Contract & Rights Enforcement

Contract & Salary

Your Union has bargained rights for you that can only be enforced if you know your contract.

Look at your collective bargaining agreement below to see if your hard fought rights are being respected at your work site.

 

Also check below to see if you have been placed on the correct salary step and column, don't wait until you've lost money that you might never recover.

 

NOTICE:

Credit for previous experience - As authorized by Education code Section 45028, teachers are allowedcredit for previous satisfactory K-12 teaching experience up to the maximum step on the appropriate column on the salary schedule. Other teaching experience and related work experience will be considered for salary credit pending appropriate verification. View/ Print - LBUSD Human Resources PDF Document

 

K-12 Collective Bargaining Agreement 2007-08

CDC-HS Collective Bargaining Agreement 2007-08

 

Salary Schedules
Traditional Calendar
A1	A4	C1	C4
Year Round Calendar
A2	A5	C5
Schedule S - Coaching Salary Schedule Schedule N - Substitute Teacher and other staff Schedule P - Hourly Classroom Teacher

 

How to enforce your Rights

First, discuss the issue with the TALB rep at your site. Click here if you don't know who your rep is.

 

Second, access the TALB Contract & Rights Enforcement program by filling out a Request for TALB Assistance here or by asking the TALB Contract Enforcement Officer Michael Day to open a file for you at (562)426-6433 X: 228. If you know you want to file a grievance you may start the process here.  If you would like to learn more about the TALB Contract & Rights Enforcement Program click here.

 

Other forms available here include:

The grievance form	District Complaint Form	Williams Settlement Complaint Form	Public Records Act Request
State Discrimination Complaint Form	Documentation of Mandatory Meetings	OSHA Safety Violation Forms	Stull Evaluation Form
Quick Guide To Teachers Rights	QW Schedule for the 2007 -08 School Year

 

Not sure what your rights are:

A list of the most commonly asked contract questions, and our answers. This list will be updated regularly.

Evaluations

Evaluations are meant to help you be a better teacher. Don't let this invaluable process be misused. Use the district accepted TALB negotiated form and click here to learn what your rights are in this area.

What to do if you are charged

An allegation is made against you out of the blue.  Maybe you upset the wrong student or parent and now you are on the hot seat.  If you are not a star lawyer, then don't pretend you have those skills. Speak with your TALB rep. immediately but don't answer any questions from administrative staff, it could cost you your career.  No one can deny you your right to union representation, click here to learn the law.

Safety

Labor code Section 6400 provides that "Every employer (including public employers) shall furnish employment and a place of employment that is safe and healthful for the employees therein." The terms "safe", "safety", and "health" as used in the stature mean "such freedom from danger to the life, safety, or health of employees as the nature of the employment reasonably permits." Section 6306(a).

 

When filing a complaint with the Department of Industrial Relations under Cal OSHA, Section 6310 does not define the terms "unsafe working conditions or work practices." However, in Cabesuela v. Browning-Ferris Indus.,(1998)68 CA4th 101, the court specified that Labor Code Section 6310 only requires that an employee make a complaint in good faith about working conditions or practices that he or she reasonably believed to be unsafe.

 

The employee is not required to show that the workplace was actually unsafe. Therefore, if you reasonably believe that cramming four teachers in a small room with students creates an unsafe working environment, you can and should file a complaint with the Department of Industrial Relations.

Transfers & Assignments

Need a change of work location?

TALB has negotiated the right for you to transfer out of a work site that is not a good match for you. Click here to learn about transferring away from your work site and to learn some steps to help increase your chances of getting a transfer.  But, look before you leap:

 

Click here for the "work climate" results from Spring 2005.

 

2007 Transfer & Assignment Information & Forms

Memorandum of Transfer & Assignment Process for 2007

2007-2008 Request for Transfer - Elementary, deadline 03/31/2007

2007-2008 Request for Transfer - Secondary, deadline 03/31/2007

Maternity Leave

Pregnant? Here are some answers (non-baby related to questions on your legal rights.