HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-12-10; City Council; ; Side Letter Agreements with the Carlsbad Police Management Association (CPMA), Carlsbad Police Officers' Association (CPOA), Carlsbad City Employees' Association (CCEA),each bargaining unit and has successfully reached agreement as outlined in the attached Side
Letter Agreements. These modifications will also apply to unrepresented management
employees.
Each respective Side Letter Agreement as well as the Management Compensation and Benefits
Plan includes the following provisions:
1. Vacation Cash Conversion
No later than Dec. 10, 2019, employees will be provided an option to convert accrued and
unused vacation to cash up to their maximum. All accrued and unused vacation earned up
through the last full pay period in December 2019, that is not requested to be cashed out by
Dec. 10, 2019, is no longer eligible to be converted to cash, except upon separation of
employment with the city.
Moving forward, each calendar year, employees are also eligible to submit an irrevocable
request to elect to cash out up to their maximum allowed vacation for the following
calendar year. Only vacation hours accrued during the calendar year following the election
may be cashed out. Employees accruing less than the election amount may cash out no
more than their total vacation accrual in the following calendar year.
Payment of vacation hours elected for cash out will be in the last paycheck in December unless
the employee has accrued all the elected vacation hours by June 30, in which case payment of
all the elected vacation hours may be cashed out in July at the employee's request. All
vacation hours will be paid in the calendar year in which the vacation hours accrue. If the
employee does not accrue all requested vacation hours in the calendar year, the vacation
payment amount will be reduced to the total number of vacation hours the employee
actually accrues in the calendar year, and the payout will be made no later than the last pay
date in the calendar year.
2. Compensatory Time Conversion
Any accrued and unused compensatory time through Dec. 31, 2019, will be cashed out on
the last pay date in June 2020.
Effective Jan. 1, 2020, all accrued and unused compensatory time during the calendar year
will be cashed out on the last pay date of the calendar year. No compensatory time may be
accrued beginning on the last pay period of the _calendar year through the end of the
calendar year.
At any time an employee may elect to cash out any portion of his/her accrued
compensatory time balance at his/her regular rate of pay by requesting this cash out on
his/her time card. Upon separation from city service an employee who has a balance of
unused compensatory time shall be paid outthe remainder of his/her compensatory
balance.
Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 2 of 38
Fiscal Analysis
There is no fiscal impact associated with the changes described above. Employees were already
able to convert vacation and comp time and will now do so in a different format. The monies
associated with these expected cash outs are included in HR's fiscal year 2019-20 Operating
Budget.
Next Steps
Staff will implement the Cash Out Program changes made to each respective MOU and to the
Management Compensation and Benefits Plan as shown in Attachments A, B, C, D and E to the
City Council Resolution.
Environmental Evaluation (CEQA}
Pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21065, this action does not constitute a "project"
within the meaning of CEQA in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change
in the environment, or a reasonable foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment;
and therefore, does not require environmental review.
Public Notification and Outreach
This item was noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for viewing
and review at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1. City Council Resolution
2. Amended sections of the Management Compensation and Benefits Plan
Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 3 of 38
RESOLUTION NO. 2019-246
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING SIDE LETTER AGREEMENTS W.ITH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND THE
CARLSBAD POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (CPMA), CARLSBAD POLICE
OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION (CPOA), CARLSBAD CITY EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (CCEA),
AND CARLSBAD FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION, INC. (CFA) AND APPROVING
AMENDMENTS TO THE MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PLAN TO
MODIFY THE VACATION AND COMP TIME CONVERSION PROGRAMS TO COMPLY
WITH IRS CONSTRUCTIVE RECEIPT RULES.
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad and the Carlsbad Police Management Association (CPMA), the Carlsbad
Police Officers' Association (CPOA), the Carlsbad City Employees' Association (CCEA), and the Carlsbad
Firefighters' Association, Inc. (CFA) have met and conferred in good faith pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown
Act regarding benefits and other terms and conditions of employment; and
WHEREAS, said representatives have reached agreement which they desire to submit to the City Council
for consideration and approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California has determined the need to accept such
agreements in the form of a CPMA Side Letter (Attachment A), a CPOA Side Letter (Attachment B), a CCEA Side
Letter (Attachment C), and a CFA Side Letter (Attachment D); and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined it to be in the public interest to accept the revised
Management Compensation and Benefits Plan (Attachment E).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That Attachment A, the Side Letter between CPMA and the City of Carlsbad, attached hereto is
hereby adopted by the City Council and the city manager is directed to execute it.
3. That Attachment B, the Side Letter between CPOA and the City of Carlsbad, attached hereto is
hereby adopted by the City Council and the city manager is directed to execute it.
4. That Attachment C, the Side Letter between CCEA and the City of Carlsbad, attached hereto is
hereby adopted by the City Council and the city manager is directed to execute it.
Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 4 of 38
5. That Attachment D, the Side Letter between CFA and the City of Carlsbad, attached hereto is
hereby adopted by the City Council and the city manager is directed to execute it.
6. That Attachment E, the revised Management Compensation and Benefits Plan attached hereto
is hereby adopted by the City Council and the city manager is directed to execute it.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on
the 10th day of December 2019, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Schumacher.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
ti BARBARA ENGLESON, City Clerk / ·'II C1
(SEAL) C ertC
Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 5 of 38
SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE
THE CARLSBAD POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
AND
THE CITY OF CARLSBAD
REGARDING VACATION AND COMPENSATORY TIME CASH OUT
The City of Carlsbad (hereinafter referred to as "city") and the Carlsbad Police Management
Association (hereinafter referred to as the "CPMA") entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding ("MOU") with a term beginning on January 1, 2019 and terminating on
December 31, 2021. The city and the CPMA are collectively referred to herein as the "Parties."
Background and Overview
This Agreement relates to modifications to the city's use and accrual of vacation time whereby
an employee has the option to receive either vacation time off or to cash out the vacation time.
This Agreement also relates to modifications to the city's use and accrual of compensatory time
whereby an employee has the option to receive compensatory time off in lieu of overtime and
clarifies that employees will not have the option beginning January 1, 2020 to carry over
compensatory time from one calendar year to the next. All compensatory time must be used in
the calendar year it is accrued or it will be paid out on the last pay date of the calendar year.
The city will allow an employee an option to convert existing accrued and unused vacation to
cash up to one hundred and sixty (160) hours no later than December 10, 2019. The city will
also allow an employee the option of carrying over their existing compensatory time balance as
of December 31, 2019 through June 14, 2020, and will be cashed out on the last pay date in
June 2020. Effective January 1, 2020 all accrued and unused compensatory time will be cashed
out on the last pay date in December of each calendar year.
The specific provisions contained in this Agreement are intended to supersede any previous
agreements, whether oral or written, regarding the matters contained in this Agreement.
The Parties have satisfied their obligations to meet and confer in good faith in accordance with
the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act ("MMBA") in response to city's determination, based on the
advice of tax counsel, that this program feature must be modified to comply with federal
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Regulations.
Under these Regulations, the IRS considers income to be received for tax purposes if the
individual actually receives it or has the option to receive it during each tax year. This is known
as the constructive receipt doctrine. Several IRS private letter rulings illustrate how the IRS
applies this doctrine when employees are given the option to cash out accumulated paid leave.
In these private letter rulings, the IRS has concluded that paid leave accruals must be included
in an individual's gross income for the tax year in which these accruals were credited to his or
her account if the employee has a cash out option, even if the individual does not elect to cash
out the accruals in that tax year. As far as the IRS is concerned, the fact that the individual has
unrestricted access to cash out accumulated paid leave means that the or she is in constructive
receipt of this cash and it must be included in the individual's gross income for the tax year,
even if no election is made during the tax year to cash out the accumulated paid leave.
Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 6 of 38
Application of this constructive receipt doctrine to the city's vacation and compensatory time
policies would mean that all vacation time and compensatory time would have to be taxed as in
the calendar year it is accrued to the extent the city allows the employee a relatively unimpeded
option to take this leave as cash or leave and carry it over from one calendar year to the next.
Based on the above, the city has proposed and the CPMA has agreed to modify the vacation
and compensatory time provisions in the MOU prospectively to comply with applicable IRS
Regulations.
The modification is designed to preserve the employee's ability to receive pay for earned and
unused vacation but ensure the vacation cash out policy does not result in constructive receipt
of income as the IRS defines it. The modification also makes clear there is no carry over option
for compensatory time.
Except as provided here, all wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment
presently in the city's MOU with the CPMA remain in full force and effect.
The Parties mutually agree to replace Article 24, Section 24.3 Vacation Conversion and_Article
12.2 Comp. Time Option to read as follows:
24.3 Vacation Conversion
1. No later than December 10, 2019, employees will be provided an option to convert
accrued and unused vacation to cash in an amount of up to one hundred sixty (160) hours.
