Public Employment Relations Conference (PERC)
Co-sponsored by the Oregon Public Employers Labor Relations Association and the Oregon Labor Employment Relations Association.
Since 1979, LERC has hosted the Public Employment Relations Conference (PERC), a gathering of public sector labor relations professionals from across Oregon, including attorneys, neutrals, and representatives from both unions and management. LERC coordinates the conference in even years, and the Oregon chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association assumes coordinating duties during odd years.
Attendees discuss recent developments in public sector labor law (PECBA) and labor relations in both plenary sessions and workshops. The highlight of the conference is a review of leading labor law cases by members of the Oregon Employment Relations Board (ERB). This unique and popular segment of PERC features discussion of decisions rendered by the ERB during the past year and allows board members, management, and union representatives to offer their perspectives on major developments in Oregon’s public sector labor law.
In conjunction with the PERC the Labor Education and Research Center publishes a LERC Monograph Series, a collection of volumes providing in depth analysis of specific topics affecting Oregon’s public sector workers and managers, with special emphasis on the PECBA. Written by leading labor law professionals in Oregon’s public sector, the series has become a standard reference source for labor, management and neutral practitioners. To date there have been eighteen volumes of the Monograph. The latest edition of the Monograph [June 2007] is:
Public Employees and Oregon’s Scope of Bargaining, by Akin Blitz and Liz Joffe
Copies are available from the LERC office
Materials Available from PERC XXVII • April 5, 2012 • Salem OR
Bureau of Labor and Industries Update
• Employment Law Update 2012 - PowerPoint
PECBA Fundamentals
• PECBA Fundamentals — 2012 PERC-ULP-REP
Best Practices for Investigatory Meetings
• Weingarten-Garrity PERC 2012
• Weingarten
resources
• Garrity Form
• Hypotheticals1-5
Off-Duty Misconduct
• OFF-DUTY MISCONDUCT
• Summary of Non-Oregon Arb Awards with Kesselman factors
• Grievance Arbitration Cases
• Cheat Sheet
Negotiations: The Good, Bad, & Ugly
• Negotiation Ethics Hypotheticals
• Negotiation Ethics
The Duty to Share Information Under PECBA
• The Duty to Share Information under PECBA
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Previous Materials — Available from PERC XXVI
Bureau of Labor and Industries Update
Employment Law Update 2010 - PowerPoint
Past Practices
Status Quo - Obligation to Bargain
Past Practices Handout
Mittenhall article
OSEA v. Bandon School District
Past Practices Presentation - PowerPoint slides
Best Practices for Investigatory Meetings Weingarten & Garrity Rights
Garrity article
Weingarten
resources
1st ERB Case - WA Co POA v. WA Co ERB
2nd ERB Case - WA Co POA v. WA Co ERB
3rd ERB Case - AFSCME local 328 v. OHSU
Best Practices for Investigatory Meetings: Weingarten & Garrity Rights
Garrity Form
Sample Weingarten Contract Language
Effective Grievance Mediation
Exploring Interests in Grievance Resolution
Positions and Interests
Attorney-Client Confidences in Employment Disputes
Ethics Presentation - PowerPoint slides
Best Practices - Attorney-Client Privilege and Ethical Obligations
PECBA Fundamentals I: Representation Issues
PECBA Fundamentals and More - Representation Issues
Representation Facts and Fables
Certification Without an Election Statistics
PECBA Fundamentals II: Negotiations & Unfair Labor Practices
PECBA Fundamentals and More - Negotiations & Unfair Labor Practices Complaints
Resources Handout - PECBA Fundamentals and More - Negotiations & Unfair Labor Practices Complaints