Don’t panic; Representation Unit 028 only lost 1.8 positions in this go around of the budget. That is right, only 1.8 filled positions are scheduled to be laid off this September; one IT Technician II and 0.8 of a Geographic Info System Analyst II.
In this Budgetary Meeting with the Recognized Employee Organizations (REO) Steve Keil, the Director of Labor Relations, made his current proposal known about the budget. In that proposal, the County would delete most represented employee positions (with some exceptions) on November 7th, 2009. Representation Unit 028 is considered
un-represented by Labor Relations and would not be impacted by this proposal. All impacted employees would then be asked to rehire into a part time .908 position. This would mean that they would have a reduction in work days of 24 days per year. Unrepresented employees who have been denied their COLA increases and who are subject to monthly furloughs would be exempt from this proposal. That means everybody who is in Representation Unit 028 is exempt.
The other item he shared with us is the new layoffs, which at this point include 379 FTE (full time Employee) positions, with 349.5 filled positions of which Representation Unit 028 has only 1.8 positions. If this proposal gets passed by the Board of Supervisor’s on September 10th, 2009 the impacted layoffs would happen September 26th, 2009. This is going public on August 28th, 2009.
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