All accrued and unused vacation earned up through the last full period in December
2019, that is not requested to be cashed out by December 10, 2019 is no longer eligible to
. be converted to cash, except upon separation of employment with the city.
2. Employees are also eligible to submit an irrevocable request to elect to cash out up to 160
hours of accrued vacation hours for the following calendar year.
3. All employees wishing to convert accrued vacation to cash in the year following the
election will complete a form between November 10 and December 10 of each year.
Elections will not carry over from one calendar year to the next calendar year.
4. Only vacation hours accrued during the calendar year following the election may be
cashed out. Employees accruing less than the election amount may cash out no more than
their total vacation accrual in the following calendar year.
5. The employee's accrued vacation to convert to cash will be credited first to the cash out
account with the employee's earned vacation leave until the employee's full election
amount is reached. The vacation hours designated to the cash out account will not be
credited toward the employee's maximum vacation accrual. During this period of time,
no earned vacation leave will be credited to the employee's vacation time off balance.
Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 7 of 38
6. Payment of vacation hours elected for cash out will be in the last paycheck in December
unless the employee has accrued all the elected vacation hours by June 30, in which case
payment of the elected vacation hours may be cashed out in July at the employee's request.
All vacation hours will be paid in the calendar year in which the vacation hours accrue.
If the employee does not accrue all requested vacation hours in the calendar year, the
vacation payment amount will be reduced to the total number of vacation hours the
employee actually accrues in the calendar year and the payout will be made no later than
the last pay date in the calendar year.
7. The vacation payment amount will be based on the employee's rate of pay at the ~e of
the payout The vacation payment amount is taxable income, subject to all applicable
withholding amounts and payroll deductions.
8. An employee who does not elect to cash out vacation by December 10 waives their right
to do _so and will not be allowed to cash out any vacation accruing in the following year.
12.2 COMP TIME OPTION: Lieutenants shall have the option (with the exception of "Pay
Only Details'') of earning compensatory time off in lieu of cash, subject to a maximum
accumulation of one hundred and fifty {150) hours of compensatory time off. When a Lieutenant
has accumulated the maximum number of hours of compensatory time off, he/she shall receive
all overtime compensation in cash until such time as the Lieutenant's compensatory ti,me off
bank is no longer at the maximum.
Any accrued and unused compensatory time through December 31, 2019 will be cashed out on
the1ast pay date in June 2020. Effective January 1, 2020, all accrued and unused compensatory
· time during the calendar year will be cashed out on the last pay date of the calendar year. No
compensatory time may be accrued beginning on the last pay period of the calendar year through
the end of the calendar year.
CITY OF CARLSBAD:
Date:
Date: ) ~ Dt.C.(9
~=2?· . Ge KO-ENT. CARLSBAD POL
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
SCOTT CHADWICK, CITY MANAGER,
CITY OF CARLSBAD
Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 8 of 38
SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE
THE CARLSBAD POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION
AND
THE CITY OF CARLSBAD
RELATING TO VACATION AND COMPENSATORY TIME CASH OUT
The City of Carlsbad (hereinafter referred to as "city") and the Carlsbad Police Officers'
Association (hereinafter referred to as the "CPOA") entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding ("MOU") with a term beginning on January 1, 2019 and terminating on
December 31, 2021. The city and the CPOA are collectively referred to herein as the "Parties."
Background and Overview
This Agreement relates to modifications to the city's use and accrual of vacation time whereby
an employee has the option to receive either vacation time off or to cash out the vacation time.
This Agreement also relates to modifications to the city's use and accrual of compensatory time
whereby an employee has the option to receive compensatory time off in lieu of overtime and
clarifies that employees will not have the option beginning January 1, 2020 to carry over
compensatory time from one calendar year to the next. All compensatory time must be used in
the calendar year it is accrued or it will be paid out on the last pay date of the calendar year.
The city will allow an employee an option to convert existing accrued and unused vacation to
cash up to one hundred and sixty (160) hours no later than December 10, 2019. The city will
also allow an employee the option of carrying over their existing compensatory time balance as
of December 31, 2019 through June 14, 2020, and will be cashed out on the last pay date in
June 2020. Effective January 1, 2020 all accrued and unused compensatory time will be cashed
out on the last pay date in December of each calendar year.
The specific provisions contained in this Agreement are intended to supersede any previous
agreements, whether oral or written, regarding the matters contained in this Agreement.
The Parties have satisfied their obligations to meet and confer in good faith in accordance with
the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act ("MMBA") in response to city's determination, based on the
advice of tax counsel, that this program feature must be modified to comply with federal
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Regulations.
Under these Regulations, the IRS considers income to be received for tax purposes if the
individual actually receives it or has the option to receive it during each tax year. This is known
as the constructive receipt doctrine. Several IRS private letter rulings illustrate how the IRS
applies this doctrine when employees are given the option to cash out accumulated paid leave.
In these private letter rulings, the IRS has concluded that paid leave accruals must be included
in an individual's gross income for the tax year in which these accruals were credited to his or
her account if the employee has a cash out option, even if the individual does not elect to cash
out the accruals in that tax year. As far as the IRS is concerned, the fact that the individual has
unrestricted access to cash out accumulated paid leave means that the or she is in constructive
receipt of this cash and it must be included in the individual's gross income for the tax year,
even if no election is made during the tax year to cash out the accumulated paid leave.
Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 9 of 38
Application of this constructive receipt doctrine to the city's vacation and compensatory time
policies would mean that all vacation time and compensatory time would have to be taxed as in
the calendar year it is accrued to the extent the city allows the employee a relatively unimpeded
option to take this leave as cash or leave and carry it over from one calendar year to the next.
Based on the above, the city has proposed and the CPOA has agreed to modify the vacation and
compensatory time provisions in the MOU prospectively to comply with applicable IRS
Regulations.
The modification is designed to preserve the employee's ability to receive pay for earned and
unused vacation but ensure the vacation cash out policy does not result in constructive receipt
of income as the IRS defines it. The modification also makes clear there is no carry over option
for compensatory time.
Except as provided here, all wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment
presently in the city's MOU with the CPOA remain in full force and effect.
The Parties mutually agree to replace Article 33, Section 33.3 Vacation Conversion and_Article
1 7 .1 Comp. Time Option to read as follows:
33.3 Vacation Conversion
1. No later than December 10, 2019, employees will be provided an option to convert
accrued and unused vacation to cash in an amount of up to one hundred and sixty
(160) hours. All accrued and unused vacation earned up through the last full period
in December 2019, that is not requested to be cashed out by December 10, 2019 is no
longer eligible to be converted to cash, except upon separation of employment with
the city.
2. Employees are also eligible to submit an irrevocable request to elect to cash out up to
one hundred and sixty ( 160) hours of accrued vacation hours for the following
calendar year.
3. All employees wishing to convert accrued vacation to cash in the year following the
election will complete a form between November 10 and December 10 of each year.
Elections will not carry over from one calendar year to the next calendar year.
4. Only vacation hours accrued during the calendar year following the election may be
cashed out. Employees accruing less than the election amount may cash out no more
than their total vacation accrual in the following calendar year.
5. The employee's accrued vacation to convert to cash will be credited first to the cash
out account with the employee's earned vacation leave until the employee's full
election amount is reached. The vacation hours designated to the cash out account
will not be credited toward the employee's maximum vacation accrual. During this
period of time, no earned vacation leave will be credited to the employee's vacation
time off balance.
Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 10 of 38
6. Payment of vacation hours elected for cash out will be in the last paycheck in December
unless the employee has accrued all the elected vacation hours by June 30, in which case
payment of the all the elected vacation hours may be cashed out in July at the
employee's request. All vacation hours will be paid in the calendar year in which the
vacation hours accrue. If the employee does not accrue all requested vacation hours
in the calendar year, the vacation payment amount will be reduced to the total number
of vacation hours the employee actually accrues in the calendar year and the payout
will be made no later than the last pay date in the calendar year.
7. The vacation payment amount will be based on the employee's rate of pay at the time
of the payout. The vacation payment amount is taxable income, subject to all
applicable withholding amounts and payroll deductions.
8. An employee who does not elect to cash out vacation by December 10 waives their
right to do so and will not be allowed to cash out any vacation accruing in the
following year.
9. The parties agree to discuss any CPOA concerns regarding vacation request denials as
a standing agenda item at labor-management committee meetings. The CPOA agrees
to discuss any issues regarding vacation scheduling with Police Department
Management and attempt to resolve them. If the CPOA and Police Department
Management are unable to resolve issues related to vacation scheduling after good
faith efforts have been exhausted, the CPOA will continue discussions on their
concerns with the City's Human Resources Department. The city and CPOA also
agree that if the parties are unable to resolve CPOA issues related to vacation
scheduling, then upon written mutual agreement between the parties the following
procedure for vacation scheduling may be implemented during the term of the MOU:
a. Any employee with 40 or more accrued hours of compensation time that is
paid out on the last pay date of December will be permitted to use a total of 20
hours of vacation in January or February of the following calendar year
subject to the provisions of Article 17.
