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    2003-2008

Unit 9 memorandum of understanding (mou) between the
professional engineers in California Government (pecg)
and the
state of CALIFORNIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1 - RECOGNITION AND PURPOSE                                                                

            1.1        Recognition and Purpose

ARTICLE 2 – TERM

            2.1        Term

ARTICLE 3 - SALARIES AND COMPENSATION

            3.1        Salary Parity for Unit 9

            3.2        Merit Salary Adjustments

            3.3        Professional Qualification Compensation

            3.4        Bilingual Differential Pay

            3.5        Overpayments/Payroll Errors

            3.6        Timely Payment of Wages

            3.7        Long Term Differential

            3.8        Prison Recruitment and Retention Bonus

            3.9        Shift Differential

            3.10      Diving Pay

            3.11      Range Changes

            3.12      Late Docks

            3.13      ICBO/OSHPD Certificates – Department of General Services

            3.14      Safety Professional Certificates – Department of Industrial Relations

            3.15      Climbing Pay

            3.16      Non-Licensed Classification Bonus

            3.17      Traffic Engineer Differential

            3.19      Recruitment and Retention Differentials

            3.21      Lead Person Differential

            3.25      Personal Expense Differential

ARTICLE 4 - HEALTH AND WELFARE

            4.1        Health Benefit Plan

            4.2        Health Benefit Plan – Eligibility for Benefits

            4.3        Non-Industrial Disability Insurance

            4.4        Enhanced Non-Industrial Disability Insurance - Annual Leave

            4.5        Cost Containment Committee

            4.6        Employee Assistance Program

            4.7        Flexible Benefit Program

            4.8        Long-Term Care Insurance Plans

            4.9        Pre-Tax of Health/Dental Premiums

            4.10      Group Legal Services Plan

            4.11      1959 Survivors’ Benefits – Fifth Level

            4.12      Rural Subsidy Program

ARTICLE 5 - LEAVES

            5.1        Sick Leave

            5.2        Bereavement Leave

            5.3        Catastrophic Leave

            5.4        Vacation Leave

            5.5        Adoption Leave

            5.6        Parental Leave

            5.7        Jury Duty/Subpoena

            5.8        Catastrophic Leave - Natural Disaster

            5.9        Personal Leave Program

            5.10      Industrial Disability Leave

            5.11      Mentoring Leave

            5.12      Annual Leave Program

            5.13      Precinct Election Board Member

ARTICLE 6 – CLASSIFICATIONS

            6.1        Out-of-Classification Assignments

            6.2        Classification Changes

ARTICLE 7 - ALLOWANCES AND REIMBURSEMENTS

            7.1        Business and Travel Expense

            7.2        Commute Program

            7.3        Safety Footwear

            7.4        Class A and/or Class B Commercial Driver’s License and Medical Fees

7.5       Uniform Replacement Allowance - Department of Parks and Recreation and Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

            7.6        Overtime Meals

            7.7        Parking Rates

            7.8        Moving and Relocation

ARTICLE 8 - HOURS OF WORK AND OVERTIME

            8.1        Overtime

            8.2        Work Week Groups

            8.4        Work Shift Schedules

            8.5        Telecommuting and Alternate Work Schedules

ARTICLE 9 – HOLIDAYS

            9.1        Holidays

ARTICLE 10 – INSURANCE

            10.1      Life Insurance

            10.2      Accidental Death/Dismemberment Benefits

ARTICLE 11 – RETIREMENT

            11.1      First Tier Eligibility for Employees in Second Tier

            11.2      401(k) Deferred Compensation Program

            11.3      457 Deferred Compensation Program

            11.4      Tax Deferral and Lump Sum Leave Cash Out Upon Separation

            11.5      Determination of Safety Retirement Eligibility

            11.8      Employee Retirement Contribution Reduction - Safety Members

            11.9      Employee Retirement Contribution Reduction - Miscellaneous Members

ARTICLE 12 - GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE

            12.1      Purpose

            12.2      Definitions

            12.3      Time Limits

            12.4      Waiver of Steps

            12.5      Presentation

            12.6      Informal Discussion

            12.7      Formal Grievance - Step 1

            12.8      Formal Grievance - Step 2

            12.9      Formal Grievance - Step 3

            12.10    Formal Grievance - Step 4

            12.11    Response

            12.12    Formal Grievance - Step 5

ARTICLE 13 - LAYOFF AND REEMPLOYMENT

13.1      Layoff and Reemployment

13.2      Mitigation

ARTICLE 14 - HOME ADDRESSES

            14.1      Release of Home Addresses

            14.2      Work and Family Committee

ARTICLE 15 - PERSONNEL ACTIVITIES

            15.1      Personnel Files

            15.2      Appeal of Involuntary Transfer

ARTICLE 16 - HEALTH AND SAFETY

            16.1      Health and Safety

ARTICLE 17 - STATE RIGHTS

            17.1      State Rights

ARTICLE 18 – REPRESENTATION

            18.1      Representatives

            18.2      Employees

            18.3      Information

            18.4      Access

            18.5      Bulletin Boards

            18.6      Distribution of Literature

            18.7      Employee Orientation

            18.8      State Phones

            18.9      Organizational Security

            18.10    No Reprisal

            18.11    Information to Employees

            18.12    Payroll Deduction

ARTICLE 19 - ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND SUPERSESSION

