021-22 - Teamsters Local No. 589-Public Works - Contract Amendment MOU No. 3Memorandum of Understanding
Amended to the AGREEMENT by and between
CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON
and
TEAMSTERS LOCAL NO. 589
(Representing the Public Works Employees dated
January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025)
THIS AMENDMENT is supplemental to the COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
by and between the CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON (the "City") and the
TEAMSTERS LOCAL NO. 589 (the "Union") (representing the Public Works Employees),
dated January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025.
WHEREAS, the 2022-2025 collective bargaining agreement between the parties
provides for bereavement leave; and
WHEREAS, in the regular course of reviewing and updating City policies, it was
found that the City policy related to bereavement did not include relatives such as the spouse
of an employee's child, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to be as inclusive as possible and use gender neutral terms
in policy language where applicable; and
WHEREAS, the City desired to eliminate the need for an employee requesting
bereavement leave to complete a paper form; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to provide the same bereavement leave benefits to
employees represented by the Teamsters Local 589 589 as are currently available to non -
represented employees;
NOW THEREFORE, the City and the Union agree as follows:
On the effective date of this MOU, Article 14 of the collective bargaining
agreement ("CBA") between the City and the Union representing the Public Works
Employees shall be modified as follows:
14.1 Employees shall be allowed up to twenty-four (24) hours of paid bereavement
leave for death in the immediate family upon approval and authorization of the
Department Director or designee. The Department Director or designee may
require verification of the family member's death. For travel out of state an
employee shall receive, subject to the approval of the Department Director or
designee, an additional sixteen (16) hours of paid bereavement leave. Part-time
employees will receive a pro-rata amount of bereavement leave.
14.2 For purposes of paragraph 14.1 above, "immediate family" means the
employee's spouse (or Washington State registered domestic partner as defined
by Chapter 26.60 RCW), their-ehildr-enan&er- top ehild"o", gfandehildrof, and
both the employee's and the spouse's/domestic partner's child, step -child,
grandchild, child's spouse, ste—b rsibling, ,
metnef:, fiather, mother-nlaw, father- in law, parent, grandparent, parent's
sibling, sibling's ibling's children as well as any "step or foster" relation and any other
familial inhabitant of the employee's household. If an employee would like to
attend the funeral of an individual not listed in this section, upon approval and
authorization of the Department Read Director or designee, the employee may
do so either by using accrued vacation leave, or if the employee has no vacation
leave available, leave without pay. The amount of leave set forth in section 14.1,
above, will apply. The provisions of Section 15.3 requiring exhaustion of sick
leave before leave without pay will not apply to Article 14.
2. This MOU is effective when signed by both parties. No modification to this MOU
is valid unless in writing and signed by the parties.
CITY OF PORT ORCHARD TEAMSTERS LOCAL NO. 589
Mayor Rob Put/aansuu Robert Driskell, Secretary/Treasurer
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