BARGAINING UNIT 12 CRAFT AND MAINTENANCE

1 Agreement Between The State of California and International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE). covering BARGAINING unit 12. CRAFT AND MAINTENANCE . Effective July 1, 2015 through July 1, 2020. 1. BU 12. 2015-2020. TABLE OF CONTENTS. ARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION .. 11. ARTICLE 2 - SALARIES .. 11. Classification Pay Plan .. 11. Salaries .. 11. Department of Water Resources Apprentice 14. Merit Salary Adjustments .. 16. Pay 16. Timely Payment of Wages .. 16. Recovery of Overpayments .. 17. Night Shift Differential .. 19. Special Duty 20. Alternate Range 40 .. 20. Bilingual Differential Pay .. 21. Recruitment and Retention Differential .. 22. Recruitment and Retention, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation .. 23. Commercial Driver's License Differential .. 24. Special Assignment Pay .. 26. Agricultural Pest Control License Differential .. 27. Water and/or Wastewater Operator Certificate Differential .. 28. Certificate Incentive Program - DWR.

2 29. META Instructor Pay .. 30. Fire Mission Pay .. 30. DWR Operational Availability Incentive Program .. 31. Certified Backflow Tester Differential .. 32. 2. BU 12. 2015-2020. California Highway Patrol R&R .. 33. Dept. of Military Crane Differential .. 34. Dept. of Water Resources Crane Differential .. 35. Monthly Payroll Conversion .. 36. ARTICLE 3 - HEALTH AND WELFARE .. 36. Health, Dental, Vision .. 36. Pre-Tax of Health/Dental Premiums Costs .. 39. Flexible Benefit Program .. 39. Employee Injury on the Job .. 40. Enhanced Industrial Disability Leave .. 40. Long-Term Care Insurance Plan .. 41. Non-Industrial Disability 41. Non-Industrial Disability Insurance - Annual 42. Highway MAINTENANCE Worker Life Insurance .. 44. ARTICLE 4 HEALTH AND SAFETY .. 45. Health and Safety Committees .. 45. Safety Devices .. 46. Footwear .. 46. Protective Clothing .. 47. Restroom Facilities .. 48. Presumptive Illness .. 48. Safety Awareness Program - Caltrans.

3 48. Safety Incentive Award Program Caltrans and DWR .. 48. Department of General Services Incentive Award Program .. 50. Safety Incentive Award Program Del Mar Fairgrounds .. 50. 3. BU 12. 2015-2020. Personal Alarm Devices .. 52. Infectious Disease Control Training .. 52. Vehicle Inspection - District Fairs .. 53. ARTICLE 5 UNION RIGHTS .. 53. Representatives .. 53. Employee Time Off .. 54. Access .. 54. Steward 55. Use of State Phones/Faxes .. 55. Use of State Facilities .. 55. IUOE Information Packets/ New Employee Orientations .. 55. General Information .. 56. Release of Home Addresses .. 56. Bulletin Boards .. 57. Union Logos .. 58. ARTICLE 6 STATE RIGHTS .. 58. ARTICLE 7 HOURS OF 59. Workweek .. 59. Excess Time .. 59. Flexible Work Hours .. 60. Change of Shift, Work Hours, Work Week .. 60. Rest Periods .. 61. Meal Periods .. 61. Overtime Distribution .. 62. Overtime Compensation .. 62. 4. BU 12. 2015-2020.

4 Immediate Response Status- CalFIRE (and all other affected Departments) .. 63. Calls to Work/Scheduled Overtime .. 63. Telecommunications Technician Standby OES .. 65. Occasional Regular Day Off Trade-CDCR .. 70. ARTICLE 8 - HOURS OF WORK AND OVERTIME ROTATING SHIFT .. 71. Rotating Shift Classes (DWR only) .. 71. Rotating-Shift Employee Work Schedule (Replaces Section ) (DWR. only) .. 71. Vacation/Holiday Scheduling (Replaces Sections 9(H) and ) (DWR. only) .. 72. Overtime (Replaces Sections , , and ) (DWR only) .. 73. Holidays (Replaces Article 9) (DWR only) .. 74. Shift Premium (Replaces Section ) (DWR only) .. 75. Twelve Hour Shift Schedule (DWR only) .. 75. ARTICLE 9 HOLIDAYS .. 77. ARTICLE 10 LEAVES .. 79. Vacation Leave .. 79. Sick Leave .. 81. Annual Leave Program .. 82. Bereavement Leave .. 84. Parental Leave .. 85. Adoption Leave .. 86. Transfer of Leave Credits .. 86. Catastrophic Leave - Natural Disaster.

5 87. Jury Duty .. 88. 5. BU 12. 2015-2020. Union Leave .. 89. Mentoring Leave .. 90. Release Time for State Personnel Board Hearings .. 91. Release Time for Commercial Driver's License Examination .. 91. Unpaid Leave of Absence .. 92. Personal Leave .. 92. Personal Leave Program 2010 .. 93. Cash out of Vacation/Annual Leave .. 94. Professional Development Days .. 94. Wounded Warrior Transitional Leave .. 94. Excess Leave Balance Committee .. 95. ARTICLE 11 RETIREMENT .. 95. 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). Retirement Formula (2% at age 62)/Employee Contribution/Final Compensation .. 95. Second-Tier Retirement Plan .. 98. First Tier Eligibility for Employees in Second Tier .. 99. Retirement Formula for Safety Members: State Safety A Formula ( at age 55) State Safety B Formula (2% at age 55) and PEPRA State Safety Formula (2% at age 57).

