BARGAINING UNIT 13 STATIONARY ENGINEERS

[Pages:118]Agreement Between The State of California

and International Union of Operating Engineers,

Locals 39 and 501, AFL-CIO covering

BARGAINING UNIT 13 STATIONARY ENGINEERS

Effective July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCALS 39 AND 501, AFL-CIO BARGAINING UNIT 13 STATIONARY ENGINEERS TABLE OF CONTENTS PREAMBLE .................................................................................................................... 8 ARTICLE 1 ? RECOGNITION ........................................................................................ 8 ARTICLE 2 ? UNION RIGHTS........................................................................................ 8

2.1 Dues Deduction and Security............................................................................... 8 2.2 Membership Dues ................................................................................................ 9 2.3 Access ................................................................................................................. 9 2.4 Use of State Facilities .......................................................................................... 9 2.5 Use of State Equipment ....................................................................................... 9 2.6 Home Addresses ............................................................................................... 10 2.7 Bulletin Boards................................................................................................... 11 2.8 Distribution of Literature ..................................................................................... 11 2.9 Stewards' Rights ................................................................................................ 12 2.10 Intentionally Excluded ...................................................................................... 12 2.11 Intentionally Excluded ...................................................................................... 12 2.12 Release Time for State Personnel Board Hearings ......................................... 12 ARTICLE 3 - MANAGEMENT RIGHTS ........................................................................ 12 3.1 Management Rights ........................................................................................... 12 ARTICLE 4 ? GENERAL PROVISIONS ....................................................................... 13 4.1 No-Strike ............................................................................................................ 13 4.2 No Lockout......................................................................................................... 13 4.3 No Reprisals ...................................................................................................... 13

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4.4 Entire Agreement ............................................................................................... 13 4.5 Supersession ..................................................................................................... 14 4.6 Savings Clause .................................................................................................. 21 4.7 Legislation.......................................................................................................... 21 4.8 Parking/Transportation Incentives...................................................................... 21 4.9 Work Clothing .................................................................................................... 22 4.10 Uniform Allowance ........................................................................................... 23 4.11 Incentive Award Program................................................................................. 25 4.12 State Owned Housing Rental and Utility Rates................................................ 25 4.13 Work Assignments ........................................................................................... 26 4.14 Individual Agreements ..................................................................................... 26 4.15 Involuntary Transfer Requiring Change in Residence...................................... 26 4.16 Appeal of Involuntary Transfer ......................................................................... 27 4.17 Shift Changes .................................................................................................. 27 4.18 Management Directed Out-of-Classification Assignments ............................... 28 4.19 Layoff and Reemployment ............................................................................... 29 4.20 Mandatory Placement ...................................................................................... 30 4.21 Footwear Reimbursement................................................................................ 30 ARTICLE 5 ? GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION PROCEDURE ................................ 31 5.1 Purpose ............................................................................................................. 31 5.2 Definitions .......................................................................................................... 31 5.3 Waiver of Time Limits/Steps .............................................................................. 31 5.4 Presentation....................................................................................................... 32 5.5 Formal Grievance - Step 1 ................................................................................. 32 5.6 Formal Grievance - Step 2 ................................................................................. 32

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5.7 Formal Grievance - Step 3 ................................................................................. 33 5.8 Reconsideration ................................................................................................. 33 5.9 Board of Adjustment .......................................................................................... 33 5.10 Arbitration......................................................................................................... 34 5.11 Health and Safety Grievances ......................................................................... 34 ARTICLE 6 ? INTENTIONALLY EXCLUDED .............................................................. 35 ARTICLE 7 ? HOURS OF WORK AND OVERTIME .................................................... 35 7.1 Overtime ............................................................................................................ 35 7.2 Night Shift Differential ........................................................................................ 36 7.3 Overtime Distribution ......................................................................................... 36 7.4 Workweek .......................................................................................................... 37 7.5 Calls to Work/Scheduled Overtime .................................................................... 37 7.6 Rest Periods ...................................................................................................... 38 7.7 Meal Periods ...................................................................................................... 38 7.8 Immediate Response Status ? CAL FIRE .......................................................... 38 ARTICLE 8 ? HOLIDAYS ............................................................................................. 39 8.1 Holidays ............................................................................................................. 39 8.2 Holiday Credits ? Caltrans ................................................................................. 42 ARTICLE 9 ? LEAVES ................................................................................................. 42 9.1 Vacation ............................................................................................................. 42 9.2 Annual Leave ..................................................................................................... 44 9.3 Sick Leave ......................................................................................................... 46 9.4 Bereavement Leave ........................................................................................... 48 9.5 Jury Duty............................................................................................................ 49 9.6 Unpaid Leaves of Absence ................................................................................ 49

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9.7 Adoption Leave .................................................................................................. 50 9.8 Parental Leave................................................................................................... 50 9.9 Voluntary Reduced Worktime ............................................................................ 51 9.10 Transfer of Leave Credits ................................................................................ 51 9.11 Catastrophic Leave - Natural Disaster ............................................................. 52 9.12 Personal Leave ................................................................................................ 53 9.13 Mentoring Leave .............................................................................................. 53 9.14 Work and Family Participation ......................................................................... 54 9.15 Personal Leave Program 2011 ........................................................................ 55 9.16 Personal Development Days............................................................................ 56 9.17 Vacation/Annual Leave Cash Out .................................................................... 58 9.18 Wounded Warriors Transitional Leave ............................................................. 59 9.19 Training Leave ................................................................................................. 59 ARTICLE 10 ? HEALTH AND WELFARE .................................................................... 60 10.1 Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits.................................................................. 60 10.2 Continuation of Benefits ................................................................................... 62 10.3 Industrial Disability Leave ................................................................................ 63 10.4 Non-Industrial Disability Insurance................................................................... 63 10.5 Non-Industrial Disability Insurance For Employees In The Annual Leave Program ................................................................................................................... 64 10.6 Enhanced Industrial Disability Leave (EIDL) .................................................... 66 10.7 Flexible Benefit Program.................................................................................. 67 10.8 Post Retirement Health Benefit Vesting (1989 through 2016).......................... 68 10.9 Long-Term Care Insurance Plan...................................................................... 69 10.10 Rural Health ................................................................................................... 69 10.11 Prefunding of Post-retirement Health Benefits ............................................... 69

