BARGAINING UNITS 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, AND 21 ...

1 Agreement Between STATE OF CALIFORNIA. and SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU) LOCAL 1000. covering BARGAINING UNITS 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, AND 21. MASTER AGREEMENT. Effective January 2, 2020 through June 30, 2023. PREAMBLE .. 29. ARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION .. 29. Recognition .. 29. Designation of Confidential Positions (Unit 1) .. 36. Designation of Confidential Positions (Unit 4) .. 37. ARTICLE 2 UNION REPRESENTATIVES .. 38. Union Representatives .. 38. Access .. 40. Use of State Equipment .. 40. Distribution of Union Information (Excludes UNITS 14 and 17) .. 41. Distribution of Literature (Unit 14) .. 42. Distribution of Union Information (Unit 17) .. 43. Use of State Facilities .. 44. Steward Time Off .. 44. Employee Time Off .. 45. Union Steward Protection .. 45. Union Information Packets .. 45. Orientation .. 46. BARGAINING Unit Negotiating Committee Member Time Off .. 46. ARTICLE 3 UNION SECURITY .. 46. Union Security.

2 46. Release of Home Addresses: Non Law Enforcement Employees .. 47. Union Label (Unit 14) .. 49. ARTICLE 4 STATE'S RIGHTS .. 50. State's Rights .. 50. ARTICLE 5 GENERAL PROVISIONS .. 51. No Strike .. 51. No Lockout .. 52. Individual Agreements Prohibited .. 52. Savings Clause .. 52. Reprisals .. 52. Supersession .. 52. 2. SEIU MASTER AGREEMENT. 2020-2023. Non-Discrimination .. 61. Sexual Harassment .. 62. Labor Management Committees .. 62. Dignity Clause .. 63. Upward Mobility Program .. 64. Joint Task Force on the Future of Work and Civil Service .. 64. Correctional Case Records Analyst Workload Committee (Unit 1) .. 65. Upward Mobility Task Force (Unit 4) .. 66. INTENTIONALLY EXCLUDED .. 67. Guide, Historical Monument Joint Labor Management Committee (JLMC) . California Department of Parks and Recreation (Unit 1) .. 67. BU 14 Upward Mobility Joint Labor Management Committee (Unit 14) .. 68. Joint Labor Management Committee Employment Development Department (EDD) Workforce Services Branch (WSB) Job Service Field Division (JS) and Unemployment Insurance Branch (UIB) Employment Program Representatives (EPR) and Disability Insurance Branch (DIB) Disability Insurance Program Representatives (DIPR) (Unit 1).

3 69. INTENTIONALLY EXCLUDED .. 70. Joint Labor Management Committee (JLMC) (Unit 11) .. 70. Disability Determination Services (DDSD) Joint Labor Management Committee (Unit 1) .. 71. Disability Determination Services Division (DDSD) Joint Labor Management Committee (Unit 4) .. 72. Custodian Joint Labor Management Committee (Unit 15) .. 73. Recruitment and Retention Committee (Unit 1) .. 74. Classification Recruitment and Retention Committee (Unit 17) .. 75. Budget Solutions Task Force .. 75. Joint Labor/Management Committee (JLMC) Office of State Publishing (OSP) (Unit 14) .. 77. Food Service Workers Joint Labor Management Committee (Unit 15) .. 77. Labor Management Committee, California School for the Deaf, Riverside (Unit 20) .. 78. BARGAINING Unit 3 Classification and Compensation Committee (Unit 3) .. 78. 3. SEIU MASTER AGREEMENT. 2020-2023. Information Technology Joint Apprenticeship Committee .. 79. IT Reclassification Committee (Unit 1).

