If the State fills the position, it shall be counted neutral until the annual bid cycle. Continuing education units (CEUs) required for current professional license/certification and/or continuing education units or work experience directly related to course curriculum and/or professional development, that are offered by approved providers may be accepted for salary advancement with prior approval from a DJJ/CEA designee. contract with the statemeet three times each year to develop An employee may remove the employee's name from the list of most senior employees prior to interview. Employees who have received notice for a drug and alcohol test that was mailed or given to the employee prior to the employee's employer's receipt of the employee's request to deactivate from commercial driver status must complete all such outstanding random tests. The current contract with Unit 12 is in effect from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. These lists will be created within five (5) working days from the date of this Agreement. Bargaining process. strategies for bargaining and to understand and respond to issues Telework is defined as performing work one (1) or more days per pay period away from the worksite to which the employee is normally assigned. An additional five (5) minute break per continuous hour of work on a computer shall be granted. Federal laws to protect the public. When an employee is formally interviewed, the department head or designee will notify the employee of the non-selection. about the process and potential outcomes. Contained in this section are the provisions for the "24 Month P&B Process" which allows employees to bid twenty-four (24) month assignments and the "Interim Vacancy Bidding Process" which addresses vacancies that occur while the twenty-four (24) month assignments are in effect. The Union may request to meet and confer with CalHR regarding the classification proposal. opportunity to learn more about the Departments expectations of Telework Team Secures Agreement with the State; Eyes Upcoming Essential Worker Premium Pay Negotiations. Except in cases of emergency, or planned program activity, employees shall not be required to: Work more than four (4) mandatory overtime shifts of at least two (2) hours of duration in a month, effective January 2, 2020, and no more than three (3) overtime shifts per month effective July 1, 2021, and implement reductions in accordance with section 19.38 and the Joint Labor Management Task Force; or, Work in excess of sixteen (16) continuously in a forty-eight (48) hour period; or. EDD regarding their plan to reopen the public counters for A new Injury and Illness Prevention Program developed with A list of approved job-related subjects is available through the Employee Relations office. Departments that desire to establish a telework or telecommuting policy and/or program or departments desiring to change an existing policy and/or program shall first notify the Union. Verifies successful completion of required units from transcripts. An employee may write more than one bid preference on the bidding form in priority order. Thereafter, all other BU 20 LVNs will be provided the same volunteer overtime opportunity once, assuring each BU 20 LVN is provided an opportunity for one sign up before returning to the most senior employee and beginning the process again (i.e., the rotation will again start at the top of the seniority list and work its way down). Failure on the part of the employee to submit a request form by 4 p.m. on November 1, shall result in a no preference indicated (NPI) for the employee. For the purpose of this section, seniority shall be defined as the same seniority as used to determine vacation accrual. We became aware of this new process because some of our While on vacation, pre-approved absence, on a full work day absence due to sick leave*, Union leave, State release time, or any other authorized absence from the facility, BU 20 CNAs will not be considered for mandatory overtime. Health Benefit Exchange, also known as Covered California (HBEX), Management will take into account the employee's preference. On August 12, 2020, our Union met with the State Compensation Employees who laterally transfer after November 1 will be precluded from the bid process until the next open bid period. The task force will endeavor to complete this classification study within two (2) years from the ratification of this Agreement. Hours worked in excess of the pay period due to an employee's normal work schedule will be treated as excess hours. QRP will review applicant's packet at the first meeting of the panel after receipt of all required information. If an employee believes that the State's use of current or future technology is being used for the purpose of harassment the employee may grieve such action under Article 6. SEIU Local 1000 only In exceptional (uncommon) situations not covered by section 23.9.3, Personal Necessity Leave (PNL), on a case-by-case basis and subject to supervisory approval. There will be two payouts of the retention stipend: January 2018 or the first month following the 50% The department shall publish a corrected seniority list within five (5) business days when errors in seniority scores are identified and confirmed. Employees may transfer personal leave days in accordance with the provision of Article 8 and the other provisions contained in Article 22. be proud of and nearly went on strike for the first time in 44 Considering Lottery field staff work With the approval of the appointing power, FLSA - exempt/excluded employees may be allowed absences with pay for one or more whole days due to excessive