17.1 Comp. Time Option: Each employee shall have the option (with the exception of "Pay
Only Details") of receiving compensatory time off in lieu of cash, subject to a maximum
accumulation of one hundred fifty (150) hours of compensatory time off. When an employee has
accumulated the maximum number of hours of compensatory time off, they shall receive all
overtime compensation in cash until such time as the employee's compensatory time off bank is
no longer at the maximum.
An employee may use such compensatory time within a reasonable period after making the
request if the use of compensatory time does not unduly disrupt the operations of the department.
Required use of overtime to backfill staff shall not be considered to unduly disrupt operations.
Any accrued and unused compensatory time through December 31, 2019 will be cashed out on
the last pay date in June 2020. Effective January 1, 2020, all accrued and unused compensatory
time during the calendar year will be cashed out on the last pay date of the calendar year. No
compensatory time may be accrued beginning on the last pay period of the calendar year through
the end of the calendar year.
Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 11 of 38
At any time an employee may elect to "cash out" any portion of his/her accrued compensatory
time balance at his/her regular rate of pay by requesting this "cash out" on his/her time card.
Upon separation from the city service an employee who has a balance of unused compensatory
time shall be paid out the remainder of their compensatory balance.
CITY OF CARLSBAD:
Date: //-12. -J 1
Date:/, · 12= • ICZ,
MATT LOW-e'PRESIDENT, CARLSBAD POLICE
OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION
SCOTT CHADWICK, CITY l'vlANAGER,
CITY OF CARLSBAD
Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 12 of 38
SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE
THE CARLSBAD CITY EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION
AND
THE CITY OF CARLSBAD
RELATED TO VACATION AND COMPENSATORY TIME CASH OUT
The City of Carlsbad (hereinafter referred to as "city") and the Carlsbad City Employees'
Association (hereinafter referred to as the "CCEA") entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding ("MOU") with a term beginning on January 1, 2018 and terminating on
December 31, 2020. The city and the CCEA are collectively referred to herein as the "Parties."
Background and Overview
This Agreement relates to modifications to the city's use and accrual of vacation time whereby
an employee has the option to receive either vacation time off or to cash out the vacation time.
This Agreement also relates to modifications to the city's use and accrual of compensatory time
whereby an employee has the option to receive compensatory time off in lieu of overtime and
clarifies that employees will not have the option beginning January 1, 2020 to carry over
compensatory time from one calendar year to the next. All compensatory time must be used in
the calendar year it is accrued or it will be paid out on the last pay date of the calendar year.
The city will allow an employee an option to convert existing accrued and unused vacation to
cash up to 80 hours no later than December 10, 2019. The city will also allow an employee the
option of carrying over their existing compensatory time balance as of December. 31, 2019
through June 14, 2020, and will be cashed out on the last pay date in June 2020. Effective
January 1, 2020 all accrued and unused compensatory time will be cashed out on the last pay
date in December of each calendar year.
The specific provisions contained in this Agreement are intended to supersede any previous
agreements, whether oral or written, regarding the matters contained in this Agreement.
The Parties have satisfied their obligations to meet and confer in good faith in accordance with
the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act ("MMBA") in response to city's determination, based on the
advice of tax counsel, that this program feature must be modified to comply with federal
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Regulations.
Under .these Regulations, the IRS considers income to be received for tax purposes if the
individual actually receives it or has the option to receive it during each tax year. This is known
as the constructive receipt doctrine. Several IRS private letter rulings illustrate how the IRS
applies this doctrine when employees are given the option to cash out accumulated paid leave.
In these private letter rulings, the IRS has concluded that paid leave accruals must be included
in an individual's gross income for the tax year in which these accruals were credited to his or
her account if the employee has a cash out option, even if the individual does not elect to cash
out the accruals in that tax year. As far as the IRS is concerned, the fact that the individual has
unrestricted access to cash out accumulated paid leave means that the or she is in constructive
receipt of this cash and it must be included in the individual's gross income for the tax year,
even if no election is made during the tax year to cash out the accumulat~d paid leave.
Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 13 of 38
Application of this constructive receipt doctrine to the city's vacation and compensatory time
policies would mean that all vacation time and compensatory time would have to be taxed as in
the calendar year it is accrued to the extent the city allows the employee a relatively unimpeded
option to take this leave as cash or leave and carry it over from one calendar year to the next.
Based on the above, the city has proposed and the CCEA has agreed to modify the vacation and
compensatory time provisions in the MOU prospectively to comply with applicable IRS
Regulations.
The modification is designed to preserve the employee's ability to receive pay for earned and
unused vacation but ensure the vacation cash out policy does not result in constructive receipt
of income as the IRS defines it. The modification also makes clear there is no carry over option
for compensatory time.
Except as provided here, all wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment
presently in the city's MOU with the CCEA remain in full force and effect.
The Parties mutually agree to replace Article 20, Section C Vacation Conversion and Article
14, Section 4 Compensatory Time to read as follows
C. Vacation Conversion
1. No later than December 10, 2019, employees will be provided an option to convert
accrued and unused vacation to cash in amount of 80 hours. All accrued and unused
vacation earned up through the last full period in December 2019, that is not
requested to be cashed out by December 10, 2019 is no longer eligible to be
converted to cash, except upon separation of employment with the city.
2. Employees are also eligible to submit an irrevocable request to elect to cash out up to
80 hours of accrued vacation hours for the following calendar year.
3. All employees wishing to convert accrued vacation to cash in the year following the election
will complete a form between November 10 and December 10 of each year. Elections will
not carry over from one calendar year to the next calendar year.
4. Only vacation hours accrued during the calendar year following the election may be
cashed out. Employees accruing less than the election amount may cash out no more
than their total vacation accrual in the following calendar year.
5. The employee's accrued vacation to convert to cash will be credited first to the cash
out account with the employee's earned vacation leave until the employee's full
election amount is reached. The vacation hours designated to the cash out account
will not be credited toward the employee's maximum vacation accrual. During this
period oftime, no earned vacation leave will be credited to the employee's vacation
time off balance.
6. Payment of vacation hours elected for cash out will be in the last paycheck in December
unless the employee has accrued all the elected vacation hours by June 30, in which case
Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 14 of 38
' payment of the elected vacation hours may be _cashed out in July at the employee's
request All vacation hours will be paid in the calendar year in which the vacation
hours accrue. If the employee does not accrue all requested vacation hours in the
calendar year, the vacation payment amount will be reduced to the total number of
vacation hours the employee actually accrues in the calendar year and the payout will
be made no later than the last pay date in the calendar year.
7. The vacation payment amount will be based on the employee's rate of pay at the time
of the payout. The vacation payment amount is taxable income, subject to all
applicable withholding amounts and payroll deductions.
8. An employee who does not elect to cash out vacation by December 10 waives their
right to do so and will not be allowed to cash out any vacation accruing in the
following year.
Article 14, Section 4. Compensatory Time
In lieu of receiving overtime pay pursuant to Section 1 above, an employee may elect, subject to
department approval, to receive compensatory time off. No employee shall accrue more than
eighty (80) hours of such compensatory time. When an employee has accumulated the
maximum number of hours of compensatory time off he/she shall receive all overtime
compensation in cash.
An employee may use such compensatory time within a reasonable period after making the
request if the use of compensatory time does not unduly disrupt the operations of the department.
Any accrued and unused compensatory time through December 31, 2019 will be cashed out on
the last pay date in June 2020. Effective January 1, 2020, all accrued and unused compensatory
time during the calendar year will be cashed out on the last pay date of the calendar year. No
compensatory time may be accrued beginning on the last pay period of the calendar year through
the end of the calendar year. At any time an employee may elect to "cash out" any portion of
his/her accrued compensatory time balance at his/her regular rate of pay by requesting this "cash
out" on his/her time card. Upon separation from the city service an employee who has a balance
of unused compensatory time shall be paid out the remainder of their compensatory balance.
CITY OF CARLSBAD:
Date:_l,t_..:;_{ ll_[____.L 1~
SBAD CITY EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION
HADWICK, CITY MANAGER,
CITY OF CARLSBAD Dec. 10, 2019 Item #2 Page 15 of 38
SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE
THE CARLSBAD FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION
AND
THE CITY OF CARLSBAD
REGARDING VACATION AND COMPENSATORY TIME CASH OUT
The City of Carlsbad (hereinafter referred to as "city") and the Carlsbad Firefighters'
Association (hereinafter referred to as the "CF A") entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding ("MOU") with a term beginning on January 1, 2017 and terminating on
December 31, 2019. The city and the CF A are collectively referred to herein as the "Parties."
