For the purpose of this provision "seniority" is defined as one (1) point for each qualifying month of full-time state service. This paragraph also applies to passengers in carpools, vans or other vehicles, traveling on state business. This meeting is If the employee who exchanges with another employee fails to report for duty for the exchange, the employee shall be subject to repaying the actual time (hour-for-hour) of filling in behind the assignment. You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server. voice for workers to demand respect at that worksite. Eligible employees may bid for posted positions by submitting a form specified on the notice inviting bids as specified by the hiring department (appointing authority). The Chief Nurse Executive (CNE) or their designee shall have responsibility for implementation and maintenance of this procedure at each facility and shall ensure compliance. One (1) rest period of fifteen (15) minutes shall be scheduled by the supervisor during each four (4) hour segment worked by the employee. If the grievance is not resolved to the satisfaction of the grievant a formal grievance shall be filed on a CalHR 651 (Job Description Form) provided by the State within: Fourteen (14) calendar days after receipt of the decision rendered by the supervisor; or. The parties agree that the provisions of this subsection shall apply only to matters which are not covered in this Contract. The filling of vacancies by either promotions from eligible list or external lateral transfers is not subject to P&B. Employees, who are unwilling to accept the geographical transfer required by the employee's current department, may pursue other options, such as but not limited to voluntary transfer, voluntary demotion, reduced work-time program, authorized partial service retirement, voluntary retirement or resignation. Introduction: The Post and Bid (P&B) process is designed as a method to allow employees to secure an assignment based on seniority. Training may be made available if an employee requests to be trained in other work functions within the employee's assigned facility; such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. holding Lottery accountable for health and safety violations FLSA - exempt/excluded employees may be required to work specific hours to provide services when deemed necessary by management; FLSA - exempt/excluded employees shall not be charged paid leave or docked for absences in less than whole-day increments. The rest period shall not exceed thirty (30) minutes total for any day. negotiators that detailed the substance of the work they do and As part of an ongoing process of enhancing the work of their Out-of-Class Grievances and Allocation Appeals. We became aware of this new process because some of our Services (CCHCS) executive management to discuss the In this regard, the Union and the department will consider which contracts should and can be terminated immediately, which contracts will take additional time to terminate, which contracts may continue (for how long and under what conditions) and how (if necessary and cost effective) to transition contract employees or positions into civil service. Upon the completion of the study, the State shall provide the Union with a written notification of its completion and a determination as to whether the recommendations for changes to the classifications' specifications will be pursued. Designed to improve the safety and The final award will be announced on the EDDNet within five (5) working days from the end of the protest period. This does not preclude payment of such expenses, at management's discretion. The reason for denial to bid shall be in writing and given to the employee. Upon request, the Post and Bid administrator shall meet periodically with SEIU Local 1000 representatives for the purpose of reviewing compliance with the Post and Bid provision. productive meeting where we learned CDPH is working to address not include those employees that were full-time teleworking prior revenues that contribute more than $1 billion annually to the Consistent with the salaried nature of FLSA-exempt employees, these employees: Shall not be charged any paid leave for absences in less than whole day increments. When an employee is assigned out-of-class work, the employee shall receive the rate of pay the employee would have received pursuant to Title 2 California Code of Regulations sections 599.673, 599.674, or 599.676 if appointed to the higher classification. State Safety retirement members first employed by the State on or after January 15, 2011, and prior to January 1, 2013, are subject to the "State Safety B Retirement Formula." Quarter units convert to semester units on a three (3) for two (2) basis. their VCC system in their Tax, Disability Insurance, and agreed to jointly interview workers about their duties in several The unions determination to not let bullying behavior stand Only courses with a grade of "C" or better, or the numerical equivalent of a "C" or better, are accepted in fulfillment of college unit requirements. Upon return to work, the BU 17 employee will return to the involuntary rotation in seniority order. Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) hopes will streamline Time spent on jury leave, military leave, subpoenaed witness leave, or under the provisions listed in paragraph J below shall be included for the purpose of computing cash or compensating time off for overtime. Each full-time employee shall be credited with sixteen (16) hours of PLP 2020 on the first day of each pay period for the duration of the PLP 2020 program. 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. All CDCR, OCE, Unit 3 eligible employees shall work a 220 Day Academic Calendar Year. Employees applying and selected under this section waive any rights to claim moving and relocation expenses. Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) regarding the court-ordered be proud of and nearly went on strike for the first time in 44 Listen to President Exceptions to seniority for overtime may be made due to employee attendance restrictions and adverse actions or inmate safety, and/or staff familiarity or training, if such reasons are directly related to the performance of the overtime work. For purposes of this Agreement, seniority is defined as one (1) point for each qualifying month of full-time state service. lift up concerns about how this implementation may impact our For the purpose of this provision "seniority" is defined as one point for each qualifying month of full-time state service. You can view our contract here. the Licensing Operations Division (LOD) Employee Expectations Department of State Hospitals (DSH) to meet and confer over DSHs The State shall make reasonable efforts to avoid involuntary transfers. Courses in an expanded practice Act, in the following, Adult Education Teaching Credentials Program, Optional for BU 7, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and excluded, If EE requests: give option booklet (PERS-PUB-52) to employee, have ee sign page 1, mail notice to PERS, and make copy for OPF. Alternate range to become effective on first day of the pay period following approval by QRP. 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. Each full-time employee shall continue to work their assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 9.23%. Classifications are assigned to the workweek groups as shown in the Lists of Classifications attached to this Contract. agencies all across California. Both parties recognize that ultimate responsibility rests with management. Once a position is awarded, management shall notify all bidders in writing that the position has been awarded, identifying the successful bidder and how many qualifying months of state service the successful bidder possesses. California for All! The Committee will meet for a sufficient amount of time to properly address the issues. It is the responsibility of the employee to provide the employer with an alternate means of notification if the employee is unavailable (i.e., vacation) anytime during a thirty (30) day period following the close of the bidding period. If the total cost of this program exceeds four dollars ($4) per month per member, the employee and employer shall share equally in the cost of the program. Total in-class seniority may be used to break ties between equally qualified individuals. The State shall distribute overtime fairly insofar as circumstances of health and safety permit, and provide employees notice of possible or actual overtime assignments. Chuckawalla Valley, Centinela, High Desert, California The State agrees to reimburse Unit 20 employees for expenses incurred as a result of satisfactorily completing training or job-related continuing education courses required by the State. Unit 17 employees who are affected by layoff, reduction in time base or other similar circumstances under this Article will be entitled to continuation of health, dental, and vision benefits pursuant to Public Law 99-272, Title X, COBRA. facilities an area of great concern. Bargaining Unit 17 PI employees may participate in the CoBen Cash Option Program for health or health and dental coverage if the employee meets the eligibility criteria for state-sponsored health benefits and the CoBen Cash Option Program, including but not limited to having qualifying group health coverage from another source. If the employee's examination is rescheduled by the examining physician or by DMV, the employee shall be granted reasonable release time for the subsequent date, in accordance with the requirements specified above. Nothing in this provision will prevent management from posting positions, and simultaneously beginning other methods to solicit applicants (e.g., sending contact letters out to employees on promotional lists), so no time is lost in filling the positions should, for example, there be no bidders. An employee may write more than one (1) bid preference on the bidding form in priority order. Upon mutual agreement, a department head or designee may grant a PI employee a period of non-availability not to exceed twelve (12) months during which the employee may not be given a waiver. However, the State may redact those portions of protected contract(s) that are proprietary, necessary to protect the competitive nature of the bid process, and that which does not pertain to the costing of personnel services found in bargaining unit classifications. If a specific position was indicated for the voluntary request, and was changed or no longer needed, the nursing supervisor will make all reasonable attempts to notify the affected BU 20 LVN. The HRSD will ensure fair application of the 50-50 ratio. When an employee is required to work twelve (12) to sixteen (16) hours that employee shall not be mandated to work overtime the next calendar day. 2022 State Bar Bargaining Survey. Using State time, facilities, equipment, or supplies for private gain or advantage. It represents a big victory for these Covered The Guide with the least number of monthly hours will be scheduled first. The needs of the State include the right to fill vacant positions using existing eligible or promotional lists, involuntary transfers, reassignments, or other selection methods for reasons such as affirmative action, special skills, abilities, or aptitudes. The choice not to participate shall result in management assigning the individual to an assignment that remains unfilled after this bid process is completed. 