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

G. Donations shall be made on a form to be developed by the State, signed by the donatingemployee, and verified by the donating department. These donations are irrevocable.H. This section is not subject to the Grievance and Arbitration article of this contract.10.9 Jury DutyA. An employee shall be allowed such time off without loss of compensation as is requiredin connection with mandatory jury duty. If payment is made for such time off, the employeeis required to remit to the State jury fees received. When night jury service is required of anemployee, the employee shall be allowed time off without loss of compensation for suchportion of the required time that coincides with the employee's normal work schedule. Thisincludes any necessary travel time.B. An employee shall notify his/her supervisor immediately upon receiving notice of juryduty.C. If an employee elects to use accrued vacation leave or compensating time off while onjury duty, the employee is not required to remit jury fees.D. For purposes of this Section, "jury fees" means fees received for jury duty excludingpayment for mileage, parking, meals or other out-of-pocket expenses.E. In department work units with multiple shift operations, employees on a graveyard orswing shift shall be reassigned to day shift for duration of the jury duty. Employees on theday shift shall be reassigned to the swing or graveyard shift (if the work unit has a swing orgraveyard shift) during their assignment to night jury duty.F. An employee may be allowed time off without loss of compensation if approved by thedepartment head or designee for voluntary jury duty such as county grand jury. If approvedby the department, paragraphs C and D apply.G. In the event of a mandatory reassignment as described in Paragraph E, the Statereserves the right to concurrently reassign the least senior employee from another shift toensure adequate coverage on all shifts. For purposes of this section, seniority shall bedetermined as service within the classification, within the department on a shift that wouldnot result in another shift change. Once the jury duty obligation has been fulfilled, theemployer shall return both employees to their former shift assignments.10.10 Union LeaveA. During the term of this agreement, IUOE shall have the choice of requesting an unpaidleave of absence or a paid leave of absence (union leave) for a IUOE representative. Anunpaid leave of absence may be granted by the State pursuant to the unpaid leave ofabsence provisions in this Contract. A union leave may also be granted at the discretion ofthe affected department head or designee in accordance with the following:1. A union leave shall assure an employee the right to his/her former position upontermination of the leave. The term "former position" is defined in Government CodeSection 18522.2. IUOE agrees to reimburse the affected department(s) for the full amount of theaffected employee's salary, plus an additional amount equal to 35 percent of theaffected employee's salary, for all the time the employee is off on a union leave.65BU 12(99-01)