Union Contract Flashcards
Who requires the memorandum of agreement to enter into negotiations?
Kansas Public Employees Relations Act
Who and when was the union certified?
Kansas Public Relations Board August 15, 1974.
What is the term of the current union contract?
December 21, 2013 through December 23, 2016.
Who does this he recognizes the exclusive representation for the purpose of meeting and conferring until now grievances as related to the bargaining unit?
Local # 135
Who does the bargaining unit consist of?
All employees with the rank of Firefighter, Fire Lieutenant, Fire captain, airport police and fire Lieutenant an equivalent positions.
The City reserves and retains all of its right to manage its own affairs. What are management rights not addressed in the union contract?
- To Direct the work of its employees
- To hire, promote, demote, transfer, and assign and retain employees.
- Suspender discharge employees for proper cause
- Maintain the efficiency of governmental operation.
- Relieve employees from duties because lack of work or other legitimate reasons.
- Take action is necessary to carry out the mission of the agency.
- Determine the methods, means and personnel by which operations are carried on.
Employees rights include:
The right to form
The right to join and participate in union activities of their choosing.
The right to not participate in activities of the union.
The right to seek relief from any problem as specified in the grievance procedure, with out adversely affecting the employee.
How many union designated job stewards and alternatives can be recognized?
14
Authority of union job stewards include:
Investigate grievances
Transmission of messages authorized by the Union and its officers.
Union steward messages are required to meet the following?
- Be in writing
- Be routine in nature do not involve work stoppages, slowdowns, refusal to work, or interfere with the employer’s business.
- Do not require job stewards the absence themselves from work without the permission of the Battalion Chief.
Who approves time off to handle Union business?
The department director
Time off for stewards to handle union business must be limited to _____ min?
- Shall not be unreasonably with held.
- 30 minutes at the end of the shift unless approved by the battalion chief, or when attending a formal grievance hearing.
- If at a grievance hearing time shall not be assessed against the 30 minute period.
Employee shall not be discriminated against because of?
- Race, color, creed, national origin, age, sex, religion, ancestry, disability, Union or nonunion involvement.
What happens if grievance is filed with another agency court or jurisdiction concerning the same incident?
The city’s grievance will be placed in abeyance until the agency has reached a decision.
Payroll deductions maybe established through form or forms provided by human resources for the following purposes:
- friendship fund
- Health and Life insurance premiums
- Wichita Federal Credit Union
- Union dues
- Fireman’s welfare fund
- Deferred compensation
- and any other authorized by city and employee
Payroll changes shall become effective when?
After following authorization card and procedure of human resources.
A pay plan shall be provided for all employees in?
Classified service
Pay plans consist of?
Salary range for each position
Salary ranges are determined by?
- Relative difficulty and responsibility of the position.
- Prevailing rate of pay.
- Cost of living factors.
- City financial policy and other economic situations.
A full-time city employee that becomes a firefighter can continue to participate in?
- Life insurance programs
- Health insurance programs
- And receive holiday pay
Can a full-time employee transferred to the fire department used their accrued leave while and recruit training?
They cannot. Prior accrued leaves will be reinstated upon appointment to firefighter.
Bargaining unit members received specialty pay for what disciplines and at what rate?
Arson
Hazmat
Rescue
$35
At what rate do EMIICT’s earn specialty pay?
- $35 sun-setting first pay period 2015,
2. $86.10 per pay period once credentialed under EMSS
If a employee is assigned to duties of a higher position their compensation will?
A. stay the same for the hours worked
B. change the rate of the higher position for the hours worked
B. change to the rate the higher position for the hours worked.
40 hour employees required to work second or third shift will receive a shift differential of?
- $.15 per hour for second shift
2. $.25 per hour for third shift
Standby employees required to keep in contact by beeper radio or walkie talkie shall be compensated at what rate?
$.50 per hour
Standby employees required to report to duty shall be guaranteed a minimum of _____ hrs?
2 hours
In the event of callback employees shall shall receive a pay minimum of ___hrs at a rate of___?
2hrs at 1 1/2
How often will employees be paid?
