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Human Resources Department recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 188-2019 approving the negotiated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of El Dorado and the Operating Engineers Local No. 3 representing employees in the Corrections Bargaining Unit;
2) Authorize the Chair to sign said MOU, noting the MOU will be effective the first full pay period following Union ratification and Board of Supervisors adoption of the MOU; and
3) Direct the Human Resources Department and the Auditor-Controller's Office to administer and implement the MOU provisions.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The term of the current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of El Dorado (County) and Operating Engineers Local No. 3 (OE3) representing employees in the Corrections (CR) bargaining unit, ended on June 30, 2018.
Pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code sections 3500 et seq.), representatives of OE3 and the County have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment of employees in the CR bargaining unit. The County and OE3 jointly prepared a successor MOU, for the term of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023, reflecting agreed revisions to certain terms and conditions. Subject to the provisions in the MOU, those revised terms and conditions with a County cost impact are summarized below, along with the estimated annual cost.
1. Effective the first full pay period following MOU adoption, the County will increase base wages for all employees in the Unit by 4.79% to ensure that the benchmark job classification and laterally tied non-benchmark classifications within the Unit are approximately 7% behind the median market average utilized by the County - estimated annual cost of $376,000
2. Effective the first full pay period in July, 2020, base wages for all classifications in the Unit will receive an equity increase of 2.0%...
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