BARGAINING UNIT 1 PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, FINANCIAL …

1 AGREEMENT. between STATE OF CALIFORNIA. and CALIFORNIA STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (CSEA). covering BARGAINING unit 1. professional , administrative , FINANCIAL , and staff SERVICES. Effective January 31, 2002 through July 2, 2003. CALIFORNIA STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION. BARGAINING unit 1. professional , administrative , FINANCIAL , and staff SERVICES. TABLE OF CONTENTS. ARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION ..10. ARTICLE 2 UNION REPRESENTATION RIGHTS ..10. Union Representatives ..10. Use of State Equipment ..11. Distribution of Union Information ..12. Use of State Steward Time Off ..12. Employee Time Union Steward Union Information Packets ..13. BARGAINING unit Chair Time Off ..13. ARTICLE 3 UNION Union Security ..13. Release of Home Addresses: Non Law Enforcement Employees.

2 14. ARTICLE 4 STATE'S ARTICLE 5 GENERAL PROVISIONS ..16. No No Lockout ..16. Individual Agreements Savings Clause ..17. Reprisals ..17. Non-Discrimination ..23. Sexual Harassment ..23. Joint Labor/Management Committee on Discrimination (JLMCD) ..24. Labor/Management Committees ..25. Dignity Clause ..25. ARTICLE 6 GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION PROCEDURES ..25. 2. BU 1. 02-03. Purpose ..25. Time Limits ..26. Waiver of Steps ..26. Presentation ..26. Informal Discussion ..26. Formal Grievance Step 1 ..26. Formal Grievance Step 2 ..27. Formal Grievance Step 3 ..27. Response ..27. Formal Grievance Step 4 ..27. Health and Safety Grievance Review ..29. ARTICLE 7 - ARTICLE 8 LEAVES ..32. Vacation Sick Bereavement Leave.

3 35. Parental Leave ..36. Adoption Leave ..36. Union Leave ..37. Unpaid Leave of Absence ..38. Transfer of Leave Credits, Work and Family Program (Catastrophic Leave)..38. Catastrophic Leave - Natural Disaster ..39. Release Time for State Civil Service Examinations ..40. Release Time for State Personnel Board Hearings ..40. Leave Credits Upon Transfer in State Service ..41. Court Appearance and/or Jury Duty ..41. Personal Leave Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ..42. Mentoring Work and Family Annual Leave 3. BU 1. 02-03. Blood Donation Programs ..47. EDD Vacation Leave Policy ..47. ARTICLE 9 HEALTH AND WELFARE ..49. Benefit Plans ..49. Dental Benefit Vision Benefit Plan ..51. Rural Health Care Equity Program.

4 52. Employee Assistance Program ..53. Pre-Tax of Health and Dental Premiums Costs ..53. Pre-retirement Death Continuation of Joint Union/Management Benefits Advisory Committee ..54. Presumptive Illness ..54. Employee Injury on the Employee Injury or Disability ..55. Non-Industrial Disability Enhanced Industrial Disability Leave (EIDL) ..56. FlexElect Long-Term Care Insurance Plan ..57. Temporary Disabled Employees ..58. Industrial Disability Group Legal Service Plan ..59. Enhanced Non-Industrial Disability Payroll Protection Income Insurance/Long Term Disability ARTICLE 10 HEALTH AND SAFETY ..60. Health and Safety Commitment ..60. Health and Safety Occupational Hazards ..61. Injury and Illness Prevention Emergency Evacuation Procedures.

5 62. Safety Equipment ..62. Protective Clothing ..62. Medical Monitoring ..62. Hazardous Materials ..62. Employee Restroom 4. BU 1. 02-03. Access to Work Areas 24 Hours ..63. Personal Alarms ..63. Referral of Assault/Battery ..63. Computer Work Stations ..63. Assaultive Workplace Violence Prevention ..64. Independent Medical Examinations ..65. Infectious Disease Control ..65. Precautions Against Exposure to Bloodborne Remodeling/Renovations and Pest Smoking Cessation ..67. ARTICLE 11 SALARIES ..68. Salaries ..68. Salary Definitions ..68. Timely Payment of Wages ..69. Merit Salary Adjustments (MSA) ..69. Night Shift Bilingual Differential Pay ..70. Sustained Superior Accomplishment Awards ..72. Union-Management Committee on State Payroll System.