Biweekly the end of shift Friday following the two week pay peroid.
Overtime will be paid when?
At the end of the 27 day cycle.
What is the 40 hour workweek consist of?
12:01 AM Saturday through 12 midnight Friday
Bargaining unit members receive educational pay at a rate of?
$25 per month for an associates degree in fire science
$50 per month for a bachelorette degree
$75 per month for a masters degree
Institutions must be accredited by the Kansas Board of Regents and certified eligible by the Human Resource Department
How do you receive educational pay?
My directory mailing transcripts to the human resource department.
Commencing the first full pay period after the approved contract longevity pay will consist of?
(6)
6 to 11 year service 2/month times the years accumulative service
11 years plus, $5/month times the years of the accumulative service
After successfully completing the recruit training employee shall be advanced to the position of___ for a probationary period of ____?
(6)
Firefighter, 12 months
Advancement and pay steps shall be granted upon _____ months satisfactory service in each pay step.
(6)
12 months
If the city reaches involuntary agreement with another city union had a rate that exceeds the amount of this agreement for 2016 the IAFF receive?(6)
The same higher base wage increase.
How will a promoted employees pay range and step be affected?(6)
Employees will move to appropriate pay range and move to the next lower step on the pay scale. I.E. firefighter to Lt. Range 891 two Range 892 step H to step G
Who determines the number a personnel on duty?
6
Management
Who reserves the right schedule overtime?
6
The city
24 hour employees will be compensated at time and a half for all hours worked in access of?
(6)
204 in a 27 day work period
40hr employees will be compensated at time and a half for all hours worked in excess of__ at a rate of ???
(6)
40 hours in one week
1 1/2
When computing overtime leaves of absences will not be computed as hours worked except for ____ leave.
(6)
Injury leave
Kelly days: when scheduled, options for computation, when paid out, pension status, new employees?
(7)
Scheduled in October of each year at the convenience of the department
May choose pay in Lou of time off
Paid out the first pay period of January, April, July and October
Non Pensionable effective Dec 21, 2013
New employees get one per in each quarter worked
Health insurance is____for ____? at what rate?
7
optional
Full-time employees
Employee pays 20% City pays 80% of the lowest cost health plan
Life insurance is provided by who at what rate?
7
City agreed to provide basic group life insurance in the amount of two times the base annual salary rounded up to the next higher thousand
Who pays for life insurance?
7
City employee shared equally, plan is optional
If an insurance carrier pays any dividend or refunds where does the money go?
(7)
Self insurance fund for help account for the purpose of defraying health insurance costs in future years.
When and how should an injury leave be reported?
7
In a timely matter in accordance to the administrative manual.
In the event the Union president or WFRA secretary suffers in injury what will they be granted?
(7)
24 light duty to conduct a legitimate union or association business.
Basic injury leave is given to?
7
Employees rendered physically unable to work as a result every team duties.
Routine duties are defined as?
7
Duties not particular to firefighting. Such as maintaining city property and equipment, completing tasks associated with station duties, physical fitness activities, normal business or station duties, Nonemergency
Basic injury leave last for how many days?
7
90 days, then paid to term of Workers’ Compensation Act until released, Can use sick and vacation leave to receive a full pay check
Can the City have a Physician of their choice? Who pays for the Dr. visits?
(7)
Yes the employ can have a second opinion of their choice both at the city’s experience per the Workers Comp Act of Kansas
Who can receive Fire Injury Leave?
7
Full time employees on duty
What qualifies for fire injury leave?
7
Any injury while performing a function peculiar to firefighting which causes the employee to be unable to perform their duties.
What is fire injury leave compensated at?
Full benefits as before the injury with no deductions from any leaves
What is the time length of Fire injury leave?
7
Up to 1 year
What does peculiar to firefighting mean?
7
Activities associated with responding to an emergency call, operating at an emergency call, or returning from emergency call.
Are injuries occurring during fire training eligible for fire injury leave?
(7)
Training activities designed to simulate emergency situations and conditions due to environmental and time sensitive conditions qualify if they are approved prequalified in writing by fire management.