S&HS P2 contract - Connecticut

1 contract BETWEEN STATE OF Connecticut AND AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES (P-2) BARGAINING UNIT EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009 EXPIRING JUNE 30, 2012 ANDiTABLE OF CONTENTSP reamble ..1 Article 1 Recognition ..1 Article 2 Entire Agreement ..2 Article 3 Temporary, Durational, Provisional & Permanent Part-Time EE' 4 No Strikes - No Lockouts ..7 Article 5 Management Rights ..7 Article 6 Union Security And Payroll Article 7 Union Rights ..9 Article 8 Personnel Article 9 Service Ratings ..16 Article 10 Training ..18 Article 11 Working Test Period ..20 Article 12 Seniority ..22 Article 13 Order Of Layoff And Article 14 Transfers.

2 28 Article 15 Grievance Procedure ..30 Article 15a Reclassification Grievances ..36 Article 16 Dismissal, Suspension, Demotion Or Other Article 17 Hours Of Work And Work Schedules ..40 iiArticle 18 Overtime ..43 Article 19 Non-Discrimination ..46 Article 20 Contracting Article 21 Labor-Management Committee ..47 Article 22 ..48 Article 23 Indemnification ..50 Article 24 Pregnancy, Maternal And Parental Leave ..51 Article 25 Civil Leave And Jury Duty ..52 Article 26 Military Article 27 Holidays ..53 Article 28 29 Sick Article 30 Personal Leave ..61 Article 31 Compensation ..62 Article 32 Temporary Service In A Higher Article 33 Class Reevaluations ..66 Article 34 Group Health Insurance.

3 67 Article 35 Article 36 Work Related Disabilities ..68 iiiArticle 37 Hazardous Duty ..69 Article 38 Uniforms And Article 39 Travel Reimbursements ..69 Article 40 Printing Of Article 41 Miscellaneous ..71 Article 42 43 Legislative Action ..74 Article 44 Savings Clause ..74 Article 45 Tuition Reimbursement ..74 Article 46 Conference And Workshop Article 47 Standby Article 48 Past Practices ..81 Article 49 Duration Of Agreement ..81 Memorandum of Understanding Re: Furlough Days ..82 Appendix A Excerpts From Scope & State Agreement ..84 Appendix B Memorandum Of Understanding I CJTS Pass Days ..91 Memorandum Of Understanding II DCF Parole Services Social Workers ..92 Memorandum Of Understanding III Department Of Labor Job Fairs.

4 93 Memorandum Of Understanding IV DSS-Protective Services Elderly Standby Program ..94 Memorandum Of Understanding V Implementation Of Increased Workweek ..96 iv Memorandum Of Understanding VI OPA Standby ..98 Memorandum Of Understanding VII DSS Alternative Work Schedules ..101 Memorandum Of Understanding VIII OPA Work Schedule Agreement ..103 Memorandum Of Understanding IX Article 16, Section Two Confirmation Of Oral Memorandum Of Understanding X DSS Vacation Memorandum Of Understanding XI DCF Standby Program ..106 Memorandum Of Agreement XII DCF- Out Of State Visitation Unit ..109 Appendix C Stipulated Agreement I DCF Hotline Positions ..111 Stipulated Agreement II DSS Overtime.

5 112 Stipulated Agreement III DSS Staffing Equalization ..113 Stipulated Agreement IV Regional Supersedence P-2 Unit Classifications .. 120 Longevity ..124 Stipulated Agreement regarding DCF Youth Services Swaps of October, Stipulated Agreement Regarding OLR Case State of CT Re: DCF Work Schedule Accommodations (Lynn Paton to Jim French) ..128 Memorandum of Understanding Regarding OLR 12-5453/ DAS 1211050 SWT Pay Plan ..129 Stipulated Agreement Regarding DCF Hotline Executed October-November 2001 ..132 Stipulated Agreement Regarding SPP-26,451 ..135 Memorandum of Understanding Regarding DSS vAgreement Regarding DSS "less arduous duty" Searches ..138 Stipulated Agreement Regarding SPP-26,308.

6 139 Memorandum of Understanding Regarding VeteransPerformance Awards, Etc ..140 Memorandum of Agreement Regarding VA Work StudyAllowance Program ..142 Memorandum of Understanding Regarding DOL Reemployment Services Letter Re: DOL Classification Agreement ..146 Agreements and Letters Concerning CDHI ..147 Stipulated Agreement Regarding SPP-27,039 BESB Equipment ..158 Stipulated Agreement DPH Strike Monitoring Stipulated Agreement Regarding CHRO Job Vacancy Postings ..159 Memorandum of Understanding Regarding DDS Adjusted Work Letter Re: DCF SIU and Revenue SEBAC 3 Agreement Regarding Placement and Training ..163 MOU regarding DOL Intermittent Employees ..165 Letter Re: DCF Regional Locations.

7 167 Memorandum of Understanding Article 7, Section 4 ..168 State Of Connecticut Bargaining Team .. 169 AFSCME P-2 Bargaining Team .. 170 Pay Plans .. 171 Blank1 PREAMBLE STATE OF Connecticut , acting by and through the Office of Labor Relations, hereinafter called the "State" or the "Employer", and Locals 269, 7l4 and 2663 of Council #4, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, hereinafter called "AFSCME" or the "Union", hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION Section One. The State recognizes the Union for the purpose of collective bargaining as the exclusive representative of all the employees in the unit certified by the Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations in Case No.

8 SE-4723, Decision No. l686 D, issued January l0, l979, including employees hired as Federal Grant Participants and, subject to the terms of Article 3, probationary, temporary, durational, provisional and permanent part-time employees. Section Two. Definitions. (a) A permanent employee is an employee who has completed the initial working test period and, if the position is competitive, has been appointed from a certified list. (b) A temporary employee is an employee who has been hired to fill a temporary, seasonal or emergency position. (c) A durational employee is an employee who has been hired to fill one of the following types of positions: a position of an individual who is on workers' compensation leave; a position of an individual who is on an extended paid or unpaid leave; or a position created for a specially funded program of a specified term.

9 (d) A provisional employee is an employee who has been appointed to a permanent position pending State examination or examination results. 2 (e) A nonpermanent position is a temporary, emergency or seasonal position. (f) A permanent position is any position which is not a temporary, emergency or seasonal position. Section Three. This Agreement shall pertain only to those employees whose job titles are included in the Social and Human Services (P-2) unit, who work twenty (20) or more hours per week, and shall not apply to nonpermanent employees appointed to nonpermanent positions. Nonpermanent employees appointed to permanent positions are covered by this Agreement; this includes employees on initial working test period who are in permanent positions.

10 However, application of this Agreement to temporary or durational appointees is subject to the limitations of Article 3. Section Four. Nothing in this Article shall be read or interpreted to restrict the State from exercising its prerogatives under 5-270(g) concerning the exclusion of managerial employees from collective bargaining. Any disputes concerning this issue of managerial designations shall be within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations to resolve. ARTICLE 2 ENTIRE AGREEMENT This Agreement, upon legislative approval and ratification, (where applicable), supersedes and cancels all prior practices and agreements, whether written or oral, unless expressly stated to the contrary herein, and constitutes the complete and entire agreement between the parties and concludes collective bargaining for its term.