Cal. LAB § 1156
This is the official text of Cal. LAB § 1156, part of California’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and employee rights.
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[Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 7, Sec. 4. (AB 113) Effective May 15, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 5 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 7.]
(a) Representatives designated by the submission of authorization cards or other proof of support or selected by a secret ballot by the majority of the agricultural employees in the bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representatives of all the agricultural employees in such unit for the purpose of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other conditions of employment. Any individual agricultural employee or a group of agricultural employees shall have the right at any time to present grievances to their agricultural employer and to have such grievances adjusted, without the intervention of the bargaining representative, as long as the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of a collective-bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, if the bargaining representative has been given opportunity to be present at such adjustment.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
[Repealed (in Sec. 4) and added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 7, Sec. 5. (AB 113) Effective May 15, 2023. Operative January 1, 2028, by its own provisions.]
(a) Representatives designated or selected by a secret ballot for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the agricultural employees in the bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representatives of all the agricultural employees in such unit for the purpose of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other conditions of employment. Any individual agricultural employee or a group of agricultural employees shall have the right at any time to present grievances to their agricultural employer and to have such grievances adjusted, without the intervention of the bargaining representative, as long as the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of a collective-bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, if the bargaining representative has been given.
(b) This section shall be operative January 1, 2028.
(a) Representatives designated by the submission of authorization cards or other proof of support or selected by a secret ballot by the majority of the agricultural employees in the bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representatives of all the agricultural employees in such unit for the purpose of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other conditions of employment. Any individual agricultural employee or a group of agricultural employees shall have the right at any time to present grievances to their agricultural employer and to have such grievances adjusted, without the intervention of the bargaining representative, as long as the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of a collective-bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, if the bargaining representative has been given opportunity to be present at such adjustment.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
[Repealed (in Sec. 4) and added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 7, Sec. 5. (AB 113) Effective May 15, 2023. Operative January 1, 2028, by its own provisions.]
(a) Representatives designated or selected by a secret ballot for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the agricultural employees in the bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representatives of all the agricultural employees in such unit for the purpose of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other conditions of employment. Any individual agricultural employee or a group of agricultural employees shall have the right at any time to present grievances to their agricultural employer and to have such grievances adjusted, without the intervention of the bargaining representative, as long as the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of a collective-bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, if the bargaining representative has been given.
(b) This section shall be operative January 1, 2028.
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