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Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors, acting as the Governing Board of the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority
From: Donna Vaillancourt, Human Resources Department Director
Louise F. Rogers, Chief of the 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 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 April 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020.
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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 salaries; health, dental, and vision benefits; and job development funding. The current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) expired on December 31, 2015 at which time the State took control of collective bargaining for wages and benefits. In its 2017-18 budget, the State shifted collective bargaining back to the Public Authorities and we began negotiations for this agreement in late 2017.
SB90 provided a new sharing ratio that states that in counties such as ours, the State will participate in a wage and benefit increase not to exceed 10 percent of the current combined total of wages and benefits. Further, SB90 indicates that wage and benefit increases negotiated within these parameters will result in an adjustment to the county's IHSS MOE requirement.
DISCUSSION:
The Public Authority concluded negotiations with SEIU on March 8, 2018. IHSS membership has ratified the Public Authority's proposal.
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