Background and Overview
This Agreement relates to modifications to the city's use and accrual of vacation time whereby
an employee has the option to receive either vacation time off or to cash out the vacation time.
This Agreement also relates to modifications to the city's use and accrual of compensatory time
whereby an employee has the option to receive compensatory time off in lieu of overtime and
clarifies that employees will not have the option beginning January 1, 2020 to carry over
compensatory time from one calendar year to the next. All compensatory time must be used in
the calendar year it is accrued or it will be paid out on the last pay date of the calendar year.
For employees working an 112-hour per pay period schedule, the city will allow an employee
an option to convert existing accrued and unused vacation to cash up to one hundred twelve
(112) hours no later than December 10, 2019. For employees working an 80-hour per pay
period schedule, the city will allow an employee an option to convert existing accrued and
unused vacation to cash up to eighty (80) hours no later than December 10, 2019 .. The city will
also allow an employee working an 80-hour per week pay schedule the option of carrying over
their existing compensatory time balance as of December 31, 2019 through June 14, 2020, and
will be cashed out on the last pay date in June 2020. Effective January 1, 2020 all accrued and
unused compensatory time will be cashed out on the last pay date in December of each calendar
year.
The specific provisions contained in this Agreement are intended to supersede any previous
agreements, whether oral or written, regarding the matters contained in this Agreement.
The Parties have satisfied their obligations to meet and confer in good faith in accordance with
the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act ("MMBA") in response to city's determination, based on the
advice of tax counsel, that this program feature must be modified to comply with federal
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Regulations.
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Under these Regulations, the IRS considers income to be received for tax purposes if the
individual actually receives it or has the option to receive it during each tax year. This is known
as the constructive receipt doctrine. Several IRS private letter rulings illustrate how the IRS
applies this doctrine when employees are given the option to cash out accumulated paid leave.
In these private letter rulings, the IRS has concluded that paid leave accruals must be included
in an individual's gross income for the tax year in which these accruals were credited to his or
her account if the employee has a cash out option, even if the individual does not elect to cash
out the accruals in that tax year. As far as the IRS is concerned, the fact that the individual has
unrestricted access to cash out accumulated paid leave means that the or she is in constructive
receipt of this cash and it must be included in the individual's gross income for the tax year,
even if no election is made during the tax year to cash out the accumulated paid leave.
Application of this constructive receipt doctrine to the city's vacation and compensatory time
policies would mean that all vacation time and compensatory time would have to be taxed as in
the calendar year it is accrued to the extent the city allows the employee a relatively unimpeded
option to take this leave as cash or leave and carry it over from one calendar year to the next.
Based on the above, the city has proposed and the CF A has agreed to modify the vacation and
compensatory time provisions in the MOU prospectively to comply with applicable IRS
Regulations.
The modification is designed to preserve the employee's ability to receive pay for earned and
unused vacation but ensure the vacation cash out policy does not result in constructive receipt
of income as the IRS defines it. The modification also makes clear there is no carry over option
for compensatory time.
Except as provided here, all wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment
presently in the city's MOU with the CF A remain in full force and effect.
The Parties mutually agree to replace Article 11, Section C Vacation Conversion and Article
19, Section B.2 Compensatory Time to read as follows:
C. Vacation Conversion
1. No later than December 10, 2019, employees working an 112-hour per pay period
schedule will be provided an option to convert accrued and unused vacation to
cash in amount of one hundred twelve (112) hours. No later than December 10,
2019, employees working an 80-hour per pay period schedule will be provided an
option to convert accrued and unused vacation to cash in amount of eighty (80)
hours. All accrued and unused vacation earned up through the last full period in
December 2019, that is not requested to be cashed out by December 10, 2019 is
no longer eligible to be converted to cash, except upon separation of employment
with the city.
2. Employees working anl 12-hour per pay period schedule are also eligible to
submit an irrevocable request to elect to cash out up to 112 hours of accrued
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vacation hours for the following calendar year. Employees working an 80-hour
pay period schedule are also eligible to submit an irrevocable request to elect to
cash out up to 80 hours of accrued vacation hours for the following calendar year.
3. All employees wishing to convert accrued vacation to cash in the year following
the election will complete a form between November 10 and December 10 of
each year. Elections will not carry over from one calendar year to the next
calendar year.
4. Only vacation hours accrued during the calendar year following the election may
be cashed out. Employees accruing less than the election amount may cash out no
more than their total vacation accrual in the following calendar year.
5. The employee's accrued vacation to convert to cash will be credited first to the
cash out account with the employee's earned vacation leave until the employee's
full election amount is reached. The vacation hours designated to the cash out
account will not be credited toward the employee's maximum vacation accrual.
During this period of time, no earned vacation leave will be credited to the
employee's vacation time off balance.
6. Payment of vacation hours elected for cash out will be in the last paycheck in
December unless the employee has accrued all the elected vacation hours by June
30, in which case payment of the elected vacation hours may be cashed out in July at
the employee's request. All vacation hours will be paid in the calendar year in
which the vacation hours accrue. If the employee does not accrue all requested
vacation hours in the calendar year, the vacation payment amount will be reduced
to the total number of vacation hours the employee actually accrues in the
calendar year and the payout will be made no later than the last pay date in the
calendar year.
7. The vacation payment amount will be based on the employee's rate of pay at the
time of the payout. The vacation payment amount is taxable income, subject to
all applicable withholding amounts and payroll deductions.
8. An employee who does not elect to cash out vacation by December 10 waives
their right to do so and will not be allowed to cash out any vacation accruing in
the following year.
B. EMPLOYEES WORKING AN 80 HOURS/PAY PERIOD SCHEDULE
2. Compensatory Time
In lieu of receiving overtime pay pursuant to Section 1 above, a Fire Prevention employee may
elect, subject to department approval, to receive compensatory time off. No employee shall accrue
more than 80 hours of such compensatory time. When an employee has accumulated the maximum
number of hours of compensatory time off, he/she shall receive all overtime compensation in cash.
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An employee may use such compensatory time within a reasonable period after making the request
if the use of compensatory time does not unduly disrupt the operations of the department.
Any accrued and unused compensatory time through December 31, 2019 will be cashed out on the
last pay date in June 2020. Effective January 1, 2020, all accrued and unused compensatory time
during the calendar year will be cashed out on the last pay date of the calendar year. No
compensatory time may be accrued beginning on the last pay period of the calendar year through
the end of the calendar year.
An employee may elect to "cash out" any portion of his/her accrued compensatory time at his/her
regular rate of pay in any pay period. The employee shall indicate the number of hours to be
cashed out on his/her timesheet.
CITY OF CARLSBAD:
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ADWICK, CITY l'vfANAGER,
CITY OF CARLSBAD
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MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Introduction ............................................................................ Page 2
Compensation ........................................................................ Page 2
Pay Ranges ....................................................................... Page 2
Compensation Adjustments ............................................ Page 3
Survey Market .................................................................. Page 3
Benefits and Other Types of Pay ........................................... Page 4
Life Insurance and Voluntary Benefits ............................ Page 4
Retirement ........................................................................ Page 4
Leave of Absence ............................................................. Page 5
1. Vacation ........................ Page 6
2. Executive Leave ........... Page 8
3. Sick Leave .................... Page 8
4. Bereavement Leave ...... Page 8
5. Leave Without Pay ....... Page 9
6. Pregnancy Disability LeavePage 10
7. FMLA ........................... Page 10
8. Military Leave .............. Page 11
9. Jury Duty ...................... Page 11
10. Extended Leave of AbsencePage 11
Separation Compensation ................................................ Page 11
Holidays ........................................................................... Page 12
Health Benefits ................................................................. Page 12
Health Insurance for Retirees ........................................... Page 14
Physical Fitness Reimbursement ..................................... Page 14
Long-Term Disability Insurance (LTD) .......................... Page 15
Deferred Compensation ................................................... Page 15
Drug and Alcohol Policy ................................................. Page 15
Uniform Reimbursement and Reporting the Value
of Uniforms to CalPERS .................................................. Page 15
Fire Safety Management.. ................................................ Page 15
Special Assignment and Temporary Upgrade Pay .......... Page 16
Educational Incentive Pay ................................................ Page 17
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SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
The Management Compensation and Benefits Plan contains three parts: 1) an introduction, 2) an
overview of compensation and 3) a description of benefits for management employees.