6 72. Recruitment and Retention Recruitment and Retention - Avenal, Ironwood, Calipatria, Chuckawalla Valley and Centinela Prisons ..72. Deferred Compensation Plans ..73. Tax Deferral of Lump Sum Leave Cash Out Upon Separation ..73. Institutional Worker Supervision Pay Differential ..74. Out-of-State Pay Differential ..74. Top Step Rounding ..74. Bay Area Recruitment and Retention Pay Differential ..75. Arduous Duty Differential for FLSA Exempt Employees ..75. Classification Studies ..77. California State Lottery Sales Incentive Bonus ..78. California State Lottery Business Building Incentive (BBI) Program ..81. 5. BU 1. 02-03. California Housing Loan Insurance Fund (CHLIF) Mortgage Insurance Profit Bonus 83.

7 Accounting Recruitment and Retention Differential - professional Certification Pay ..85. Personnel Specialist (PS) Classification: Workload Factors and Weights ..86. Personnel and Payroll Specialist: Recruitment & Retention Differential ..89. Recycling Specialist Differential Adjustment ..89. Property Appraiser/Investigator Differential Business Taxes Specialist Differential Adjustment ..90. Personnel and Payroll Specialist, Range D, Compensation ..90. Senior Personnel & Senior Payroll Specialist Compensation ..90. Lead Responsibilities ..91. ARTICLE 12 ALLOWANCES AND Business and Travel Moving and Relocation Expenses ..98. Parking Commute Program ..98. Transportation Incentives ..99. State Owned Housing.

8 99. Overtime Meal Benefits and Allowances - CDC and Overtime Meal Damaged or Destroyed Personal Property ..102. Uniform Replacement Allowance ..102. Tools, Business Equipment, Materials and Supplies ..103. professional Dues ..103. Reimbursement of Fees ..104. Aviation PERS Auditor professional License Fees ..104. Actuary Dues Department of Insurance ..105. ARTICLE 13 CAREER DEVELOPMENT ..105. Personnel and Evaluation Personal Performance Joint Apprenticeship Performance Appraisal of Permanent Employees ..107. 6. BU 1. 02-03. Education and Training ..108. Performance Standards ..109. Employee Recognition and Morale Program Franchise Tax Board and Board of Equalization ..110. Independent Research/ professional EDD Determinations Scheduling Standard.

9 111. ARTICLE 14 CLASSIFICATION ..112. Classification Out-of-Classification Grievances and Position Allocation Hearing Process ..112. Classification/Pay Data ..115. Duty Statements, Post Orders, and Work Instructions ..115. Automation and New Technology ..115. Job Assignment of Duties Normally Performed by BARGAINING unit Employees ..116. ARTICLE 15 TRANSFER ..116. Appeal of Involuntary Transfer ..116. Hardship Pilot Post and Bid ..117. EDD Post and Bid ARTICLE 16 LAYOFF ..125. Layoff and Reemployment ..125. Reducing the Adverse Effects of Layoff ..126. Alternative to Military Installations ..126. Layoff Employee Assistance Program ..126. ARTICLE 17 RETIREMENT ..127. First Tier Retirement Formula (2% @ 55).

10 127. Second-Tier Retirement Plan ..128. Employee Retirement Contribution Reduction for Miscellaneous Members ..128. Employee Retirement Contribution Reduction for Safety Members ..129. Employee Retirement Contribution Reduction for STRS Employer-Paid Employee Retirement Contributions ..130. 1959 Survivor's Benefits - Fifth Level ..130. Enhanced Industrial Retirement ..131. 7. BU 1. 02-03. Safety ARTICLE 18 PERMANENT INTERMITTENTS ..131. ARTICLE 19 HOURS OF WORK AND Hours of Work ..135. Rest Meal Periods ..139. Set Up/Shut Down Flexible Work Hours ..139. Exchange of Time Off - Multi-Shift Operations ..140. Work In Multiple Time Zone ..140. Call Back Time ..141. Standby Time ..141. Overtime Assignments for Work Week Group 2 Employees in BARGAINING Units 1, 4, and 11.