6 100. Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) .. 102. Retirement: Tax Treatment of Employee Retirement Contributions .. 102. 401(K) Deferred Compensation Program .. 104. Alternative Pre-retirement Death Benefit .. 104. 1959 Survivor's Benefits (fifth level) .. 105. Items Excluded from Compensation for Retirement 106. 6. BU 12. 2015-2020. Feasibility Study for Long Term Disability Benefits .. 106. Special Death Benefits Caltrans Highway Workers .. 107. CalPERS Transparency .. 107. Prefunding of Postretirement Health Benefits .. 107. Caltrans/State Hospitals Retirement .. 110. Health Benefit Vesting .. 110. Dental Benefit Vesting .. 111. Employer Contribution for Retiree Health 111. ARTICLE 12 ALLOWANCES AND REIMBURSEMENTS .. 112. Business and Travel 112. Overtime Meal Allowance .. 118. Class A and Class B Commercial Driver's License Medical Examinations .. 121. Class A and/or Class B Driver's License Fee Reimbursement.

7 121. Agricultural Pest Control Licenses .. 122. Tool 122. Uniform .. 124. Uniform Reimbursement- CAL FIRE .. 124. Uniform Reimbursement - DPR .. 125. Transportation Incentives .. 126. Moving Expenses .. 127. ARTICLE 13 ORGANIZATIONAL SECURITY .. 127. Dues Deduction and 127. Agency 128. ARTICLE 14 GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION PROCEDURE .. 129. Purpose .. 129. 7. BU 12. 2015-2020. Definitions .. 129. Waiver of Time Limits/Steps .. 130. Presentation .. 130. Grievance and Arbitration Procedure Department of Transportation .. 130. Formal Grievance - Step 1 .. 131. Formal Grievance - Step 2 .. 131. Formal Grievance - Step 3 .. 131. Board of Adjustment .. 132. Reconsideration .. 133. 133. Health and Safety Grievances .. 134. ARTICLE 15 AWOL AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION .. 134. ARTICLE 16 - CAREER DEVELOPMENT .. 137. Training .. 137. Private Rooms .. 139. Joint Apprenticeship 139. Release Time for State Civil Service Examinations.

8 141. Promotional List Eligibility .. 141. Performance Appraisal of Permanent Employees .. 141. Personnel and Evaluation Materials .. 142. ARTICLE 17 POST AND BID .. 143. Post and Bid - Local Work Locations .. 143. Transfer from Outside the Local Work Location .. 144. Apprentices .. 146. Mandatory Placement .. 146. 8. BU 12. 2015-2020. Appeal of Involuntary Transfer .. 146. Post and Bid Seniority Ties .. 147. Reassignment .. 147. Caltrans Winter Post and Bid .. 148. ARTICLE 18 CLASSIFICATION .. 148. Classification Changes .. 148. Out of Classification 149. Work Assignments .. 150. Classification Study .. 150. Planning and Scheduling Assignment (DWR Only) .. 151. ARTICLE 19 - PERMANENT INTERMITTENT APPOINTMENTS .. 151. Seasonal Employees .. 154. ARTICLE 20 - GENERAL PROVISIONS .. 155. No Strike .. 155. No Lockout .. 155. Reprisals .. 155. Individual Agreement .. 156. Reducing the Adverse Effects of Layoff .. 156.

9 Military Installations .. 156. State Owned Housing Rental and Utility Rates .. 156. Legal Services Plan .. 157. Personal Services Contracts .. 157. Joint Labor Management Committee (Caltrans only) .. 158. Critical Staffing Shortages- Department of Water Resources .. 158. 9. BU 12. 2015-2020. ARTICLE 21 SUPERSESSION .. 160. ARTICLE 22- ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND SAVINGS CLAUSE .. 166. Entire Agreement .. 166. Savings Clause .. 167. ARTICLE 23 DURATION .. 167. Continuous Appropriation .. 168. SIDE LETTERS, ADDENDA & ATTACHMENTS .. 169. Side Letter 1 - Work Zone Safety CALTRANS .. 169. ADDENDUM 1 - Work Locations .. 169. ADDENDUM 2 - Work Locations State Parks .. 173. ADDENDUM 3 - Holiday Compensation Chart .. 176. ADDENDUM 4 Reassignment/Transfer Request .. 178. ADDENDUM 5 Job Description Form (CalHR 651) .. 179. SALARY SCHEDULE .. 189. SIGNATURE PAGE .. 199. 10. BU 12. 2015-2020. ARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION. A. This Memorandum of Understanding, hereinafter "MOU" or "Agreement", is entered into by the State of California, hereinafter the "State" or the "State employer", and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE, CRAFT MAINTENANCE Division, State of California Locals 3, 12, 39 and 501, AFL-CIO), hereinafter "IUOE", pursuant to the Dills Act, Government Code section 3517.

10 The term "MOU" or "Agreement" as used herein means a written agreement provided under section of the Government Code. B. Pursuant to the Dills Act and PERB certification S-D-133-S, the State recognizes IUOE (Locals 3, 12, 39 and 501) as the exclusive representative of all employees in the crafts and MAINTENANCE unit , unit 12 (hereinafter " unit " or " BARGAINING unit "). Pursuant to the Dills Act, IUOE (Locals 3, 12, 39 and 501) recognizes the Director of the California Department of Human Resources, hereinafter "CalHR", or his/her designee, as the negotiating representative for the State. IUOE shall negotiate exclusively with the Director or his/her designee within CalHR where the matter involves more than one department, except as otherwise agreed upon by the CalHR and IUOE. Nothing herein precludes the CalHR from delegating negotiations to an individual department when an issue affects an individual department. When negotiations are delegated, CalHR will delegate authority consistent with CalHR s usual and customary practice, to the Department's Labor Relations Office.