PBA Articles 12-15

Question 1

Employees being laid off shall be given ______

calendar days’ written notice in advance.

Answer 1

twenty-one (21)

Question 2

The City shall notify employees to be recalled by _______.

Answer 2

United States certified mail

Question 3

An individual’s name shall be removed from the preferential lists when the employee fails to respond within ____ working days after the City’s transmittal of the notice of recall

Answer 3

four

Question 4

The City shall deduct dues owed by the employee to the PBA on a _____ basis. Deductions shall be made from the first and second paychecks each month and forwarded to the PBA within ____ days of said deductions.

Answer 4

bi-monthly

ten (10)

Question 5

Any authorization for dues deduction may be canceled by the employee upon _____ days written notice to the City and the PBA.

Answer 5

thirty (30)

Question 6

Any changes in the amount to be deducted for monthly dues increase shall be implemented after written notification from the PBA is received by the City. .Notification shall be provided to the City a minimum of ______ prior to the first pay date on which the dues increase is to be effective.

Answer 6

four weeks

Question 7

The City shall charge the PBA ___ per member per deduction but not more than ___ percent of the total amount deducted.

Answer 7

30¢

one

Question 8

If the promotion is within ____ days of the employee’s annual salary review date, then the employee is placed at the rate of pay which is one step beyond the rate of pay that the employee would have received but for the promotion/assignment.

Answer 8

90

Question 9

Employees assigned to the position of School Resource Officer prior to October 9, 1994 shall continue with their same rate of pay at grade ___ for the duration of the assignment.

Answer 9

P-3

Question 10

Employees shall serve a promotional probationary
period of ___ months and shall be eligible for a step increase after one year of satisfactory performance and annually thereafter up to the maximum step of the pay grade.

Answer 10

six

Question 11

If an employee is on a suspension, leave of absence, or layoff for a cumulative period in excess of ___ days, the employee’s salary review date is delayed by the number of days over the ___ days;

Answer 11

30

30

Question 12

The salary review date for employees serving probationary periods is delayed for the complete cumulative period (including the __ days).

Answer 12

30

Question 13

A police officer (grade P-1) who is at the maximum
step and has ___ or more continuous years of service as of the annual salary review date, shall be eligible for designation as a Master Police Officer (Step MP).

Answer 13

ten

Question 14

An employee at grades P-3-7 who is at the maximum step, has 10 or more years of total service, and __ or more years of total service in the grade as of the annual salary review date, shall be eligible for designation at the applicable Senior level (Step SR),

Answer 14

7

Question 15

Effective October 1, 2011, the requirement
for seven (7) or more years of total service in grade shall be reduced to _____ or more
years of total service in grade to be eligible for Senior level (Step SR).

Answer 15

5

Question 16

Effective October 1, 2017, time spent on late calls shall be considered overtime at ____ regardless of the total hours worked as specified in this section and paid or credited

Answer 16

150%

Question 17

Employees may bank up to a maximum of

___ hours in their compensatory time bank.

Answer 17

80

Question 18

Effective October 1, 2017, beginning with the fourth day that an employee is rescheduled within the payroll fiscal year, the employee shall be eligible
for the crediting of Rescheduling Time at the rate of __ hours credit for the rescheduled day.

Answer 18

4