MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
UNION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS
AND COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

Section 7. Salaries
• Year 1 – no salary increase
• Year 2 – 2.0% salary increase effective October 10, 2005
• Year 3 – 3.5% salary increase effective October 9, 2006
• reopen on salaries if 2005-06 General Fund Discretionary Revenue growth exceeds 7% based on the 2006-07 first quarter budget update (excludes repayment of VLF loan and prior year mandate claims)
• “me, too” clause through September 2005 in relation to any represented unit currently in negotiations and/or unrepresented employees
• no later than January 2006, parties will collaboratively review classification and compensation structure and make recommendations
• 5% increase for Psychiatrist II (Board Certified employees only) effective January 17, 2005

Section 8. Medical & Dental Coverage
• modifies waiting period from third pay period to beginning of the month following first pay period of employment to accommodate monthly insurance enrollment
• updates language to reflect current plan options and contribution amounts (continues medical contribution at $105.19 biweekly)
• expands registry options for domestic partners
• references healthcare advocacy program

Section 9. Health Insurance Benefits During Medical Leave of Absence – clarifies extension of benefit for employees with accrued leave in excess of eighteen months at the start of the leave

Section 11. Benefit Allowance – contingent on a 5% or greater premium increase for any medical plan offered by the primary carrier for that plan year (or an aggregate increase of 5% per annum):
• increase allowance by $20 biweekly effective July 4, 2005
• increase allowance by $15 biweekly effective July 3, 2006
• increase allowance by $20 biweekly effective July 2, 2007

Section 13. Special Duty Allowance – establishes 5% allowance for psychiatrists Board Certified in each of the following subspecialties and where the majority of the assignment pertains to the subspecialty: Addiction Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; and Forensic Psychiatry.

Section 14. Sick Leave
• references existing credit for unused sick leave toward retirement service credit
• includes domestic partners in definition of immediate family
• provides eighty hours (80) sick leave accrual upon hire (new hires only)
UAPD Summary 2005-2007 (p.2)


Section 15. Vacation
• incorporates previous agreement for credit for public agency service/prior County service toward vacation accrual rate
• increases maximum annual conversion from forty to eighty hours
• employees not required to find coverage for time off provided employee gives no less than two weeks’ notice of request for time off

Section 16. Holidays -- one-time additional floating holiday in Pay Period 1/2006

Section 17. Leave Donation – expands eligibility to employees after six months of employment and related noticing requirement

Section 19. Retirement
• updates plan descriptions and reflects closure of non-contributory tier
• parties may reopen negotiations on the issue of retirement plans

Section 22. Time off for Continuing Medical Education – grants five additional days for employees preparing for Board certification/re-certification examinations (no more than once every five years)

Section 26. Performance Evaluations
• encourages informal evaluations/conferences
• clarifies right of employee to have clinical practice evaluated by the Medical Director or his/her physician designee (in ADMHS and Public Health)

Section 27. On-Call Pay – reopen negotiations during term on this issue

Section 30. Committee Participation – establishes a Labor/Management Quality Medical Care Committee to discuss clinical issues and concerns associated with providing quality medical care

Section 31. Professional License Fees – removes outside employment restrictions for license reimbursement

Section 32. Grievance Procedure -- provides for binding arbitration of grievances relating to alleged violations of MOU and/or countywide rules, regulations, resolutions or ordinances; excludes department policies & practices (note: discipline and performance evaluation not grievable)

Section 35. Meet and Confer during Term – provides that any changes pursuant to reopener are subject to mutual agreement

Section 38. Back to Work Program – replaces obsolete reopener with reference to previous agreement on Program and paid leave for medical appointments related to work injury/illness
UAPD Summary 2005-2007 (p.3)

Section 43. Term of Agreement – three years ending October 7, 2007

New Section. Bulletin Boards – provides space on existing bulletin boards for posting of Union-related notices

New Section. Long Term Disability Insurance – incorporates previous agreement for County-provided benefit

New Section. Term Life Insurance – incorporates previous agreement for County-provided benefit

New Section. Professional Judgment – recognizes professional status of employees and documents County intent that employees practice their profession in a manner that is consistent with professional licensure requirements (not grievable)

“Acceptable Use Policy” -- providing terms and conditions of employee use of County computing resources