California Labor Code

§ 1156

LAB § 1156 Effective May 15, 2023Div. 2 · Part 3.5 · Ch. 5

Statute text

(a)Representatives designated by the submission of authorization cards or other proof of support or selected by a secret ballot by the majority of the agricultural employees in the bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representatives of all the agricultural employees in such unit for the purpose of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other conditions of employment. Any individual agricultural employee or a group of agricultural employees shall have the right at any time to present grievances to their agricultural employer and to have such grievances adjusted, without the intervention of the bargaining representative, as long as the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of a collective-bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, if the bargaining representative has been given opportunity to be present at such adjustment.

(b)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 7, Sec. 4. (AB 113) Effective May 15, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 5 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 7.