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ACSS Conducts 2nd Meet and Confer with DDS
ACSS Conducts 2nd Meet and Confer with DDS over the impact of the closure of Agnews Developmental Center on June 13, 2008.
ACSS requested that all items granted in the SEIU, AFSCME and CAPT agreements be provided to all excluded employees impacted by the closure of Agnews Developmental Center. In addition to those items, ACSS requested that the department consider the following additional items be included in the settlement agreements on behalf of all excluded employees involved.
1. Allow supervisors, managers and confidential employees who have special circumstances, to be given the option to run out their accrued time on the books (vacation, annual leave, compensation time off, personal leave, etc.), past the closure date.
DDS: This is not an option we are willing to consider.
2. Provide a guaranteed right of return to employees who transition into the Community/State assignments; or after the closure, a right of return to Sonoma Developmental Center
DDS: This is an area where we can make some decisions that will recognize the needs of our supervisors and managers.
3. Include the recruitment and retention bonus in the base pay for the last year (July 2007 through June 30, 2008) to be used in computing final compensation for retirement purposes.
DDS: This is not an issue the department will consider.
4. Waive the proposed rent increases for managers, supervisors and confidential employees who are currently living in state housing/apartments on the grounds of Agnews Developmental Center.
DDS: The department did explore this but it is not within its purview to deal with this.
ACSS will be contacting DPA about his issue.
5. Provide moving expenses for supervisors, managers and confidential employees who transfer to other locations to avoid layoffs.
DDS: The department has a shared interest in providing this to all its employees.
6. That supervisors, managers and confidential employees who take community-based assignments be allowed to keep their current recruitment and retention bonuses for the duration of their appointments.
DDS: The department will look into this and make a recommendation based on their findings (how many employees this would involve, costs, etc.).
7. ACSS wanted to clarify that based on the settlement agreements with the rank and file unions and our request to receive those negotiated benefits, that our members will have their SROA/Surplus status extended by the State consistent with the layoff date of each employee, in increments up to a maximum of 120 calendar days per the SROA policy and procedure manual.
DDS: yes, we will address this.
DDS indicated they would recommend a fair and reasonable package for excluded employees, which would be in keeping with the agreements negotiated for the rank and file employees. They anticipate notifying ACSS of their decisions shortly.
Date Posted: 6/13/2008
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