Tentative Agreement Summary

  • Article 2 - District Rights
    • Changed “insure” to “ensure”
  • Article 4 - Evaluations and Personnel Files
    • Clarified language and processes
    • IDEAA area of rating added
    • Evaluations will now occur every 2 years instead of every 3 years
    • Probation can no longer be extended beyond 6 months
    • Added a mid-point progress meeting for performance improvement plans (PIP)
    • Updated PIP form to add “Some Progress”
    • VP of HR to have more oversight of interim evaluations and PIPs
  • Article 5 - Union Rights
    • Updated technology references (e.g. Removed “typewriters”)
    • Moved Steward section from Article 13 – Grievances
    • Added 1 hour of release time per month for unit members to attend unit and membership meetings
    • Aligned District committee appointments with Board Policy while ensuring SEIU representation
    • Expanded negotiations team release time to allow for year-round planning
    • Added hire date to monthly bargaining unit report
  • Article 6 – Hours of Employment
    • Cleaned up and clarified language
    • Added references to Ed Code and other contract language
    • Agreed to form a workgroup with the District to study compensation and definitions of shifts including but not limited to:
      • 24-hour event chaperones
      • Multi-day chaperones
      • Travel
      • Stand-by and on-call
      • Variable vs flexible schedule
  • Article 7 – Pay and Allowances
    • 3.85% salary increase, retroactive to July 1 (parity with faculty & management)
    • Clarified language around mileage reimbursement while working remotely
  • Article 8 – Employee Expenses and Materials
    • Cleaned up and clarified language
    • Updated the 2024/2025 uniform reimbursement amount to $457 and moved it to an appendix
    • Incorporated Article 8 Committee uniform recommendations (e.g. color)
    • Updated classifications for positions requiring uniforms
  • Article 9 – Health and Welfare Benefits
    • Maintained fully-covered Kaiser option
  • Article 10 – Holidays
    • Clarified language and renamed holiday breaks to “Winter” and “Fall” break
    • Updated projected holiday schedules to better align with academic calendar
  • Article 12 – Leave of Absence
    • Minor language cleanup
  • Article 13 – Grievances
    • Cleaned up and clarified language and processes
    • Moved Steward section to Article 5 – Union Rights
    • Added that the District and SEIU have to mutually agree on the contents and format of the Grievance Form
  • Article 16 – Fringe Benefits for Retirees
    • Updated the stipend amount to $170.18 for retiree only and $340.36 for retiree and spouse/domestic partner and moved it to an appendix
  • Article 19 – Classification/Reclassification
    • Clarified language and removed reference to the Classification/Salary Study
    • Updated classification review schedule to resume reviewing component groups in 2026-27
    • Tentative Classification Review/Salary Study Results (Pending Unit ratification and Board approval in January)
      • Old Classification = Current job description/title
      • New Classification = New job description/title (including any title changes)
      • Old Grade = Current grade
      • New Grade = New grade based on market study data
      • New classifications that resulted from the study can be found at the bottom of the list
    • Tentative 2024-25 Salary Schedule effective January 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025 (Pending unit ratification and Board approval in January) - Use this to compare your old grade to the new grade.
      • Removed 4 lowest grades and added 9 new grades
      • Updated grade descriptors from letters A-U to “C + number”
      • Updated step descriptors from 1-5 to A-E
      • Will be available for review prior to the ratification meeting
    • Classified Salary Study Comparable Entities – these are the entities used to compare the benchmark positions in the Classified Salary Study Custom Survey Market Data spreadsheet.
    • Custom survey market data with benchmarked positions - used to align classification grades with the market
    • Final, graded job descriptions will be sent out no later than 5pm on 1/7/25
      • Unit members receiving a grade or step change will receive a separate letter from HR
      • A grade and/or step change will not result in a salary decrease. Per Article 7, section 7.7.1, “Any unit member in the bargaining unit receiving a reclassification or promotion under the provisions of this Agreement shall be moved to the appropriate grade and step of the new class to ensure not less than a 5% salary increase as a result of that reclassification or promotion, except that the unit member may be placed on the last step of the appropriate grade if that is the maximum allowable for that class.”
    • No new Z-rated positions (no decreases)
      • Z-rating prior to study
        • Positions = 19
        • Individuals = 24
      • Z-rating after study
        • Positions = 5
        • Individuals = 6
    • Off-schedule reviews will resume once the contract has been ratified and approved by the Board. Off-schedule reviews can be initiated by the employee, the supervisor, or the area administrator per the provisions in Article 19, section 19.5.
  • Article 22 – Employee Education and Training
    • Clarified language and processes
    • Added additional 1 hour/week of educational release time for 4-unit, SRJC language courses
    • Clarified language for release time not to exceed 20% of the regularly scheduled workweek
    • Added language regarding part-time unit member ability to flex schedule to participate in PDA day and in-service training
    • Clarified that unit members do not forfeit lunch hour to attend in-service training 
    • Expanded shared governance compensation to include official subcommittees and workgroups of shared governance bodies
    • Increased compensation to 20 hours for management team hiring committees
  • Article 25 – Parking
    • Clarified language
    • Added that classified unit members with a DMV Disabled Person Placard may park in any available staff, student, parking meter, and ADA space at any time without a parking permit
  • Article 26 – Term of Agreement
    • Updated term of agreement to July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027
    • Agreed to keep Article 7 – Pay and Allowances, and Article 9 – Health and Welfare Benefits as automatic yearly openers
    • Agreed to keep provision that each party may choose up to 4 additional articles to re-open in years 1 and 2 and any number of articles to re-open in year 3
    • Agreed to open appendices automatically for annual updates