TO: Honorable Board of County Commissioners
THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator
FROM: Suzanne M. Boyll, Director of Human Resources
DATE: August 8, 2025
SUBJECT: Ratification of Amendment to Article 9.4 - Availability of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between Indian River County and Teamsters Local Union No. 769 Effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027
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BACKGROUND
The current Collective Bargaining Agreement between the County and the Teamsters Local Union No. 769 is for the term October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027. Article 9.4 - Availability contains language regarding payment provisions for employees who are required to work during a declared emergency. Over the past several years, the parties have had grievances regarding the pay related to declared emergencies. In an effort to resolve a current outstanding grievance, and to the simplify the pay during declared emergency, the parties have agreed to the attached Memorandum of Agreement to amend Article 9.4.
The amendment will provide the following compensation to employees who are required to work during a declared emergency from the time employees are relieved of duty and sent home until the all clear has been issued and employees return to work. “…bargaining unit employees who are required to complete their shift shall be paid at two (2) times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked during the same time period that the nonessential employees are not required to work. During this period, employees who are required to work beyond the end of their normal shift during the declared emergency shall continue to be paid two (2) times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked until all clear has been issued and employees have returned to work.”
Currently, employees are receiving two (2) times their regular rate of pay for hours worked during their normal shift and one and...
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