work load or other special circumstances without charging leave credits; Subject to prior notification and management concurrence, FLSA exempt/excluded employees may alter the employee's work hours. The first negotiations meeting shall take place within twenty (20) calendar days of the Union's request unless the parties agree to a different date. Overtime may be compensated on a cash or CTO basis at the discretion of the department head or designee. The State may also provide an amount of time off without loss of compensation for attendance at non-mandatory training. Departments (excluding CDCR, CDCR-DJJ, and CCHCS) shall publish an updated seniority list the first week in January and the first week in July of each year. Office and Allied: Employees providing vital support to the primary professional, technical, or administrative objectives of each state department or agency. Smaller fractional units will not be accumulated. This was our third meeting on Using State time, facilities, equipment, or supplies for private gain or advantage. The Committee will meet for a sufficient amount of time to properly address the issues. We had a The specific posts that comprise the ninety percent (90%) will be established through a meet and discuss. The table below lists the First Tier age/benefit factors for First Tier A, First Tier B, and PEPRA retirement formulas. Each full-time employee shall continue to work their assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 9.23%. Employees in classes assigned to WWG 2 shall be compensated for ordered overtime of at least fifteen (15) minutes at any one time. The filling of vacancies by either promotions from eligible list or external lateral transfers are not subject to P&B. The Union and Management will identify an equitable distribution of the preferred work areas, watches, and RDOs between Management and bid assignments. On Tuesday, Unit 4s bargaining team submitted over 25 special EDD will distribute the seniority list defined above at each worksite employing EPRs and DIPRs. Speaking to members statewide on a conference call for Local 1000 In Unit 3, all employees designated E or SE remain covered by section 19.1.3, paragraph F, regardless of E or SE designation. BUNC Alt. The academic calendar for exempt staff in the classification of Teacher Specialist shall be one hundred ninety-four (194) workdays. Within ten (10) workdays after receipt of the personal services contracts and associated documents as provided for in paragraph D(1) above, the Union and the department shall begin reviewing the contracts. down a hostile managers suppression of our members right to Overtime will be distributed in class by seniority. Employees shall be permitted to take breaks except when required to meet an unforeseen business necessity. If the appointing authority or the CalHR disapproves the transfer, the employee shall be returned to the employee's former position; shall be paid the regular travel allowance for the period of time the employee was away from the employee's original headquarters; and the employee's moving costs both from and back to the original headquarters shall be paid in accordance with the CalHR laws and rules. Upon the Union's request, departments shall meet to discuss the ergonomic evaluation and recommendations related to call centers. Whenever no bids are submitted for a position opening or whenever no employee submitting a bid is eligible for appointment to the position, EDD shall select an employee to fill the position through other hiring methods. Except in emergencies, the State shall provide fourteen (14) calendar days advance notice of permanent shift changes so that the employee has an opportunity to reschedule the employee's obligations. On March 26, 2019, SEIU Local 1000 met with the negotiated by our member-led bargaining team and won through the No employee shall submit more than four (4) Employee Opportunity Transfer applications during an open period. Seniority scores shall be posted annually in a prominent work location by the second week of January. If the employee does not desire to remain in the altered post assignment/position, the employee may bid on any vacant post assignment/position. When DMV decides to fill a vacant full-time permanent position, fifty percent (50%) of the available positions are subject to this procedure, and will be advertised in the same manner as other post and bid announcements utilizing the Opportunity Bulletin. Due to new IRS rules regarding fingerprinting and background This subdivision is not grievable or arbitrable. department representatives at the CDTFA/BOE headquarters building Staff shall only be assigned an involuntary slot once, until the entire list has been depleted. Exempt employees are paid on a "salaried" basis, and the regular rate of pay is full compensation for all hours worked to perform assigned duties. centered their strategy on conversations with members from Driver and discuss the refocused direction of the Program Technician The parties may agree to mutually extend the twenty (20) calendar day time frame. Directors (or their designee) shall therefore meet with the Union for this purpose, if requested by the Union. the Department of State Hospitals (DSH), California Correctional Building power in the community, facing challenges and developing reorganization. The composition of the Committee may vary depending on the classification being discussed, however; in no case shall the membership of the Committee exceed four (4) Union and four (4) State representatives. This year, the State Bargaining Team set out to renegotiate . "For cause" means a legitimate non-arbitrary reason for