REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Annual Review of New Laws (Information Only)
Report
DISCUSSION
The League of California Cities (LCC) published its annual LCC Legislative Report, which summarizes laws passed in the 2017 calendar year and includes an analysis of potential impact on cities. This informational report provides a summary by department, on the impact of some of the newly passed laws to Sunnyvale, as well as consideration of potential legislation that may impact the City.
Human Resources
AB 1487 (Rodriguez) Public Employees' Retirement System. Limited Term Appointments.
Summary: This measure establishes a 960-hour limit per fiscal year on out-of-class appointments, in which employers temporarily place existing employees into upgraded interim positions.
Service/Operational Impact: This new law limits the duration an employee can serve in an out-of-class appointment during the recruitment of the higher level vacant position. The Department of Human Resources has established a mechanism to track the hours of service in the out-of-class appointment since the new law has taken effect. For extended periods of vacancy, departments may have to rotate different employees into the out-of-class appointment to comply with the new law.
AB 119 (Committee on Budget) State Government Chapter 21.
Summary: This measure requires state and local public employers to provide the exclusive representative access to new employees for a new employee orientation. Specifically:
* Time, place and manner of the orientation including frequency, duration, compensated time, in-person or not would be decided locally through the bargaining process.
* Should impasse occur, parties would then go to binding interest arbitration whereby both parties would evenly split such costs.
* The public employer has the option to go through PERB but would then default to current law whereby the employer is responsible for all costs and
* Employer must provide information for new and existing...
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