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3. FY2011-2013 10/01/2010DANNY L. KOLHA GE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT DATE: October 26, 2010 TO: Suzanne A. Hutton County Attorney ATTN: Kathy M. Peters Executive Assistant FROM: Pamela G. Hanc k, .C. At the October 20, 2010, Board of County Commissioner's meeting, the Board ratified and authorized execution of a Collective Bargaining Agreement with Teamsters Local 769, effective/retroactive to October 1, 2010. Enclosed are two duplicate originals of the above -mentioned for your handling. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact this office. cc: Finance File✓ CONTRACT BETWEEN MONROE COUNTY AND TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO.769 TABLE OF CONTENTS I 2 Page No. 3 4 Article 1 Recognition 3 5 6 Article 2 Intent and Purpose 3 7 8 Article 3 General 3 9 to Article 4 Non -Discrimination 3 11 12 ArticIe 5 Correspondence 4 13 14 Article 6 Bulletin Boards 4 15 16 Article 7 Management Rights 5 17 18 Article 8 Subcontracting 6 19 20 Article 9 Availability 7 21 22 Article 10 Safety 7 23 24 Article 11 Union Representation & Access 8 25 26 Article 12 Payroll Deduction, Union Initiation Fees and Union Dues 9 27 28 Article 13 No Strike - No Lockout 9 29 3o Article 14 Outside Employment 10 31 32 Article T5 Attendance and Punctuality 11 33 34 Article 16 Hours of Work 12 35 36 Article 17 Overtime 12 37 38 Article 18 On-Call/Standby 13 39 4o Article 19 Call Back 13 41 42 Article 20 Temporary Assignments 13 43 44 Article 21 Probationary Period 14 45 46 Article 22 Promotions — Job Openings 15 47 48 49 Rev. 9/7/10 - 1 - Page No. t 2 3 Article 23 Discipline 15 4 5 Article 24 Grievance and Arbitration 16 6 7 Article 25 Separations 19 8 9 Article 26 Insurance 20 10 11 Article 27 Leaves of Absence 20 12 13 Article 28 Paid Sick Leave 22 14 15 Article 29 Holidays 25 16 17 Article 30 Annual Leave 27 18 i9 Article 31 Uniforms, Tools and Equipment 29 20 e .bete 37 Remuneration 30 22 23 Article 33 Entire Agreement 31 24 25 Article 34 Printing Agreement 31 26 27 Article 35 Savings Clause 31 28 29 Article 36 Duration of Contract 32 30 31 Attachment A 33 32 33 Attachment B 34 34 PERC Certification dated April 7, 1994 36 35 36 Rev. 9/7/10 - 2 - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 ARTICLE I RECOGNITION Monroe County (the "County") recognizes Teamster Local Union 4769 affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (the "Union") as the culuive bargaining agent for PERC purposes for the employees in the unit designated by the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) in the PERC certification dated April 7, 1994, a copy of which is attached. ARTICLE 2 INTENT AND PURPOSE It is the intent and purpose of the parties hereto to set forth herein the basic Agreement covering rates of pay, hours of work, and conditions of employment; to achieve and maintain harmonious relations between the County and the Union; to ensure the continuous, uninterrupted and efficient operation of all departments; and to provide for the prompt and amicable adjustment of differences which may arise. ARTICLE 3 GENERAL 3.1 Masculine pronouns used herein shall refer to men or women or both. The use of masculine job classification titles shall be construed as including each gender as appropriate. 3.2 Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, references to "days" shall mean calendar days and not workdays. 3.3 The term "Department Head" as used in this Agreement is defined as the level of administrator in the employees' department or division who requires Board of County Commissioner confirmation of the County Administrator's appointment. 3.4 Whenever the terms "County Administrator", "Division Director" or "Department Head" are used, the terms shall be interpreted to include their duly authorized representatives. ARTICLE 4 NON-DISCRIMINATION 4.1 Neither the County nor the Union shall discriminate against any employee as it relates to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, veteran status, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation/preference, disability/handicap, or membership in Union or lack of membership in a Union or because of any reason prohibited by law. Any claim of discrimination of retaliation based on the foregoing shall be processed exclusively through the appropriate administrative agency (e.g., Equal Employment Opportunity, Rev. 9/7/ 10 -3- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Florida Commission on Human Relations, Public Employers Relations Commission, etc.) and shall not be subject to the grievance -arbitration procedures of this Agreement. ARTICLE 5 CORRESPONDENCE 5.1 Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement all correspondence from the Union to the County shall be directed to the County Administrator, and all correspondence from the County to the Union shall be directed to the business representative. To comply with the time limits contained in this Agreement, such correspondence shall actually be received by the County Administrator or Union business representative on or before the date due unless sent via the U.S. Postal Service. When the U.S. Postal Service is utilized, all time limits contained in this Agreement shall be considered to be met so long as the postmark date is in compliance with the specified time limit. 5.2 It is the responsibility of the Union to furnish the County with a mailing address for it and to advise the County of any address changes. The initial addresses are as follows: COUNTY Monroe County County Administrator 1100 Simonton Street, Suite 2-205 Key West, FL 33040 305-292-4441 UNION Teamsters Local Union #769 12365 West Dixie Highway North Miami, FL 33161 (305) 642-6255 5.3 Each party shall copy the other on any and all correspondence pertaining to the contract sent to Qr received from PERC. ARTICLE 6 BULLETIN BOARDS 6.1 The County will furnish space for the Union to place one bulletin board at each location where bargaining unit employees regularly report to work and where the County has an official bulletin board. Those locations are specified in Attachment A. The bulletin boards will be provided by and paid for by the Union. 6.2 The County Administrator shall approve the exact location for placement of all bulletin boards. Bulletin boards may be no larger than 20 inches by 30 inches. 6.3 All notices placed on such bulletin boards shall relate solely to official Union business. Notices posted shall not contain derogatory, defamatory, inflammatory, or untrue statements about the County or any of its officials or anyone else. Bulletin boards shall not be used to communicate with the general public, to distribute political matter, or for advertising. All notices shall clearly state that they are "Teamster Notices" and shall be signed and dated by the Union business representative or chief steward, who will accept full responsibility for their content. Rev. 9/7/ 10 -4- 1 6.4 The Union stewards shall check all bulletin boards at reasonable intervals to ensure that 2 no unauthorized materials have been posted. If unauthorized materials have been posted 3 or if the Union chief steward has been notified that bulletin boards contain unauthorized 4 materials, the Union chief steward shall cause such unauthorized materials to be removed 5 immediately. When the Human Resource Director receives complaints of unauthorized 6 material or inappropriate material, the Human Resources Director will notify the Union 7 Chief Steward for investigation and/or immediate removal of unauthorized or 8 inappropriate material. The County may remove any such inappropriate material if the 9 Union fails to timely remove the material. 10 11 ARTICLE 7 12 13 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS 14 15 7.1 Except as otherwise specifically limited in this Agreement, the Union recognizes and 16 agrees that the supervision, management, control and determination of the County 17 business, operations, working force, equipment, and facilities are exclusively vested in 18 the County and its designated officials, administrators, managers, and supervisors. The 19 County alone shall have the authority to determine and direct policies, mode, and 20 methods of providing its services and unilaterally set the standards for same, without any L1 interference in the management and conduct of the County's business by the Union or 22 any of its representatives. Except as expressly limited by a specific provision of this 23 Agreement, the County shall continue to have the exclusive right to take any action it 24 deems necessary or appropriate in the management of its business and the direction of its 25 work force. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such rights exclusively 26 reserved to the County shall include but not be limited to its right to determine the 27 existence or nonexistence of facts which are the basis of management decisions; the right 28 to determine the size and composition of its work forces; to determine the existence of a 29 job vacancy; to temporarily fill vacancies; to hire new employees from the outside at any 30 level; to select, reinstate, retire, promote, demote, evaluate, transfer, suspend, assign, 31 direct, lay-off and recall employees subject to the express provisions of this Agreement; 32 to determine the fact of lack of work; to determine questions of physical fitness, skills 33 and ability of employees to perform the work; to reward or reprimand, discharge or 34 otherwise discipline employees; to maintain the minimum qualifications for job 35 classifications and the amount and type of work needed; to engage in experimental and 36 development projects; to determine what records are to be made and kept, including those 37 records relating to hours of work of employees, who will make and keep the records, how 38 the records are to be made and kept; to establish new jobs, abolish or change existing 39 jobs; to determine the assignment of work; to contract out or subcontract work; to 40 schedule the hours and days to be worked on each job and to make time studies of work 41 loads, job assignments, methods of operation and efficiency from time to time and to 42 make changes based on said studies; to expand, reduce, alter, combine, transfer, assign, 43 cease, create, or restructure any department or operation for business purposes; to control, 44 regulate, and determine the number, type and use of supplies, machinery, equipment, 45 vehicles, and other property owned, used, possessed or leased by the County; to introduce 46 new, different or improved methods, means and processes of County services and 47 operations; to make or change rules and regulations, policies and practices for the 48 purpose of efficiency, safe practices and discipline; and otherwise generally to manage Rev. 9/7/10 - 5 - 1 the County, direct the work force, and establish terms and conditions of employment, 2 except as modified or restricted by a provision of this Agreement. 