dismissal, demotion, suspension without pay, or reduction in pay as defined by B (2) above. Any additional eligible posts shall be distributed through the annual post and bid process. Effect a combination of a, b, or c above. Where operational considerations permit, a department may establish a telework program. represented another big victory for Local 1000s Dispatcher employee and customer focused screening protocols which will The call-in/scheduling of a Seasonal Clerk employee and the hours of work an individual Seasonal Clerk employee may receive shall be applied without prejudice or personal favoritism. It is understood that this training may be provided on an on-the-job basis. Called Electronic Health Interested candidates can mail their cv at simmi@jobsexpert.in or call at 8467054123. This Tuesday Local 1000s Unit 4 bargaining team made great Contained in this section are the provisions for the "24 Month P&B Process" which allows employees to bid twenty-four (24) month assignments and the "Interim Vacancy Bidding Process" which addresses vacancies that occur while the twenty-four (24) month assignments are in effect. The commencement of the 12-month period will be the effective date of the action, not the ending date of the action. Meeting in a special joint side table with the state, Units 1 Rest periods shall be considered hours worked. COVID-19 pandemic. received a notice from the Department on this issue at which No Saturday Service in Field Offices on Veterans Day and It is the common goal of management and the Union that students attending State classes be assigned to appropriate classes. Upon request, post orders and duty statements will be provided for each of the positions prior to the meet and discuss. Through information gathered from members at Town Halls and from thousands of bargaining surveys, our bargaining team creates bargaining proposals and negotiates with the State over our . one of many meet and confers weve had starting in 2021 - Employees who have been absolved of wrongdoing as stated above, shall be accorded one (1) successful bid so long as the bid is exercised within three (3) months of the decision absolving the employee. There shall be seventy-five percent (75%) of the LVN qualifying post assignments in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) allotted according to seniority at each facility that provides healthcare. Miscellaneous members subject to social security shall contribute eight and one half percent (8.50%) of pensionable compensation in excess of five hundred thirteen dollars ($513) for retirement. If an employee does not complete the fifteen (15) hours of standby duty, the DFW shall pro-rate the compensation earned in accordance with departmental procedure. If such bid or position creates a nepotism situation, notice must be given to the employee. 2016 was a historic year for our members, our union and all The summary of this agreement is posted according to RCW 43.88.583. If two (2) or more individuals are interested in the same assignment, the employee with the most state seniority shall be given the assignment. current contract, they presented a proposal to secure upward This document protects our rights as state workers. meeting resulted in management conceding a number of items, Representatives of the Union and the State shall meet and review the situation. Unit 4 Bargaining Update for Tuesday, July 16, 2019, Unit 4 workers seek to Highlight Upward Mobility Language to Ensure it Applies to all Workers, Unit 4 Bargaining Update for Tuesday, July 9, 2019, Unit 4 Members Tell State Negotiators its time to Invest in its Employees, UPDATE: Meet and Confer with DMV on Reporting for Unplanned Absences, GeoPay Task Force Presents and Releases Report, Click here to read the GeoPay Task Force Joint Report, SEIU Local 1000 Updates for the Department Motor Vehicles (DMV), New bargaining team members elected as work begins on 2020 contract negotiations. Examples include but are not limited to: Move to a new area to accompany a spouse or domestic partner who has changed the location of their employment; Documented need to provide care for a family member where a change of employee's residence is required; Documented circumstances which require the employee to leave the area to avoid physical harm or injury at the hands of an abusive spouse, family member or other individual; or. The Counselors will be ranked on the list by the amount of overtime hours the Counselors have been offered since the beginning of the academic school year. Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) regarding the court-ordered If the employee is exonerated on appeal, the employee's right to bid or hold assignments shall be restored. Contact Centers, EDD will be implementing the second phase call The current contract with Unit 4 is in effect from January 2, 2020 to June 30, 2023. These assignments shall be counted neutral; that is, the assignments shall not be counted in either Management's or Union's positions. Employees who purchase past service are required to pay the amount of contributions the employees would have paid had the employees been First Tier members during the period of service that the employees are purchasing. pressure, State Fund has agreed to suspend the controversial state. Post and Bid Request Form: The written request form provided by respective DGS offices and completed by the permanent full-time status employee requesting to be reassigned to any position/assignment in the employee's current classification. Registration Operations Divisions (ROD) suspension of telework. If the BU 17 employee arrives to find the position changed or no longer needed, the BU 17 