Case: Labor Arbitration/Work Assignments (Arb.)

Arbitrator Andrea L. Dooley found that Contra Costa County didn’t violate its MOU providing higher pay for work in higher-graded positions when it assigned a number of felony cases to two public defenders’ misdemeanor case load and failed to pay them at the higher rate. The PD position includes the duty of handling “less complex” felony cases while more complex cases are part of the PD II and III job descriptions, there is very little evidence that the cases assigned were complex, and there is no evidence that the grievants performed “a majority of the duties and responsibilities” of the ...