Summary of County's Last, Best and Final Offer
The County is offering a total package consistent with the County’s efforts to provide fair and reasonable compensation and benefits to all County employees. The key provisions of the County’s Last, Best and Final Offer (LBFO) are summarized below. The complete version of the County’s LBFO may be viewed at: LBFO
SEIU’s most recent offer to the County may be viewed at: LP
Summary of Key Provisions of County LBFO
- Base wage increases for all employees:
- 3% effective the first pay period after ratification by SEIU and approval of the Board of Supervisors
- 3% effective the first pay period following July 1, 2019
- 3% effective the first pay period following July 1, 2020
- Equity Increases:
- First pay period after ratification by SEIU and BOS approval:
- a. 2% - Community Health Worker I/II/III
- b. 2% - Health Educators
- c. 1.5% - Mental Health Clinician I/II/III
- d. 1% - Animal Services Officer I/II
- e. 1% - Child Support Officer I/II
- f. 1% - Social Worker III/IV/V
- First pay period following July 1, 2019:
- a. 3% - Community Health Worker I/II/III
- b. 3% - Health Educators
- c. 1.5% - Mental Health Clinician I/II/III
- d. 1% - Animal Services Officer I/II
- e. 1% - Child Support Officer I/II
- f. 1% - Social Worker III/IV/V
- First pay period following July 1, 2020:
- a. 3% - Community Health Worker I/II/III
- b. 3% - Health Educators
- c. 1.5% - Mental Health Clinician I/II/III
On Call: Increase on-call pay $4.00 per hour to $5.00 per hour for Animal Services Officers and Community Services Agency (CSA) Social Workers recognizing the significant burden on-call places on these classifications. Provide for the ability to require Social Workers at CSA to work on-call shifts if there are insufficient volunteers. The County also committed to training Social Worker IVs and Vs who have not served in Emergency Response before requiring them to serve on-call shifts doing that work.
Christmas Eve: Recognize Christmas Eve as a full (8-hour holiday) when Christmas Eve falls on an employee’s regular work day and to work with SEIU to develop an educational program related to Cesar Chavez day.
Labor Management Committee: The County and SEIU would work together to address issues related to caseload for impacted classifications and will also review equity compensation for certain additional classifications.
The parties have reached 18 Tentative Agreements. Tentative agreements may be viewed at: TA
