Los Angeles Superior Court (PERB 2179I)

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DECISION OF THE
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD
CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF
INTERPRETERS LOCAL 39521,
Charging Party,
V.
LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT,
Respondent.
Case No. LA-CE-23-I
PERB Decision No. 2179-I
May 26, 2011
Appearances: 	Silvia Barden, CFI Representative, for California Federation
of
Interpreters
Local 39521; Superior Court
of
California County
of
Los Angeles by Ivette Pena, Court
Counsel, for Los Angeles Superior Court.
Before Martinez; Chair, McKeag and Dowdin Calvillo, Members.
DECISION
McKEAG, Member: This case comes before the Public Employment Relations Board
(PERB or Board) on appeal by the Los Angeles Superior Court (Court)
of
a proposed decision
by an administrative law judge. The charge alleged that the Court violated the Trial Court
Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act (Court Interpreter Act) 1 when it took adverse
action against Silvia Barden (Barden) and Stephanie Wohl in retaliation for Barden's protected
activities. The California Federation
of
Interpreters Local 39521 alleged that this conduct
constituted a violation
of
Court Interpreter Act sections 71815 and 71822.
By letter dated April 26, 2011, the parties notified PERB that they settled the case and
requested to withdraw the Court's exceptions to the charge and to vacate the proposed
1 The Court Interpreter Act is codified at Government Code section 71800 et seq. Unless
otherwise indicated, all statutory references herein are to the Government Code.

decision. The Board has reviewed the entire record and finds the settlement
of
this case is in
the best interests
of
the parties and consistent with PERB law.
ORDER
The parties' request to withdraw and dismiss the Los Angeles Superior Court's appeal
and to vacate the proposed decision in Case No. LA-CE-23-I is hereby GRANTED.
Chair Martinez and Member Dowdin Calvillo joined in this Decision.
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