SACRAMENTO – When California state worker Socorro Tongco was fired from her job prior to Christmas of last year, her world quickly turned upside down.  How could she, an employee with good performance reviews up until the time she honestly answered questions about her employer during an investigation by the state auditor’s office, be terminated? […]

By CSLEA Counsel Stacy Olsen SACRAMENTO - Recently, the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) legal team was contacted by a number of California Department of Insurance (CDI) instructors who were concerned that they were being denied differential pay for many of the tasks they were performing in an instructor capacity.  Specifically, the full time […]

LOS ANGELES – A probationary California Department of Insurance investigator is returning to full duty this month, following a Skelly hearing officer’s decision to revoke her Rejection During Probation. “Being a trainee is hard enough for new investigators but when the process is unfair or unjustified, an employee can quickly find herself without a job,” […]

SACRAMENTO - On June 19, 2018, the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) issued a complaint against the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) based on an Unfair Practice Charge filed by CSLEA. The charge alleged that DTSC violated State law by failing to provide notice of the reallocation of a CSLEA-bargaining unit represented position to one […]