AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE WASHTENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN AND THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS,

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1 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE WASHTENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMSSON ANN ARBOR, MCHGAN AND THE NTERNATONAL BROTHERHOOD OF WAREHOUSEMEN & HELPERS OF AMERCA LOCAL NUMBER 214 JUNE 4, 1998 TO JUNE 4, 2002 TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS,

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3 ARTCLE NDEX SUBJECT Agreement-Purpose & ntent Recognton-Unon-Securty Management Wages V V V V V X X X X X XV XV XV XV XV XX XX XX XX XX Deducton of Dues Subcontractng Extra Contract Agreements Senorty Dscharge or Suspenson Grevance Procedure Arbtraton Stewards Unpad Leave of Absence Lmtaton of Authorty & Lablty Protecton of Rghts General Equpment, Accdents & Reports Mltary Servce Separablty and Savngs Clause Safety Commttee Court and Funeral Leave Workmen's Compensaton Holdays Vacatons

4 ARTCLE XXV XXV XXV XXV XXV XXX XXX XXX NDEX SUBJECT Sck Leave Lfe nsurance & Hosptalzaton Dental & Optcal Plan Retrement Vacant Vacant Mantenance of Standards Termnaton of Agreement SCHEDULE"A" Overtme Hours of Work Wages Startng Rate Schedule Sgnature Page Alphabetcal ndex (Work) Rules & Regulatons Drug Free Workplace Polcy Drug Free Polcy Supplement PAGE CO CO

5 AGREEMENT Ths AGREEMENT made and entered nto ths 15th day of January, 1999, by and between the Washtenaw County Road Commsson (herenafter referred to as the "Employer") and Local Unon No. 214 of the State, County and Muncpal Workers, afflated wth the nternatonal Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of Amerca (herenafter referred to as the "Unon"). PURPOSE AND NTENT The general purpose of ths Agreement s to set forth terms and condtons of employment and to promote orderly and peaceful labor relatons for the mutual nterest of the Employer, the employees and the Unon. Whenever the male gender s referred to n ths contract by such words as he, hm, hs, etc., t s understood that the same shall refer to and nclude the female gender. The partes recognze that the nterest of the communty and the job securty of the employees depend upon the Employer's success n establshng a proper servce to the communty. To these ends the Employer and the Unon encourage, to the fullest degree, frendly and cooperatve relatons between ther respectve representatves at all levels and among all employees. ARTCLE RECOGNTON-UNON-SECURTY Secton 1. The Employer recognzes and acknowledges that the Unon s the exclusve representatve n collectve barganng wth the Employer of those classfcatons of employees covered by ths Agreement and lsted n the attached Schedule "A". (a) Pursuant to, and n accordance wth all applcable provsons of the Mchgan Publc Employment Relatons Act, as amended, the Employer does hereby recognze the Unon as the exclusve representatve for the purpose of collectve barganng n respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment and other condtons of employment, for the term of ths Agreement, of all employees of the Employer n the barganng unt descrbed below: ALL PERMANENT HOURLY-RATED EMPLOYEES EXCLUDNG: Engneerng Personnel, Offce Mantenance Clerks, Offce Clercal Employees, Foremen and Supervsors. Ths recognton clause shall be construed to apply to employees and not to work. Secton 2. (a) Membershp n the Unon s not compulsory. Regular employees have the rght to jon, not jon, mantan or drop ther membershp n the Unon, as they see ft.

6 Nether party shall exert any pressure on or dscrmnate aganst an employee as regards to such matters. (b) Membershp n the Unon s separate, apart and dstnct from the assumpton by one of one's equal oblgaton to the extent that he receves equal benefts. The Unon s requred under ths Agreement to represent all of the employees n the barganng unt farly and equally wthout regard to whether or not an employee s a member of the Unon. The terms of ths Agreement have been made for all employees n the barganng unt and not only for members n the Unon, and ths Agreement has been executed by the Employer after t has satsfed tself that the Unon s the choce of a majorty of the employees n the barganng unt. Accordngly, t s far that each employee n the barganng unt pay hs own way and assume hs far share of the oblgaton along wth the grant of equal beneft contaned n ths Agreement. (c) n accordance wth the polcy set forth under paragraphs (a) and (b) of ths Secton, all employees n the barganng unt shall, as a condton of contnued employment, pay to the Unon, the employee's exclusve collectve barganng representatve, an amount of money equal to that pad by other employees n the barganng unt who are members of the Unon, whch shall be lmted to an amount of money equal to the Unon's regular and usual ntaton fees, and ts regular and usual dues. For present regular employees, such m payments shall commence wth the frst pay after 31 days followng the effectve or executon dates hereof, whchever s later and, for new employees wth the frst pay of the month after 31 days followng the date of employment. (d) Vacant. (e) When the Employer needs addtonal help, t shall gve the unon equal opportunty wth all other sources to provde sutable applcants, but the Employer shall not be requred to hre those referred by the Unon. ARTCLE H _ MANAGEMENT Secton 1. The employer shall reman vested wth all management functons, ncludng, but not lmted to, the drecton of the staff, the full and exclusve rght to hre, promote, demote, dscharge, and dscplne employees; to promulgate rules and regulatons governng the conduct of employees and to requre ther observance; to make temporary job assgnments necessary to nsure the effcent performance of work; to control the use of vacatons so as not to jeopardze the functons of the Employer; to establsh and drect the «locaton and methods of work, job assgnments and work schedules; to mantan order and effcency; to determne the hours of work ncludng startng and quttng tme, length of work week; and to accomplsh the reducton of the work force for effcency purposes; to control, drect and supervse all equpment, subject to the terms of ths Agreement. g