            19.1      Entire Agreement

            19.2      Supersession

ARTICLE 20 - SAVINGS CLAUSE

            20.1      Savings Clause

ARTICLE 21 - NO-STRIKE CLAUSE

            21.1      No-Strike Clause

ARTICLE 22 – TRAINING

            22.1      Training

ARTICLE 23 - STATE-OWNED HOUSING RENTAL AND UTILITY RATES                           

            23.1      State-Owned Housing Rental and Utility Rates                                                  

ARTICLE 24 – CONTRACTING OUT                                                                               

ARTICLE 25 – ON-CALL/STANDBY TIME

                                                                                                           

APPENDICES AND SIDELETTERS

  Appendix A - Salary Schedule

           APPENDIX B - IRS Agreement

            SIDE LETTER   #1 - Associate Transportation Engineer, Caltrans

            SIDE LETTER #10 - Survivor Benefits

            SIDE LETTER #12 - Work and Family Issues

            SIDE LETTER #15 – CAL/EPA Relocation Agreement

           


ARTICLE 1
RECOGNITION AND PURPOSE

1.1 Recognition and Purpose

This Memorandum of Understanding (hereinafter “MOU” or “Agreement”) is entered into by and between the State of California (hereinafter “State” or “State employer”) and Professional Engineers in California Government (hereinafter “PECG”), pursuant to the Ralph C. Dills Act, Government Code Sections 3512 et seq.

Its purpose is to improve employer-employee relations between the parties by establishing wages, hours, other terms and conditions of employment, and other subjects contained herein.

Pursuant to the Dills Act and PERB Certification #S-SR-9, the State recognizes PECG as the exclusive representative of all employees in the Professional Engineer Unit, Unit 9 (hereinafter “Bargaining Unit”). Pursuant to Government Code Section 3517, the State employer shall be represented by the Director of the Department of Personnel Administration (hereinafter “DPA”) or his/her designee.

ARTICLE 2
TERM

2.1 Term

a.   The terms of this contract shall go into effect on July 2, 2003 and shall remain in full force and effect through and including July 2, 2008.

b.   PECG reserves the right to reopen negotiations after March 1, 2008, by giving the State written notice.

c.   Effective 2006, PECG may reopen up to four (4) items in the MOU or other items within the scope of representation.

d.   If other Bargaining Units receive increases in items in these sections of the MOU, the same increases shall be provided to Unit 9 employees:

7.1    Business and Travel Expense

7.2    Commute Program

7.6    Overtime Meals

3.4    Bilingual Differential

4.3    NDI

4.4    Enhanced NDI

4.12  Rural Subsidy Program     

 

ARTICLE 3
SALARIES AND COMPENSATION

3.1  Salary Parity for Unit 9

All employees in classifications in Unit 9 shall receive salaries no less than salaries received by their counterparts in California’s larger local agencies and the University of California.  The determination of those salaries shall be based on DPA’s survey of Professional Engineer Benchmarks, utilizing the California public agencies and the University of California included in the department’s survey dated December 2002, updated annually, and the local agency classifications and salary range matches contained therein.  The salary survey for those classifications and agencies shall be updated no less than once per year.  The agencies and classifications included in the survey shall only be changed upon agreement between DPA and PECG.

 The calculation of the salary lead or lag for Unit 9 employees shall be based on weighted average salaries of employees in the classifications in those surveyed agencies.

 All steps in each salary range shall be increased by the same percentage.  The salary for intermediate classifications in ranges between the Entry and Supervisory levels shall be based on prorating or interpolating the salaries. 

 All salary increases shall be rounded to the nearest dollar.  In no event shall salaries be reduced as a result of this provision.  DPA and PECG may negotiate salaries above the minimum level on any general, regional, specialty, classification, department, or other basis they choose to agree upon.

