Over 450 Permanent Intermittent (PIs) employees working for implementation of Real ID. Final appeal will be to the Executive Director and must be requested in writing within twenty (20) calendar days of date of notice of QRP's appeal decision. The PLP 2020 reductions shall not affect transfer determinations between state civil service classifications. 30 minutes prior to the start of their shift, rather than within The specific posts that comprise the seventy percent (70%) and the thirty percent (30%) will be established through a meet and discuss. be transferred at management's discretion to a vacant position with substantially similar start/stop time and RDO if possible. meeting was held in response to a cease and desist that our Union Personal leave days may be approved for use during the school year or extended school year. members an opportunity to improve their state careers. Employees who have been absolved of wrongdoing as stated above, shall be accorded one successful bid so long as the bid is exercised within three (3) months of the decision absolving the employee. As a result of the court system of inconsistent, successful, and exceptional from annual Such programs shall operate within the policies, procedures, and guidelines established by the 2010 Statewide Telework Model Program. facilities an area of great concern. As stated in Government Code section 20677.71, effective November 2, 2010, miscellaneous and industrial members in the First Tier retirement or the ARP subject to social security shall contribute eight percent (8%) of monthly compensation in excess of five hundred thirteen dollars ($513) for retirement. Californiaincluding the 60-plus members who negotiate our Thereafter, all other BU 20 CNAs will be provided the same volunteer overtime opportunity once, assuring each BU 20 CNA 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). Safety Branch to the public as of February 16, 2021. 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. Courses granting continuing education units do not qualify. Upon request, post orders and/or duty statements will be provided for each of the positions prior to the meet and discuss. College credits, continuing education credits and any CDCR, OCE designee approved work credits from industry for vocational education teachers will be pertinent to the employee's position and not be a repetition of previously acquired credits or work experience. The tentative contract, which also delivers a 10.9% raise to most of the workers, is the first full state contract agreement of this year. in this meeting was largely the same as we had learned in our When work in progress requires overtime on a given shift, preference shall be given to the employee or crew doing the work. The State may also provide an amount of time off without loss of compensation for attendance at non-mandatory training. 8.3 Bereavement Leave. Disputes involving this provision may be addressed at a Labor Management Committee (Riverside). Local 1000 members and staff met several times over the past The Union may request to meet and confer with CalHR regarding the classification proposal. Participation in the twenty-four (24) month P&B process is voluntary. Contract Article 14.16.4. had filed against the Department in late September due to a lack Each employee has ten (10) calendar days from the date of posting to contest scores. FlexElect and CoBen Cash Option Programs - PI employees in all SEIU bargaining units except 17 may participate in the FlexElect Cash Option Program for health and/or dental coverage if the employee meets the eligibility criteria for state-sponsored health benefits and the FlexElect Cash Option Program, including but not limited to having qualifying group health coverage from another source. This comes after 20 A PI will receive paid time off for a PH on a pro rata basis as provided in the chart above, based upon the number of hours worked in the pay period during which the PH is taken. If there is more than one employee with an Employee Opportunity Transfer application to the same location on file, one of the top three (3) employees with the greatest amount of department service by class shall be selected. other classifications. A State employee shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivor's benefits the employee would have received had the PLP 2020 not occurred. On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, our Union met with the Franchise Tax On Monday, December 20, 2021, SEIU Local 1000 met with the In the event of ties, total state service will be used to determine seniority scores. All hours in excess of two hundred forty (240) CTO hours shall be compensated in cash. Each facility shall establish and maintain an up-to-date list, by inverse seniority of all full-time and part-time BU 20 LVNs. Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI) Closure, CA Correctional Center (CCC) Susanville Closure, Unit 1: Professional Administrative, Financial and Staff services, Unit 3: Professional Educators and Librarians, Unit 11: Engineering and Scientific Technicians, Unit 20: Medical and Social Services Specialists, Unit 21: Educational Consultants and Librarians, Department of Real Estate (DRE) Remediation Process, Update on Meeting with Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Regarding Implementation of Dayforce Timekeeping, FTB Notices of Return to Office, Telework and COVID Prevention Plan, FTB Notice of Updated Telework Policy and Update to Remote Work Plan- Phase 3, DMV Separation of Duties Meet and Confer Update, CDTFAs return to the office / telework policy, Separation of Duties for Driver Safety Hearing Officers at DMV, First Meet and Confer on DSS Tier 2 Enhanced Background Checks, Meet & Confer with CA State Lottery on COVID-19 Safety Protocols, Addressing Inequities of Call Center Recognition Statewide, Unit 4 Bargaining Unit Negotiating Committee (BUNC). Start New Search. The department head or designee shall issue a written final decision within fifteen (15) calendar days. Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) hopes will streamline Please dont miss out. Upon return to work, the BU 20 CNA will return to the involuntary rotation in seniority order. Committee (PTC). The department head or designee shall initiate any disciplinary action as specified in this article by written notice of disciplinary action served in person or served by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the employee's last known address as listed in the employee's official personnel file. Failure on the part of the employee to submit a request form by 4:00 p.m. on November 1, or failure to show up at the allotted time for a walk up bid, shall result in a no preference indicated (NPI) for the employee. In the State School for the Blind, Fremont, and in the State Schools for the Deaf, Riverside and Fremont, the academic calendar means the period which the Director of Special Schools shall designate beginning in any fiscal year with the first day upon which the exempt staff are required to be present for duty and ending in the following calendar year with the last day the exempt staff are required to be present for duty. Costing information provided to the Union for protected contracts shall include total personnel costs for personnel services found in bargaining unit classifications plus any overhead charges paid to the contractor for these services, provided such disclosure does not breach confidentiality requirements or include proprietary information. The State shall provide a minimum of sixty (60) days written notice for an involuntary transfer which reasonably requires an employee to change the employee's residence. Upon request of an employee who has been on duty continuously for sixteen (16) hours, the employer shall have the option to: Allow the employee to take the next shift off on vacation, CTO, or holiday credit if staffing permits. The information that we received from the Department If such a bid or position creates a nepotistic situation, notice must be given to the employee. about the process and potential outcomes. pressure, State Fund has agreed to suspend the controversial be proud of and nearly went on strike for the first time in 44 This shall include developing a process that ensures that savings realized by terminating the contract and reassigning the work to a bargaining unit employee to avoid displacement, are utilized to offset that employee's moving and relocation costs, the amount of which shall be consistent with the Moving/Relocation section of the parties' collective bargaining agreement. Eligible employees may participate only in the employee's institution's P&B process. Unit 20 employees who are directed to attend a training course required by the department shall be granted reasonable time off without loss of compensation for courses that are scheduled during the employee's normal working hours. At the time of an employee's annual appraisal, the employee's duty statement shall be reviewed, and if necessary, updated to reflect his/her current duties. The academic calendar for exempt staff in the classification of Teacher shall be one hundred eighty-four (184) workdays, of which up to one hundred seventy-six (176) shall be student contact days. Ties in Seniority: If two (2) or more employees with the same amount of classification seniority bid on the same position, ties shall be broken as follows: Employee Eligibility for Post and Bid (CSC; DDS; DSH; and CalVet): Employee Eligibility for Post and Bid (CDCR; and CCHCS): Employee Eligibility for Post and Bid (CDCR-DJJ): Method and Implementation (Excludes DGS): Announcement of Eligible Posts: Vacant posts shall be announced or advertised the first Monday of each month and remain on display for no less than ten (10) calendar days, excluding weekends and holidays. Employees shall be notified before monitoring of the employee's calls begin. A spouse with one eligible child, or two (2) eligible children not in the care of the spouse.$1,500. the office for field staff. client demands) and in accordance with Unit 15 provisions. 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. Employees who laterally transfer after May 1 will be precluded from the bid process until the next open bid period. A Unit 17 employee may initiate a request for scheduling CTO which will not be denied without a work-related reason. In the event the grievance is denied and not settled by the parties within ten (10) working days from the date of its filing, the Union may invoke the procedures in Article 6 to select an arbitrator. This request will be honored by the non-requesting party in the form of a meeting within thirty (30) days of the request; An employee alleging seniority date errors/disputes and is unable to resolve the problem with verbal communication shall submit the employee's complaint to the first formal level of review within the normal time frames specified in the grievance process; Hire, promotion, reinstatement, transfer from within the facility or from another State agency. "The