Definitions
1. Management Employees -Management employees are defined as those employees
whose classifications are listed on the Management Salary Structure. Except as to those
management employees subject to an applicable law, all management employees are
considered "at-will" and have no property rights to their position. At will employment
with the City may be terminated at any time by either party, with or without cause, for
any reason or no reason whatsoever, and with or without advance notice. At will
employees do not have the right to appeal.
2. City Council Appointed Employees -The City Manager and City Attorney are hired by
and responsible directly to the City Council. The salaries for these positions shall be set
by the City Council. The City Manager and City Attorney will not be subject to the
provisions of the Compensation program as outlined in Section 2 of this document. The
schedule of management benefits (as outlined in Section 3 of this document) will apply
to these positions, except as otherwise provided by the City Council.
SECTION 2: COMPENSATION
Pay Ranges
Each management job classification is assigned to a specific pay range. An employee may be paid
anywhere in the pay range associated with their job classification.
Any employee may be advanced in the pay range regardless of the length of time served at the
employee's present pay rate. This advancement requires the written recommendation of the
employee's manager and the approval of the employee's department head and City Manager (or
City Attorney, for management employees in the City Attorney's Office)1•
If, as a result of a pay range adjustment, an employee's base salary falls below the minimum of the
pay range, the employee's salary will be increased to the new range minimum as of the date City
Council approves the pay range adjustment.
Periodically the Human Resources Department will bring forth salary range movement
recommendations to City Council that are based on market and economic conditions, and may
include one or more salary ranges.
Hereafter, all references to the City Manager include, with regard to management employees in the City Attorney's
Office, the City Attorney.
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Compensation Adjustments
Effective January 1, 2020, all management employee salaries will be increased by three percent
(3%). As a result, all management salary ranges will be adjusted to reflect this increase. An
employee's salary may not exceed the maximum of the pay range for their classification.
Survey Market
In keeping with the City Council's philosophy of surveying the total compensation of local
agencies, the agencies listed below will be considered in the survey market for management
classifications.
• City of Chula Vista
• City of Coronado
• City of Del Mar
• City of El Cajon
• City of Encinitas
• City of Escondido
• City of Imperial Beach
• City of La Mesa
• City of National City
• City of Oceanside
• City of Poway
• City of San Marcos
• City of Solana Beach
• City of San Diego
• City of Santee
• City of Vista
• County of San Diego
In addition to the agencies listed above, the following agencies will be considered in the survey
market only for Utilities Director, Utilities Manager and Utilities Supervisor classifications.
• Encina Wastewater Authority
• Helix Water District
• Olivenhain Municipal Water District
• Otay Water District
• Padre Dam Municipal Water District
• Vallecitos Water District
• Vista Irrigation District
The Human Resources Department will compare salary and benefits information on each City of
Carlsbad benchmark classification with appropriate classifications in the survey market. Those
classifications that are considered benchmarks are those in which there was a substantial match
between the competencies and duties required for jobs at the City of Carlsbad and those for jobs in
the survey market.
Each City of Carlsbad job classification is assigned to a specific pay range. The non-benchmark
positions are assigned to a pay range based on internal relationships, responsibility and/or
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knowledge, skills and abilities of jobs. The benchmark salary data will be surveyed regularly and
the benchmark comparisons will be modified when the classifications change within the
organization.
The City Council delegates to the City Manager the authority to create and change job
classifications and assign job classifications to a specific pay range, based on both benchmark salary
information and internal relationships within the organization.
SECTION 3: BENEFITS AND OTHER TYPES OF PAY
Life Insurance and Voluntary Benefits
All management employees shall receive City paid life insurance in an amount equal to two times
the basic yearly earnings. To determine benefits, the amount of insurance is rounded to the next
higher $1,000 multiple, unless the amount equals a $1,000 multiple.
The City provides various voluntary benefits available at the employee's cost. Employees may
select among various levels of coverage. For information regarding these benefits, contact the
Human Resources Department at 760-602-2440.
Retirement
All management employees shall participate in the California Public Employees' Retirement System
(CalPERS). The specific retirement formula applied will be determined based on whether the
position is deemed safety or miscellaneous. All positions not deemed eligible for safety retirement
will be deemed miscellaneous under the CalPERS system. Optional benefits unique to the City of
Carlsbad's contract with CalPERS are outlined in the contract between the city and CalPERS. A
copy of this contract is kept on file in the Human Resources Department.
Management employees who are considered fire safety employees are eligible for the same
retirement benefit formula and are subject to the same optional retirement benefits described in the
City of Carlsbad CalPERS safety contract (and are the same as those provided to employees
represented by the Carlsbad Firefighters' Association, Inc.). Unrepresented sworn police
management employees are eligible for the same retirement benefit formula and are subject to the
same optional retirement benefits described in the City of Carlsbad CalPERS safety contract (and
are the same as those provided to employees represented by the Carlsbad Police Officers'
Association).
A. The City has contracted with CalPERS for the following retirement benefits:
Miscellaneous "Classic" Members (those that do not qualify as "New Members" as
defined below)
a) Employees entering City of Carlsbad miscellaneous CalPERS membership for the first
time prior to November 28, 2011 -The retirement formula shall be 3%@ 60; single
highest year final compensation.
b) Employees entering City of Carlsbad miscellaneous CalPERS membership for the first
time on or after November 28, 2011 -The retirement formula shall be 2%@ 60; three
year average final compensation.
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c) Employees entering City of Carlsbad safety CalPERS membership for the first time prior
to October 4, 2010 -The retirement formula shall be 3%@ 50; single highest year final
compensation.
d) Employees entering City of Carlsbad safety CalPERS membership for the first time on
or after October 4, 2010 -The retirement formula shall be 2%@ 50; three year average
final compensation.
"New Members"
Employees who are "New Members" as defined by the California Public Employees'
Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) (e.g., an employee hired on or after 1/1/2013 who
has never been a CalPERS member or member of a reciprocal system or who has had a
break in CalPERS service of at least 6 months or more) will be subject to all the applicable
PEPRA provisions, which include but are not limited to the following retirement benefits.
a) Miscellaneous employees -Retirement formula shall be 2% @ 62; three year average
final compensation.
b) Safety employees -Retirement formula shall be 2.7%@ 57; three year average final
compensation.
B. Employee Retirement Contribution
The employee retirement contribution will be made on a pre-tax basis by implementing
provisions of section 4 l 4(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC).
Employees shall make the following employee retirement contributions through payroll
deductions:
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Leave of Absence
miscellaneous employees subject to the 3%@ 60 benefit formula shall pay all of
the employee retirement contribution (8% ),
miscellaneous employees subject to the 2% @ 60 benefit formula shall pay all of
the employee retirement contribution (7%),
safety employees subject to the 3% @ 50 or 2% @ 50 benefit formulas shall pay
all of the employee retirement contribution (9% ), and
miscellaneous and safety employees who meet the definition of "New Member"
under PEP RA shall pay one half of the normal cost rate associated with their
benefit plan.
Management employees are exempt from overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards
Act. Management employees in the City are paid on a salary basis versus an hourly basis. Pursuant
to FLSA regulation 29 CFR Section 541.5d, the City can make deductions from salary or leave
accounts for partial day absences for personal reasons or sickness because the City has a policy and
practice of requiring its employees to be accountable to the public that they have earned their
salaries. A partial day absence is an absence ofless than the employee's regular work day.
Pursuant to FLSA regulation 29 CFR Section 541.118 (a)(2) and (a)(3), the City may make salary
or leave reductions based upon full day absences.
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Partial day or full day absences shall be first charged against the exempt employee's vacation, sick,
or executive leave account. In the event the exempt employee does not have sufficient time in
his/her leave account to cover the absence, deductions without pay will be made on full days only.
1. Vacation
a. Vacation Accrual
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Every management employee shall accrue vacation leave for each calendar year of
actual continuous service dating from the commencement of said service, with such
time to be accrued on a daily (calendar day) basis. Vacation leave can be used in 15
minute increments.
All management employees (except Fire Battalion Chiefs) shall earn vacation on the
following basis:
Beginning with the first (1st) working day through the completion of five (5)
full calendar years of continuous service -13 minutes/day.
Beginning the sixth (6th) year of employment through the completion often
(10) full calendar years of continuous service -20 minutes/day.
Beginning the eleventh (11th) year of employment through the completion of
eleven (11) full calendar years of continuous service -21 minutes/day.
Beginning the twelfth (12th) year of employment through the completion of
twelve (12) full calendar years of continuous service -22 minutes/day.
Beginning the thirteenth ( 13th) year of employment through the completion
of thirteen (13) full calendar years of continuous service -24 minutes/day.
Beginning the fourteenth (14th) year of employment through the completion
of fifteen ( 15) full calendar years of continuous
service -25 minutes/day.
Beginning the sixteenth {16th) year of continuous employment, vacation time
shall be accrued, and remain at a rate of 26 minutes/day for every full
calendar year of continuous employment thereafter.