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10.12 Post-Retirement Health and Dental Benefits Vesting..................................... 70 10.13 Employer Contribution for Retiree Health Benefits......................................... 71 10.14 Compliance with the State and Federal Law.................................................. 73 ARTICLE 11 ? RETIREMENT ...................................................................................... 73 11.1 First Tier A Retirement Formula (2% at age 55) First Tier B Retirement Formula (2% at age 60) and Public Employees' Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) First Tier Retirement Formula (2% at age 62).......................................................... 73 11.2 First Tier Eligibility for Employees in Second Tier ............................................ 77 11.3 State Safety A Retirement Formula (2.5% at age 55), State Safety B Retirement Formula (2% at age 55), and PEPRA State Safety Retirement Formula (2% at age 57) ........................................................................................... 77 11.4 Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) .............................. 79 11.5 Defined Contribution Plans .............................................................................. 80 11.6 Alternative Pre-retirement Death Benefit ......................................................... 80 11.7 1959 Survivors' Benefits ? Fifth Level .............................................................. 81 11.8 Items Excluded From Compensation For Retirement Purposes ...................... 82 11.9 Tax Treatment of Employee Retirement Contributions .................................... 82 ARTICLE 12 ? SAFETY AND HEALTH ....................................................................... 84 12.1 Health and Safety Committees ........................................................................ 84 12.2 Employee Assistance Program ........................................................................ 84 12.3 Infectious Diseases .......................................................................................... 85 ARTICLE 13 ? CAREER DEVELOPMENT .................................................................. 86 13.1 Release Time for State Civil Service Examination ........................................... 86 13.2 Training Fund................................................................................................... 86 13.3 Classification Proposals ................................................................................... 86 13.4 Location of, and Employee Access to, Personnel Files ................................... 86 13.5 Interviews......................................................................................................... 87

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ARTICLE 14 ? POST AND BID .................................................................................... 87 14.1 Post and Bid - Local Plant................................................................................ 87 14.2 Post and Bid to Other Plants............................................................................ 88 14.3 Intentionally Excluded ...................................................................................... 89 14.4 Intentionally Excluded ...................................................................................... 89 14.5 Intentionally Excluded ...................................................................................... 89 14.6 Intentionally Excluded ...................................................................................... 89 14.7 Intentionally Excluded ...................................................................................... 89 14.8 Intentionally Excluded ...................................................................................... 89 14.9 Intentionally Excluded ...................................................................................... 89 14.10 Intentionally Excluded .................................................................................... 89 14.11 Reassignment ................................................................................................ 89 14.12 Post and Bid Seniority Ties ............................................................................ 90

ARTICLE 15 ? BUSINESS AND TRAVEL EXPENSES ............................................... 90 15.1 Business and Travel Expenses........................................................................ 90 15.2 Overtime Meal Allowance ................................................................................ 97 15.3 Water and Wastewater Plant Operator Certification ........................................ 98

ARTICLE 16 ? SALARIES............................................................................................ 98 16.1 Salaries ............................................................................................................ 98 16.2 Timely Payment of Wages ............................................................................... 99 16.3 Recovery of Overpayments ........................................................................... 100 16.4 Excess Time .................................................................................................. 102 16.5 Bilingual Differential Pay ................................................................................ 102 16.6 Recruitment and Retention for Avenal, Chuckawalla, Ironwood, Centinela, Calapatria, High Desert, and Pelican Bay State Prisons; R.J.

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Donovan Correctional Facility; California Correctional Center; and Sierra Conservation Center .............................................................................................. 104 16.7 Certified Backflow Tester Differential ............................................................. 105 16.8 Salary Survey................................................................................................. 106 16.9 Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator (Chief Plant Operator) Differential.............................................................................................................. 106 16.10 Differential.................................................................................................... 107 16.11 Recruitment and Retention, Greater Bay Area ........................................ 108 16.12 EPA Section 608 Technician Certification Differential.................................. 109 16.13 Caltrans Commercial Driver's License Differential ....................................... 109 16.14 Plant Experience Recruitment and Retention Differential ............................ 109 ARTICLE 17 ? DURATION ......................................................................................... 109 17.1 Duration ......................................................................................................... 109 ARTICLE 18 ? CONTRACT PROTECTION ? CONTINUOUS APPROPRIATIONS .................................................................................................... 110 18.1 Continuous Appropriations............................................................................. 110 ADDENDUMS AND ATTACHMENTS ........................................................................ 111 Addendum A ? Post and Bid Form......................................................................... 111 Addendum B - Plants - Shift/Job Assignments ...................................................... 112 Addendum C - Holiday Compensation Chart ......................................................... 115 Salary Schedule ............................................................................................................ 0 Signature Page (To be added)...................................................................................... 0

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