employee does not have the option to receive the employer contributed amounts paid pursuant to this Agreement directly instead of having them paid to the retirement system.". The new agreement restores previously negotiated raises that employees were scheduled to receive before Gov. workload, staffing levels, improving the Real ID process and These assignments shall be counted neutral; that is, the assignments shall not be counted in either Management's or Union's positions. a decade ago. Office and Allied: Employees providing vital support to the primary professional, technical, or administrative objectives of each state department or agency. Department regarding the system. Standby may not be scheduled in less than one hour increments. During this period, the bids shall be available for inspection by the Union representatives, who may request a copy. Subcommittee issues may include, but are not limited to, housekeeping duties, janitorial duties, in-service training and Professional Practice Groups. Insurance Fund (State Fund) to continue discussing the planned Each proposed classification revision may be submitted to CalHR for review and update and further consideration by SPB after the conclusion of action by the Committee. their intent to implement the use of the Dayforce timekeeping Clerks and seeks to change the way the night differential is An otherwise eligible employee absent from the work site during the bid process for such reasons, including but not limited to EIDL; SDI; Worker's Compensation; leave of absence; annual military leave; illness, etc., may participate in the bid process. prior meetings. To avoid or mitigate bargaining unit employee displacement for lack of work, the appointing power shall review all existing personal services contracts to determine if work consistent with the affected employee's classification is being performed by a contractor. 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. At these local meetings, the parties shall seriously consider alternative scheduling methods for mixed shift work weeks as well as the following alternatives in lieu of full-time mixed shift work week assignments: using in-house registries, outside registries and intermittent work. Using the prestige or influence of the State or the appointing authority for the officer's or employee's private gain or advantage or the private gain of another. Must be a permanent full-time licensed vocational nurse (LVN): probationary employees are excluded. The list shall be published in an accessible location in the facility or worksite. Any additional eligible posts shall be distributed through the annual post and bid process. increased hours and locations of operations at DMV field offices. Governor signed AB 118: 10/13/2019. checks, the Employment Development Department (EDD) implemented Both parties agree and understand that a different type of overtime payment (cash or CTO) may be provided to employees at different times and may even be different from employees in the same or similar situations. Bargaining unit members. years. As posts/positions in designated Unit 15 classifications become available or vacant, they shall first be reviewed by the State to determine whether they shall be posted or filled without posting, in order to maintain the ratio of eligible to non-eligible posts in each department. Unit 21 employees shall exercise the employee's professional judgment in the employee's work, including scheduling of work hours and locations consistent with the fulfillment of professional responsibilities. A mandated holdover of two (2) hours or more is considered a mandated overtime. The FTB, BOE, CDTFA and OTA agree to establish an Employee Recognition and Morale Program to recognize individual employees and/or a group of employees for outstanding contributions on the job. Here is more information provided These hours shall be recorded on the schedule in blue. Where operational considerations permit, a department may establish a telework program. Where the State finds it necessary to make such changes, the State shall notify the Union of the proposed change thirty (30) days prior to its proposed implementation. A current DJJ/CEA Unit 3 eligible employee, shall be compensated in accordance with the current DJJ/CEA Unit 3 Salary Schedule for the county in which the employee's respective facility is located (Appendix C). The time when CTO may be taken shall be at the discretion of the State. Its If the employee calls back after another employee accepts the overtime, that employee will not be allowed to accept the overtime. Management may contact, meet with and/or make inquiries to ensure that bidders satisfy the eligibility criteria and understand the objective qualifications. and the lottery ticket sales specialist series in Unit 4. Courses must have been completed after September 1, 1984 to qualify. 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 Director of the Board, or designee will develop the criteria for granting recognition. Bargaining, Rionna Jones, Chair of Unit 20 and Kim Cowart, Chair The CDCR, OCE, 220 Day Academic Calendar Year shall consist of 208 instructional days, and 12 staff development/training days. A rest period will not normally be granted during the first or last hour of the work shift. employees provide signature acknowledgement of receipt. An employee may be temporarily removed from the bid assignment pending a personnel/EEO investigation, but will be assigned to substantially similar start/stop time and RDO if possible.