3 4 7.2 The County's failure to exercise any function or right hereby reserved to it, or, its 5 exercising any function or right in a particular way, shall not be deemed a waiver to its 6 rights to exercise such function or right, nor precludes the County from exercising the 7 same in some other way not in conflict with the express provisions of this Agreement. 8 The Union agrees that the County may exercise all of the above without advising the 9 Union of any proposed action; nor may the Union require the County to negotiate over 10 the decision or its effects on the employees except as altered by this Agreement. The 11 exercise of the rights specifically listed in this article does not preclude the employees or 12 their representatives from conferring with management or raising questions about the 13 practical consequences that decision on these matters may have on the terms and 14 conditions of employment. 15 16 7.3 Past practices of the Board of County Commissioners or County management shall not be 17 considered for the purpose of limiting the rights, responsibilities, or prerogatives of 18 management, nor for the purpose of enlarging upon the specific and express limitations 19 on management, which are contained in this Agreement. 20 21 7.4 If the County determines that civil emergency conditions exist, including but not limited 22 to riots, civil disorders, strikes or illegal work stoppages, hurricane conditions or similar 23 catastrophes or disorders, the provisions of this Agreement may be suspended by the 24 County during the term of the declared emergency. Notwithstanding the provisions of 25 Article 5, Correspondence, notice of such suspension will be given to the Union president 26 as soon as practicable after the determination has been made and by whatever means is 27 appropriate in the circumstances. 28 29 ARTICLE 8 30 31 SUBCONTRACTING 32 33 8.1 For purpose of this Agreement subcontracting shall mean work which is contracted out 34 by the County to an agency, person, company, or other provider which results in the 35 direct displacement or layoff of then existing bargaining unit employees. 36 37 8.2 The County reserves the right to subcontract work. Should subcontracting occur which 38 will result in bargaining unit employees being laid off, the County agrees to notify the 39 Union when the request to subcontract is put on the County Commission agenda. The 40 Union reserves the right to appear before the County Commission and express its position 41 to the County Commission for consideration at the time the Commission considers the 42 subcontracting agenda item without being held to the time limit of 5 minutes for a 43 representative for an organization. If employees are laid off due to subcontracting, they 44 shall have the rights provided under Article 25, Separations. 45 46 Rev. 9/7/10 - 6 " ARTICLE 9 2 3 AVAILABILITY 4 5 9.1 All County employees covered by this Agreement are subject to call back and as such rmed of their address and telephone number and/or cellular 6 shall keep the County info 7 phone, if they have either a phone or cellular phone 8 9 9.2 All employees being paid for stand-by must maintain availability during such stand-by 10 period. Employees who do not answer a page during such stand-by status shall be subject 11 to disciplinary action. 12 13 9.3 It is understood that some employees will be required to work during declared 14 emergencies such as hurricanes. The County will attempt to provide employees as much 15 notice as possible that they will be required to work during the declared emergency. The 16 County will also attempt, where able under the circumstances, to give employees time to 17 secure their families and personal property prior to reporting for duty. The County will 18 pay employees who work during declared emergencies pursuant to Resolution No. 224- 19 2008 as amended from time to time. 20 ARTICLE 10 2, 22 23 SAFETY 24 25 10.1 All employees and the County shall be responsible for following the provisions of the 26 safety policy manual. This policy will be available on the web for viewing. Each 27 department will have a copy available for review. The County shall continue to have the 28 right to unilaterally establish, adopt, change, amend, withdraw, and enforce the employee 29 safety manual so long as such actions do not result in a conflict with the specific terms 30 and conditions of this Agreement. Changes to the employee safety policy manual will be 31 conspicuously posted in all work areas. Except in the case of any emergency, such 32 changes will be posted at least five working days before the effective date of the change. 33 Failure to follow prescribed safety procedures may result in disciplinary action. 34 10.2 Protective devices, wearing apparel, and other equipment necessary to protect employees 35 from injury shall be provided by the County when the County requires such use. Such 36 items, when provided, must be used, and the Union agrees that willful neglect or failure 37 by an employee to obey safety regulations and to use safety equipment shall be just cause 38 for disciplinary action. Protective devices, apparel, and equipment necessary are 39 determined by the Supervisor with the concurrence of the Safety Officer and can be 40 defined as follows: 41 42 A. Gloves 43 B. Rubber boots 44 C. Safety hard hats 45 E. Safety vests 46 F. Safety goggles 47 G. Uniforms 48 H. Protective suits Rev. 9/7/10 - 7 - 1 I. Other safety related devices and/or apparel necessary to protect the employee. 2 3 10.3 Any employee shall have the right to present safety concerns and recommended solutions 4 in writing to the Safety Officer. The Safety Officer shall respond in writing to the 5 employee within 15 working days. 6 7 10.4 The County shall provide the safety policy on the website and provide to each department 8 a copy for their review. 9 10 10.5 Employees determined by the County to be at risk shall be provided vaccinations for 11 Hepatitis "A" and Triple "T" (Typhoid, Tetanus & Diphtheria). 12 13 ARTICLE 11 14 15 UNION REPRESENTATION & ACCESS 16 17 11.1 The Union will not be required to represent in a grievance any employee who is not a 18 member of the Union. 19 20 11.2 For the purpose of representing employees in accordance with the provisions of Article 2' 24, "Grievance Procedure," the Union shall designate and/or elect stewards. Each 22 steward will represent employees only in his/her department. The Union may designate 23 one of the stewards to be the Chief Steward. 24 25 11.3 The business representative of the Union shall notify the Human Resources Director, in 26 writing, of the name of the stewards and the areas they are representing, at least three 27 days before they assume duty. If no such notice has been given, the County has no duty 28 to recognize the stewards. 29 30 11.4 The Union steward may represent the Union or Union members in matters appropriate for 31 grievance handling as set forth in this Agreement. Stewards may spend time on Union 32 business during non -working time such as before or after a shift, and during authorized 33 break and meal periods. In addition, when appropriate and in order to facilitate the 34 scheduling of meetings and resolution of grievances, the County Administrator, in his 35 sole discretion, or his designee may grant time off with pay to a steward to attend 36 grievance hearings or meetings. 37 38 11.5 Officers or agents of Teamsters Local Union # 769, except County employees on duty, 39 shall be allowed reasonable access to work sites and locations of the County with the 40 advance consent of appropriate County officials, which consent will not be unreasonably 41 withheld, provided that such access shall in no way interfere with the efficient operation 42 of any department or crew. 43 44 11.6 The Union agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, its non -employee 45 representatives and stewards shall deal only with the County Administrator, the County 46 Attorney, or the Human Resources Director, or their designees, in matters subject to 47 discussion in this Agreement. This does not prohibit a steward from addressing the 48 concerns of individual employees with a supervisor or department head. 49 Rev. 9/7/10 - 8 - 1 11.7 No Union member, agent or representative of the Union, or any person acting on behalf 2 of the Union may solicit County employees during the working hours of any employee 3 who is involved in the solicitation, nor distribute literature during working hours in areas 4 where the actual work of County employees is performed. 5 6 ARTICLE 12 7 8 PAYROLL DEDUCTION UNION INITIATION FEES AND UNION DUES 9 10 12.1 Upon receipt of a signed authorization in an acceptable form from an employee, the 11 initiation fee and regular monthly dues of the Union shall be deducted from such 12 employee's pay. Such deduction shall be effective on the next regular dues deduction 13 period following the date it is received in the Human Resources Department. The County 14 will not deduct dues in arrears except to correct errors made by the County. 15 16 12.2 Monthly Union dues shall be deducted in equal amounts in each of the twenty-six pay 17 periods of each year and shall be remitted by the County no later than the fifteenth of the 18 following month to the officer and address designated by the secretary -treasurer of the 19 Union. The Union will promptly refund to the County any amount paid to the Union in 20 error on account of the dues deduction provision. The Union shall give the County a 21 minimum of thirty days written notice of the effective date and amount of any change in 22 the amount of the dues to be deducted. 23 24 12.3 No deduction shall be made from the pay of any employee during any payroll period in 25 which the employee's net earnings for the payroll period are less than the amount of dues 26 to be paid, or where the deduction would result in an employee being paid less than the 27 minimum wage and/or overtime amount required by law. 28 29 12.4 An authorization for dues deduction may be canceled after thirty days from the date 30 written employee notice of the cancellation is received by the Union. The Union 31 Secretary -Treasurer will notify the County in writing to cease deductions. 