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ARTICLE 25 – VACATIONS

Section 1. All full-time and regular part-time employees shall be eligible for vacation.  Vacation shall be determined based on length of service as follows, and shall become vested on January 1st, of each year:

Employees Hired prior to July 1, 2024 (those who transitioned directly over from the University of Denver payroll) shall earn the following amounts:

From date of employment through the completion of 59 months of employment, Employees will earn .0577 hours of vacation per hour paid, with a yearly maximum of 120 hours. 

From 60 months of employment through 119 months of employment,  employees will earn .077 hours of vacation per hour paid, with a yearly maximum of 160 hours.

From 120 months of employment and beyond, employees will earn .0847 hours of vacation per hour paid, with a yearly maximum of 176 hours.

 

Section 2.        Vacation earned under this Agreement may be carried over from year to year toa maximum of:

120 hours during 0 through 60 months of employment.

184 hours during 61months through 120 months of employment.

240 hours during 120 + months of employment

 

Section 3.        Vacation shall be paid at a rate of the individual employee’s regular rate of pay.

 

Section 4.        Employees whose employment terminates shall be paid all earned but unused vacation, except as may otherwise be required by law.

 

Section 5.        If employees’ available vacation is not reported on the standard pay stub, the employer shall provide on a quarterly basis a report indicating each employee’s available vacation.

 

ARTICLE 26 – SICK LEAVE

Section 1.        All full-time employees shall be eligible for sick leave. 

Full-Time Employees will earn .0231 hours of sick pay for each  hour worked (including H,S,V), with a yearly maximum of 48 earned hours based upon a 2080 hour work year.

1.      401k benefits

2.      Health benefits: 

Health benefits screenshot

3.      Dental, Vision, Life insurance as part of the Standard benefits plan

4.      3 day Bereavement leave- additional 2 days if travel over 200 miles is required

5.      3 year agreement

6.      9% wage increase over 3 years, .85 differential for night shift

 

APPENDIX “A” (WAGES)

Section 1.  Classification Minimum Start Rates: 

pay schedule

 

All employees shall receive their wage increases upon the start of the pay period following the dates listed in the table above. For Example- An employee hired on 9/19/2024 would be hired at $18.82 per hour. On January 1, 2025 their pay rate would be $19.10 per hour. On July 1, 2025, their pay rate would be $19.97 per hour, as they would have completed their 6 months prior to the next scheduled pay increase.          

Section 2.        Lead Premium.  Employees working as a Environmental Service Attendant Senior (Lead) Shall receive a premium of $2.00 per hour over the straight time hourly rate.

 

Section 3.   Shift Differential Pay. When 3 or more hours of an employee’s regular shift falls between the hours of 5PM and 5AM, or if their shift falls on the weekend (12Am Friday-5AM Monday) The employee will receive, for the entire shift, a shift differential of $.85 an hour over the straight time hourly rate.

 

Section 4.   If the State or Local minimum wage is increased during the life of this Agreement, the parties shall meet for the limited purpose of establishing new start rates

 

You can read the full proposed language for this contract here:

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