GRIEVANCE FILING
All ESEA members have the right to file grievances when a dispute over contract provisions (or CCSD policies and/or regulations) occur, and all members are entitled to representation by a UniServ Director during the entire grievance process.
ESEA > BENEFITS > CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
ESEA
prides itself on having enforced members' contractual rights for
more than 30 years.
Having a good contract provides job protection, representation in the halls of government, better salaries, working conditions, and benefits.
But anything that is a benefit can be taken away.
One of ESEA's top priorities is to protect our contractual rights.
ESEA encourages all education support professionals to review their contract and become familiar with their rights and benefits. A copy is available here. (You will need the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® available here.)
CONTRACT MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE
“Frequently,
there are problems that can and should be resolved without
the time and expense of the grievance and arbitration process.
I am pleased to say the Contract Maintenance Committee
provides the opportunity to do so.”
-
ESEA President Doug McCain
The Contract Maintenance Commitee - established by Article 8 of the 2005-2009 contract - works to address member issues in an alternative, non-adversarial setting.
The CMC met recently to address several issues:
One involved a Memo of Understanding reached during contract negotiations concerning the months and hours of certain Central Food Kitchen employees. The CMC concluded there was an error in the agreement and prepared a new one to correct the error.
Another issue involved Food Service Senior Workers and Managers assigned to schools and working as nine-month employees who began work a few days prior to the first student day but were not allowed to use sick leave days prior to that day. One of them had to have surgery.
It turned out a CCSD computer program had been unable to register sick leave for those days. CCSD agreed that the days worked were part of the employees’ regular assignment and the employees were eligible to use sick leave. Those who had originally been denied sick leave were granted it.
Another issue concerned the docking of employees’ pay. It had been agreed that if an employee is overpaid, CCSD has the right to recover the overpayment. However, there have been cases where an employee’s pay has been docked but the employee first learned about it only when he/she received their paycheck.
ESEA's position is an employee should receive notice of pay docking before it occurs to allow him/her to plan for the reduced paycheck and, should they believe the docking is in error, an opportunity to address the situation before their pay is docked. CCSD representatives agreed that advance notice of docking was appropriate and assured ESEA that employees would receive such notice in the future.