File #: 20-515    Version: 1 Name: Staff Report SLCEA MOU & Conf EE 20-21
Type: Staff Report Status: Filed
In control: City Council
Meeting Date: 12/7/2020 Final action: 12/7/2020
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution that Approves the San Leandro City Employees' Association (SLCEA) Memorandum of Understanding and Confidential Employees' Group Compensation Plan with no Salary Increase through December 31, 2021
Sponsors: Jeff Kay
Attachments: 1. SLCEA MOU 2021 Unsigned, 2. Confidential EE Comp Plan 20-21 Unsigned
Related files: 20-516
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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution that Approves the San Leandro City Employees' Association (SLCEA) Memorandum of Understanding and Confidential Employees' Group Compensation Plan with no Salary Increase through December 31, 2021

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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Staff recommends that the City Council approve a resolution ratifying the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of San Leandro and the San Leandro City Employees' Association (SLCEA) and the Compensation Plan for the Confidential Employees' Group.

BACKGROUND

The San Leandro City Employees' Association (SLCEA) represents the largest group of employees in the City. The Confidential Employee Group is a small group of employees in the City Manager's Office, City Clerk division, and Human Resources division. In recognition of the City's financial challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both SLCEA and Confidential employees have agreed to forego a salary increase through December 31, 2021.

Employees would typically receive an annual cost-of-living (COLA) adjustment, which has averaged 3% over the last 5 years. Concessions in labor costs from these employee groups will greatly contribute to cost savings and help to avoid layoffs or reductions in services to the community. City executives and managers already agreed to forego a salary increase in the San Leandro Management Organization's Memorandum of Understanding approved by the City Council on September 28, 2020.

Analysis

The San Leandro City Employees Association (SLCEA) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) expires on December 31, 2020. SLCEA represents 334 full-time equivalent employees. The City and SLCEA representatives met and conferred in good faith and successfully reached a tentative agreement for the period covering January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.

The Confidential Employees Group represents eight (8) employees from the City Manager's Office, City Clerk's division, and Human Re...

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