4 80. ARTICLE 6 GRIEVANCE, ARBITRATION, AND AWOL PROCEDURES .. 80. Purpose .. 80. Definitions .. 80. Time Limits .. 81. Waiver of Steps .. 81. Presentation .. 81. Informal Discussion .. 82. Formal Grievance Step 1 .. 82. Formal Grievance Step 2 .. 83. Formal Grievance Step 3 .. 83. Response .. 83. Formal Grievance Step 84. Grievance Review .. 85. AWOL Hearing Back Pay .. 85. Mini-Arbitration Procedure .. 85. ARTICLE 7 - HOLIDAYS .. 87. Holidays .. 87. Holidays State Special Schools (Residential Counselors and Night Attendants) (Unit 20) .. 92. ARTICLE 8 LEAVES .. 93. Vacation/Annual Leave .. 93. Sick Leave .. 97. Bereavement Leave .. 101. Parental Leave .. 103. Adoption Leave .. 104. Union Leave .. 104. Unpaid Leave of 106. Transfer of Leave Credits, Work and Family Program (Catastrophic Leave) .. 107. Catastrophic Leave - Natural Disaster .. 109. 4. SEIU MASTER AGREEMENT. 2020-2023. Release Time for State Civil Service Examinations.

5 110. Release Time for State Personnel Board Hearings .. 112. Leave Credits Upon Transfer in State Service .. 112. Court Appearance and/or Subpoenas (Excludes Unit 17) .. 112. Court Appearance and/or Court Subpoenas (Unit 17) .. 113. Jury Duty .. 114. Personal Leave Program (PLP) Voluntary (Excludes Unit 21) .. 115. Personal Leave Voluntary (Unit 21) .. 117. Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).. 120. Mentoring Leave .. 122. INTENTIONALLY EXCLUDED .. 124. Work and Family Participation .. 124. Paid Time Off Precinct Election Board .. 126. Blood Donation Programs .. 126. 9-12, 10-12, and 11-12 Leave (Unit 3) .. 126. 10-12 Leave (Unit 21) .. 128. Vacation Calendar (Unit 14) .. 129. DSH Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) Vacation Scheduling (Unit 20) .. 129. Employment Development Department (EDD) Vacation Leave Policy (Unit 1).. 132. Department of Veterans Affairs Home Vacation Scheduling (Unit 20) .. 137. Department of Developmental Services Vacation Scheduling System for Common Level of Care (LOC) Nursing Staff in BARGAINING Unit 15 (Unit 15).

6 138. DDS Vacation Scheduling: Three Vacation Period Scheduling Method (Unit 17) .. 140. Department of Developmental Services/LVN Vacation Scheduling (Unit 20).. 143. Department of State Hospitals (DSH) Vacation/Annual Leave Scheduling (Unit 15) .. 145. DSH Vacation Scheduling (Unit 17) .. 148. CDCR/CCHCS Vacation Scheduling Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists (Unit 20).. 150. 5. SEIU MASTER AGREEMENT. 2020-2023. Department of Veterans Affairs Vacation Scheduling (Unit 17) .. 151. CDCR-CCHCS Vacation Scheduling - Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), and Medical Assistants (MAs) (Unit 20) .. 153. CDCR-CCHCS Vacation Scheduling (Unit 17) .. 154. Dependent Care Leave (Unit 20) .. 154. Educational Leave (Unit 3) .. 155. Paid Education Leave (Unit 17) .. 158. Continuing Education Leave (Unit 20) .. 158. Educational Leave (Unit 21) .. 160. Non-Paid Educational or Research Leave (Unit 17) .. 166.

7 INTENTIONALLY EXCLUDED .. 167. Family Crisis Leave Bank, State Special Schools (Unit 20) .. 167. Personal Leave Program: 1992 and 2003 (Unit 21) .. 168. Personal Leave Program (PLP) 2010 and 2012 .. 169. Time Off for Victims of Domestic Violence (Notice of Rights Under Labor Code ) .. 169. Organ 170. INTENTIONALLY EXCLUDED .. 172. ARTICLE 9 HEALTH AND WELFARE .. 172. Health Benefits (Excludes UNITS 3 and 17) .. 172. Health Benefit (Unit 3) .. 174. Health/Dental/Vision Benefits (Unit 17) .. 176. Dental Benefit (Excludes Unit 17) .. 181. Vision Benefit (Excludes Unit 17) .. 182. Out-of-State Supplemental Health Care Program .. 183. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) .. 183. Pre-Tax of Health and Dental Premiums Costs .. 185. Pre-Retirement Death Continuation of Benefits .. 185. INTENTIONALLY EXCLUDED .. 186. Presumptive Illness .. 186. Employee Injury on the Job .. 186. 6. SEIU MASTER AGREEMENT. 2020-2023. Enhanced Industrial Disability Leave (EIDL).