Management employees with comparable service may be granted credit for such
service for the purpose of computing vacation at the discretion of the City Manager.
All management employees shall be permitted to earn and accrue up to and including
three hundred and twenty (320) hours of vacation, and no employee will be allowed
to earn and accrue vacation hours in excess of the three hundred and twenty (320)
hour maximum.* The City Manager shall be responsible for the granting of vacation
to all management personnel, except in the case of the City Attorney's Office, where
the City Attorney shall be responsible for granting vacation.
* If there are unusual circumstances that would require an employee to exceed the vacation accrual
maximum, he/she must submit a request in writing to the Department Head and the City Manager or
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Designee. The Department Head and the City Manager or Designee may grant such a request if it is
in the best interest of the City. Requests will be handled on a case-by-case basis and will be
considered only in extreme circumstances.
Fire Battalion Chiefs shall accrue vacation in the same manner and up to the same
maximum as Carlsbad Firefighters' Association (CF A) represented employees.
b. Vacation Conversion
1. No later than December 10, 2019, management employees will be provided an
option to convert accrued and unused vacation to cash in an amount of up to 80
hours. Fire Battalion Chiefs who work 112 hours/pay period will be allowed to
convert accrued and unused vacation to cash in an amount of up to 112 hours. All
accrued and unused vacation earned up through the last full period in December
2019, that is not requested to be cashed out by December 10, 2019 is no longer
eligible to be converted to cash, except upon separation of employment with the city.
2. Employees are also eligible to submit an irrevocable request to elect to cash out up to
80 hours ( or up to 112 hours if a Battalion Chief on a 112 hours/pay period schedule)
of accrued vacation hours for the following calendar year.
3. All employees wishing to convert accrued vacation to cash in the year following the
election will complete a form between November 10 and December 10 of each year.
Elections will not carry over from one calendar year to the next calendar year.
4. Only vacation hours accrued during the calendar year following the election may be
cashed out. Employees accruing less than the election amount may cash out no more
than their total vacation accrual in the following calendar year.
5. The employee's accrued vacation to convert to cash will be credited first to the cash
out account with the employee's earned vacation leave until the employee's full
election amount is reached. The vacation hours designated to the cash out account
will not be credited toward the employee's maximum vacation accrual. During this
period of time, no earned vacation leave will be credited to the employee's vacation
time off balance.
6. Payment of vacation hours elected for cash out will be in the last paycheck in
December unless the employee has accrued all the elected vacation hours by June 30, in
which case payment of the all the elected vacation hours may be cashed out in July at
the employee's request. All vacation hours will be paid in the calendar year in which
the vacation hours accrue. If the employee does not accrue all requested vacation
hours in the calendar year, the vacation payment amount will be reduced to the total
number of vacation hours the employee actually accrues in the calendar year and the
payout will be made no later than the last pay date in the calendar year.
7. The vacation payment amount will be based on the employee's rate of pay at the
time of the payout. The vacation payment amount is taxable income, subject to all
applicable withholding amounts and payroll deductions.
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8. An employee who does not elect to cash out vacation by December 10 waives their
right to do so and will not be allowed to cash out any vacation accruing in the
following year.
c. Vacation Payout
An employee separating from the City service who has a balance of unused accrued
vacation leave shall be entitled to be paid for the remainder of their unused accrued
vacation leave as of their last day on payroll.
2. Executive Leave (E-time)
Effective July 1, 2018, all management personnel shall receive sixty-four (64) hours per
fiscal year for executive leave. The sixty-four ( 64) hours will be credited upon hire or
promotion into management and at the beginning of each fiscal year to individual leave
balances. This leave must be used within the same fiscal year. The City Manager is
authorized to provide ten (10) additional hours of executive leave per year to any
management employee who is required to work extended hours due to emergencies such as
fires, storms, floods, or other emergencies.
3. Sick Leave
Sick leave can be used in 15 minute increments.
Sixteen (16) minutes of sick leave are accrued per calendar day. Accumulation is unlimited
( employees cannot receive payment for unused sick leave). Fire Battalion Chiefs that work
112 hours per bi-weekly pay period shall accrue sick leave commensurate with CFA
represented employees that work at 112 hours per bi-weekly pay period.
Any management employee who has accrued and maintains a minimum of one hundred
(100) hours of sick leave shall be permitted to convert up to twelve (12) days of sick leave
and uncompensated sick leave to vacation at a ratio of three (3) sick leave days per one (1)
day of vacation. The sick leave conversion option will be provided during the first week of
each fiscal year. Conversion can only be made in increments of full day vacation days.
Employees will not be allowed to convert sick leave to vacation if such conversion would
put them over the vacation accrual maximum.
Any permanent employee applying for retirement with the Public Employees' Retirement
System may convert accrued and unused sick leave time to extend service time in the system
at the ratio of twenty-five (25) days of accrued sick leave to one month of extended service.
4. Bereavement Leave
An employee may use up to an equivalent of three work days of paid leave ifrequired to be
absent from duty due to the death of a member of the employee's immediate family.
Additional time off may be authorized by the Department Head and charged to accrued
vacation or sick leave or, when no accrued leave is available, treated as leave without pay.
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The "immediate family" shall be defined in the personnel rules and regulations.
The employee may be required to submit proof of relative' s death before final approval of
bereavement leave is granted.
5. Leave of Absence Without Pay
a. General Policy
Any employee may be granted a leave of absence without pay pursuant to the
approval of his/her Department Head for less than two calendar weeks. If the
duration of the leave of absence will be longer, the approval of the City Manager or
his/her designee is required.
An employee shall utilize all his/her vacation, e-time and/or sick leave (if applicable)
prior to taking an authorized leave of absence without pay.
A leave without pay may be granted for any of the following reasons:
1. Illness or disability.
2. To take a course of study which will increase the employee's
usefulness on return to his/her position in the City service.
3. For personal reasons acceptable to the City Manager and Department
Head.
b. Authorization Procedure
Requests for leave of absence without pay shall be made in writing and shall state
specifically the reason for the request, the date when the leave is desired to begin, the
probable date of return, and the agreement to reimburse the City for any benefit
premiums paid by the City during the leave of absence. The request shall normally
be initiated by the _employee, but may be initiated by his/her Department Head, and,
if applicable, shall be promptly transmitted to the City Manager or his/her designee
for approval. A copy of any approved request for leave of absence without pay with
a duration equal to or greater than two calendar weeks shall be delivered promptly to
the Directors of Finance and Human Resources.
c. Length of Leave and Extension
A leave of absence without pay may be made for a period not to exceed six months,
unless otherwise approved by the City Manager. The procedure for granting
extensions shall be the same as that in granting the original leave provided that the
request for extension is made no later than fourteen ( 14) calendar days prior to the
expiration of the original leave.
d. Return From Leave
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When an employee intends to return from an authorized leave of absence without
pay either before or upon the expiration of such leave, he/she shall contact his/her
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Department Head at least fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the day he/she plans to
return. The Department Head shall promptly notify the Human Resources
Department of the employee's intention. The employee shall return at a rate of pay
not less than the rate at the time the leave of absence began.
e. Insurance Payments and Privileges
An employee on leave without pay may continue his/her City insurance benefits by
reimbursing the City for the employee's costs of insurance on a monthly basis during
the period of the leave. Failure to reimburse the City for such benefits during the
term of a leave of absence will result in the employee's coverage terminating on the
first day following the month in which the last payment was received.
Upon the employee's return to paid status, any sums due to the City shall be repaid
through payroll deductions. This applies to sums due for insurance as well as other
payment plans entered into between the City and the employee ( e.g., computer loan).
Upon eligibility for COBRA, the employee will be notified of the opportunity to
continue benefit coverage via the COBRA process.
An employee on leave of absence without pay shall not have all of the privileges
granted to regular employees (e.g., holiday pay), unless required by law.
6. Pregnancy Disability Leave
Pregnancy Disability Leave shall be authorized and/or administered in accordance with the
provisions of State and Federal law. An employee disabled by pregnancy shall be allowed
to utilize a combination of accrued sick leave and vacation time and leave without pay to
take a leave for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed four months. An employee shall
utilize all accrued leave prior to taking leave without pay. Reasonable period oftime means
that period during which the employee is disabled on account of pregnancy, childbirth, or
related conditions.
An employee who plans to take a leave pursuant to this article shall give the City reasonable
notice of the date the leave shall commence and the estimated duration of the leave.
7. Family and Medical Leave of Absence (FMLA)
An employee may be granted a FMLA of up to 12 weeks in a 12 month period for one or
more of the following reasons:
for the birth/placement of a child for adoption or foster care,
to care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition, or
to take medical leave when the employee is unable to work because of a serious
condition.
