WORKING TRIAL COURT EMPLOYEE AND ADVISORY VOTE AND PUBLIC ENTITY POLL ASSUMPTIONS AND OBJECTIVES

Assumptions
  1. As required by statute, the task force is to "prepare a method for submitting the issue of employment status to an advisory vote of trial court employees in each county."1
  2. The Trial Court Funding Act requires agreement from the county and the courts in the county for county employment, and agreement from the state and the courts in the county for state employment; the vote must obtain information regarding second and third preferences.

Objectives
  1. Prepare a method for obtaining information about employee preferences regarding employment status options, including second and third preferences.
  2. Prepare a method for obtaining information about counties’ and courts’ preferences and concerns regarding employment status options.
  3. Ensure that the method proposed provides education to employees, counties, and courts regarding the potential consequences of each status option.
  4. Ensure that the method proposed provides a neutral entity to administer the vote.
1 Gov. Code, § 77603(h).

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