comparable, the grievance shall not be subject to the grievance procedure and shall be
submitted directly for arbitration no later than thirty (30) days after the Union is notified of the
proposed change to the comparable plan. The grievance shall be heard in an expedited manner. The
decision of the arbitrator shall be binding on both parties.
as the carrier may establish. The City reserves the right to change long term disability insurers to
another commercially available program having overall comparability of coverage to that
currently in effect on the date of execution hereof, or to self insure said coverage. Employ ces are
encouraged to maintain adequate earned time balances to cover the elimination period for the
long term disability benefit in the event a claim is made.
Article 22A
Short Term Disability (STD)
Reimbursement eligibility is in the order set forth above to the limit of available funds. All
courses must be approved in advance by the Human Resources Department in order to be
eligible for reimbursement. Any single individual employee may utilize up to fifteen percent of
the total tuition account per fiscal year. However, if such an employee would be entitled to
additional reimbursement but for this limit, and there is any money remaining in the tuition
account at the end of the fiscal year, said employee can request additional reimbursement. The
1- pay the employee each week, the pay ment will include the difference between the amount
they are paid under Worker's Compensation and the amount of the employee's pay for
their regularly scheduled work week as in effect at the time of the injury .
2- make such supplemental pay ments for as long as the employee is disabled, but in no case
longer than six (6) months from the date of injury .
Article 16
Bereavement Leave
The City permits absence from scheduled work with pay necessitated by death in y our immediate
family , up to a maximum of three (3) regularly scheduled workday s at their straight time rate of
pay per occurrence.
Employees required to work a holiday shall receive one and one half (1.5) their usual straight
time rate of pay for hours worked. In addition they shall receive holiday pay unless, prior to
submission of the weekly pay roll, the emp loy ce requests in writing to take the holiday time off on
a scheduled work day satisfactory to management, within three (3) months from the date of the
holiday .
reasonably equal for the employees subject to lay off, then reverse seniority shall be utilized in
making the lay off decision. In cases where an employee has five (5) or more years of seniority,
the employee shall be eligible to bump the least senior employee remaining in a position class
series in his/her department for which he/she is qualified, if any. In the event that there is no one
available to bump in the department, the employ ce may exercise the same bump ing rights in their
division.
Recall Provision:
Selection of qualified candidate:
Time Limitations
The city and the union may waive steps or extend the time for any action stated above by mutual
consent in writing, but all the steps of this procedure shall be handled as expeditiously as possible
with a view to promoting and maintaining harmony. Request of either party for extensions of
time shall not be unreasonably denied.
