Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the National Association of Government Employees (Local R1-207) : agreement, July 1, 1990 - June 30, 1993

124 Pages·1991·6.3 MB·English

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JULY 1, 1990 - JUNE 30, 1993
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUBJECT PAGE
PREAMBLE 01
ARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION 02
ARTICLE 2 RULES AND REGULATIONS 03
ARTICLE 3 UNION SECURITY 04
ARTICLE 4 AGENCY FEE 06
ARTICLE 5 UNION BUSINESS 07
ARTICLE 6 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 11
ARTICLE 7 WORKWEEK AND WORK SCHEDULES 13
ARTICLE 8 LEAVE 19
ARTICLE 9 VACATIONS 31
ARTICLE 10 HOLIDAYS 37
ARTICLE 11 EMPLOYEE EXPENSES 39
ARTICLE 12 SALARY RATES 42
ARTICLE 13 GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS 46
ARTICLE 13A HEALTH AND WELFARE 47
ARTICLE 13B TUITION REMISSION 48
ARTICLE 13 DEPENDENT CARE 49
ARTICLE 14 PROMOTIONS 50
ARTICLE 15 CONTRACTING OUT 54
ARTICLE 16 OUT OF TITLE WORK 56
ARTICLE 17 CLASSIFICATION AND RE-CLASSIFICATION 57

ARTICLE 17A TECHONOLOGICAL CHANGE 58
ARTICLE 18 RECALL PROCEDURE 62
ARTICLE 19 SAFETY AND HEALTH 66
ARTICLE 19A MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVES 66
ARTICLE 2 REASSIGNMENTS 67
ARTICLE 21 CREDIT UNION DEDUCTION 67
ARTICLE 2 2 ARBITRATION OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION 68
ARTICLE 2 3 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE 69
ARTICLE 2 4 PERSONNEL RECORDS 73
ARTICLE 24A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION 74
ARTICLE 2 5 MANAGERIAL RIGHTS/PRODUCTIVITY 77
ARTICLE 2 6 LABOR/MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 79
ARTICLE 2 7 NO STRIKES 80
ARTICLE 2 8 SAVING CLAUSE 80
ARTICLE 2 9 DURATION 81
ARTICLE 3 APPROPRIATION BY THE GENERAL COURT 81
APPENDIX A-l THROUGH A-4
SCHEDULES OF WEEKLY SALARY RATES
APPENDIX B INSERVICE RECOGNITION CHARTS
APPENDIX C CODE OF CONDUCT FOR UNIT 6 EMPLOYEES
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PREAMBLE
This collective bargaining Agreement entered this
2nd day of January, 1991 by the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts acting through the Commissioner of
Administration and his Division of Employee Relations,
hereinafter referred to as the "Employer" or the Commonwealth" and
;
by the National Association of Government Employees, herein-after
referred to as the "Union", (of which Local Rl-207, the Massachusetts
Association of Professionals is an affiliate) and has as its purpose
;
the promotion of harmonious relations between the Union and the
Employer. To this end, the parties recognize the importance of
dealing with one another with mutual respect and dignity.
(1)

ARTICLE
I
RECOGNITION
Section 1.1
The Commonwealth recognizes the Union as the exclusive collective
bargaining representative of employees of the Commonwealth in job
titles in Unit 6, as certified by the Labor Relations Commission in
its Certification of Representation dated December 7, 1984 (Case No.
SCR-2177) with subsequent amendments.
,
It is understood that the Division of Employee Relations ("OER")
has been designated by the Commissioner of Administration to
represent the Commonwealth in collective bargaining and that all
collective bargaining on behalf of the Commonwealth shall be
conducted solely by the Division of Employee Relations.
Section 1.2
As used in this contract the term "employee" or "employees"
shall:
A. include full-time and regular part-time persons employed by
the Commonwealth in job titles in the bargaining unit included in
Section 1.1 above, and seasonal employees whose employment is for a
period of ninety consecutive days or more.
B. exclusion
all managerial and confidential employees;
(1)
all employees employed in short term jobs established by
(2)
special federal or state programs such as summer jobs for
underprivileged youths; and
all intermittent employees, (except as defined by DPA
(3)
Regulations) and
;
(2)
(4) all "03" and "07" consultants in accordance with past
practice and the understanding of the parties.
C. A full-time employee is defined as an employee who normally
works a full workweek and whose employment is expected to continue
for twelve months or more, or an employee who normally works a full
workweek and has been employed for twelve consecutive months or more.
A regular part-time employee is defined as an employee who
is expected to work fifty percent or more of the hours in a work week
of a regular full-time employee in the same title.
An intermittent employee is defined as an employee who is
neither a full-time nor a regular part-time employee and whose
position has been designated as an intermittent position by his/her
appointing authority.
ARTICLE
2
RULES AND REGULATIONS
The Rules and Regulations governing Vacation Leave, Sick Leave,
Travel, Overtime, Military Leave, Court Leave, Other Leave, Charges
and State Personnel, Accident Prevention, as authorized by Section 28
of Chapter 7 of the General Laws ("Red Book") and those Rules and
Regulations governing Classifications, Salaries, Allocations,
Individual Reallocations, Salary Increments as authorized by Section
4 5 (6) and Section 53 of Chapter 3 of the General Laws ("Gray Book")
shall not apply to employees covered by this Agreement.
(3)