32 33 12.5 The Union shall indemnify the County and any department of the County and hold it 34 harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other forms of liability that may 35 arise out of, or by reason of, any action taken by the County or any department of the 36 County for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this article. 37 38 39 12.6 An employee transferred to a classification not in the bargaining unit or whose 40 employment is terminated shall cease to be subject to Union dues deduction beginning 41 with the month after the month in which such change in employee status occurs. 42 43 ARTICLE 13 44 45 NO STRIKE - NO LOCKOUT 46 47 13.1 During the term of this Agreement, neither the Union nor its agents nor any employee, 48 for any reason, will authorize, institute, aid, condone, or engage in a slowdown, work 49 stoppage, strike, or any other interference with the work and statutory functions or other Rev. 9/7/10 - 9 - I obligations of the County. During the term of this Agreement neither the County nor its 2 agents for any reason shall authorize, institute, aid, or promote any lockout of employees 3 covered by this Agreement as a result of a labor dispute with the Union, unless there is a 4 violation of the Union's no strike commitment. 5 6 13.2 The Union agrees to notify all local officers and representatives of their obligation and 7 responsibility for maintaining compliance with this article, including their responsibility 8 to remain at work during any interruption which may be caused or initiated by others, and 9 to encourage employees violating Article 13 to return to work. 10 11 13.3 The County may discharge or discipline any employee who violates Section 13.1 and any 12 employee who fails to carry out his responsibilities under Section 13.1, and the Union 13 will not resort to the grievance procedure on such employee's behalf except to determine 14 if the prohibited action did in fact occur. 15 16 13.4 Nothing contained herein shall preclude the County from obtaining Judicial restraint and 17 damages in the event of a violation of this article. 18 19 ARTICLE 14 20 21 OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT 22 23 14.1 A. Full-time employees may engage in other employment during their off -duty hours. 24 However, County employment must be considered the primary employment. Employees 25 shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in any outside employment or financial interest 26 which may conflict, in the County's opinion, with the best interests of the County or 27 interfere with the employee's ability to perform the assigned County job. Examples 28 include, but are not limited to, outside employment which: 29 1) Prevents the employee from being available for work beyond normal working hours, 30 such as emergencies or peak work periods, when such availability is a regular part of 31 the employee's job; 32 2) Is conducted during the employee's work hours; 33 3) Utilizes County telephones, computers, supplies, or any other resources, facilities, or 34 equipment; 35 4) May reasonably be perceived by members of the public as a conflict of interest or 36 otherwise discredits public service. 37 B. Employees shall not be instructed or allowed to perform work for private individuals 38 or other governmental agencies as part of his/her County employment except in those 39 instances where such work is part of contract arrangements entered into by the Board of 40 County Commissioners with such private individuals or government agencies, or in those 41 cases where under prior Board of County Commission policy, the employee is to give 42 service in an emergency situation. 43 44 14.2 Employees who have accepted outside employment are not eligible for paid sick leave 45 when the leave is used to work on the outside job. Fraudulent use of sick or personal 46 absences will be cause for disciplinary action. 47 Rev. 9/7/10 - 10 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 ARJICLE 15 ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY 15.1 It is the policy of the County to require employees to report for work punctually as scheduled and to work all scheduled hours and any required overtime. Excessive tardiness and excessive absences disrupt workflow and customer service and will not be tolerated. 15.2 Unauthorized or excessive absences or tardiness will result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination. Absences in excess of those allowed by policy, tardiness or leaving early without proper authorization are grounds for discipline. 15.3 Employees should notify their supervisor, as far in advance as possible whenever they are unable to report for work, know they will be late, or seek permission to leave early. Notification shall not be later than 1 hour after start time of employee's normal shift start. Such notification should include a reason for the absence and an indication of when the employee can be expected to report for work. If the supervisor or department head is unavailable, the division clerk or the Co" Administrator should be contacted and given the same information. 15.4 Employees who report for work without proper equipment or in improper attire may not be permitted to work. Employees, who report for work in a condition deemed not fit for work, whether for illness or any other reason, will not be allowed to work. 15.5 Employees are expected to report to their supervisor after being late or absent, giving an explanation of the circumstances surrounding their tardiness or absence, and certify that they are fit to return to work. 15.6 Employees who are absent from work for three consecutive workdays without giving any notice to the County will be considered as having "abandoned their position" and thereby voluntarily quit. Rev. 9/7/ 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 ARTICLE 16 HOURS OF WORK 16.1 The workweek shall start at 12:01 a.m. Sunday and end at 12:00 midnight Saturday, unless otherwise approved by the County Administrator. The County shall not indiscriminately change regularly scheduled working hours and days off of employees covered by this Agreement. Changes shall be made by reason of operational necessity and/or efficiency. Such changes require at least five working days notice to the affected employees except in the case of valid public necessity, such as equipment failure, unanticipated employee absences, and the like. Employees' regular work schedules shall contain two consecutive days off 16.2 Employees classified as regular full time will receive a total of one unpaid hour for meal/rest period per work shift, the time and sequence of which will be determined by the Supervisor and approved by the Department Head. If it is necessary for the non-exempt employee to work without a meal/rest period he/she will be otherwise compensated for that time. All other employees will receive meal or rest periods in an amount and time deemed appropriate by their Supervisor. Meal and rest periods shall be scheduled by the Department Head consistent with the effective operation of the department and may be rescheduled whenever necessary. ARTICLE 17 OVERTIME 17.1 It is the policy of the County to work its employees within the regularly scheduled workweek unless conditions warrant. 17.2 Management may schedule overtime beyond the standard hours when it is in the best interest of the County and is the most practical and economical way of meeting workloads or deadlines. 17.3 Employees may be required to work overtime when requested by management unless excused by management. Employees may volunteer to work overtime and should communicate that interest to their supervisors. Overtime will only be scheduled for those employees fully qualified to perform the work required. In all work units, the County will make reasonable efforts to equalize overtime among employees who are similarly classified, except as addressed in Section 17.4 below. All other factors being the same, seniority may be used as a selection factor. 17.4 For overtime computation, only time worked shall be considered as time worked. Absences from work will not be counted as time worked for overtime computation. Rev. 9/7/10 -12- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 ARTICLE 18 ON-CALL/STANDBY On -call duty assignments occur when a supervisor expressly orders that an employee perform a certain function. These assignments are made when a supervisor mandates that an employee be available for work due to an urgent situation during off -duty time. Such assignments will be given to the employees who normally perform the work during normal hours of work. For employees on a standby status, one hour of pay at time and one-half will be paid for each regular workday. Two hours of pay at time and one-half will be paid for each non -work day and holidays. On -call hours shall be in addition to time worked. ARTICLE 19 CALLBACK 19.1 Call back is work due to an emergency or other urgent situations during off -duty hours. Callback pay shall be paid to employees either called during off duty hours or called back to a work site during off duty hours. This pay shall be as follows: (a) one hour paid for employees called on the phone (or the actual time spent on the phone calls, whichever is greater) during off duty hours when the problem is resolved over the telephone and does not require the employee to report to a job site, or (b) two hours of pay or the actual time worked, whichever is greater, for an employee called back to a work site during off duty hours. This time shall be considered as time worked for computing overtime. The call or call back of any employee requires the prior approval of the department head or designee. 19.2 The parties agree that when an employee is regularly scheduled to come to a County building in order to open and close the building for a third party is not "call back" as that term is defined in the previous paragraph, but that the employee who is called to work for the purpose will be entitled to a minimum of two (2) hours or actual time worked, whichever is greater, computed from the time the employee arrives at the County building. ARTICLE 20 TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS 20.1 The County may temporarily assign or appoint any employee to perform work, which would normally be done by an employee in another classification, when at the discretion of the County such an assignment, or appointment is necessary. 