the Department of Toxic Substances
Control who worked on hazardous substance management and remediation
at military bases will be entitled to receive between two and 70
days of back pay, depending on how many months they worked in that
assignment. Finally, nine PECG members at the California Housing
Finance Agency and Prison Industry Authority will receive up to 70
days of back pay due to the illegal furloughs.
PECG was joined in the lawsuit by the
California Association of Professional Scientists, representing
state scientists. The total award appears to be in excess of $10
million.
Judge Brick issued his final Judgment on August
2. The state has 60 days to appeal his ruling to the Court of
Appeal, if they choose to do so.
The judgment only applies to employees represented by PECG and
CAPS. It will not be available to
employees in other State Bargaining Units.
See Also:
6/07/12
Superior Court Ruling
| In the News |
Press Releases |
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Jerry Brown Continues Furlough Lawsuit Fight with California
Engineers, Scientists, Sacramento Bee,
08/15/12
Well, it's not over yet. Gov. Jerry Brown has decided to
appeal a trial court's decision that the state wrongly
furloughed thousands of state workers and owes them millions
of dollars in back pay.
Would Layoffs Be Better Than Furloughs for California's
Employees?,
Sacramento Bee, 08/09/12
Given California's serial budget crises, don't be surprised if you
start hearing about a push to speed up the state's glacial employee
layoff process – from state workers themselves.
Clock Starts on Deadline for Jerry Brown to Appeal
State Worker Furlough Case, Sacramento Bee,
8/6/12
Gov. Jerry Brown must decide by the end of next month
whether to keep fighting state engineers and scientists over
a recent furlough lawsuit he lost or pay $12 million in back
wages to settle accounts.
Government Labor Unions Give Ground in California as Budgets
are Squeezed, Sacramento Bee,
07/04/12
When California's largest public employee union announced
Tuesday that its members accepted another year of furloughs,
it was one more sign that government labor unions are moving
to make concessions.
State Employee Furlough Language Back in CA Budget,
06/26/12 Sacramento Bee
A new budget bill has restored language that would allow Gov. Jerry
Brown to furlough state workers without an agreement with their
unions.
State Employees Suggest Alternatives to Jerry Brown's Four-Day
Workweek Furlough Plan, 06/08/12 Sacramento Bee
Bruce Blanning, executive director of Professional Engineers in
California Government, said that union's rank and file -- most of
them Caltrans employees -- reject the proposed 5 percent cut
altogether, given the state's continued spending to outsource work
that state workers could do.
Court Awards Back Pay for Furloughs to State Workers,
6/8/12
Sacramento Bee
An Alameda County judge on Thursday
ruled that state government engineers and scientists are
owed back wages because they were excessively furloughed
last year.
13,000 California State Workers Win Back Pay in Furlough
Lawsuit - 6/7/12 Sacramento Bee
An Alameda County judge has ruled that state engineers and
scientists are owed back wages because they were excessively
furloughed last year.
Five California
State Worker Unions Sue to Halt
Furloughs - 3/4/11 Sacramento Bee
Against the backdrop of difficult contract
talks, five state worker labor unions have asked a judge to
order Gov. Jerry Brown to stop what they say are illegal
three-day-per-month furloughs.
Unions Ask Alameda Superior Court Judge to Stop
Furloughs - 3/3/11 Sacramento Bee
PECG Files Opening Brief for
Furlough Injunction (3/3/11)
Furloughs Take Toll on State Worker Pay - 2/11/11
Sacramento Bee
After two years of furloughs and frustration, the
fallout from state worker pay cuts is stark and
tangible.
Litigation Over Third Furlough Order Sent Back to Trail Court -
12/28/10 Sacramento Bee
The 1st District Court of Appeal has lifted an decision that stopped
union challenges to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's last furlough
order, referring the matter to Alameda Superior Court for more
litigation as that court "may deem appropriate."
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Furloughs Trigger Back Pay Award for State Engineers - 06/07/12
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