OCEA Contract Ratification
| After months of hard-fought negotiations, we have reached a tentative agreement with the County that gives each of you and your families the fair wage increases you deserve and three yearly reductions of reverse pickup for ALL OCEA-represented employees (phased total elimination of reverse pickup for all PEPRA [hired on or after Jan. 1, 2013] and 1.62@65 classic employees)! | ||
| Term | Four (4) years: Through June 29, 2023 | |
| Wages and Reverse Pickup |
Permanent elimination of reverse pickup for PEPRA and 1.62@65 classic employees effective July 2, 2021. |
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| Expanded Educational Reimbursement Program | Eligible employees in all OCEA bargaining units may receive up to $10,000 in a fiscal year for educational and professional reimbursement. |
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| Annual Leave Conversion to Healthcare/Vacation | Substantial increase in non-discretionary (County cannot deny) cashouts. Majority of healthcare leave can be used for personal business and children’s school activities. Click here for conversion specifics. | |
| Retiree Medical | Reopener to consider enhanced retiree medical benefit. | |
| Overtime | Sheriff’s Dept. classifications assigned to custody or field operations have the same starting and ending point of a seven-day workweek. | |
| Training Assignment Pay | Employees in Sheriff’s Community Services Officer classification receive $1 per hour for all hours assigned to train a new Community Services Officer. | |
| Boot Reimbursement | Add Animal Control Assistant and Animal Control Public Education Officer to classifications eligible for safety workboot reimbursement. | |
| Holiday Pay | Clarifying language that total amount of holiday pay received and holiday comp time received shall not exceed the total number of hours an employee is regularly scheduled to work on a shift. | |
| Bereavement Leave | Expand “bereavement” to include all related activities and permit intermittent use over a six-month period. | |
| Leave for Professional Study or Conferences | Outside United States requires Department Head approval. | |
| Joint OCEA/County Working Groups Established to Study |
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| Clarification Language | Non-substantive changes and deletion of provisions no longer applicable. | |
VOTING
The voting period is now closed. The Tentative Agreement for County bargaining units was ratified by the membership and approved by the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
