Contract Overview  |  July 1, 2008 Salary Increases for Unit 9 Employees

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