20.2 An employee temporarily assigned to perform work outside his normal classification shall suffer no loss of pay should said temporary assignment be to a lower classification. 20.3 An employee may be assigned to work in a higher classification up to one year, unless otherwise determined by the County Administrator. An employee required to work in a higher classification 30 consecutive working days or less may be required to do so at no increase in pay. If the employee is required to work beyond this period, he or she should Rev. 9/7/ 10 ME I be given a temporary transfer to the higher classification and be paid the appropriate rate 2 for the higher classification retroactively applied to day one he or she served in such 3 higher classification and every consecutive working day thereafter. At the conclusion of 4 the assignment, pay shall revert to the authorized rate established for his regular position. 5 Any such temporary increase granted shall not affect the employee's eligibility for 6 normal salary advancement. 7 g ARTICLE 21 9 10 PROBATIONARY PERIOD 11 12 21.1 The probationary or "working test" period is an integral part of the hiring and promotion 13 process. It is utilized to closely observe the new employee's work, to secure the most 14 effective adjustment of a new employee to the position, and to reject any employee 15 whose performance does not meet the required work standards. Probationary employees 16 are generally ineligible for employee requested transfers or promotions unless the County 17 Administrator or Division Director determines that it is in the best interest of the County 18 to waive this rule. Probationary employees who are permitted to transfer or promote 19 shall have their new probationary period run concurrent with their existing probationary 20 period. 21 22 21.2 The probationary period shall be nine consecutive months from the employee's fil st day 23 of work with the County. If the employee has completed the probationary period, the 24 employee shall be placed on regular status. The County reserves the right to extend the 25 probationary period for up to three months. Such a decision shall be made at least two 26 weeks before the end of the initial probationary period, and notice shall be provided to 27 both the employee and the Union representative. 28 29 21.3 Regular status denotes final appointment in a specific County position and classification 30 following successful completion of the probationary period. 31 32 2-1.4 Newly hired probationary employees may be dismissed at any time at the discretion of 33 the County and are not entitled to the Career Service procedures or payments of sick 34 leave at time of termination. 35 36 21.5 If an employee who is serving a probationary period incurred as a result of a promotion is 37 found to be unqualified to perform the duties of the higher position, a good faith effort 38 will be made to return the employee to the position and status held immediately prior to 39 the promotion. If the employee's former position is filled or otherwise unavailable, the 40 employee may be transferred to a vacant position for which the employee qualifies. If no 41 vacancy exists for which the employee is qualified, the employee will be placed in a lay- 42 off status with recall rights. 43 44 Rev. 9/7/10 - 14 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 ARTICLE 22 PROMOTIONS - JOB OPENINGS 22.1 In filling all vacancies in the bargaining unit, employees shall meet the qualification standards of education, training, experience, and other requirements for the position to which the promotion is being sought. Standards and qualifications will be established to meet the basic requirements of the position. 22.2 Job openings will be posted on the enqAoyee bulletin boards a minimum of seven calendar days. Employees, excluding temporary and all probationary employees, may initiate a written request for transfer/promotion consideration. 22.3 An employee's eligibility for promotion will be determined by the requirements of the new job. In addition, the employee must have both a satisfactory performance record and no disciplinary actions (written warning or greater) during the preceding three-month period. Employees along with external applicants will be considered. All things being equal, and if consistent with affirmative action plans, senior employees shall have preference, but there will be no guarantee of promotion. Current employee candidates for promotion will normally be screened and selected on the basis of attendance and work records, performance appraisals, and job -related qualifications including, in some instances, aptitude tests. Seniority will prevail if two or more candidates are judged to be equally qualified. 22.4 Promoted employees shall receive a 5% raise or the minimum of the new grade, whichever is greater. 22.5 Promoted employees will be placed on "promotion probation" status for a period of three months. 22.6 The County agrees to post management vacancies and will give bargaining unit employees consideration in filling those vacancies. 22.7 The County will notify the Union of every job opening by sending an e-mail to the Business Representative at the time that the job opening is advertised internally. ARTICLE 23 DISCIPLINE 23.1 No employee covered by this Agreement shall be disciplined or discharged without proper cause. All discipline or discharge notices shall be in writing with a copy provided to the employee. Such notices shall contain as complete and precise an explanation as possible for the action being taken. 23.2 The County agrees with the tenets of progressive and corrective discipline; however, the County has the right to review the employee's work history and prior record of disciplinary action when determining the appropriate action to be taken. The County may provide employees with notice of deficiencies and an opportunity to improve. Rev. 9/7/10 - 15 - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Notwithstanding the County's embrace of progressive and corrective discipline, the County reserves the right to discipline employees for cause when the County deems it to be appropriate. 23.3 Disciplinary actions or measures may include, subject to the rules of the Board of County Commissioners, any of the following: A. Oral warning B. Written reprimand C. Suspension D Demotion E. Discharge 23.4 All discipline in the form of adverse employment action must be processed exclusively through the grievance -arbitration procedure herein. The Union waives the right of all bargaining unit members to utilize the Career Service Act procedures for any purpose. 23.5 Disciplinary actions older than 5 years shall not be considered for purposes of progressive discipline. ARTICLE 24 GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE 24.1 Except when doing so would present an unreasonable risk to the employees' safety, bargaining unit employees will follow all written and verbal orders given by superiors even if such orders are alleged to be in conflict with the Agreement. Compliance with such orders will not prejudice the right to file a grievance within the time limits contained herein, nor shall compliance affect the ultimate resolution of the grievance. 24.2 A "grievance" is a claimed violation of an express provision of this Agreement. Notwithstanding that definition, discipline in the form of an adverse employment action shall be subject to the grievance -arbitration procedure set forth herein. No grievance will or need be entertained or processed unless presented in the manner described herein, and unless filed in a manner provided herein within the time limit prescribed herein. A grievance may be filed by a bargaining unit employee or by the Union (hereinafter the "grievant"). In either case, the procedure to be followed will be the same. The Union and management may mutually agree to waive any step. Any employee covered by this Agreement must use this grievance process and has no right to any other grievance process (i.e., administrative policy, etc.). 24.3 Any grievance defined as a claim reasonably and suitably founded on a violation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall systematically follow the grievance procedure as outlined herein. Any grievance filed shall refer to the provision or provisions of the Agreement alleged to have been violated, and shall adequately set forth the facts pertaining to the alleged violation. 24.4 Rules of Grievance Processing: Rev. 9/7/ 10 -16- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Is (A) The time limitations set forth in this Article are the essence of the Agreement. A grievance not advanced to the higher step by the Union or the grievant within the time limit provided shall be deemed permanently withdrawn and as having been settled on the basis for the decision most recently given. Failure on the part of the County's representative to answer within the time limit set forth in any step will entitle the employee to proceed to the next step. The time limit at any stage of the grievance procedure may be extended by written mutual agreement of the parties involved in that step. (B) A grievance presented at Step 2 and above shall be dated and signed by the aggrieved employee presenting it. A copy of the grievance must be forwarded to Human Resources by the grievant and/or the Union. The departmental fax machine will be made available for this purpose. A decision rendered shall be written to the aggrieved employee with copy to the Union and shall be dated and signed by the County's representative at that step. (C) When a written grievance is presented; the County's representative shall return a dated and signed copy of it at that particular step. (D) When a grievance is reduced to writing there shall be set forth: I. A complete statement of the grievance and the facts upon which it is based; 2. The section or sections of this Agreement claimed to have been violated; 3. Any witnesses to the event or occurrence; and 4. The remedy or correction requested. (F) In the settlement of any grievance resulting in retroactive adjustment, such adjustment shall be limited to ten calendar days prior to the date of the filing of the grievance. STEPS FOR GRIEVANCE PROCESSING Step 1: In the event a grievance arises, the employee must present a written grievance using the form attached to this Agreement as Attachment B to his immediate supervisor within five working days after the employee had knowledge of the event or occurrence giving rise to the grievance. The aggrieved employee may request a representative of the Union to be present. Discussions will be informal for the purpose of settling differences in the simplest and most direct manner. The supervisor will consult with the department head. The department head shall reach a decision and communicate it in writing to the aggrieved employee with a copy to the Union within ten working days from the date the grievance was presented to the supervisor. Step 2: If the grievance is not settled in the first step, the aggrieved employee, within five working days, shall forward the written grievance to the division director. The division director shall meet with the aggrieved employee, who may be accompanied by a Union steward and the Union chief steward. Within ten working days after the receipt of the grievance, unless such time is mutually extended in writing and the grievance is not resolved, the grievance may then be forwarded to Step 3. Rev. 9/7/10 - 17 - 1 2 Step 3: If the grievance is not settled in Step 2, the Union has ten (10) working days from receipt 3 of the Step 2 answer to submit a written appeal to the County Administrator or his designated 4 representative. Within ten (10) working days thereafter, a meeting shall be held between the 5 County Administrator (or designee), the Union Agent, the Shop Steward, and the grievant. The 6 County Administrator shall provide his written answer within ten (10) working days following 7 such meeting. The parties may be mutual written agreement extend the above timelines without 8 loss of rights under this Article. 