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

2. Employee adverse actions;3. Informal settlement conferences or formal hearings conducted by the PublicEmployment Relations Board;4. Matters scheduled for hearing by the Board of Control;5. Matters pending before the State Personnel Board;6. Investigations of GrievancesB. IUOE shall provide DPA with a written list of IUOE stewards and BusinessRepresentatives on an annual basis and shall notify DPA of any changes of such stewardsand representatives.C. Upon request of an aggrieved employee, or on behalf of IUOE, an IUOE steward shall beallowed reasonable time off during working hours, without loss of compensation, forrepresentational purposes, as defined above, provided the employee represented is in thesteward's department and in an office or building that is within close proximity. Releasetime for these purposes is subject to prior notification and approval by the steward'simmediate supervisor of the reasonable amount of time and when it may be taken.5.2 Employee Time Off5.3 AccessEmployees shall be entitled to reasonable time off at the worksite as specified in Section 5.1without loss of compensation for representational matters subject to approval by theemployee's supervisor of the reasonable amount of time and when it may be taken. If theemployees confer with IUOE representatives, Section 5.3 applies.A. IUOE representatives shall be allowed access to Bargaining Unit employees at theworksite during working hours for representational purposes as defined in Section 5.1 ifIUOE representatives request access from the department head or designee prior to thevisit.B. Immediately upon being notified of an accident involving serious injury or death of a Unit12 employee, the Departmental Labor Relations Office will notify the Bargaining Unit 12Central Office of such a death or injury. The employer will provide, if known, the employee’sname, specific locale of the accident, approximate time of the accident, and any availabledetails regarding the accident. Departments will not unreasonably deny access to accidentsites.C. Access may be delayed for operational reasons and may be restricted to certain worksites or areas for reasons of safety, security, or patient care including patient privacy; whereaccess is restricted, other reasonable accommodations shall be made. Access shall notinterfere with the work of other employees.5.4 Steward ProtectionThe State shall be prohibited from imposing or threatening to impose reprisals, fromdiscriminating against IUOE stewards, or otherwise interfering with, restraining or coercingIUOE stewards because of the exercise of any rights provided by the Dills Act or thisAgreement.44BU 12(99-01)