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 vacant position, 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. As RN assignments become available, the assignments shall first be reviewed by the State to determine whether the assignments will be filled, posted for bid, or filled without posting. Other Restrictions: An employee may be denied the right to bid for specific positions under this program for reasons related to safety, security or for other job related reasons (e.g., to avoid violating nepotism policies or where the appointment would pose a demonstrable threat to the health and safety of any employee). The hours in excess of one hundred sixty (160) hours in a qualifying monthly pay period shall not be counted or accumulated. regarding the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) upward No food service employee will be required to work in excess of sixteen (16) hours continuously in a twenty-four (24) hour period, nor shall a food service employee be required to work more than two (2) double shifts within the employee's scheduled workweek, unless mutually agreed to. The vacant assignments that have been determined by management to be filled by bid shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this section. An employee assigned to the first (1st) or third (3rd) watch may have the employee's shift adjusted to coincide with the time of the course. 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. Adjust the employee's shift starting time to provide a ten (10) hour break between shifts. The EDD shall provide SEIU Local 1000 with a copy of the EDDNet posting at the same time the posting is distributed. Effective the pay period following ratification before an employee is required to work mandatory overtime, management will make every effort to schedule appropriate available employees prior to mandating overtime. Special School employees shall receive a copy of the proposed calendar prior to the adoption of the calendar. While participating in rehabilitation as recommended by the substance abuse professional and with prior approval of the employer, employees may use accrued sick leave, vacation, annual leave, compensatory time off, or other accrued paid leave. Employee contributions made under paragraph A of this Article shall be paid from the same source of funds as used in paying the wages of affected employees. In the event of ties, total state service will be used to determine seniority scores. Department (EDD) regarding the plan to reopen certain WSB offices All remaining conditions of employment that relate to the Seasonal Clerk employee shall be administered in accordance with existing laws, rules and regulations, unless modified by this Contract. what we understand, CDTFA statewide started returning employees There shall be no mandatory overtime on an employee's RDO (an employee's RDO begins at the end of the employee's last scheduled shift in the workweek) or pre-approved day off, except: During an emergency situation declared by a Superintendent, Executive Director or designee; or. On June 6, 2018, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Heat Team of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) Labor Relations met This shall include contracts that may otherwise be protected from public disclosure, if the contracts provide for services found in bargaining unit class specifications. Failing to respond within three (3) working days after being contacted (or longer as agreed to by the appointing power) may be deemed a rejection of the offer by management. one of many meet and confers weve had starting in 2021 - The Union and the employee will be notified within five (5) business days of the denial. The task force will meet regularly as agreed to by the task force members. An employee may lose the employee's right to hold and/or bid a position based on the Department's nepotism policy in accordance with the following: The Health Program Manager III, Supervising Dentist, or their designee shall have responsibility for implementation and maintenance of this procedure at each facility and shall ensure compliance. All hours in excess of the one hundred (100) hour CTO maximum shall be compensated in cash. Duty statements shall be consistent with the Unit 17 employee's classification specification. When an employee is called back while on standby duty, the employee shall not lose standby duty pay as a result of earning call back credit pursuant to section 19.11 (Call Back Time). within their departments. Security/Safety or Other Reasons: These Post and Bid provisions do not preclude management from transferring or assigning employees for verifiable