FOP Statement of Agreement

Question 1

A ______ employee shall be an employee who has successfully completed two years of service from his date of employment.

Answer 1

Regular employee.

Question 2

A ______ employee shall be an employee who has not yet completed two years of service from his date of employment and shall be known as a Probationary Police Officer/

Answer 2

Probationary employee.

Question 3

Upon giving 5 days written notice, except when time precludes, representatives of the FOP, Lodge #17, will be granted, by the Chief of Police, time off with pay to conduct FOP business. The time off will not exceed ______ hours per year, so long as it does not interfere with operations of the department. If at the end of the calendar year any balance remains, no more than ___ hours will be carried over into the next calendar year. The Chief of Police may also grant additional time off in addition to the FOP leave balance for other activities.

Answer 3

1. 1,000 hours
2. 400 hours

Question 4

The FOP or any employee may file a grievance, as hereinafter defined, within _____ days of said occurrence or awareness and shall be afforded the full protection of this Statement of Agreement.

Answer 4

30 days

Question 5

Step 1 (Grievances)
An employee shall, with or without the FOP representative, first discuss a grievance with the employee’s immediate supervisor in an attempt to reach a satisfactory solution. In this step, the employee may choose to submit the grievance orally or in writing. The supervisors are encouraged to counsel with the employee and with their supervisors in their review and handling of the situation. The supervisor’s response to the employee and the FOP representative shall be within ____ calendar days and shall be in the same manner as the grievance is received. The majority of grievances shall be resolved at this step.

Answer 5

5

Question 6

Step 2 (Grievances)
If the grievance is not settled by the provisions of Step 1, it shall be submitted in writing on the appropriate form within ____ calendar days from the receipt of the supervisor’s response, or lack thereof, in Step 1 to the FOP Grievance Committee, as provided for in the FOP bylaws.

Answer 6

5

Question 7

Step 2- second part (Grievances)
Within ____ calendar days, the FOP Grievance Committee shall determine, in their discretion and judgement, whether or not a grievance exists as defined in Section 3 above.

Answer 7

10

Question 8

Step 2 (b) (Grievances)
If the FOP Grievance Committee finds a grievance does not exist, the employee may, within ____ calendar days, at his option, proceed to the appeal process as set out in the FOP bylaws under Grievance Committee.

Answer 8

5

Question 9

Step 3 (Grievances)
If the FOP Grievance Committee finds a grievance does exist, the Committee, or Committee and employee shall forward the grievance, within ____ calendar days, to the Chief of Police for settlement. The grievant and the Chief, or his designee, shall have a right to a conference at this step at which the employee shall have the right to the FOP representative of his choice. A copy of the grievance shall be sent to the City Human Resources Director.

Answer 9

5

Question 10

Step 4 (Grievances)
The Chief of Police shall submit his answer, in writing, to the employee involved, and the FOP Grievance Committee and the City Human Resources Director, within ___ calendar days. If the grievance has not been settled at this step, it shall be sent to the Mayor within ___ calendar days for settlement.

Answer 10

1. 10
2. 7

Question 11

Step 5 (Grievances)
The Mayor or designee shall submit and answer to the Chief of Police, the employee involved, and he FOP Grievance Committee with ____ calendar days. The Mayor’s decision shall be final; however, this shall in no way abridge or compromise the right of the FOP or any employee to seek relief in a court of competent jurisdiction. This does not govern appeals of disciplinary actions to the Civil Service Committee.

Answer 11

7

Question 12

Seniority
_______ is defined as continuous service as a sworn officer with the Little Rock Police Department within each job classification (hereinafter referred to in this article as “rank”). Seniority shall accrue from the first day of the most recent date of hire as a sworn officer. However, until the initial employment probation is completed, the employee shall not attain seniority status.

Answer 12

“Seniority”

Question 13

Seniority Section 5
Seniority shall be lost upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
A. Discharge
B. Resignation
C. ________
D. Unexcused failure to return to work upon expiration of a leave of absence.
E. When an employee has been laid off for a period of more than ___ months.

Answer 13

1. Retirement
2. 18

Question 14

Sick Leave Section 1
Employees shall accrue the equivalent of __ days (based on eight hour day) annually, with a maximum allowable accumulation of 1,600 Sick Leave hours.

Upon separation of employment from a sworn position, employees shall be compensated in cash at the basic rate of hourly pay for any unused Sick Leave up to ____ hours in the event of retirement or death. For the purposes of this Article, retirement shall be defined as completion of 20 years of service with the Little Rock Police Department.

Answer 14

1. 20
2. 720

Question 15

Sick Leave Section 2
Sick Leave may be used for personal illness or injury, and medical, dental, or ______ examinations. It may also be used for pregnancy or any related disabilities.

Answer 15

Optical

Question 16

Sick Leave Section 3
During an extended illness, the employee must inform his supervisor every __ weeks of the status of such extended illness as long as the employee is physically able to do so. This time may be lengthened by the supervisor.

Answer 16

2

Question 17

Funeral Leave
Death in Family. In the event of a death in the immediate family of an employee, the employee shall be granted time off with pay at the time of the emergency. Employees will receive __ day off with pay for the death of a grandparent or grandchild of the employee. In the event of the death of a spouse, child, mother, father, brother, sister, of the employee or the employee’s spouse the employee may request up to __ days of time off with pay.

Answer 17

1. 1
2. 3

Question 18

Funeral Leave Section 3
The City agrees to pay funeral expenses which exceed the amount paid by Workers’ Compensation, to a maximum of ____ dollars, for officers who lose their lives in the line of duty.

Answer 18

4,000

Question 19

Vacation Leave
Vacation leave will be earned according to Arkansas State Statute 14-52-106. Employees will accrue the equivalent of__ days (based on 8 hour days) annually.
Vacation leave may be accumulated; however, a maximum of ____ hours may be carried over to the next year.

Answer 19

1. 15 days
2. 360 hours

Question 20

Suspension
A suspension may be delayed at the discretion of management up to, but not to exceed, __ calendar days.

Answer 20

10

Question 21

Suspension
An employee may request in writing to forfeit accrued vacation leave on a day for day basis in lieu of serving the suspension. Forfeiture of leave may not exceed __ vacation days in a calendar year. Such substitution shall be at the discretion of the Chief of Police.

Answer 21

5

Question 22

Compensatory Time may be accrued to a maximum of ___ hours. Once 400 hours of CTO have been accrued, Management has the option to either grant Comp Time or dollars for time worked in excess of 40 hours in a work week.

Answer 22

400 hours

Question 23

Holiday Premium Pay
The City Agrees to pay holiday premium pay equivalent to __ days (based on 8 hour day) pay.

Answer 23

11 days

Question 24

If an employees employment date if before July 1, he will receive discretionary days (DD’s) during the current calendar year. If an employee’s employment date is on or after _____, he will receive discretionary days at the beginning of the next calendar year.

Answer 24

July 1

Question 25

All employees with 5-15 years of continuous service will receive __ discretionary hours off per year. All employees with 15 or more years of continuous service will receive __ discretionary hours off per year.

Answer 25

1. 40 hours
2. 56 hours