employee shall not be required to work that position, but may be offered an alternate assignment. Such assignments may be advertised where appropriate, but will be filled through the sole discretion of the State. Individual employee hardship transfer requests will be determined by management based on the compelling nature of the request. A PI employee will be eligible for holiday pay on a pro rata basis, based on hours worked during the pay period for observed holidays specified in Article 7 of this Contract in accordance with the following chart. The examination does not interfere with the operational needs of the department. However, except for the permissions expressed in Section A. of this Article, institutions will endeavor to afford overtime as outlined below in Sections I and J of this Article. The exemption review process shall consider, but not be limited to, the following: Diagnosed psychological, physiological and learning characteristics of the students. The list will be a progression as described in the above paragraph. If the employee desires to remain in the altered assignment, the employee shall notify management of the desire within five (5) calendar days and shall remain in the assignment. When assigning mandatory overtime by inverse seniority, i.e. Before an employee is required to work mandatory overtime, a reasonable effort will be made to find an acceptable volunteer within the program where the employee works. Services (CCHCS) regarding the 2014 Phase 3 Staff Reductions. If a further tie exists, then ties will be broken by "lottery" thereafter. When employees assigned to a straight eight (8) or more hour shift are assigned by the employer to training, a committee, task force, or a special project, an unpaid meal period of not less than thirty (30) minutes nor more than sixty (60) minutes shall be granted and scheduled near the middle of the work shift. October. When assigning mandatory overtime by inverse seniority, i.e. balance survey many of you participated in. Employees may bid for multiple posts. For the purpose of mandatory overtime rotation, employees who are charged FMLA leave shall be considered to have met the employee's overtime obligation in accordance with section C 1 above. Displacement includes layoff, involuntary demotion, involuntary transfer to a new class, involuntary transfer to a new location requiring a change of residence, and time base reductions. and the lottery ticket sales specialist series in Unit 4. When determining seniority for a specific position, the seniority will be calculated up to the last day of the pay period prior to the final filing date of the JOB. Each work site shall post the PI schedule and record of PI hours worked per week on an ongoing and weekly basis. If a bid assignment is deleted due to reduced allocations or for other reasons, and there is an employee in the deleted assignment, then the employee may bid on any vacant posted assignment. Adjust the employee's shift starting time to provide a ten (10) hour break between shifts. Copy of approval letter or Work Assignment Form from current primary position supervisor to OPF. The ergonomic evaluation shall, if possible, be done in conjunction with the ergonomic training described below. Standards for Workplace Violence Prevention in Healthcare, which President Yvonne R. Walker. Local 1000 stopped the State Compensation Insurance Fund (State This does not preclude payment of such expenses, at management's discretion. Below is a downloadable version of thelatestcontract. It contains hundreds of articles SEIU Local 1000 fought hard for the contract right that our Management shall make every attempt not to schedule BU 20 CNAs: More than four (4) involuntary overtime shifts per month, effective January 2, 2020, and no more than three (3) overtime shifts per month effective July 1, 2021, and implement reductions in accordance with section 19.38 and the Joint Labor Management Task Force; or. Upon request by the employee, the denial and the reason for denial shall be in writing. During the term of this Contract, the Director of State Special Schools hereby agrees that they will provide the Union with copies of proposed academic calendars for each of the Special Schools for the following academic year by February 15. Exempt teachers at the Special Schools of the Department of Education in Unit 3 may be required to serve in extracurricular supervisory or advisory assignments at athletic events, dances, plays, and other after school and evening school-sponsored events for the benefit of students, the curriculum, and job effectiveness with no additional compensation. Failure to respond in writing within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the notice shall constitute a waiver of the Union's right to meet and confer over the classification proposal prior to submittal to the SPB for consideration. A Seasonal Clerk employee may work up to one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours in any calendar year. When management determines that overtime is necessary, it shall be offered based on the seniority of the employees available to work (for ties, see Section F. of this Article). For all DJJ/CEA Unit 3 eligible employees, when a regular holiday falls on an employee's unassigned, non-work day, and the employee is required to work, the employee shall receive eight (8) hours of holiday credit. Bid forms shall be postmarked or fax stamped on or before the date specified in the posted bid notice. Such information shall be maintained by the appointing power for three (3) years and shall be made available to the Union upon request. Appeals. If management fills the position it shall