9 to Step 4: In the event that the grievance is not settled boarding Step 3, either party may submit the 11 grievance to binding arbitration within ten (10) working days (or to a time period otherwise 12 mutually agreed to by the Union and County) of the written response of the resolution board. A 13 panel of seven (7) arbitrators will be requested from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 14 Service. The parties shall alternately strike names from the list until an arbitrator is selected. 15 For the first arbitration following the implementation of this Agreement, the County shall strike 16 the first name. Thereafter, the Union shall be required to strike the first name in the next 17 arbitration case. For subsequent arbitrations, the parties shall continue to alternate. Both parties 18 shall have the right to reject one panel, and request another from which the arbitrators must be 19 chosen using the above -prescribed procedure. Hearings before the arbitrators shall be conducted 20 in accordance with the rules of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The Union and 21 the County shall each pay %2 of the Arbitrator's fees and expenses. 22 23 24.5 As promptly as possible after the arbitrator has been selected, the arbitrator shall conduct 24 a hearing between the parties and consider the grievance. The decision of the arbitrator 25 will be served upon the Union and the County in writing. It shall be the obligation of the 26 arbitrator to issue his/her decision within 60 calendar days after the close of the hearing 27 to include receipt of post -hearing briefs. Any party desiring a transcript of the hearing 28 shall bear the cost of such transcript unless the parties mutually agree to share the cost. 29 Each party shall bear the expense of its own witnesses and of its own representatives for 30 purposes of the arbitration hearing. 31 32 24.6 The jurisdiction and authority of the arbitrator and his opinion and award shall be 33 confined exclusively to the interpretation and/or application of the express provision(s) of 34 this Agreement. He shall have no authority to add to, detract from, alter, modify, amend 35 or modify any provision of this Agreement; or to establish or alter any wage rate or wage 36 structure. No liability shall be assessed against the County for a date prior to the date of 37 when the grievance is submitted in writing, or, in disciplinary cases, from the date of the 38 discipline or discharge. 39 40 The arbitrator shall not hear or decide more than one (1) grievance without the mutual 41 consent of the County and the Union. The written award of the arbitrator on the merits of 42 any grievance adjudicated within his jurisdiction and authority shall be final and binding 43 on the aggrieved employee, the Union and the County, provided that either party shall be 44 entitled to seek review of the arbitrator's decision as provided by law. With respect to 45 arbitration involving the layoff, discipline or discharge of employees, the arbitrator shall 46 have the authority to order the payment of back wages and benefits the employee would 47 otherwise have received but for his discipline or discharge (less compensation, including 48 unemployment compensation payments and other compensation earned elsewhere during 49 the period attributable to the layoff, discipline or discharge in issue, and less any amounts Rev. 9/7/10 - 18 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 caused by the grievant's failure to mitigate his or her damages.) The arbitrator shall have no authority to award compensatory or punitive damages or attorney's fees. 24.7 The arbitrator may not issue declaratory opinions and shall be confined exclusively to the question, which is presented, which question must be actual and existing. 24.8 Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the presence of a Union representative at any steps of the grievance procedure. 24.9 No claimed violation of any federal statute, state or local law, rule or regulation shall be subject to the grievance -arbitration procedure. ARTICLE 25 SEPARATIONS 25.1 The effective date of separation shall be the last day on which the employee is present for duty unless otherwise specified herein. 25.2 Resignation is defined as an action whereby an employee voluntarily leaves County employment. An employee with no pending disciplinary action wishing to leave the County in good standing shall file with the County it written resignation, stating the effective date and reasons for leaving. Such notice must be given at least two weeks prior to the date of separation. Employees who are absent from work for three consecutive workdays without being excused or giving proper notice of their absence will be considered as having voluntarily quit. 25.3 Retirement is defined as a voluntary or involuntary procedure whereby an employee separates from County employment for reasons of length of service or disability. The Florida Retirement System shall govern all retirement regulations and benefits. Neither the employee nor the Union may use the grievance -arbitration procedures outlined in Article 24 to address complaints concerning the Florida Retirement System. 25.4 Termination of employment shall be effective as of the date of death. All County compensation and County benefits due to the employee as of the effective date of death shall be paid to the beneficiary, surviving spouse, or the estate of the employee, as determined by law or by executed forms in the employee's personnel file. 25.5 If a layoff does occur all temporary employees and newly hired probationary employees within affected divisions will be terminated first. The only exception would be if the temporary or newly hired probationary employee has a particular skill required to perform certain duties and no one else employed by the County is qualified. Permanent employees are to be laid off based on their length of continuous service, provided that the employees who are retained have the demonstrated ability and fitness to perform the available work. Laid -off permanent employees shall be placed in open positions for which they are qualified. 25.6 If an employee is laid off, the employee will be compensated for his sick and vacation as if he were voluntarily quitting. Employees eligible for sick leave payment per Article Rev. 9/7/ 10 BL•M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 28.4 shall have the option of leaving the sick leave on account for up to one year. A laid - off employee shall be eligible for conversion of employee health care benefits at the employee's expense. Laid -off employees remain eligible for recall into positions previously held with the County or for which they are qualified for a period of two years from the layoff date, except this provision shall not apply if the employee accepts another position within the County within this time period. Any employee so recalled shall be subject to passing a typical pre -employment screening. No continuous service benefits of any kind shall accrue during the layoff period. The County will notify said laid off employee in writing via email of positions for which he/she may be qualified, with a copy to Union, for a period of two years following the layoff date 25.7 A discharge is the involuntary separation of an employee from County employment. Employees discharged for disciplinary reasons shall not generally be eligible for re- employment and shall lose all seniority and reinstatement privileges. The County will notify the Union steward upon the discharge of an employee in the bargaining unit but failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of the discharge. 25.8 The final pay for terminated employees will be prepared for distribution on the next normally scheduled pay date following the termination date. It can be mailed to the last address designated by the employee. Final pay will be paid on a normally scheduled pay period. 25.9 At the time of separation and prior to receiving final monies due, all records, books, assets, uniforms, keys, tools, and other items of County property in the employee's custody shall be returned to the department. 