8 187. FlexElect Program .. 188. Long-Term Care Insurance Plan .. 189. Temporarily Disabled Employees .. 190. Industrial Disability Leave (IDL) .. 190. Group Legal Service Plan .. 191. State Disability Insurance (SDI) .. 192. Caltrans Life Insurance (Unit 4) .. 195. Life Insurance (Unit 11).. 196. Alternative Pre-Retirement Death Benefit (Unit 21) .. 198. Light/Limited Duty Assignments (Unit 3) .. 198. Light/Limited Duty Assignments (Unit 14) .. 199. Light/Limited Duty Assignments (Unit 15) .. 201. Light/Limited Duty Assignments (Unit 17) .. 202. Light/Limited Duty Assignments (Unit 20) .. 203. Continuation of Flexible Benefits Election (Unit 20) .. 204. Reasonable Accommodation (Unit 17) .. 205. Health Benefits Advisory Committee .. 205. Medical Reimbursement Account Workgroup .. 206. Prefunding of Post-Retirement Health Benefits .. 206. ARTICLE 10 HEALTH AND 208. Health and Safety Commitment .. 208. Health and Safety Committees.

9 208. Occupational Hazards .. 209. Injury and Illness Prevention Programs (IIPP) .. 209. Health and Safety Education and Training (Unit 11) .. 210. Safety Orientation (Unit 17) .. 210. Safety Orientation (Unit 20) .. 211. Health Promotion Activities (Unit 21) .. 211. Emergency Evacuation Procedures .. 211. Protective Clothing (Excludes UNITS 17 and 21) .. 212. 7. SEIU MASTER AGREEMENT. 2020-2023. Protective Clothing and Equipment (Unit 17) .. 212. Protective Clothing (Unit 21) .. 213. Protective Clothing Program at Office of State Publishing (OSP) (Unit 14)214. Safety Equipment (Excludes UNITS 15, 17 and 21) .. 214. Safety Equipment and Safety Goggles/Glasses (Unit 15) .. 215. Safety Equipment (Unit 21) .. 216. Medical Monitoring (Excludes UNITS 14, 17 and 21) .. 217. Medical Monitoring (Unit 17) .. 217. Hazardous Materials (Excludes Unit 17) .. 217. Hazardous Materials (Unit 17) .. 218. Employee Restroom Facilities .. 218.

10 Access to Work Areas 24 Hours (Excludes UNITS 17 and 21) .. 218. Access to Work Areas 24 Hours (Unit 21).. 219. Personal Alarms (Excludes UNITS 15, 17 and 21) .. 219. Personal Alarms-CDCR (Unit 15) .. 220. Personal Alarms (Unit 21) .. 220. Personal Alarms: CDCR (Unit 17) .. 221. Alarm System: DDS and DSH (Unit 15) .. 221. Alarm System: DDS and DSH (Unit 17) .. 222. Referral of Assault/Battery (Excludes UNITS 1, 3, 11, 14, 17 and 21).. 222. Referral of Assault/Battery (Excludes UNITS 4, 11, 15, 17 and 20).. 222. Referral of Assault/Battery (Unit 11) .. 223. Referral of Assault/Battery (Unit 17) .. 223. Assaultive Behavior (Excludes UNITS 3 and 17) .. 223. Positive Behavioral Support Training (Unit 3) .. 223. Prevention and Management of Assaultive Behavior or Therapeutic Strategies and Interventions Training (Unit 17) .. 224. Active Treatment Crisis Management, Therapeutic Strategies and Interventions Training or Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, (CPI) (Unit 15).