Compensation and Classification. A. The minimum starting hourly rates of pay for all new bargaining unit members shall be as follows and the compensation of existing unit members shall be set forth according to the schedule in Appendix A. Employees with 10+ years of service shall receive an increase in their hourly wages as follows: • 2021-2022 4% increase on salary schedule plus steps • 2022-2023 3% increase on salary schedule plus steps • 2023-2024 3% increase on salary schedule plus steps Additionally, employees who are actively employed on the date of contract ratification shall receive a one-time signing bonus of $1,000.00 for full-time and $500.00 for part-time. This bonus shall be subject to deductions such as taxes and not applicable to overtime. Increase custodial and maintenance rates by $1.00 (plus the 4% referenced above) effective upon ratification. The compensation of ▇▇▇▇▇ unit members is set forth according to the pay schedule listed within the ▇▇▇▇▇ Master Agreement Appendix A. Step increases through step ten (10) for employees whose pay rates fall within the pay schedules shall occur July 1 of each year. B. Annually, bargaining unit members will be given a choice of one (1) of the following three (3) options regarding unused sick leave once their sick leave balance has reached one-hundred (100) hours. This section shall also apply to all affected ▇▇▇▇▇ bargaining unit members as listed under Article V, Section I. 1) A bargaining unit member may annually convert up to one half (1/2) of their unused annual sick hours to a vacation hour bank. The vacation hour bank shall not exceed more than a total of 200 hours. The banked vacation hours are to be withdrawn upon retirement/termination, except in the case of layoff where the individual shall have the opportunity to keep some/all of the banked vacation days intact or take the payout, at the employees current daily pay rate. This is in addition to the annual vacation hours normally accrued for the fiscal year the bargaining unit member earned them, and vacation hours banked in this way have no effect on vacation hours accrued normally as detailed in Article VII. In order to receive vacation bank credit, each employee must make a written request to the Human Resources Coordinator prior to the expiration of the fiscal year. Notice of this annual date will be sent two (2) weeks prior to all ▇▇▇▇▇ members through use of the Employer’s e- mail. Compensation for banked hours will be paid on the first pay period of the following month upon submission of written notice of the intent to retire to the Human Resources Coordinator. 2) A bargaining unit member may annually sell up to one half (1/2) of their unused accumulated annual sick hours to the employer at the employee’s daily pay rate. In order to receive compensation each employee must make a written request to the Human Resources Coordinator prior to the expiration of the fiscal year. Notice of this annual date will be sent two (2) weeks prior to all ▇▇▇▇▇ members. Compensation will be paid in the first pay period in August. 3) Each employee shall have one (1) opportunity to make a one (1) time conversion of up to 150 hours sick hours to their personal vacation bank as found in Section B above. C. Original employment in any position shall be determined by the Board. Advance placement shall in no way modify seniority benefits agreed to elsewhere in this agreement. D. No bargaining unit member is obligated to accept a transfer or promotion for arbitrary or capricious reasons/purposes. E. Payment will be made on a biweekly basis on alternate Fridays. Each payment shall cover the biweekly period ending on the Friday previous to the scheduled pay date. F. Job classification shall remain the same as those in existence at the effective date of this agreement and shall be incorporated into this Agreement as part of Appendix B. However, it is understood and agreed that job descriptions may be modified as provided in other areas of this collective bargaining agreement. Each employee shall be given an appropriate job description, Appendix C, at the beginning of the contract period.
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