Kern Community College District (2009)

Employee organization alleged that the District failed to properly implement a salary formula based on salary information from the District and six comparable districts, as reported on the State Chancellor's Office website.  After the district filed its information with the Chancellor's Office, it discovered that there was a significant error in its data.  It submitted a corrected report to the State, as required by law.  The employee organization filed a grievance, claiming that it was entitled to a salary increase based on the originally reported but erroneous figures.   The arbitrator ruled that the District properly corrected the data filed in error, and that therefore, employees were entitled to a 1.44% increase rather than the 8.23% increase claimed by the union.