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FMLA may be paid or unpaid and may be granted concurrently and in conjunction with
other leave and benefit provisions. Specific details regarding the provisions of this leave are
available by contacting the Human Resources Department.
8. Military Leave
Military leave shall be authorized in accordance with the provisions of State and Federal
law. The employee must furnish satisfactory proof to his/her Department Head, as far in
advance as possible, that he/she must report to military duty.
9. Jury Duty
When called to jury duty, an employee shall be entitled to his/her regular compensation.
Employees released early from jury duty shall report to their supervisor for assignment for
the duration of the shift. Employees shall be entitled to keep mileage reimbursement paid
while onjury duty.
A Department Head may, at his/her sole discretion, contact the court and request an
exemption and/or postponement of jury service on behalf of an employee.
Employees released early from jury duty shall report to their supervisor for assignment for
the duration of the work day. At the discretion of the supervisor, an employee may be
released from reporting back to work if an unreasonable amount of the work day remains in
light of travel time to the job site after release.
10. Extended Leave of Absence
Upon completion of84 consecutive calendar days (12 weeks) ofleave of absence (paid or
unpaid and except when leave is ordered by the city or when an employee is on an active
duty military leave) or completion of a leave of absence related to Section 4850 of the
Labor Code, whichever occurs later, an employee will not be eligible for the benefits listed
below:
• accrual of sick leave and vacation,
• cell phone allowance,
• car allowance and
• holiday pay for Fire Battalion Chiefs.
On the day that the employee returns to work from the extended leave of absence, the
employee will resume eligibility for the abovementioned benefits and the employee's
vacation anniversary date and seniority ( calculation of continuous service with the City)
will be adjusted for each calendar day the leave of absence lasted beyond 84 consecutive
calendar days or the completion of a leave of absence related to Section 4850 of the Labor
Code, whichever was longer.
Separation Compensation
All management employees involuntarily separated from the City service due to budget cutbacks,
layoffs, contracting out of service or for other reasons not due to misconduct which would justify
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involuntary separation shall receive one month's salary computed at the employee's actual salary at
the time of separation.
Holidays
All management employees shall be paid holidays in accordance with the schedule of eleven ( 11)
holidays as established by the City Council. Fire Battalion Chiefs are subject to the same holiday
schedule that is outlined for management employees. However, they are compensated for holidays
in the same manner as CFA represented employees that work 112 hours per bi-weekly pay period.
The scheduled paid holidays that will be official City holidays shall be as follows:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King's Birthday
Presidents' Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veteran's Day
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Friday
Christmas Day
Only employees who are on employed status on their last scheduled work day before a holiday shall
be entitled to the paid holiday except where otherwise required by law.
Effective July 1, 2019, all management employees will receive two floating holidays per fiscal year,
each year on July 1st.
The floating holiday may be used at the discretion of the employee with prior approval of the
employee's supervisor. The floating holiday must be taken as a full day off. There is no partial day
use of a floating holiday. The floating holiday pay is paid at straight time equal to the number of
hours in the employee's regular work shift on that day. Unused floating holidays will not carry over
to the next fiscal year and will not paid out upon separation of employment.
Health Benefits
Management employees will participate in a flexible benefits program which includes medical
insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and Accidental
Death & Dismemberment insurance (AD&D). Each of these components is outlined below.
1. Medical Insurance
Management employees will be covered by the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care
Act (PEMHCA) and will be eligible to participate in the California Public Employees'
Retirement System (CalPERS) Health Program. The City will pay on behalf of all management
employees and their eligible dependents and those retirees mentioned in the section of this
document titled, "Health Insurance for Retirees," the minimum amount per month required
under Government Code Section 22892 of the PEMHCA for medical insurance through the
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS). If electing to enroll for medical
benefits, the employee must select one medical plan from the variety of medical plans offered.
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Effective January 1, 2018, the City will contribute the following monthly amounts ( called
"Benefits Credits") on behalf of each active management employee and eligible dependents
toward the payment of 1) medical premiums under the CalPERS Health Program, 2)
contributions in the name of the employee to the City's flexible spending account(s), 3) dental
premiums 4) vision premiums and/or 5) accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D)
premmms:
(a)
(b)
(c)
For employees with "Employee" coverage, the City shall contribute five
hundred seventy-three ($573) per month that shall include the mandatory
payments to CalPERS. If the actual total premiums exceed the City's total
contributions, the employee will pay the difference.
For employees with "Employee Plus One" coverage, the City shall contribute
one thousand one hundred forty-six dollars ($1,146) per month that shall
include the mandatory payments to CalPERS. If the actual total premiums
exceed the City's total contributions, the employee will pay the difference.
For employees with "Family" coverage, the City shall contribute one
thousand five hundred two dollars ($1,502) per month that shall include the
mandatory payments to CalPERS. If the actual total premiums exceed the
City's total contributions, the employee will pay the difference.
Subsequently, effective January 1 of each calendar year, the City monthly Benefits Credits will
change for each coverage level. The monthly Benefits Credits will be set to dollar amounts that
equate to 80% of the average health (medical, dental and vision) premium for Employee, Employee
Plus One and Family coverage levels, rounded to the nearest whole dollar based on the premiums
that will take effect on January 1 of the respective calendar year.
Unused Benefits Credits as outlined above will be paid to the employee in cash and reported as
taxable income. If the amount contributed by the City (Benefits Credits) exceeds the cost of the
medical insurance purchased by the employee, the employee will have the option of using any
"excess credits" to purchase dental, vision, or accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D)
insurance or to contribute to a healthcare or dependent care flexible spending account (FSA),
instead of receiving taxable cash.
All management employees who work three quarter-time or less will receive prorated Benefits
Credits.
2. Dental Insurance
Management employees will be eligible to enroll in or waive enrollment in a City-sponsored
dental plan at any coverage level.
3. Vision Insurance
Management employees will be eligible to enroll in or waive enrollment in a City-sponsored
vision insurance plan at any coverage level.
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4. Waiver Provision
Management employees who do not wish to participate in the CalPERS Health Program will
have the choice of waiving the City's medical insurance program, provided they can show that
they are covered under another group insurance program.
The dollar amount paid by the City for employees who elect the waiver provision may change in
the first pay period of each calendar year. The Benefits Credits associated with waiving medical
coverage will be set equal to 50% of the Benefits Credits associated with Employee medical
coverage. If this results in a situation where the unused benefit credits associated with any
medical plan exceed the benefit credits associated with waiving medical coverage, the benefit
credits associated with waiving medical coverage will be set equal to one dollar ($1) above the
unused benefit credits associated with that medical plan.
Unused Benefits Credits as outlined above will be paid to the employee in cash and reported as
taxable income.
Health Insurance for Retirees
Effective January 1, 2001, management employees will be covered by the Public Employees'
Medical and Hospital Care Act and will be eligible to participate in the California Public
Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Health Program. Management employees who retire
from the City, either service or disability, shall be eligible to continue their enrollment in the
CalPERS Health Program when they retire, provided that the individual is enrolled or eligible to
enroll in a CalPERS medical plan at the time of separation from employment and their effective
date of retirement is within 120 days of separation. The City will contribute the minimum amount
per month required under Government Code Section 22892 of the PEMHCA toward the cost of
each retiree's enrollment in the CalPERS Health Program.
Employees who retire from the City, either service or disability, shall be eligible to elect, upon
retirement to participate in the City's dental and/or vision insurance programs as a retiree. The cost
of such dental and/or vision insurance for the retiree and eligible dependents shall be borne solely
by the retiree. An individual who does not choose coverage upon retirement, or who chooses
coverage and later drops it is not eligible to return to the City's dental and vision insurance
program.
The City will invoice the retiree for his/her monthly premiums for dental and/or vision insurance
and the retiree must keep such payments current to ensure continued coverage.
Physical Fitness Reimbursement
All management employees shall be eligible for reimbursement of up to the amount of four hundred
fifty dollars ($450) during each fiscal year for the costs associated with physical fitness.
Each employee claiming reimbursement shall be required to submit original receipts to the Human
Resources department for approval and reimbursement.
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The physical fitness reimbursement is offered to management employees to promote optimum
health. Services include, but are not limited to: health assessment testing and examinations,
computerized heart risk profile, complete blood profile, fees paid to physical fitness providers,
nutritional assessment and diet program.
Long-Term Disability Insurance (LTD)
Long-term disability is available for all management personnel after 30 calendar days of disability.
The LTD premium cost is paid by the City. Employees shall be entitled to combine accumulated
vacation leave ore-time with LTD payments for the purpose of achieving the equivalent of their
pre-disability salary to the extent allowed by law during any period of nonindustrial disability.
Accumulated sick leave may not be combined with LTD payments. Under no circumstances shall
the combination of accumulated leave and LTD payments exceed the employee's pre-disability
salary.
