BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
AB 119, which mandates union access to new employee orientations, was passed on June 27, 2017. The bill requires public agencies to provide 10 days’ advance notice to the applicable union of any new employee orientation. In addition, the bill also requires public agencies to provide to the unions, the name, job title, department, work location, work, home, personal cellular telephone number, personal email address, and home address of any new employee within 30 days of hire or by the first pay period of the month following hire. The same information must also be regularly provided to the unions for all employees every 120 days. Most of the County’s current memoranda of understanding already include a procedure for unions to access employees during orientation. Several of the County’s bargaining groups, however, have requested to negotiate the structure, time, and manner of access of the union to a new employee orientation, as permitted under the bill.
SB 866, which addresses how public agencies and unions are to manage union membership dues, was passed on June 27, 2018. As a result of the bill, unions are now responsible for informing the County of any current dues deductions for their members.
The attached side letters are the resulting agreements reached with SEIU Local 1021. The County and SEIU Local 1021 have agreed to incorporate the side letters into Section 2.1 – Union Security of the Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) between Contra Costa County and SEIU Local 1021.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the side letter of agreements are not approved, the current process for onboarding new employees will continue until an alternative process is adopted.