Quick Notes to SCEA Site Representatives

August 7, 2008

 

Meet and Confer

 

The Board of Supervisors will formally adopt the tentative agreements related to office closure and job sharing at their meeting on August 12.  The office closure agreement will ensure employees receive compensation without a deduction from their leave balances when the County administrator due to conditions requiring work cessation sends employees home.  Once the Board of Supervisors gives final approval, we will post the agreements on our web site and copies will be given to our site representatives. 

 

Membership Cards

 

We have begun this project by distributing the cards at some smaller work locations. Over the next several months, SYCEA staff will be distributing the new SCEA Local #1-membership cards.   We will inform our site representatives and members at the work location where we plan to hold a meet and greet for dispersing the cards.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation and support with this project.  Additional information will be disseminated with the membership card.

 

Pay For Service with Distinction (PFSWD)

 

The SCEA board of Directors has appointed Terry Barber to serve as the chairperson for the committee that will be meeting with Larry Combs, County Administrator to discuss ways to ensure more equitable application of this pay incentive program and to discuss Countywide standards of expectation.  We hope to begin these meetings shortly.

 

Disciplinary Issues

 

Staff has been dealing with several disciplinary matters on both sides of the river and a general investigation that has been time consuming.   Staff is also is handling an arbitration hearing regarding the dismissal of one of Local #1’s members in the bay area.  This has and will continue to be very time consuming.  The first day of hearing was held on 7/31 and two more days of hearing are scheduled for 8/26 & 8/27.   This is a very involved matter and that is the reason experienced staff was asked to handled the appeal.

 

 

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