Memorandum of Understanding with Unit 12 - Dpa - State of California

3. An employee whose required CDL and/or required endorsement is/are revoked ornot renewed for any reason, or who is not performing commercial vehicle operationsatisfactorily, may be subject to administrative transfer to a position not requiring thepossession of a CDL. An employee so transferred will cease to be eligible for the5% differential as described in “1.” above.4. The Union recognizes that the 5% differential will not be paid to incumbents inthose classes in which the California State Personnel Board specification mandatespossession of a CDL as part of the minimum qualifications of the class.5. Less than full time employees shall receive the differential on a pro-rata basisconsistent with hours worked in the month.6. Employees using a CDL are subject to drug and alcohol testing under Federalregulations. Consequently, employees in classifications that require a CDL as aminimum qualification or who receive a CDL differential for maintaining the licensewill be placed in the State’s or Caltrans’ random drug and alcohol testing pool.7. At the discretion of the employer, and upon written notice to IUOE, additionalclasses or positions may be designated to receive CDL differential in conformancewith all provisions of this section.8. Notwithstanding classification specifications, employees so designated asrequiring a CDL and/or endorsements, can be required to operate vehicles asdeemed necessary by the employer.2.17 Special Assignment PayA. Bargaining Unit 12 employees who are assigned for their full work shift to oversee thework of six (6) or more “special programs people” will receive special assignment pay of$0.30 per hour for that shift. Employees who have worked forty (40) hours in their workweek and who are then assigned to this duty will receive overtime for that day's assignmentand will not receive special assignment pay for that day.B. This special assignment pay also does not apply when supervisory or custody personnelare present for the day and the employee is present merely to provide technical assistanceregarding the work to be done and is not responsible for supervision of the specialprograms people.C. It is understood by the Union that the decision to assign or not to assign an employee tosuch duty rests solely with the Department and is grievable only up to and including thedepartment head.D. IUOE recognizes that volunteers may donate their time to perform needed functions in avariety of settings. Working in cooperation with such volunteers does not qualify a Unit 12employee for special assignment pay.2.18 Agricultural Pest Control License DifferentialA. Full-time Unit 12 employees who is required to possess a Qualified Applicator’sCertificate (QAC), as defined in Department of Pesticide Regulation, and possess the QACwith the appropriate outdoor category(s) to perform the duties, shall receive a monthly $50differential while so assigned.18BU 12(99-01)