Deferred Compensation
The City shall provide deferred compensation plan(s) which may be utilized by any management
employee. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any particular plan and to impose specific
conditions upon the use of any plan. It is acknowledged that the City will assist in the
administration of this benefit but that the City has no liability if an employee should default on the
repayment of such a loan.
Drug and Alcohol Policy
It is the policy of the City of Carlsbad to provide a work environment free from the effects of drugs
and alcohol consistent with the directives of the Drug Free Workplace Act.
The City provides a voluntary Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to assist employees who seek
help for substance abuse or other personal problems affecting work or family life. This program is
available to employees and their family members and offers 24-hour access to confidential
professional EAP assistance for emergency or urgent situations. For more specific information,
contact the Human Resources Department or visit the City's intranet site.
Uniform Reimbursement & Reporting the Value of Uniforms to CalPERS
Reimbursement to the Police Chief and Assistant Police Chief for the cost of purchasing and
maintenance of required uniforms shall be $34.62 per pay period.
Effective May 31, 2010, all fire management employees who are required to wear City-provided
uniforms will have the amount of $17 .31 reported to CalPERS bi-weekly as special compensation
related to the monetary value of the required uniforms, excluding boots.
Under PEPRA, this benefit is not reported to CalPERS as special compensation for new members.
Fire Safety Management
1. Post-Retirement Healthcare Trust
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Employees promoted into a fire safety management classification from a position represented by
CF A, Inc. after the establishment of the post-retirement healthcare trust by CF A, Inc. shall
contribute into the post-retirement healthcare trust established by CF A, Inc. via payroll deductions
until participation by CF A, Inc., in this type of trust is terminated. The employee contribution
amount shall be equal to the amount established for employees represented by CF A, Inc. In
addition, the city will make monthly contributions per fire safety management employee who is
contributing to the trust. The city contribution amount will be equal to the amount established for
employees represented by CF A, Inc. The City has no administrative responsibilities or liabilities
related to this benefit, other than processing of payroll contributions as described above.
2.0vertime
The classifications of Fire Chief, Fire Division Chief, Fire Battalion Chief and Fire Marshal are
exempt from overtime requirements under FLSA. However, Fire Battalion Chiefs are paid
straight time for overtime when they are covering the duty for a Battalion Chief who is on a
leave of absence and when they are directed to attend a mandatory training class associated with
the rank of Battalion Chief on a non-scheduled work day.
Through the California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System and California Fire Assistance
Agreement (CFAA), and at the request of the California Governor's Office of Emergency
Services (Cal OES), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE),
Federal Fire Agencies or other fire agencies, City of Carlsbad Fire Department personnel can be
assigned to locations throughout California in the event of a local, State, or Federal emergency.
In the event this occurs, employees in the classification of Fire Division Chief and Fire Marshal
who are assigned to the emergency location are paid straight time for overtime (portal to portal)
beginning at the time of dispatch to the return to jurisdiction and employees in the classification
of Fire Battalion Chief who are assigned to the emergency location are paid at a rate of 1.5 for
overtime (portal to portal) beginning at the time of dispatch to the return to jurisdiction.
Special Assignment and Temporary Upgrade Pay
Whenever the needs of the City require an employee to temporarily perform the duties of a job
classification that has a higher pay range than the pay range associated with their current job
classification for a period of more than twenty-one (21) calendar days, the employee shall be
designated as being in a special assignment and receive additional temporary upgrade pay. In such
cases, the employee shall be paid at an appropriate level which will assure an increase of not less
than five percent (5%) greater than his/her current salary. Subsequent to designation in a special
assignment, in the event that the situation changes and the City does not need the employee to serve
in the assignment for at least twenty-one (21) consecutive calendar days, the employee shall receive
the temporary upgrade pay for that period of time the assignment lasts. In the event that at the
beginning of a special assignment, it is not perceived that the assignment will last at least twenty-
one (21) consecutive calendar days, and the assignment nonetheless extends beyond twenty-one
(21) consecutive calendar days, the employee in the assignment shall receive the temporary upgrade
pay retroactive to the first day of the acting assignment.
No employee shall be required to perform any of the duties of a higher classification unless that
employee is deemed to possess the minimum qualifications of the higher classification by the
Human Resources Director as recommended by the affected Department Head. Exceptions to the
minimum qualifications criteria may be recommended by the affected Department Head on a case
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by case basis. If the employee does not meet the minimum qualifications for the higher
classification he/she shall receive not less than 2.5% temporary upgrade pay.
The temporary upgrade pay shall commence on the first (1st) calendar day of the special
assignment. The recommendation that an employee be placed in a special assignment shall be put in
writing by the affected Department Head and submitted to the Human Resources Director for
approval. The employee shall not serve for more than one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days
in a special assignment unless approved by the City Manager or his/her designee.
If an employee is on a leave of absence (paid or unpaid and except when leave is ordered by the
city) for more than twenty-one (21) calendar days, the temporary upgrade pay associated with their
special assignment shall cease on the twenty-second (22nd) day. On the day that the employee
returns to work, if the supervisor determines that the employee is required to continue to perform
the duties of the special assignment, the temporary upgrade pay will resume as of the day the
employee returns to work.
A person in a special assignment shall be eligible to receive pay increases in his/her regular position
during the special assignment. The Human Resources Director shall obtain the employee's consent
for the special assignment prior to the employee's assuming or continuing the duties and additional
compensation, which shall clearly state that it is understood that a reduction in salary will occur due
to cessation of the temporary upgrade pay upon the expiration of the need for the special
assignment.
Educational Incentive
Effective January 1, 2019, employees in the classifications of Police Chief and Assistant Police
Chief who present proof to the Professional Standards Division Sergeant, Carlsbad Police
Department, of evidence of the award of a Management certificate issued by the State of California
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) will be eligible to receive
educational incentive pay in the amount of four hundred sixty-two dollars ($462) biweekly.
Eligibility for receiving the compensation will be based upon the date the employee provides
evidence of eligibility to the Professional Standards Division Sergeant. It is the sole responsibility
of the employee to make notification of eligibility for the educational incentive pay.
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b. Vacation Conversion
Each February, management employees will be allo-...ved to voluntarily convert up
to 80 hours of accrued vacation to cash, provided that they have used 80 hours of
· vacation, executive time or floating holiday dur.J1g the prior calendar year. Fire
Battalion Chiefs that v,rork 112 hours per bi 1.veekly pay period 1tvill be allowed to
voluntarily convert up to 112 hours of accrued vacation to cash, provided that
they have used 112 hours of vacation, executive time or floating holiday during
the prior calendar year.
]. No later than December 10, 2019, management employees will be provided an option
to convert accrued and unused vacation to cash in an amount of up to 80 hours. Fire
Battalion Chiefs who work 112 hours/pay period will be allowed to convert accrued
and unused vacation to cash in an amount ofup to 112 hours. All accrued and unused
vacation earned up through the last full period in December 2019, that is not
requested to be cashed out by December 10. 2019 is no longer eligible to be
converted to cash. except upon separation of employment with the city.
2. Employees are also eligible to submit an irrevocable request to elect to cash out up to
80 hours ( or up to 112 hours if a Battalion Chief on a 112 hours/pay period schedule)
of accrued vacation hours for the following calendar year.
3. All employees wishing to convert accrued vacation to cash in the year following the
election will complete a form between November 10 and December 10 of each year.
Elections will not carry over from one calendar year to the next calendar year.
4. Only vacation hours accrued during the calendar year following the election may be
cashed out. Employees accruing less than the election amount may cash out no more
than their total vacation accrual in the following calendar year.
5. The employee's accrued vacation to convert to cash will be credited first to the cash
out account with the employee's earned vacation leave until the employee's full
election amount is reached. The vacation hours designated to the cash out account
will not be credited toward the employee's maximum vacation accrual. During this
period of time, no earned vacation leave will be credited to the employee's vacation
time off balance.
6. Payment of vacation hours elected for cash out will be in the lastpaycheck in December
unless the employee has accrued all the elected vacation hours by June 30, in which case
payment of the all the elected vacation hours may be cashed out in July at the
employee's request. All vacation hours will be paid in the calendar year in which the
vacation hours accrue. If the employee does not accrue all requested vacation hours
in the calendar year, the vacation payment amount will be reduced to the total number
of vacation hours the employee actually accrues in the calendar year and the payout
will be made no later than the last pay date in the calendar year.
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7. The vacation payment amount will be based on the empfo yee's rate of pav at the time
of the payout. The vacation pavment amount is taxable income, subject to all
applicable withholding amounts and payroll deductions.
8. An employee who does not elect to cash out vacation by December 10 waives their
right to do so and will not be allowed to cash out anv vacation accruing in the
following vear.
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