DATE: August 20, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Approving the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Hayward and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 1021, Maintenance and Operations Unit, and Authorizing Staff to Execute the Agreement
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts the attached resolution (Attachment II) approving the Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") between the City of Hayward ("City") and the Service Employees International Union, Local 1021, Maintenance and Operations Unit ("SEIU") bargaining unit from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
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SUMMARY
The current SEIU MOU expired on June 30, 2024. The attached resolution will allow staff to execute a successor agreement with SEIU, from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027. The new agreement will grant cost of living (COLA) salary adjustments totaling thirteen percent (13%) over the three-year contract term, as well as equity salary adjustments for all SEIU Maintenance members who remain three (3%) or more under the market median based on a total compensation study completed on December 31, 2023, enhancement of continuous service pay (CSP), an increase to meal allowance, the addition of Juneteenth holiday, an increase to alternate benefits by one hundred dollars ($100.00) per tier, an increase to the Health and Wellness allowance to seven hundred and twenty dollars ($720.00), an increase to Night Shift Differential, increase shoe allowance for eligible classifications per calendar year at two-hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00), and maximum reimbursement of three hundred dollars ($300.00) if purchased with a vendor within the City of Hayward, enhance employee maximum vacation accrual cap and twice the annual rate to include plus forty (40) hours, add vacation cash out option up to forty (40) hours. The new contract also includes operatio...
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