Comments on: FAQ – Contract Negotiations for 2010

By: Unit three

Unit three — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:40:51 +0000

I have been trying to find out about retirement conversions. The current MOU only states the following:
“A unit member who has accumulated a minimum of seven hundred and fifty (750) qualifying hours or more of accrued and unused sick leave at the time of a duty related retirement shall be eligible for payment of an amount of compensation equal to twenty five (25%) of his base hourly rate for all hours in excess of two hundred and fifty (250) hours.”
(http://afscme2960.org/mou-index/section-3-4/)

I thought an employee could covert 2,080 hours of sick leave in return for one year more of retirment? Has this changed recently?

Thank you,
Concerned employee

By: BM

BM — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:47:13 +0000

I pose the same question to you. According to the new Furlough procedures, it states that negotiated furloughs go into effect 7/1/10. Just need you to clarify that furlough days taken on this day and after will go towards the mandatory furlough days, which is 48hrs. Please advise. Thanks for your help.

One other point, when was it discussed that we had to take furlough days according to a schedule? I have not read in any minutes or notes that mandatory days were going to be mandated to a schedule. When I voted for this new contract there was no discussion as to a schedule. I was under that impression that I would be able to take the days as I pleased (of course with approval by my supervisor, but when I pleased.)

Thanks.

By: Steve Ryan

Steve Ryan — Thu, 06 May 2010 23:03:26 +0000

Jacquelene,

The official city policy on furlough time is still in draft form at this time. When the policy is made official we will post it directly to this site for reference.

Thanks,
Steve Ryan

By: Jacquelene Kennedy

Jacquelene Kennedy — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:03:38 +0000

We heard from our division director yesterday that the unions have the information on furlough policies and any questions should go to the union. Have you heard anything on what the new policy states?

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:47:47 +0000

The MOU always goes into effect on the first day of the first FULL pay period in July.

By: Steve Ryan

Steve Ryan — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:31:18 +0000

Furlough days can be taken voluntarily at any point prior to the start of the MOU contract, thanks to the city’s extension of the “voluntary furlough” program.

However, the mandatory furlough days will NOT count toward the 48 hours of required time off until the effective date of our new MOU contract, which will be July 12th.

Thanks for your question!

By: BM

BM — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:44:02 +0000

Just so I understand what you stated in the your explanations, you explained that the MOU does not take effect until “7/12/10″ but each new “fiscal” year starts on 7/1 of each year. Then is it safe to say, that mandatory furlough days can be taken starting on 7/1/10?

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:40:48 +0000

Any idea when the MOU will be done? I really need to know if it’s true that I’ll be able to cash out MORE than 450 hours of vacation time when I retire in November, so I know how much vacation time I have to use.

By: Jacquelene

Jacquelene — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:48:46 +0000

I also saw a statement from the City Managers office that a furlough policy is being drafted. This worries me that we won’t be able to divide the furlough hours to meet our financial/budget needs and will probably be told they must be taken in whole day increments. If this happens it will be very difficult on this units employees.

By: Steve Ryan

Steve Ryan — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:55:07 +0000

Ann Marie,
The requirement is 48 hours (six 8-hour days) of furlough time per fiscal year.
Thanks for your question!