security, safety, or clearly articulated operational reasons. The meeting focused on maintaining health and safety for all working in the Claims Processing Centers. Employees who laterally transfer after November 1 will be precluded from the bid process until the next open bid period. All approved bid request forms must be completed and submitted to the department's designee no later than close of business on the first Friday in September. Any denial of requests made under this section shall be in writing. Acceptable credits will be limited to new semester (or equivalent quarter) credits earned in an accredited college or university, or California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) approved program, including credits for continuing education courses if provded on an official transcript from an accredited college or university. Notwithstanding Government Code sections 905.2, 19818.8, and 19818.16, an employee may be temporarily required to perform out-of-class work by the employee's department for up to one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in any twelve (12) consecutive calendar months when it determines that such an assignment: Is of unusual urgency, nature, volume, location, duration, or other special characteristics; and. The employee shall then have first preference on the first available bid position; or. For the purpose of computing the number of hours worked, time when an employee is excused from work because of holidays, sick leave, vacation, annual leave, compensating time off, or any other leave not listed below shall not be considered as time worked by the employee for the purpose of computing cash or compensating time off for overtime. Each call center shall provide the Union with a copy of the final ergonomic evaluation report within thirty (30) days after the evaluation is performed. meeting and has talked with members in order to find out which work related issues should be . This Tuesday Local 1000s Unit 4 bargaining team made great 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. When management determines that a vacancy on the requested shift is available to a Unit 17 employee, the supervisor shall consider employees with shift change requests based on the needs of the clients/patients/wards/students/inmates, seniority, performance and attendance, staffing requirements, and needs of the facility. On June 1, 2022, our Union team met with the Department of Motor These assignments shall be counted neutral; that is, the assignments shall not be counted in either Management's or Union's positions. the provisions of Article 21.4. Unit 4 includes program assistants, program/tax technicians, key If absence is more than sixty (60) calendar days, the appointing authority may authorize an employee's return to the assignment or same watch/RDO's if the absence was generated by a management decision. classification is integrated into the Medical Classification If the telework arrangement conforms to telework criteria established in the department's telework policy and guidelines, no employee's request for telework shall be unreasonably denied. Should the department determine that the above does not meet the needs of the department, the department and SEIU Local 1000 mutually agree to meet and confer over the impact of any proposed change. If changes to this schedule are necessary or employees are reassigned to a regular academic schedule, the Department shall provide the employees forty-five (45) days written notice of said change. the Office of State Printing (DGS/OSP) had initiated the process Contact Form. a conversation regarding the Departments requirement that If absence is more than sixty (60) calendar days, the appointing authority may authorize an employee's return to the assignment or same watch/regular day off (RDO) if the absence was generated by a management decision. Call centers shall implement any reasonable and feasible evaluation recommendations within ninety (90) days of the completion of the evaluation. the original to the location designated on the bid form, a copy to the Union designated steward, and. The State shall meet and confer with the Union over the effects of any changes made pursuant to this section. Accordingly, an employee whose job duties do not require the employee to possess a CDL, and who requests to deactivate the employee's CDL status and voluntarily utilizes the resources available to them in evaluating and resolving problems associated with the misuse of alcohol and the use of controlled substances, shall not be required to complete any outstanding random tests nor shall the employee be disciplined for exercising the employee's rights under this section. However, the State will also consider the business needs of the department including the costs of travel arrangements. Unit 17 employees wishing to change shifts within the same ward or unit, if employed in a twenty-four (24) hour facility, shall submit a written request to the facility/program management or designee. employees in terms of establishing their home work space and have These hours shall be counted towards the maximum yearly hours, not to exceed 1,500 hours. Technology (IT) Apprenticeship Program offers Sacramento-area The SEIU Local 1000 Bargaining Team met again on April 21, 2022, regarding the stipend and were able to reach an agreement.
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