COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT between the …

1 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT between the alaska STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 52, AFL-CIO and the state OF alaska covering the GENERAL GOVERNMENT BARGAINING UNIT July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022 1 Table of Contents PREAMBLE .. 5 ARTICLE 1 - Union Recognition and Representation .. 5 Exclusive Recognition.. 5 New or Changed Classifications.. 5 Exclusive Representation.. 6 ARTICLE 2 - Union Representatives and Activities .. 6 Union Staff 6 6 Meeting Space.. 7 Bulletin Boards.

2 7 Use of State Equipment.. 7 ARTICLE 3 - Union Security .. 7 Noninterference.. 7 Employer s Notification Obligation.. 7 Responsibility of Representation.. 7 Payroll Deductions.. 8 Information Supplied to the Union.. 8 Indemnification of the Employer.. 8 ARTICLE 4 - Management Rights .. 9 ARTICLE 5 - No Strike or Lockout .. 9 No Strike or Lockout.. 9 Picket Lines and Noninterference.. 9 Violations.. 10 ARTICLE 6 - Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action .. 10 Nondiscrimination.. 10 Affirmative Action.. 10 Dignity Clause.. 10 ARTICLE 7 - Labor Management Committees.

3 10 Purpose and Procedures .. 10 ARTICLE 8 - Emergency Personnel .. 11 ARTICLE 9 - Nonpermanent Appointments .. 12 Wages.. 12 Short-Term Nonpermanent Appointments.. 12 Long-Term Nonpermanent Appointments.. 12 Probationary Credit.. 13 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Similar Nonpermanents.. 13 On-Call Nonpermanent Substitutes.. 13 alaska Temporary Assistance Program (ATAP) .. 14 ARTICLE 10 - Recruitment and Selection .. 15 Recruitment.. 15 Appointments.. 16 Duration of Applicant Pools and of Eligibility on Lists.. 17 Notification of Recruitment.

4 17 ARTICLE 11 - Employment Status .. 17 Appointments.. 17 Probationary Period.. 17 Permanent Status.. 19 Subfills.. 19 Seasonal Leave Without Pay.. 20 Rehire.. 20 Transfer.. 20 Demotion.. 21 Resignation.. 22 ARTICLE 12 - Layoff .. 22 General Provisions.. 22 Organizational Units.. 23 Order of Layoff.. 24 2 Notification.. 25 Rights of Laid-Off Employees.. 26 Return of a Laid-Off Employee .. 27 Termination of Recall Rights .. 27 Notice of Removal.. 28 ARTICLE 13 - Contracting Out .. 28 Feasibility Studies.. 28 Effect on Employees.. 29 Compliance.

5 29 ARTICLE 14 - Notice of Discipline and Discharge .. 29 ARTICLE 15 - Complaint Resolution Process .. 29 Individual Complaints.. 29 Group Complaints.. 31 Conversion to a Grievance.. 31 ARTICLE 16 - Grievance Arbitration .. 31 Procedure.. 31 Board of Arbitration.. 33 Authority of the Arbitrator .. 33 Removal of Documents.. 33 Arbitration Witnesses.. 34 Disciplinary Grievance.. 34 Class Action Grievances.. 34 Grievance Mediation.. 34 Expedited Arbitration.. 35 ARTICLE 17 - Classification Reviews .. 36 Review of Individual Positions.. 36 Class or Class Series Reviews.

6 36 Access to Job Descriptions.. 37 ARTICLE 18 - Performance Evaluations and Incentives .. 37 Performance Evaluations.. 37 Performance Incentives.. 38 Appeal Procedures.. 38 Performance Evaluation Disputes.. 39 ARTICLE 19 - Health and Security .. 41 Employee Life Insurance.. 41 Travel and Accident Insurance.. 41 Health Benefit Plan.. 41 Plan Access in the Workplace.. 42 Health Care Authority.. 42 ARTICLE 20 - Legal Trust Fund .. 42 ARTICLE 21 43 Wages.. 43 Wage Adjustments.. 47 Geographic Differential.. 47 Swing and Graveyard Shift Differentials.

7 49 Hazard Pay.. 49 General Pay Administration.. 50 Pay Procedures.. 53 Sea Duty Pay.. 54 ARTICLE 22 - Overtime and Premium Pay .. 55 Workweek.. 55 Overtime.. 55 Assignment of Overtime.. 56 Recall.. 57 Standby.. 57 Holiday Pay.. 58 Continuous Hours of Work.. 58 Overtime Pay Calculations.. 58 Weekend Differential Pay.. 58 3 Seasonal Overtime.. 58 Premium pay .. 59 ARTICLE 23 - Meal and Relief Periods .. 59 Meal Break.. 59 Additional Meal Break .. 59 Relief Period.. 59 ARTICLE 24 - Holidays .. 60 List.. 60 Observance of Holidays.

8 60 Designated Floating Holiday for Overtime Ineligible BARGAINING Unit Members.. 60 ARTICLE 25 - Annual and Sick 60 Annual Leave.. 60 Sick Leave.. 62 Extended Absence for Disability, Illness or Injury.. 64 Absence and Payment for Court Leave.. 64 Nonwar Military Duty Absence and Payment.. 64 Time Off to Vote.. 65 Other Approved Absence.. 65 Family Leave.. 65 Union Business Leave Bank.. 65 ARTICLE 26 - Personal Leave .. 66 (A) Rate of Accrual.. 66 (B) Rate of Accrual for Employees Hired on or after July 1, 2013.. 67 (C) Rate of Accrual for Employees Hired on or after July 1, 2013.

9 68 (D) Maximum Accumulation of Leave .. 68 Changes of Accrual Rate.. 68 Medical Leave Bank and Transfer of Accrued Sick Leave.. 68 Utilization and Disposal.. 69 Separation.. 70 Funeral Leave.. 70 Leave Cash-In .. 70 Union Business Leave Bank.. 70 Donations of Personal Leave.. 72 Court Leave.. 72 Military Leave.. 72 Family Leave.. 73 Emergency Leave Bank.. 73 Other Approved Absences.. 74 Leave Anniversary Date.. 74 Time Off to Vote.. 75 ARTICLE 27 - Shift Assignment .. 75 ARTICLE 28 - Equipment and Clothing .. 76 ARTICLE 29 - Safety and Health.

10 76 Safety Equipment.. 76 Monitored Health Program.. 76 Injury in the Line of Duty .. 76 ARTICLE 30 - Travel, Per Diem and Moving .. 77 .. 77 Duty Station.. 77 ARTICLE 31 - State Owned/Controlled Housing .. 78 Factors To Be Used In Determining Rent.. 78 Rental Formula.. 78 Rental Base Schedule.. 79 Facility Condition.. 80 Required To Live.. 80 Imposition On Privacy.. 80 Amenities Lacking.. 80 Travel Allowance.. 80 Geographic Differential Factors.. 81 4 Utility Charge.. 81 Mobile Home Pad Rental Rates.. 81 Damage Deposit.. 81 Clean-Up Deposit/Mobile Home Pads Only.