25.10 Any outstanding debts incurred by an employee, which are due the County, shall be deducted from the employee's final paycheck and/or termination leave pay. ARTICLE 26 INSURANCE 26.1 Bargaining unit employees will be eligible for coverage under the County's insurance plans for all other similarly -situated personnel. The County reserves the right to change insurance carriers or benefits or both, and the Union hereby expressly waives any right to bargain over such a decision; provided, however, that the County will bargain with the Union over the effects of any change in insurance carriers or benefits, if the Union requests that such bargaining occurs. ARTICLE 27 LEAVES OF ABSENCE 27.1 Jury Duty and Court Leave. A. A full-time employee who is summoned to jury duty by a city, the County (Monroe), the State of Florida, or the Federal Government or subpoenaed to appear in court as a witness in a criminal or civil action arising from his or her county employment shall be Rev. 9/7/ 10 -20- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 granted time off with pay for the time actually spent on jury duty or in the court appearance. Fees paid by the court will be retained by the employee unless otherwise determined by the County Administrator. As conditions precedent to receiving time off with pay for jury duty or court appearance of the aforesaid nature, the employee must: (a.) Notify his/her Department Head of the summons or subpoena immediately upon receipt produce the summons or subpoena to his/her Department Head upon request, and provide the Department Head with an estimate of the duration of the absence; (b.) Report to the Department Head immediately upon the conclusion or continuance of such jury duty or court appearance; (c.) Report status of jury duty to supervisor or designee on a daily basis. B. Any employee on jury duty as specified above, and who is released or excused from jury duty during normal wo*ing hours, will immediately contact his or her supervisor in order to determine whether the employee will be required to report back to work. Employees who work a 24 hour shift, will contact their Department Head (or designee) when released from jury duty. If the Department Head (or designee) determines that the employee could not effectively complete his or her work shift, the employee may be granted time off with pay for the remainder of the shift. C. The County, in its discretion, may reschedule the working hours and days of work of an employee employed on other than a full-time basis who is summoned to jury duty or subpoenaed to appear in court as a witness by a city, the County (Monroe), the State of Florida, or the Federal Government in a criminal or civil action arising from his or her county employment. If, in the County's judgment, it is not feasible or practical to schedule the employee's hours of work around such, the County shall grant the employee time off with pay for the time actually spent on jury duty or in the court appearance. As conditions precedent to receiving time off with pay for jury duty or court appearance of the aforesaid nature, the employee must abide by the provisions contained above in Article 27.1, (a), (b) and (c). D. If any employee is subpoenaed as a witness other than in the specific circumstances described above, the County will grant the employee leave without pay to the extent that the Department Head so approves. E. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Article 27.1-A above, no employee shall receive pay from the County where the employee is a plaintiff, claimant, or witness against the County in a matter contrary to the County's interests. F. Any employee subpoenaed or otherwise requested to be a participant in any legal matter related to County business must inform the County Attorney's office as soon as possible after receiving said notification. Rev. 9/7/ 10 -21- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 27.2 27.3 Military Leave An employee may request military leave to serve on active duty in an emergency or required annual duty, and shall be compensated in accordance with state law, and federal law. Any claimed violation of this policy must be resolved exclusively through administrative judicial procedures, and not through the grievance -arbitration procedures set forth herein. Family Medical Leave Act The County's policy is contained at Section 8.05 of the County's Personnel Policies and Procedures. FMLA is governed by applicable federal law. Any claimed violation of this policy must be resolved exclusively through administrative judicial procedures, and not through the grievance -arbitration procedures set forth herein. 27.4 Bereavement Leave All employees covered under this policy shall be granted up to two working days off with pay in order to attend a funeral of a member of the employee's immediate family. The immediate family shall be construed to mean one of the following: Spouse, parent, son, daughter, sister, brother, domestic partner, legal guardian, grandparent or in-laws. Additional time off (over and above the two working days herein provided) may be approved by the Department Head, and charged to sick or annual leave. Additionally, the County may require proof of death of a family member before making payment for leave. ARTICLE 28 PAID SICK LEAVE 28.1 SICK LEAVE A. ELIGIBILITY All salaried employees with regular status working 20 hours or more per week shall have the privilege of accruing sick leave in accordance with these policies. Employees shall not be eligible to use sick leave until they have been in the County service for 90 days, unless recommended by the Department Head and approved by the Division Director. Verification of illness by a physician may be required. B. ACCRUAL OF SICK LEAVE Rev. 9/7/ l 0 All regular, full-time employees will accrue 4 hours sick leave per pay period. There will be no limit of the amount of sick leave that can be accrued. Sick leave for employees working less than 40 hours per week, but at least twenty (20) hours per week will be prorated according to the hours worked. -22- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 When there has been a break in service of 48 hours or more, the employee upon reinstatement or re-employment will begin accruing sick leave as a new employee. Employees who are on leave without pay for more than 8 hours during a pay period will not accrue sick leave for that pay period. C. USE OF SICK LEAVE 1. Sick leave shall be used only with the approval of the applicable Department Head, Division Director or County Administrator and shall not be authorized prior to the time it is earned and credited to the employee except in cases of prearranged medical appointments, surgery or other health -related matters. 2. Sick leave shall be authorized only in the event of. (a.) The employee's personal illness, injury or exposure to a contagious disease which would endanger others. (b.) Illness or injury of a member of the immediate family. (see definition of immediate family.) (c.) The employee's personal appointments with a practitioner when it is not possible to arrange such appointments for off -duty hours, but not to exceed the extent of time required to complete such appointments. (d.) Prearranged surgery or other health -related matters. D. Monroe County has established a Sick Leave Pool for eligible full-time employees designed to aid the employee suffering from an extended illness or injury (See Administrative Instruction 4702 for rules and enrollment procedures). Rev. 9/7/ 10 - 23 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 28.2 MEDICAL JUSTIFICATION A. Sick leave is a privilege, and not a benefit. In fact, use of sick time actually causes a hardship on the County. The County must, therefore, ensure that employees utilizing sick leave are complying with The Monroe County Personnel Policies and Procedures. Employees must meet the following conditions in order to be granted sick leave with pay: (1) Notify his/her immediate Supervisor as soon as the employee learns that he/she will be unable to report to work in accordance with individual department policy. The employee shall call in to his/her immediate Supervisor at least one (1) time on each consecutive shift thereafter, that the employee will miss work because of sick leave. (2) File a written report (after returning to work) explaining the nature of the illness when required, by her Supervisor or Department Head. (3) Permit medical examination, nursing visit or any County inquiry (telephone call, visit to the employee's house, etc.) deemed appropriate by the County to document the illness of the employee or family member. The Department Head is responsible for following up on sick leave use and for ensuring that there is no sick leave abuse. The Department Head may require any employee to bring in a note from his or her personal physician for absences of three (3) consecutive working days or more. However, if a Department Head reasonably suspects that an employee is abusing sick leave, said Department Head may require that any use of sick leave by the employee for herself or family member be justified by a note from a physician. Further, in the event that a Department Head is unsatisfied with the initial doctor's note, he may require the employee or family member to be examined by a County - designated physician at the County's expense. B. If it is determined that the employee is unfit to continue working, the Department Head may require the employee to use any part of his accrued sick leave, compensatory time or annual leave and may thereafter require the employee to take such leave without pay as is medically determined sufficient to restore him to normal health, however, this will in no way prevent the County from separating him from employment if the absence would be of such duration as to pose a hardship on the operations of the Department. C. The Department Head may require, at any time, an employee to present medical evidence that he is physically or mentally fit to work and/or the Department Head may require an employee to be examined by a County -designated physician or psychiatrist, at the County's expense. D. If the employee's illness is covered by FMLA, the County's FMLA policy,will govern entitlement to leave and the terms and conditions of that leave. Rev. 9/7/ 10 -24- 1 28.3 NOTIFICATION OF ABSENCE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 If absent for three consecutive work days without reporting to the Supervisor a reason sufficient to justify the absence, the employee may be removed from the payroll as having voluntarily resigned without notice. The Supervisor is to notify the Department Head. Any unauthorized absence may be cause for disciplinary action, up to and including termination. 