HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandum of UnderstandingMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINv
CLARIFYING THE COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING AGREEMENTS IN RELATION TO
LEAVE BALANCE TRANSFER
Thi ernor ndum of Understanding is entered into this 1 day of
2008 between the City of Miami ("City") and the Miami
Genera Employees American Federation of State, County, and Municipal
Employees, Local 1907, AFL-CIO ("AFSCME- General") and the Florida Public
Employees Council 79, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Local 871 ("AFSCME-Solid Waste").
WHEREAS, Section 40-266 of the City of Miami Code provides for the transfer of
an employee's leave time balance to the GESE Retirement Trust; and
WHEREAS, Articles 37 (Vacation), 39 (Sick Leave), 51 (Leave Balance Payoffs)
and 52 (Pension) of -the coflective-bargaining-agreement between the. City and
AFSCME-General provide for payment of leave upon normal retirement/DROP;
and
WHEREAS, Articles 22 (Vacation Scheduling/Carry-Over), 30 (Sick Leave) and
42 (Pension) of the collective -bargaining -agreement between the City and
AFSCME-Solid Waste provide for payment of leave upon normal
retirement/DROP;
THEREFORE, based on the aforementioned articles of the collective -bargaining -
agreements between the City and AFSCME-General and AFSCME-Solid Waste
the following is hereby clarified:
1. Vacation and any other type of leave balances (except sick leave
outlined below) may be transferred from the employee's leave time
balance to the GESE Retirement Trust (regardless of the number of
hours in the employee's leave balance);
2. Sick leave balances may be transferred from the employee's leave
time balance to the GESE Retirement Trust as follows:
(a) Sick leave balances shall only be transferable once
(one time) (regardless of the number of hours in the
employee's leave balance);
(b) The maximum sick leave transfer is 750 hours at 100%
and any hours above 750 to be transferred at 50%; and
(c) An employee electing to transfer sick leave time
balance to the GESE Retirement Trust shall cause the
employee's sick leave balance to be zero. Sick leave
balance will then start to accumulate in accordance with
the respective collective -bargaining -agreement and will
be paid out at 50% upon separation of service.
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CLARIFYING THE COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING AGREEMENTS IN RELATION TO
LEAVE BALANCE TRANSFER
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Department of Employee Relations
City of Miami
Charlie Cox, President D to
AFSCME-General
Joe Simmons, President Date
AFSCME-Solid Waste
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