Report to Mayor and City Council
Wednesday, November 03, 2021
Consent
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CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS RESOLUTION NO. 21-149 ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT THAT IMPLEMENTS THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR NEW SALARY SCHEDULES BETWEEN THE CITY OF CARSON AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES UNION (AFSCME), LOCAL 809, REPRESENTING THE UNCLASSIFIED PART-TIME EMPLOYEES BARGAINING UNIT RETROACTIVELY FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1, 2020 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2022. PERB CASE NO. LA-CE-1461-M (CITY COUNCIL
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I. SUMMARY
A dispute arose between the City and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 809 Unclassified Part-Time bargaining unit concerning changes made by the City as to the salaries of part-time, represented employees in 2020, 2021 and 2022 in response to a mandated state-wide annual increase in minimum wages per Senate Bill 3 (2016), and whether the minimum wage changes constituted an unfair practice in violation of Government Code section 3509(b), Section 2(d) of the City's Employer-Employee Relations Ordinance, and PERB Regulation 32603(a), (b), and (c). A PERB Charge and subsequent PERB Complaint were filed as a result of the dispute.
The City Council initially authorized settlement of the PERB Complaint and creation of new salary schedules for 2020, 2021, and 2022 in closed session on September 7, 2021, and staff is now reporting back to the Council with the written Settlement Agreement for final Council approval to resolve the PERB Complaint.
The parties' labor representatives negotiated and approved the attached PERB-supervised Settlement Agreement in PERB Case No. LA-CE-1461-M (Exhibit 1) in good faith, without any admission of wrongdoing or unfair labor practices by the City and subject to formal approval by the City Council of the City of Carson. The Settlement Agreement has been executed by AFSCME Local 809's labor representativ...
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