2008-81 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT PAY AND BENEFITS - AFSCME LOCAL 268, GENERAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES

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Section 4. In the event no bargaining unit employees apply or are qualified to perForm the work in question, the City may select an external applicant. Section 5. The City shall notify the Union of any proposed changes in the rules of the Civil Service Commission not less than thirty (30) days prior to the consideration and adoption of said change by the Commission. The City shall furnish the president of the union for use by the union and those in classified positions for which it is the bargaining unit a compilation of the position descriptions in use by the City and the Civil Service Commission of the city. When such descriptions are changed, a copy of the changes shall be furnished to said president. Section 6. Employees taking Civil Service promotional examin�tions shall have the right to review their answers and scores on all portions of such exams. Section 7. No vacancy will be filled while any classified employee in the same or pre- viously certified title is on a layoff status. Section 8. As used in this agreement, a transfer shall be consldered to be a permanent assignment of an employee to the same position classification in a department or division or section other than the one in which the employee is serving at the time the transfer takes effect. Section 9. An employee requesting a transfer shall notify his/her supervisor, department director and the Human Resources Division in writing on a form provided by Human Resources. The form shall be the 1999 version, and may be altered upon union/�nanagement agreement. Such requests for transfers shall expire on December 31 of the year in IWhich they are submitted and must be renewed by the employee if transfer is still desired thereafter. Section 10. If a vacancy exists, an employee may transfer from one department or divi- sion or section to another within such employee's current classification, with the approval of the employee's department director. Transfers will be made on the basis of seniority. Requests for transfer must be for reasons other than the elimination of jobs. In no �ase shall bumping occur because of a transfer. For purposes of this section, a vacancy is defined as a circumstance in which both 1) a Request for Personnel has been approved by the City Manager and 2) the eligi- ' ble register for the position has either expired or been exhausted. Section 11. Any employee transferred must successfully complete a three (3) month probationary period before the transfer is final. An employee who doe not complete the proba- tionary period shall be returned to his/her original department or divi�ion. During the probatio- nary period an employee will, upon request, be returned to his/her original department or divi- sion. Section 12. The City may temporarily assign an employee to perform the duties of another classification within any department or division. The City will attempt to make such as- signments to employees in the next lower classification in the promo�ional order in which the temporary assignment occurs and to distribute such assignments on a rotating basis giving due consideration to qualifications and seniority. The most senior, qualified employee in the position classification being temporarily assigned will be asked if he/she wants the assignment. If the first employee does not want the assignment, the City will then go to the next most senior quali- fied person. The procedure will continue until an employee accepts the assignment. If no em- ployee wants to accept the assignment, it will then be assigned to the I��east senior qualified em- ployee in the position classification. 19