MONTGOMERY COLLEGE

and

THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 2380

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

The College and the Union have negotiated since October 2000 pursuant to Section 13.1(B) of the negotiated Agreement. Subject to ratification by the Board of Trustees of the College and the membership of Local 2380, the parties agree to make these modifications in the negotiated Agreement:

SALARY AND BENEFITS

  1. Employee/members of the staff bargaining unit shall receive a salary adjustment for each of the next two years of 4.00% added to the base salary. The minimum and maximum salaries for bargaining employee grades will be increased by 4.00%.
  2. Employee/members of the staff bargaining unit shall be eligible for a merit salary adjustment based on their performance evaluations and recommendations from their immediate supervisors. For each of the next two years the merit salary adjustment shall be 2.25% of the current regular rate, provided that no employee’s salary shall exceed the top of the grade level assigned to that employee’s position.
  3. Employee/members of the staff bargaining unit shall be eligible for the Sustained Service Awards Program provided by the College pursuant to 38001CP of the College’s Policies and Procedures.
  4. Employee/members of the staff bargaining unit who are regularly scheduled to work more than 25 hours in a work week and who are required to work between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. shall receive a premium of $0.65 per hour for the period of time actually worked between those hours in FY 2002. The rate shall be increased to $0.70 in FY 2003. No shift differential shall apply for less than one full hour worked.
  5. The College shall provide an educational assistance program. The maximum benefit payable under the program in FY 2002 shall be equal to $1,225.00 per employee; provided that the total benefits payable under this Section 11.3 shall not exceed $125,000. The maximum benefit payable under the program in FY 2003 shall be equal to $1,285.00 per employee; provided that the total benefits payable under this Section 11.3 shall not exceed $135,000. All benefits payable under this Section 11.3 in any fiscal year shall be used only for payments of tuition, fees, and required instructional materials for approved courses.


SECTION 7.10 – UNION BUSINESS LEAVE (New Provision)

"Between December 1st and December 22nd of each year, bargaining unit members may voluntarily contribute hours of unused accrued annual leave to a Union Business Leave Bank for use by Union officials to attend to Union business. Any leave used under this procedure shall be recorded and charged in accordance with procedures agreed upon by the parties. Any unused hours contributed to the Union Business Leave Bank may be carried over to subsequent contract years up to a maximum of 500 hours.

The Union shall provide the College with a current list of Union officials. The maximum number of Union officials eligible to use leave from this Bank is 21. No more than 6 Union officials shall be approved for leave during the same period of time under this provision. Any use of leave from the Union Business Leave Bank must be by written request to the immediate supervisor at least five (5) work days prior to the requested leave date and requires the written approval of the immediate supervisor and the Union President prior to the beginning of the leave.
 
 

SECTION 6.3 - OVERTIME PAY

Revise the last sentence of Section 6.3 to read, "Only those hours actually worked, holiday leave hours, court attendance leave hours, bereavement leave hours, and administrative leave hours authorized solely due to the emergency closing of the College shall be included in computing the 40 hours for overtime pay purposes."
 
 

SECTION 6.4 – CALL BACK PAY

1. Insert after existing language, "An employee in a position designated as non-exempt who is called back to work or called in to work for a project deemed an emergency by the Director or Dean in the employee’s chain of command shall receive pay at one and one-half (1-1/2) times his or her regular rate for the hours actually worked beyond the employee’s regular work day. Pay under this provision must be authorized by the appropriate Director or Dean on each occasion that it is claimed."

2. The parties agree to a modification to the Memorandum of Agreement executed by the parties in November 24, 1999 to incorporate this language after the second sentence:

"For the duration of the time of the suspension of this provision in Section 6.3, an employee in a position designated by Management as "exempt" under the FLSA who is called back to work pursuant to Section 6.4 or called in to work for a project deemed an emergency by the Director or Dean in the employee’s chain of command shall receive pay at one and one-half (1-1/2) times his or her regular rate for the hours actually worked beyond the employee’s regular work day. Pay under this provision must be authorized by the appropriate Director or Dean on each occasion that it is claimed."

SECTION 13.1(B) – REOPENER

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.1(A) of this Agreement, either Management or the Union may reopen this Agreement solely for the purpose of negotiating changes in Section 6.5, 6.7 and 11.3 of this Agreement by serving written notice of intent to reopen upon the other party not later than September 1, 2002 with any such changes to become effective on the first day of fiscal year 2004.