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UAPD Updates

Santa Cruz County Furlough Bank

On May 17th, 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved the imposition of 156 hours of furloughs for each full-time equivalent employee (pro-rated for part-time employees) in the unit for fiscal year 2011-2012.  The County agreed to once again establish and administer a...

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AB 109 and Corrections Layoffs

In July of this year the CDCR mailed out seniority scores to all of its employees, in preparation for staff cuts that it says will accompany the prison population decrease mandated by AB 109.  So far, the UAPD has not been given any formal information specific to our...

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New PIE (Permanent Intermittent Employees) Program for BU 16

In the last round of negotiations the UAPD encouraged the State of California to reduce its reliance on outside contractors by creating its own in house type of registry for filling in temporary vacancies with existing civil service workers.   Such a registry program...

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Out of State CME Covered by BU 16 Contract

Under the UAPD contract for State BU 16 employees, there is no distinction between out-of-state and in-state CME courses, with both kinds qualifying for "up to seven (7) days per fiscal year of Continuing Medical Education (CME) leave and reasonable travel time" and...

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PERB Rules in Favor of Ventura Doctors

A Public Employee Relations Board Administrative Law Judge issued a scathing ruling against Ventura County last week, in favor of the doctors there who have been fighting to have UAPD represent their unit.  Ventura County had recognized UAPD as the exclusive...

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