28.4 PAYMENT OF UNUSED SICK LEAVE A. An employee who terminates with less than five (5) years continuous service shall not be paid for any unused sick leave credits. B. Employees with varying years of continuous service shall, upon separation, from the County in good standing, death or retirement, receive incentive sick leave pay as follows: 5 to 10 years of service - 1/4 of all accrued sick leave, with a maximum of 30 days. 10 to 15 years of service - 1 /2 of all accrued sick leave, with a maximum of 90 days. 15 years or more - 1 /2 of all accrued sick leave, with a maximum of 120 days. C. The payments made as terminal pay for unused sick leave, whether paid as salary or otherwise, shall not be used in the calculation of average final compensation for retirement. D. Employees who leave the County service without proper notice or who are terminated for just cause may be denied payment of accrued sick leave. ARTICLE 29 HOLIDAYS 29.1 OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS The following are holidays which shall be observed by all County offices in which functions can be discontinued without adversely affecting required services to the public: Rev. 9/7/10 New Year's Day Labor Day Presidents Day Columbus Day Martin Luther King's Birthday Veterans Day Good Friday Thanksgiving Day Memorial Day Thanksgiving Friday Independence Day Christmas Day - 25 - I In addition to the above -designated holidays, the Board of Commissioners, in its sole 2 discretion, may grant other special holidays during the course of a year to some, or all, 3 County employees. 4 5 29.2 ELIGIBILITY 6 7 All salaried employees on the active payroll on the date of the holiday shall be eligible 8 for holiday pay at their regular rate of pay. Employees must be working or on approved 9 leave with pay the entire day before and the day after a holiday to be compensated for 10 said holiday. 11 12 29.3 WORK DURING HOLIDAYS 13 14 Each employee shall observe all holidays designated in this Section, provided that the 15 work load of the department is, in the discretion of the County Administrator, such that 16 the employee's work load cannot be discontinued without causing a hardship to the 17 County. 18 19 In the event that the work load in any department does not permit the observance of any 20 designated holiday, all employees required to work on said designated holiday, if 21 holiday falls on employees designated day off, may be granted another days leave in l lieu 22 of the holiday or paid for the work performed on the holiday. If employee wishes to 23 substitute a holiday, it will be scheduled in the manner as annual leave. 24 25 29.4 HOLIDAYS FALLING ON WEEKENDS 26 27 Unless otherwise specified by the Board of County Commissioners - when a holiday falls 28 on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday - when a holiday falls 29 on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday. 30 31 Some County facilities are open on Saturdays and Sundays. When a holiday falls on a 32 Saturday or Sunday, those facilities will observe the holiday on the actual holiday in lieu 33 of the normally scheduled County Holiday. 34 35 29.5 HOLIDAY DURING PAID LEAVE 36 37 Employees on annual or sick leave during periods when designated holidays occur shall 38 not have the day of the holiday charged against their accrued leave. 39 40 29.6 OBSERVANCE OF RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS 41 42 Employees who choose to observe other "holidays" for religious or other reasons must do 43 so by utilizing annual leave pursuant to Article 30. 44 45 29.7 ADDITIONAL DAYS OFF WITH PAY 46 47 Members of the bargaining unit may receive additional days off with pay (not holidays) if 48 approved by the Board of County Commissioners, subject to rules set forth by the County 49 Administrator. All such days off, if granted, must be taken in increments of whole days. Rev. 9/7/10 - 26 - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 ARTICLE 30 ANNUAL LEAVE A. ELIGIBILITY All salaried employees with regular status working 20 hours or more per week shall earn and accrue annual leave with pay. B. ACCRUAL Rev. 9/7/ 10 For current employees and employees hired on or prior to September 30, 1999, Annual leave for regular, employees shall be earned in accordance with the following table: Years of Continuous Service 1 through 3 years 4 through 10 years Hours of Leave Earned Hours of Leave Earned During Each Calendar During Each Calendar Month Month ----------------------- 40 HPW 4 hours per bi-weekly pay period (13 working days per year) 5 hours per bi-weekly pay period (16 1/4 working days per year) 11 through 15 years 6 hours per bi-weekly pay period (19 1/2 working days per year) 16 through termination of employment 7 hours per bi-weekly pay period (22 3/4 working days per year) 37 '/z HPW 3.75 hours per bi-weekly pay period (13 working days per year) 4.75 hours per bi-weekly pay period (16.5 working days per year) 5.75 hours per bi-weekly pay period (19.9 working days per year) 6.75 hours per bi weekly pay period (23.4 working days per year) Monroe County currently has a bi-weekly pay period system commencing at 12:00 a.m. Sunday, ending two Saturdays later at 11:59 p.m. There are 26 pay periods per year. -27- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2.1 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 For employees who are hired on October 1, 1999, or after Annual leave for regular, full-time employees with a work week of 40 hours per week shall be earned in accordance with the following table: Years of Continuous Hours of Leave Earned Service During Each Calendar Month --------------------- ---------------- -- 1 through 5 years 4 hours per bi-weekly pay period (13 working days per year) 6 through 15 years 5 hours per bi-weekly pay period (16 1/4 working days per year) 16 through termination of employment 6 hours per bi-weekly pay period (19 1/2 working days per year) Monroe County currently has a bi-weekly pay period system commencing at 12:00 a.m. Sunday, ending two Saturdays later at 11:59 p.m. There are 26 pay periods per year. Annual leave for employees working less than 40 hours per week, but more than 20 hours per week will be prorated according to the hours worked. When there has been a break in employment of 48 hours or more, the employee, upon reinstatement or re-employment, will begin earning annual leave as a new employee. Employees who are on leave without pay status for more than 8 hours during a pay period will not accrue annual leave for that pay period. C. 1. Annual leave may be used on a payday -to -payday basis as it is earned according to scheduling requirements and may be accumulated up to 40 working days. Any time earned in excess of this amount will be handled in accordance with the Monroe County Personnel Policies and Procedures. Rev. 9/7/10 2. All annual leave must be approved in advance by the applicable Department Head, Division Director and/or the County Administrator depending on the position held by the requesting employee. The employee shall fill out his Leave Request Form and submit it to the Department Head, who has the right to deny an employee's request for annual leave, if granting such leave at that time would be detrimental to County operations. Upon such denial, the employee may request the leave at another time. -28- 1 2 The Department Head is responsible for verifying that the employee does have 3 sufficient accrued leave to cover the period of absence, and should return the 4 leave request to the employee indicating approval or denial, within seven (7) days 5 of receipt of the request, unless a valid reason is given to the employee for the 6 delay. 7 8 D. ANNUAL LEAVE PAY UPON SEPARATION 9 10 Payment of annual leave shall be based on the employee's regular rate of pay and 11 terms of separation. 12 13 E. RESTRICTIONS 14 15 Annual leave may be used for any purpose; however, it is a privilege incident to 16 County service and is not a right, and may only be used by the employee if taken 17 prior to termination for cause or in accordance with these policies, with the 18 following restrictions: 19 20 1. Annual leave may not be taken until accrued in accordance with these 21 rules. 22 23 2. Employees will not accrue annual leave during a leave of absence 24 without pay, a suspension or when the employee is otherwise in a non- 25 paid status. 26 27 3. Article 25.2 -Resignations. 28 29 4. Employees who leave the County service without proper notice or who 30 are terminated for just cause may be denied payment of accrued annual 31 leave. 32 33 5. An employee who leaves the County and wishes to receive payment for 34 annual leave must sign a waiver and general release of any and all claims 35 against the County and its official, managers, supervisors, employees and 36 insurers to receive payment of annual leave. 37 38 ARTICLE 31 39 40 UNIFORMS, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT 41 42 31.1 For employees required to wear a uniform, the County will furnish two sets of shirts and 43 pants for each day the employee is regularly scheduled to work in a workweek, plus one 44 additional uniform, i.e., five-day employees will have 11 sets and four -day employees 45 will have 9 sets, and all on -call employees shall receive an additional 2 sets, not to exceed 46 15 sets. Bargaining unit employees shall be given their choice of long or short pants, 47 except for those positions for which the County makes the determination that long pants 48 are required. The determination to require long pants will not be arbitrarily made. Such Rev. 9/7/10 - 29 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 uniforms are not to be worn except while employees are on the job and while traveling to and from the job. 31.2 Tools and equipment that are normally supplied by the County will be used properly and carefully by employees who require them in their work. It is the responsibility of the employee to use and secure such tools and equipment in such a manner as to minimize the potential for loss or theft. 31.3 Tools and equipment provided by the County will be replaced by the County if they are stolen or broken during normal use and provided proper care and prescribed security measures have been followed and loss or breakage is not due to the employee's negligence or abuse. Loss or breakage due to employee's negligence or abuse subject to discipline ARTICLE 32 REMUNERATION 32.1 All current bargaining unit employees covered by this Agreement will receive 0% cost -of living -allowance and no merit increases during the term of this Agreement. 