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Human Resources Department recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign the negotiated Letter of Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding between the County of El Dorado and El Dorado County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, representing the Law Enforcement (SA) bargaining unit, regarding closures of County Buildings; and
2) Direct the Human Resources Department and the Auditor-Controller’s Office to administer and implement the Letter of Agreement's 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 El Dorado County Deputy Sheriff’s Association (DSA) representing employees in the Law Enforcement (SA) bargaining unit, ended on December 31, 2016.
Pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code sections 3500 et seq.), representatives of the DSA and the County have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment for employees in the represented Units for a successor MOU since December 2016; except where explicitly stated in the MOU, the provisions of the 2014-2016 MOU remain in status quo, until such time the MOU is replaced with a successor agreement.
In May 2022, the DSA filed a grievance on behalf of several of its members alleging that these DSA members were required to work essential services during a building closure but did not receive the correct amount of payment for such work under Article 12, Section 1.E. of the MOU. The grievance additionally alleged building closure events have occurred since October 2019, in which DSA members have received an essential services premium rate of pay calculated in a manner inconsistent with the DSA’s interpretation of the MOU and past practice. The County subsequently agreed with the DSA’s interpretation of the MOU and past practice for similarly situated DSA members and determined that the essential services pre...
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