 Salaries for Unit 9 employees shall be increased as appropriate to correspond to the timing of the salaries received by local agency employees included in the survey, with adjustments in the Unit 9 salaries occurring no less than once every 12 months, as follows: 

  • Effective July 1, 2005, the salary increase for all Unit 9 employees shall be no less than 25% of the lag calculated from the December 2004 survey or later.
  • Effective July 1, 2006, the salary increase for all Unit 9 employees shall be no less than 50% of the lag calculated from the survey dated December 2005 or later.
  • Effective July 1, 2007, the salary increase for all Unit 9 employees shall be no less than 75% of the lag calculated from the survey dated December 2006 or later.
  • Effective July 1, 2008, and thereafter, the salaries for all Unit 9 employees shall be such that any lag calculated from the December 2007 or later DPA survey shall be entirely eliminated.


 

State of California – Governmental Salary Report – December 2002

Benchmark Title: Civil Engineer/Civil Engineer Registered
State Comparisons
(1) Entry/Non-Registered Journey Level:  Transportation Engineer (Civil) (Range A-B)
(2) Journey Level:  Transportation Engineer (Registered Civil) (Range D)
(3) Senior Level: Senior Transportation Engineer, Caltrans

Government Data

(1) Entry/Non-Registered Journey

(2) Registered Journey

(3) Supervisory Level

Salary Minimum

Salary Maximum

Salary Minimum

Salary Maximum

Salary Minimum

Salary Maximum

State of California

$3,273

$4,550

$4,635

$5,632

$5,087

$6,181

Alameda County

$4,710

$5,442

$6,013

$7,307

$7,284

$8,859

Contra Costa County

$4,726

$5,618

$5,750

$7,733

$6,667

$8,104

Fresno County

$4,454

$5,414

$4,329

$7,180

$4,961

$8,160

Los Angeles County

$4,096

$5,088

$5,139

$6,385

$6,385

$7,932

Orange County

$4,656

$5,327

$5,765

$6,606

$6,431

$7,367

Riverside County

$3,556

$5,322

$4,419

$5,917

$5,323

$6,758

Sacramento County

$4,152

$5,046

$5,290

$6,125

$6,421

$7,080

San Bernardino County

$3,831

$4,890

$4,434

$5,665

$5,801

$7,429

San Diego County

$3,621

$5,086

$4,926

$5,989

$5,817

$7,070

Santa Clara County

$4,893

$5,950

$5,836

$7,093

$6,834

$8,327

SF City/County

$4,483

$6,036

$5,891

$8,290

$7,893

$9,594

City of Fresno

$3,427

$4,158

$5,121

$6,228

$5,828

$7,088

City of Los Angeles

$4,256

$5,286

$5,566

$6,915

$6,543

$8,131

City of Oakland

$3,883

$4,767

$5,243

$6,438

$6,445

$7,914

City of Riverside

$4,414

$5,365

$5,110

$6,212

$6,751

$8,202

City of Sacramento

$3,053

$5,240

$4,520

$6,360

$5,000

$7,502

City of San Diego

$3,644

$5,079

$4,853

$5,861

$5,595

$6,764

City of San Jose

$4,953

$6,034

$6,017

$7,334

$7,317

$8,914

California State University

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University of California

$3,417

$6,150

$4,133

$7,442

$4,550

$7,775

Federal Government

$3,315

$4,309

$4,807

$6,249

$5,716

$7,431

Average Private Salary

$4,936

$6,080

$6,958

Average State Salary

$4,494

$5,406

$6,108

Civil Engineer/Civil Engineer (Registered) - This is a working-level professional engineer.  Incumbents perform a wide variety of professional engineering work in either an office or field setting.  As incumbents progress they are assigned more difficult work and may function as a lead person over the activities of engineering and technical personnel.  The entry level requires graduation from a four-year curriculum in civil engineering accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology or possession of a valid certificate as an Engineer-in-Training issued by the California State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. At the journey level with registration, the engineer may be in a responsible charge capacity.  Incumbents at the supervisory level are distinguished from lead engineers in that their role is predominately directing the work of subordinate professional engineers and registration is mandatory for these positions.  Some positions may be titled supervising engineer.


3.2 Merit Salary Adjustments

a.   Unit 9 employees shall receive annual merit salary adjustments in accordance with Government Code Section 19832 and applicable DPA rules.

b.   Notwithstanding 2 Cal. Code Reg. § 599.684, an employee whose merit salary adjustment is denied may appeal pursuant to Article 12 (Grievance and Arbitration) of this agreement.

3.3 Professional Qualification Compensation

a.   Licensing Examinations – Fees and Time Off

1.   Upon successful completion of the examination for the licenses listed below, the State shall reimburse Unit 9 employees for their application fee for the following professional licenses: Engineer, Architect, Landscape Architect, Engineering Geologist, Land Surveyor,