Dawn Dougherty (employee # 71593) worked for many years as a Payroll Technician represented by AFSCME Local 2700. Dawn accepted a promotion to HR Technician, effective April 13, 2015, which is unrepresented. Under Resolution No. 2014/109 approved by the Board on April 22, 2014, Appointed Department Heads, Management, Exempt and Unrepresented employees receive a $500 lump sum payment on April 1, 2015. Under Resolution No. 2014/257 that was approved by the Board July 29, 2014, employees in Local 2700 receive a lump sum of $750 on June 10, 2015. As a full-time employee of Local 2700, Ms. Dougherty would have been entitled to receive a lump-sum payment if she had not been promoted. However, due to her window of promotion she missed both of the lump sum payments made to members of Local 2700 and unrepresented management. Although under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Local 2700 and the agreement with unrepresented managers, the employee must be employed by the County in a classification represented by the Union or unrepresented as of certain dates. Ms. Dougherty was not represented by either group as of those specific dates. However, as noted above, the timing of her promotion is the reason why she is ineligible for the lump sum. Therefore, the County Administrator is recommending that an exception be made in order for Ms. Dougherty to receive the lump sum payment of $500 as an unrepresented employee.
This longtime County employee would not receive the lump sum payment her co-workers received due to her promotion from Local 2700 to unrepresented management.