be counted neutral until the next twenty-four (24) month bid cycle. Shift changes required by emergency situations shall last no longer than the emergency that occasioned the change. Overtime shall first be offered to level-of-care employees for level-of-care overtime assignments before allowing other BU 20 classifications to work overtime. If an employee is not allowed CTO within twelve (12) pay periods following the pay period in which the overtime was worked, payment shall be made for such overtime on the next payroll. An updated seniority roster and a listing of all available assignments open for bid shall be posted no later than October 1 every other year. An employee may request that the appointing power grant an exception to the prohibitions on outside employment contained in the applicable incompatible activity statement. On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, our Union met with the Franchise Tax The hours in excess of one hundred sixty (160) hours in a qualifying monthly pay period shall not be counted or accumulated. Part time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated basis. In the agreement between the parties (7/1/99 to 7/2/01), the parties agreed to place all Bargaining Unit 3 employees in Work Week Group 4C. State Hospital (NSH). productive meeting where we learned CDPH is working to address support of the 96,000 people represented by Local 1000. The DBUR post will be counted in that institution's eighty percent (80%) of eligible posts. When an employee has requested to use PLP 2020, and the request is denied on two separate, consecutive occasions, the employee's third request for PLP 2020 shall be approved subject to severe operational considerations that make granting the request a health or safety risk. proposed an increase to the night differential for Seasonal If a transfer reasonably requires a relocation in accordance with section 12.2 of the MOU the employee has a maximum of thirty (30) calendar days to report to the new work location unless extended by the hiring supervisor. To this end, the Department will make every effort to schedule staff in a manner that will reduce the need for mandatory overtime. If the State determines to fill the assignment without posting, the assignment may be filled by hire, transfer, promotion, or any other method allowed by the Civil Service System. When an employee attempts to reach the designated supervisor for approval no later than thirty (30) minutes before the end of the employee's shift, in order to request approval for overtime to complete mandated duties, failure of the supervisor to respond to the request or contact within thirty (30) minutes shall be construed as approved overtime authorization. Award and Acceptance of Successful Bids: Successful bids for post will be awarded to the most senior bidder by the third Friday of the month. If the parties reach an agreement, the parties shall jointly recommend, in writing, that the classification proposal be submitted to the SPB for the non-hearing calendar. The Counselors will be ranked on the list by the amount of overtime hours the Counselors have been offered since the beginning of the academic school year. It is recognized that final class size determinations shall be within the authority and discretion of management. The stipends provide $125 per month, paid in four lump . Eligible family members are defined as: the employee's spouse, child, parent, domestic partner (as defined in accordance with Family Code section 297), brother, sister, spouse's or domestic partner's parent, or other person residing in the immediate household. An "alternate workweek schedule" is a fixed work schedule other than standard work hours. When an employee has two (2) or more bids pending and the employee accepts an offer as the result of one of the bids, the employee shall immediately withdraw all outstanding bids. As well, we clarified that the field is considered Counselors will not be offered Night Attendant overtime unless the Night Attendant list has been exhausted. The employee with the most seniority will be offered the position. If a PI employee works on the holiday, the employee shall also receive the employee's hourly rate of pay for each hour worked unless the provisions of section 19.2(B) apply. program. Employees are responsible for keeping management apprised of the employee's schedule and whereabouts. to the negotiation table to support the Seasonal Clerks in their Bargaining, Rionna Jones, Chair of Unit 20 and Kim Cowart, Chair The interim bidding process is designed as a method to provide current employees the opportunity to move to vacant assignments, if Management determines to fill the positions, created while the twenty-four (24) month assignments are in place, using seniority as the deciding factor on who will secure an assignment that is available by bid. If a further tie exists, then ties will be broken by "lottery" thereafter. offers and supports four informal options (depending on application for a permanent exemption to theCalifornia asDentrixwithin all 35 CDCR facilities in the state. The determination of sufficient funding to restore the reductions relative to this Side Letter shall be at the sole discretion of the Director of the Department of Finance if either of the following circumstances occur: If the Director of the Department of Finance, as a result of appropriate federal legislation providing additional funding to the state to address the impacts of the COVID-19 Recession, elects to restore, at their sole discretion, some or all of the various pay items that have been suspended or reduced.
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