022-22 - Teamsters Local No. 589-Municipal Court - Contract Amendment MOU No. 1Memorandum of Understanding
Amended to the AGREEMENT b) and between
CITY OF PORT ORCIiARD. WASI IINGTON
and
TEAMSTERS LOCAL NO. 589
(Representing the Municipal Court Employees dated
January I, 2022 through December 31, 2025
TI IIS 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 Municipal Court Employees).
dated January I. 2022 through December 31. 2025.
WHEREAS. the 2022-2025 collective bargaining agreement between the parties
provides for bereavement leave: and
WHEREAS. during the negotiations for the 2022-2025 collective bargaining
agreement there «as discussion about the addition of grandchildren to the list of immediate
family members provided for in the bereavement article: and
WHEREAS, the addition of grandchildren to the list of immediate family members was
inadvertently excluded from the changes to the 2022-2025 collective bargaining agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to clarify contract language to include grandchildren in the
definition of immediate family for the purposes of bereavement leave:
NOW TI IEREFORE. 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 Municipal Court
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
Judge or designee. For travel out of state an employee shall receive, subject to
the approval of the Judge 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 children and/or step -children, srandchildreil, and
both the employee's and the spouse's/domestic partner's sister, brother,
grandmother, grandfather, mother, father, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, 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 Judge
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 paid 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
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Robert Putaansuu
Mayo
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MUNICIPAL COURT
Hon. Tim Dru
Municipal Couk Judge
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