Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors, acting as the Governing Board of the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority
From: Rocio Kiryczun, Human Resources Department Director
Louise F. Rogers, Chief, Health System
Subject: Resolution adopting the In-Home Support Services Public Authority's Memorandum of Understanding with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2015 - In-Home Supportive Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Acting as the Governing Board of the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority, adopt a resolution adopting the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2015 for In-Home Supportive Services, for the provision of salaries and benefits of Independent Providers for the term of January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026.
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BACKGROUND:
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) represents the Independent Providers of In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) in negotiations regarding issues such as wages; health, dental and vision benefits; and job development funding. The current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) expired on December 31, 2023.
In 2017, SB-90 eliminated the then-existing County IHSS Maintenance of Effort (MOE) and provided a new state and county cost-sharing ratio for the IHSS program. SB-90 stated that in counties such as San Mateo, where combined wages and individual health benefits exceed $12.10 per hour, the state would participate in a wage and benefit increase not to exceed 10 percent of the then-current combined total of wages and benefits. If certain criteria were met, the state would participate in a second three-year 10 percent increase, provided it began by December 1, 2021. Having met that criteria, the state has subsequently agreed to participate in a third three-year additional wage and benefit increase not to exceed 10 percent of the current combined total of wages and benefits ...
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