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TABLE OF CONTENTS CPER No. 186 (October 2007)

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Table of Contents Table of Contents    Features Tension in the Public Safety Officers Bill of Rights: Interrogations Versus Routine Supervisor-Subordinate Communications  John B. LaRocco Retiree Health Benefits: Still Protected...Still Misunderstood  Robert J. Bezemek Esq.   Headliners   Recent Developments Public Schools     26 Parents Sue Department of Education Over Definition of ‘Highly Qualified’ Teachers 27 Changes to No Child Left Behind Act Under Consideration 28 Teachers Union’s Use of School Mailboxes Restricted 32 Demoted High School Principal Has Right to Attend Board Meeting 33 LAUSD Extends Health Benefits to Part-Time Cafeteria Workers Local Government     35 County Can Force Use of Vacation Leave 37 Sacramento’s Elimination of Retiree Medical Subsidy Faces Challenges 39 Discharge Rejected for Misconduct That Occurred Two Years Prior to Administrative Complaint 42 Governor Vetoes POST Membership Bill State Employment     43 Dramatic Power Plays End CCPOA Talks; State Imposes Offer 46 State Attorneys Go to Court Over Low Salaries 48 State Attorneys’ Ethics Question 50 Everybody Wants Pay Parity 51 Insufficient Notice of Prohibited Drugs Invalidates Termination Higher Education     54 CSU Staff Fume While Executives Average 11 Percent Raises 56 Two Bills Would Increase Oversight of California’s Public Universities 58 U.C. Hikes Faculty Salaries 60 CSU Academic Support Professionals Disaffiliate From LIUNA 61 If Signed, Legislation Would Boost Benefits for CSU Employees and Retirees Discrimination     62 California Supreme Court Makes It Harder for Disabled Employees to Prove Discrimination 66 California Supreme Court Agrees to Hear FEHA Equitable Tolling Case 67 Bias Imputed to Employer Where Subordinate Initiates and Influences Investigation 69 Employer Vicariously Liable for Employee’s Sexual Harassment General     72 Court Shoots Down Attempts to Scrimp on Pension Contributions 75 Public Access to Information Expanded by High Court 76 Shake Up at PERB Public Sector Arbitration     77 State Cannot Add Terms to Arbitrator’s Contract Without Unions’ Consent Departments    Letter From the Editor    Public Sector Arbitration Log    Resources    Public Employment Relations Board Decisions    Fair Employment and Housing Commission Decisions

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