People

Jeff Sloan

Partner

t: 415.678.3806
f: 415.678.3838
jsloan@publiclawgroup.com

Experience

Mr. Sloan is a labor lawyer with almost 30 years of experience in labor law litigation and labor relations projects for a broad range of California local agencies. His work spans writ and appellate litigation, collective bargaining negotiations, interest arbitration, “rights” arbitration, investigations, training, strike planning and strike injunctions, disciplinary matters, consideration of closure of public operations, strategic change initiatives regarding health benefits programs and retirement benefits, and EEOC and DFEH complaints. Advising elected officials and labor relations/personnel professionals on this broad range of issues is a regular component of his work. Mr. Sloan has been a strong contributor to the development of California public sector law throughout the course of his career. He is responsible for over 25 published decisions from the California Court of Appeal and Supreme Court covering a wide variety of innovative labor and employment law developments.

Mr. Sloan’s commitment on behalf of public agencies is further reflected by his pro bono work. Along with managing partner Charles Sakai, he represented the League of California Cities and the California State Association of Counties before the Public Employment Relations Board when it promulgated regulations implementing SB 739 (conferring PERB jurisdiction on cities, counties, and special districts for labor disputes arising under the Meyers Milias Brown Act). He recently represented the League of California Cities as amicus counsel before the California Court of Appeal, Fifth District, in Sacramento Police Officers Association v. City of Sacramento.

Related Experience

Mr. Sloan previously served as the General Counsel to the California Public Employment Relations Board (“PERB”). He was appointed to the position by the governor, after having served as Assistant General Counsel to PERB for four years. While with PERB he supervised the Board’s investigative and litigation divisions, and handled complex litigation and injunctions in state trial and appellate courts. He has represented public sector management since leaving PERB in 1987.

Selected Presentations and Publications

• Conducting Effective Personnel Investigations: An In-Depth Manual for California Public Sector Employers, Author
• California Public Sector Labor Relations, Co-Author (Mathew Bender)