32.2 Monroe County has established a program to recognize County employees who havebeen in the County Service for Five, Ten, Fifteen, Twenty, Twenty-five and Thirty years. Grant and part-time employees will be eligible for the years -of -service program. At the employee's anniversary date, or as soon thereafter as is feasible, the Department must cause a letter to be placed in the employee's personnel file noting the years of service and must deliver the following, in a lump sum payment, to the employee: a — For 5 years of service, a decorative pin and a $100.00 award; b — For 10 years of service, a decorative pin and a $175.00 award and recognition at the BOCC meeting; c — For 15 years of service, a decorative pin and a $200.00 award and recognition at the BOCC meeting; d — For 20 years of service, a decorative pin and a $350.00 award and recognition at the BOCC meeting; e — For 25 years of service, a decorative pin and a $500.00 award and recognition at the BOCC meeting; e — For 30 years of service, a decorative pin and a $1,000.00 award and recognition at the BOCC meeting; 32.3 If, during the term of this agreement, the County non -union employees receive across- the-board cost of living allowances and/or merit increases, then all eligible employees within this bargaining unit covered by this collective bargaining agreement will immediately receive the same increase without the need for further bargaining. Rev. 9/7/ 10 -30- I ART_ICLE 33 2 3 ENTIRE AGREEMENT 4 5 33.1 The parties acknowledge that during the negotiations, which resulted in this Agreement, 6 each had the unlimited right to make demands and proposals with respect to any subject or 7 matter not removed by law from the area of collective bargaining. They, therefore, each 8 voluntarily and unqualifiedly waive the right for the term of this Agreement to bargain 9 collectively with respect to any matter referred to or covered in this Agreement, or with respect 10 to any subject or matter not specifically referred to or covered by this Agreement. 11 33.2 This Agreement represents the entire agreement between the parties and no other 12 Agreements or practices are binding upon either party hereto with respect to wages, hours or 13 working conditions of the employees covered hereby. The County shall not be obligated to 14 continue any benefits or employee practices which it has given or engaged in prior to the 15 execution of this Agreement unless such benefits or practices are specifically set forth in this 16 Agreement, and past practices of the employer will not be considered in interpreting this 17 Agreement. 18 33.3 The parties also agree that the County may unilaterally make changes in the terms and 19 conditions not covered in this Agreement without having to bargain over any such decision or its 20 effects. This Agreement expressly permits the County's right to make such changes. 21 ARTICLE 34 22 23 PRINTING AGREEMENT 24 25 34.1 This Agreement shall be printed within a reasonable time by the County. The County 26 shall provide three originals of the contract to the Union. 27 28 ARTICLE 35 29 30 SAVINGS CLAUSE 31 32 If any article, section, or provision of this Agreement should be found invalid, illegal or 33 not enforceable by reason of any existing or subsequently enacted legislation or by 34 judicial authority, all other articles and sections of this Agreement shall remain in full 35 force and effect for the duration of this Agreement. If such action occurs, the County and 36 the Union shall meet within thirty days for the purpose of negotiating a mutually 37 satisfactory replacement for such provision. 38 39 Rev. 9/7/10 - 31 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 35 ARTICLE 36 DURATION OF CONTRACT 36.1 After ratification by the parties, this Agreement shall be effective as of October 1, 2010, and shall remain in full force and effect until midnight, September 30, 2013. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA Date: OCT 1 2 2010 Attest: By: k...,County Administ or Clerk' 6 6V OCT 122010 e: Rev. 9/7/10 -32- TEAMSTERS LOCAL NO.769 By President Date: /0 %i By: Business Representative Date iv- ao - 2010 MO E COUNTY ATTORNEY A V D ASIO YNTHIA L. HALL ASSIS Nb COUNTY)VT� NEY Date o C—= r= q M Q Ul O iTl - O r C- N C) I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 BULLETIN BOARD LOCATIONS PUBLIC WORKS STOP #9 (MM 5) DETENTION FACILITY 5501 COLLEGE RD KEY WEST, FL. 33040 AIRPORTS STOP #5 KEY WEST 3491 SOUTH ROOSEVELT BLV. KEY WEST, FL. 33040 COURTHOUSE STOP #8 MM 0 500 WHITEHEAD STREET KEY WEST, FL. 33040 ROADS & BRIDGES TRAILER STOP #4 (by Airport) KEY WEST 3583 SOUTH ROOSEVELT BLV. KEY WEST, FL. 33040 FACILITIES MAINTENANCE STOP #4 (by Airport) KEY WEST 3583 SOUTH ROOSEVELT BLV. KEY WEST, FL. 33040 TRANSFER STATION STOP #10 CUDJOE MM 21 112 BLIMP ROAD CUDJOE KEY, FL. 33042 PUBLIC WORKS STOP #16 MARATHON MM 49 10600 AVIATION BLV. MARATHON FL. 33050 PUBLIC WORKS STOP #19 PLANTATION KEY MM 88 112 88770 OVERSEAS HWY. TAVERNIER FL. 33070 TRANSFER STATION STOP #24 KEY LARGO MM 107 11180 COUNTY ROAD 905 N. KEY LARGO, FL. 33037 AIRPORT MARATHON MM 49 9400 OVERSEAS HWY MARATHON, FL. 33050 TRANSFER STATION LONG KEY MM68 LONG KEY, FL. 33001 CARD SOUND TOLL FACILITY 58070 CARD SOUND ROAD MM107 KEY LARGO, FL. 33037 MURRAY NELSON CENTER 102050 OVERSEAS HWY MM 102 KEY LARGO, FL. 33037 Rev. 9/7/ 10 -33- STOP #15 STOP #17 STOP #25 STOP #26 Attachment "A" Attachment B GRIEVANCE FORM TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION 769 8000 S. Orange Ave #107 12365 W. Dixie Hwy. 862 20 Place Orlando, FL 32932 Miami, FL 33161 Vero Beach, FL 32960 Grievant's Name Complete Address (Include Zip Code) Shift Employer Work Phone Job Title Home Phone Employer Manager 1 Grievant's Statement of Grievance; Describe in detail the action giving rise to the complaint. Specify names, dates, classification, place and site of violation, time,etc. 2 Specify the Article(s) of the agreement which is/are violated. 3 What is the remedy and/or relief sought? I hereby authorize the Teamsters Local Union 769 to act for me in the disposition and settling of this grievance. Date Grievant's Signature Date Steward Signature -34- DECISION & APPEAL OF GRIEVANCE Decision of Manager Date of Decision Signature of Union Steward Grievance Settled: YES Employer's Signature NO: Title Date Case Appealed to: Date Case Appealed by: Date Decision of Appeal: Signature of Deciding Employer Officer: Signature Union Representative: Grievance Settled: Case Filed for Arbitration By: YES: NO: YES: NO: —35— Title: Date Date 1 2 3 4 5 STATE OF FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS COMMISSION TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 769 AFFILIATED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL: BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN AND HELPERS OF AMERICA, Petitioner, V. MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Respondent. Case Noe. RC-93-063 RC-93-064 RC-93-065 VERIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS AND CERTIFICATION OF EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATION Stanton R. Orr, Miami, attorney for petitioner. John D. Gronda and Donna M. DiChiara, Miami, attorneys for respondent. A secret ballot election was conducted March 22, 1994, in the following unit: INCLUDED: All full-time and regular part-time employees employed by the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners in the following classifications: airport maintenance technician, airport rescue firefighter, airport security guard supervisor, animal control officer, animal tender, bridge tender, bridge tender lead worker, building maintenance technician, carpenter, carpenter fore- man, communications assistant, communi- cations technician, crew chief, custo- dian, custodian foreman, dispatcher, electrical/electronic technician, elec- trical maintenance technician, electri- cian, electrician foreman, EMS support services manager, EMT/Driver, equipment operator, equipment operator - roads and bridges, equipment operator/maintenance, heavy equipment operator, maintenance mechanic - facilities maintenance, main- tenance mechanic - roads, maintenance/ - toll collector, maintenance worker I - facilities, maintenance worker I - roads, maintenance worker II, mason, master plumber, mechanic I - fleet /0 '�5-o Rev. 9/7/10 - 36 - Attachment C RC-93-063 RC-93-064 RC-93-065 management, mechanic III - fleet management, mechanic II=Penvirona�enG$1.t '. management, mechanic pIII !`- environmenta.]:'sc"', management, oerator, paint and bodya:„^. ,,f •. mechanic I, Painter, paipaint and body mechanic-I.XT nter foreman, P Park attendant, aramedic,' Plumber, plumber for'e���'^. man, resident park attendant, road% Wirriz,zss striper, roofer, security guard airport, security guard - correctio4ti 0 facility, securxt -g a foreman, senior communications tetida-oY cian, mmunicatioaa tec}��},;:'i.:,�J1 services manager - fleet manage - meat, services technician, -shift lea VA ztl captain/airport rescue, survey party chief, toll collector, traffic sign coordinator,;transportation driver, truck driver, and weighmaster., • = : . ,:: ra ,; EXC_ LURED; All temporary employees, grant :employees, supervisors, and all other employees of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners. The election results are as follows: 1• Approximate number of eligible 2• Void ballots voters S99T 3• Votes cast for Petitioner 1 4• Votes cast against participating 129 organization 5• Valid votes counted _ 22 6• Challenged ballots 181 7• Valid votes counted plus challenged ballots 7 8• Challenges are not sufficient to affect the 1SU results of the election. The Commission VERIFIES the results of the election Con.. ducted March 22, 1994• petitioner (OR-86-047) received a majority of the valid votes plus challenged ballots. Pursuant to Section 447.307(3)(b), Florida Statutes, th rQ� septa CERTIFIES the Petitionez as the exclusive representative• for c Cel-tification numbe�Pio�.ees in the unit described abovega�ning lnqr)— is issued to the Petitioner. This order may be appealed to the appropriate d s Of appeal. A notice of appeal must be rec firiat court and the district court of appeal within a?vend by the of this order. Except in thirty days f fission geqcy, the c r4 tt?e date eases of indi 4Rit �iEx Rev. 9/7/10 - 37 - RC-93-063 RC-93-064 RC-93-•065 require a filing fee and the Commission will require payment for ,peal. Further explanation of the right preparing •the record on Al to appeal.--10.provided in Sections 120•ellate procedure. glorida Statutes, and.,,the Florida Rules of App •`r""' a motion for reconsideration may be filed. Alternatively, tion 3Dtrthe Commission within fifteen days The mo$ot be received byhe par from the date f this order.. The motionshall overlooked or tema.sappreti- cular points of fact or law allegedly Commission, ,and shall not reargue the merits of the headed by further exp]a�aation, refer to Florida Administrative �, order. 1+0,,-, , Code Rule 3,PD15.005. It is 'so ordered. Commissioners, concur. HOR E, Chairman, SLOAN and ANTHONY, I HEREBY CERTIFY that this 4ocument was filer} and a copy 1994. served on each party on'�-� BY:7. erk /slm Rev. 9/7/10 - 38