From lois.m.harrup at state.or.us Wed Jul 1 10:06:51 2009 From: lois.m.harrup at state.or.us (HARRUP Lois M * DAS HRSD) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:06:51 -0700 Subject: [OPEUreppms] SEIU_TA_ExtndJuly09.pdf Message-ID: <8A8CF693A3BB294DB354A999D49CF818071A95CD@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> This notice is to advise you that the State and SEIU have mutually agreed to extend the 2007-2009 Collective Bargaining Agreement through July 31, 2009. Please inform or forward the extension agreement to your Agency Head and excluded staff. If you have any question, contact your assigned LRU Manager. Thank you for your assistance in this regard. Eva M Corbin Deputy Administrator, Labor Relations unit DAS - Human Resource Services Division Office Number (503) 378-8321 Facsimile Number (503) 373-7530 *****CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE***** This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee or it appears from the context or otherwise that you have received this e-mail in error, please advise me immediately by reply e-mail, keep the contents confidential, and immediately delete the message and any attachments from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: SEIU_TA_ExtndJuly09.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 20604 bytes Desc: SEIU_TA_ExtndJuly09.pdf URL: From lois.m.harrup at state.or.us Fri Jul 10 15:04:28 2009 From: lois.m.harrup at state.or.us (HARRUP Lois M * DAS HRSD) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:04:28 -0700 Subject: [OPEUreppms] SEIU Update #3 Message-ID: <8A8CF693A3BB294DB354A999D49CF818071A960D@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> TO HR MANAGERS IN SEIU REPRESENTED AGENCIES: Please distribute to the excluded staff, Executive and Management Services. Thanks! ________________________________________ Most of the initial bargaining issues either have been resolved or withdrawn. The following is an update on the remaining major economic issues remaining to be completed. Mandatory Unpaid Time Off (Furlough Days) We reached tentative agreement with SEIU on the procedural provisions for mandatory unpaid time off. However, three issues remain to be resolved: 1.) the number of days to be taken, 2.) whether tiers are based on gross base rates or salary ranges, and 3.) the effective date for implementation. The Letter of Agreement containing the procedural provisions is attached for your reference. Wage freeze and Step Rollback SEIU and the State bargaining team had a lively discussion over the State's wage freeze and step roll back proposal (see attached). We have different interpretations of the Legislatively Approved Budget (LAB) budget note that stated only half of the $130 million should be take as compensation reductions. Specifically, we disagree on whether the furlough days and "hard freeze" (i.e., no COLA, no step advancement and suspension/rollback of the new 10th step) are included in the whole $130 million or are included only in one half (i.e., $65 million). DAS is working with the Governor's office advisors to develop our next position for bargaining. Insurance We have maintained offering 5% increases for Employer contributions to insurance for both insurance plan years (2010 and 2011). If the increase in premium is in excess of the 5%, the parties will jointly request PEBB to use up to another 5% each year from PEBB reserves to defray the increased cost. The total contribution would not exceed 10% each year. We still are hammering out language on this issue. Selective Salary Increases and Classification Studies SEIU has not changed its proposal for increases to over 100 classifications. We anticipate the SEIU will change its proposal because we reached tentative agreement to do a larger number of classification studies in this biennium than initially proposed. The Letter of Agreement for classification studies is attached and list the classes involved. Mediation and bargaining continue on the remaining issues, which we hope to resolve. The next sessions are scheduled for July 13th and 14th. Sincerely, Eva M Corbin Deputy Administrator LRU DAS - Human Resource Services Division Office Number (503) 378-8321 Facsimile Number (503) 373-7530 *****CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE***** This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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So, technically, the employees are not losing any holidays. -----Original Message----- From: "Helen BAMFORD" To: "HARRUP Lois M * DAS HRSD" ; "opeureppms at listsmart.osl.state.or.us" Cc: "Eva Corbin" ; "Evanthia HAZAPIS" ; "michael.halpern at state.or.us" ; "Paul CLEARY" ; "Susan KORN" Sent: 7/13/09 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [OPEUreppms] SEIU Update #3 ** Confidential ** ** High Priority ** ** Reply Requested by 7/14/2009 (Tuesday) ** Hello all, I have a question & possible concern about the LOA regarding furlough days where it says that PERS will replace 11/27/09 with 02/15/10 (pg. 2 #4). PERS ee's worked President's Day (02/16/09) when other state agencies were closed. The day after Thanksgiving (11/27/09) is meant to replace the February 16th, 2009 holiday we worked. If you implement furlough days as indicated in the memo, PERS ee's will have lost 1 holiday in the 2007-2009 contract when other state workers were enjoying a day off with holiday pay. In addition, we would have to take a furlough day the day 11/27/09 losing another day of pay. If I'm misunderstanding the memo, please let me know asap - if not, I recommend PERS implement the LOA as outlined in 2010. SL3 Helen Bamford PERS HR Director 503 603 7707 >>> "HARRUP Lois M * DAS HRSD" 7/10/2009 3:04 PM >>> TO HR MANAGERS IN SEIU REPRESENTED AGENCIES: Please distribute to the excluded staff, Executive and Management Services. Thanks! ________________________________________ Most of the initial bargaining issues either have been resolved or withdrawn. The following is an update on the remaining major economic issues remaining to be completed. Mandatory Unpaid Time Off (Furlough Days) We reached tentative agreement with SEIU on the procedural provisions for mandatory unpaid time off. However, three issues remain to be resolved: 1.) the number of days to be taken, 2.) whether tiers are based on gross base rates or salary ranges, and 3.) the effective date for implementation. The Letter of Agreement containing the procedural provisions is attached for your reference. Wage freeze and Step Rollback SEIU and the State bargaining team had a lively discussion over the State's wage freeze and step roll back proposal (see attached). We have different interpretations of the Legislatively Approved Budget (LAB) budget note that stated only half of the $130 million should be take as compensation reductions. Specifically, we disagree on whether the furlough days and "hard freeze" (i.e., no COLA, no step advancement and suspension/rollback of the new 10th step) are included in the whole $130 million or are included only in one half (i.e., $65 million). DAS is working with the Governor's office advisors to develop our next position for bargaining. Insurance We have maintained offering 5% increases for Employer contributions to insurance for both insurance plan years (2010 and 2011). If the increase in premium is in excess of the 5%, the parties will jointly request PEBB to use up to another 5% each year from PEBB reserves to defray the increased cost. The total contribution would not exceed 10% each year. We still are hammering out language on this issue. Selective Salary Increases and Classification Studies SEIU has not changed its proposal for increases to over 100 classifications. We anticipate the SEIU will change its proposal because we reached tentative agreement to do a larger number of classification studies in this biennium than initially proposed. The Letter of Agreement for classification studies is attached and list the classes involved. Mediation and bargaining continue on the remaining issues, which we hope to resolve. The next sessions are scheduled for July 13th and 14th. Sincerely, Eva M Corbin Deputy Administrator LRU DAS - Human Resource Services Division Office Number (503) 378-8321 Facsimile Number (503) 373-7530 *****CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE***** This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee or it appears from the context or otherwise that you have received this e-mail in error, please advise me immediately by reply e-mail, keep the contents confidential, and immediately delete the message and any attachments from your system.