MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Part A
Local 829, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, and representatives of the County of San Mateo have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment of employees in the representation units listed in Section 1, have exchanged freely information, opinions and proposals and have endeavored to reach agreement on all matters relating to the employment conditions and employer-employee relations of such employees.
This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code Sections 3500-3510) and has been jointly prepared by the parties.
This Memorandum of Understanding shall be presented by the Union to the employees to be covered hereby for ratification by said employees, and shall thereafter be presented to the Board of Supervisors and, if appropriate, to the Civil Service Commission as the joint recommendations of the undersigned for salary and employee benefit adjustments for the period commencing October 4, 2024 and ending October 59 2027.
- 01. Recognition
- 02. Union Security
- 03. Union Stewards and Official Representatives
- 04. No Discrimination
- 05. Salaries
- 06. Days and Hours of Work
- 07. Overtime
- 08. Shift Differential
- 09. Application of Differentials
- 10. On-Call Assignments
- 11. Bilingual Pay
- 12. Mileage Reimbursement Policy
- 13. Tuition Reimbursement
- 14. Layoff and Reemployment
- 15. Severance Pay
- 16. Holidays
- 17. Election Days
- 18. Vacations
- 19. Sick Leave
- 20. Leaves of Absence
- 21. Hospitalization and Medical Care
- 22. Dental Care and Vision Care
- 23. Optional Additional Benefits
- 24. Change in Employee Benefit Plans
- 25. Retirement Plans
- 26. Life Insurance
- 27. Long-Term Disability Insurance
- 28. State Disability Insurance
- 29. Promotion
- 30. Career Opportunities Program
- 31. Part-Time Positions Which Become Full-Time
- 32. Geographical Displacement
- 33. Change of Assigned Duties
- 34. Pay for Work-Out-Of-Classification
- 35. Probationary Period
- 36. Performance Evaluations
- 37. Dismissal, Suspension, Reduction in Step or Demotion for Cause
- 38. Grievances
- 39. Loss of Compensation
- 40. Personnel Files
- 41. Committee Involvement
- 42. Workday Reopener
- 43. Contracting/Subcontracting
- 44. Separability of Provisions
- 45. Past Practices and Existing Memoranda of Understanding
- 46. Resignation and Reinstatement
- 47. Miscellaneous
- EXHIBIT A: Health Services Unit
- EXHIBIT B: Human Services Unit
- EXHIBIT C: Inspection and Regulation Unit
- EXHIBIT D: Institutional Services Unit
- EXHIBIT E: Licensed Vocational Nurse Unit
- EXHIBIT F: Parks Unit
- EXHIBIT G: Planning Unit
- EXHIBIT H: Plant and Equipment Maintenance Unit
- EXHIBIT I: Clinical Laboratory Scientist Unit
- EXHIBIT J: Communications Unit
- EXHIBIT K: Telecommunications Unit
- EXHIBIT L: Extra Help Unit
There are two Parts in this Agreement:
Part A applies to the Regular Employees.
Part B applies to the Extra Help Unit (covering Extra-help, Seasonal/Periodic, Relief and Limited Term temporary employees as defined in Government Code section 3507.7(a)(1)(A)).
The following Sections in Part A of this MOU apply to Part A and Part B:
- Preamble
- Section 1. Recognition
- Section 2. Union Security
- Section 3. Union Stewards
- Section 4. No Discrimination
- Section 11. Bilingual Pay
- Section 34. Pay for Work-Out-Of-Classification
- Section 38.6 No Strike
- Section 38.7 County Charter and Civil Service
- Section 39 Loss of Compensation
- Section 40. Personnel Files
- Section 43 Contracting/Subcontracting
- Section 44. Separability
- Section 45. Past Practice
Unless otherwise stated above that a section applies to both Part A and B; if the contract language does not exist in Part A, then the contract language does not apply to AFSCME Local 829 -represented regular employees. If the contract language does not exist in Part B, then the contract language does not apply to AFSCME Local 829 -represented temporary employees.
- 01. Salaries
- 02. Days and Hours of Work
- 03. Overtime
- 04. Shift Differential
- 05. On-Call Duty
- 06. Mileage Reimbursement
- 07. Seasonal Positions Right to Return
- 08. Holidays
- 09. Promotional Opportunities for Extra Help Applicants
- 10. Sick Leave
- 11. Vacation
- 12. Bereavement Leave
- 13. Voluntary Leaves of Absence Without Pay
- 14. Review of Extra Help Assignments
- 15. Health Insurance
- 16. Retirement Plan
- 17. Reconsideration Process for Separation due to Performance or Conduct Issues
- 18. Grievances
- 19. Training
- 20. Limited Term Employees
- 21. Performance Evaluation
- EXHIBIT A. AFSCME Occupational Exhibit
- EXHIBIT B. Extra-Help Unit Definitions
- SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT
- Signatures
