PBA Part 2

Question 1

Certificate of Self Insurance: Coverage shall be limited to $___ per claimant and $___per event.

Answer 1

$200,000 / $300,000

Question 2

Under no circumstances shall any coverage pursuant to this paragraph provide any liability coverage for any claims, judgments or awards of any kind in excess of $___ per claimant and $___ per event.

Answer 2

$200,000 / $300,000

Question 3

Any legal counsel assigned to defend the employee shall be selected and assigned at the sole discretion of the ____.

Answer 3

City Attorney

Question 4

____ is hereby defined as continuous length of service with the City of Tampa and/or the Tampa Police Department

Answer 4

Seniority

Question 5

____ is total length of continuous service within the employment of the City of Tampa.

Answer 5

Total City Seniority

Question 6

____ is the total length of continuous service with the Tampa Police Department.

Answer 6

Departmental Seniority

Question 7

____ is the total length of continuous service in each pay grade provided however that time spent in grade P-3 or grade P-4 shall be combined and credited for the ____ date as a P-4 or P-3.

Answer 7

Classification Seniority

Question 8

The ____ of the work week of the promotion or job assignment is the effective date for classification seniority dates.

Answer 8

Sunday

Question 9

____is defined as the period of employment not interrupted by resignation, dismissal, retirement, quitting without notice, or any other termination of
employment.

Answer 9

Continuous service

Question 10

Time spent greater than ___ calendar days on leave of absence, (except for a Workers’ Compensation Leave of Absence) layoff, or suspension shall not be credited in the calculation of seniority dates.

Answer 10

30

Question 11

Employees shall be entitled to select vacations by ____ seniority within the unit to which they are assigned.

Answer 11

departmental

Question 12

In order to exercise seniority, an employee must select his vacation schedule on or before ____ of the year in which the vacation is to be taken.

Answer 12

March 15

Question 13

For purposes of this section, the term “___” shall mean

the squad or bureau to which the officer is assigned.

Answer 13

unit

Question 14

Any decision to cancel a scheduled vacation of ___ or more may be appealed to the appropriate shift or bureau commander without going through the normal chain of command.

Answer 14

one week

Question 15

When the tasks to be performed will not be affected,

____ seniority shall be used to determine work assignments for patrol officers within a uniform district squad.

Answer 15

classification

Question 16

Pursuant to this philosophy, uniform patrol personnel will be afforded the opportunity to bid for their preferred division, squad and shift in uniform patrol
based upon their ____seniority.

Answer 16

classification

Question 17

Some positions may be filled by ____ officers to balance distribution and to assist in training.

Answer 17

probationary

Question 18

Accordingly, the department may, at its sole discretion, exclude from the bid process up to ___officer positions per squad.

Answer 18

two

Question 19

____ personnel are exempted from the bid process.

Answer 19

Probationary

Question 20

Special needs situations will be handled on a case by case basis. Such requests must be submitted through the chain of command to the ____.

Answer 20

Division commander

Question 21

Employees assigned to _____ squads may bid off of these squads, but employees may not bid for a designated non-biddable squad.

Answer 21

non-biddable

Question 22

Beginning on ____ of each year, bidding shall

begin for division shift, and squad assignment based on classification seniority.

Answer 22

January 1

Question 23

The employee may, at his/her option, place his/her

bid on a Shift Bid Form in writing with ___options listed in order of preference.

Answer 23

five

Question 24

The bid process shall be completed by ____.

Answer 24

January 15

Question 25

Ties in classification, department, and City seniority will be broken by ____.

Answer 25

lottery

Question 26

The results of the bid process and the actual shift and squad assignments will be posted on roll call boards from ____.

Answer 26

January 20 through January 31

Question 27

The new assignments shall be effective on the ____.

Answer 27

second payroll period in February

Question 28

All transfers remain subject to the approval of the ____.

Answer 28

Police Chief

Question 29

A ___is a reduction in the number of employees within the Department due to lack of work, lack of funds, or for any reason other than the acts or delinquencies of the employee.

Answer 29

layoff

Question 30

Once the City has determined that selected positions shall be eliminated, the City will lay off employees in reverse order of their ____ seniority.

Answer 30

classification

Question 31

The City may retain____ with specialized skills who are assigned special duties or ____ who are on special assignment. When such special assignment is completed, the most senior officer on layoff shall be notified of his right to displace such ____.

Answer 31

junior officers / junior officers / junior officer

Question 32

____ employees shall be laid off prior to any regular

employee.

Answer 32

Entrance probationary

Question 33

In the event that two or more employees have the same length of classification seniority, ____ seniority shall prevail.

Answer 33

department

Question 34

Should departmental seniority also be equal, the ___ shall determine the method to break such ties.

Answer 34

City

Question 35

Employees being laid off shall be given___ calendar days’ written notice in advance.

Answer 35

21

Question 36

Employees shall be recalled from layoff in reverse order of ____seniority provided that they are currently qualified to perform the work in the job classification to which they are recalled as provided by this Article.

Answer 36

classification

Question 37

No new employee shall be hired until the employee on layoff has been given an opportunity to return to work at his original seniority date and position; provided, that after____ months of lay off such re-employment rights shall cease.

Answer 37

12

Question 38

An individual who has been laid off shall not be

considered as having completely terminated from the City’s employment so long as the individual remains on a ____ list.

Answer 38

preferential re-employment

Question 39

The City shall notify employees to be recalled by ____.

Answer 39

United States certified mail

Question 40

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 or the employee notifies the City of acceptance of recall but fails to report at the specified time or the employee accepts or rejects any employment with the City or the employee has been on layoff for a period of ___.

Answer 40

four / one year

Question 41

For purposes of benefits, an individual recalled from a
____ list shall not suffer a break in service. However, the time spent on layoff greater than ___ days shall not be credited in the calculation of benefits.

Answer 41

preferential employment / 30

Question 42

The City shall deduct dues owed by the employee to the PBA on _____ ; with authorized employee signature.

Answer 42

each of the 26 paycheck periods

Question 43

Deductions shall be made from all ____ and forwarded to the PBA within ten (10) days of said deductions.

Answer 43

paychecks each month

Question 44

Any deductions for items other than PBA dues, initiation fees, or uniform assessments must be approved semiannually by the ____.

Answer 44

Director of Human Resources

Question 45

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

Answer 45

30

Question 46

In the event that the PBA fails to process to the City a dues cancellation request effective with the next deduction ___ days from the date notice was received, then the PBA shall refund the deduction(s) to
the employee.

Answer 46

30

Question 47

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

Answer 47

30¢

Question 48

Entrance employees shall serve a probationary period of ____.

Answer 48

one year

Question 49

If the promotion/assignment 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 49

90

Question 50

Promotional Probation: 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 50

6