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Government

Mar. 10, 2011

Appellate Panel: Layoffs Violated the Law

Alameda County Superior Court was wrong to lay off a group of employees without first consulting their union, a state appellate court has ruled.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Alameda County Superior Court was wrong to lay off a group of employees without first consulting their union, a state appellate court ruled.


In an opinion filed late Monday, 1st District Court of Appeal Justice Henry E. Needham of San Francisco wrote that the court violated the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act by ignoring workers' right to be demoted rather than laid off, as o...

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