7 1 ARTCLE H WAGES Secton 1. Attached hereto and marked Schedule "A" s a schedule showng the classfcatons and wage rates of the employees covered by ths Agreement. Sad Schedule "A" further sets forth the hours of work, regular workng condtons and other detals of employment. t s mutually agreed that sad Schedule "A" and the contents thereof shall consttute a part of ths Agreement. ARTCLE V DEDUCTON OF DUES Secton 1. Durng the perod of tme covered by ths Agreement, the Employer agrees to deduct from the pay of any employee all dues and/or ntaton fees of Local No. 214 and pay such amount deducted to sad Local No. 214, provded, however, that the Unon presents to the Employer authorzatons, sgned by such employee, allowng such deductons and payments to the Local Unon. Ths may be done through the Steward of the Unon. (a) Amount of ntaton fee and dues wll be certfed to the Employer by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Unon. (b) Monthly agency fees and ntal agency fees wll be deducted by the Employer and transmtted to the Unon as prescrbed above for the deducton and transmsson of Unon dues and ntaton fees. ARTCLE V SUBCONTRACTNG Secton 1. The Employer agrees that no work or servces presently performed or herenafter assgned to employees n the barganng unt wll be subcontracted f t causes the layoff of such employees, but nothng n ths Agreement shall preclude subcontractng n accordance wth pror practces of the Employer. ARTCLE V EXTRA CONTRACT AGREEMENTS Secton 1. The Employer agrees not to enter nto any agreement wth another labor organzaton durng the lfe of ths Agreement wth respect to the employees covered by ths Agreement; or any agreement or contract wth the sad employees, ndvdually or

8 collectvely, whch n any way affects wages, hours or workng condtons of sad employees, or any ndvdual employees n the unt covered by ths Agreement. ARTCLE VH SENORTY Secton 1. A new employee shall work under the provsons of ths Agreement, but shall be employed only on a nnety-day tral bass, durng whch perod he may be dscharged wthout further recourse; provded, however, that the Employer may not dscharge or dscplne for the purpose of evadng ths Agreement. After nnety days, the employee shall be placed on the regular senorty lst. n case of dscplne wthn the nnety-day perod, the Employer shall notfy the Local Unon n wrtng. Secton 2. Whle layoffs and recalls wll be based upon senorty wthn classfcatons, wthn dstrcts, the procedure wll start wth the layoff of lowest senorty employees accordng to total organzatonal senorty, provdng there are employees wth senorty «who are avalable and who can satsfactorly perform the requred work. Management wll g gve ndvdual notces to the employees nvolved at least two (2) calendar weeks pror to the effectve date of a layoff Employees who wll or may be effected by the resultng dsplacement shall be notfed at the tme of the layoff notce, of the tme and place at whch a bump meetng wll be held. At ths meetng, whch s to be held wthn fve days after the layoff notce s gven, those employees dsplaced and any who mght potentally be bumped W wll make ther selecton of avalable jobs. Absent employees wll have ther selectons made by the Chef Steward or hs desgnated representatve. Based on senorty, employees may choose a vacated job or bump a lower senorty employee from a job whch was not elmnated. Dsplaced employees must be prepared to exercse ther opton at ths meetng. The employee must be able to perform the work requred for the job he s takng. Employees dsplaced under ths procedure may lkewse dsplace other employees on the same bass. Ths secton shall apply to layoff, nvoluntary transfer or demoton caused by a reducton n force. (a) Employees who exercse ther senorty under ths secton wll be pad at the * rate of the classfcaton to whch they are assgned, except for those hred pror to June 4, 1987, who, when bumpng nto Grade 4 shall receve the "red crcle" rate, whch s: June 4, 1998 $15.36 " June 4, June 4, June 4, (b) Employees who exercse ther senorty under ths secton wll be returned to ther own Dstrcts before any other lay-off, nvoluntarly transferred or demoted employees wth less senorty n the classfcaton from whch the senor employee was lad off, nvoluntarly transferred or demoted are recalled by sad Dstrcts.

9 (c) Employees shall not dsplace Group Leaders. However, n the event of layoff, Group Leaders shall be lad off n accordance wth county-wde senorty and ther replacements, f any, shall be selected n the sole dscreton of the Employer from employees then workng. (d) Employees exercsng ther senorty to bump nto the Welder-Mechanc or Sgnal Techncan classfcatons may do so provded they meet the requrements set forth n Artcle XV, Secton 14 (Bddng). (e) The Chef Steward shall head the senorty lst, on a county-wde bass durng hs term of offce for the purpose of layoff and recall only. Secton 3. The Employer shall post a lst of the employees arranged n order of ther senorty. Ths lst shall be posted n a conspcuous poston at the place of employment. Senorty date shall be the date hred. Secton 4. Senorty shall be lost and employment termnated n the event of: a. Dscharge, or b. Voluntary qut, or c. Layoff over tme equal to length of servce at layoff or two years, whchever s sooner or, d. Absence for three (3) consecutve workng days wthout notfcaton to the employer, or e. Falure to return from layoff as noted n Artcle V, Secton 5. Secton 5. An employee who has been lad off and s recalled shall be notfed of recall n wrtng by regstered or by certfed mal and such employee shall have two (2) weeks n whch to report for work. However, the employee must notfy the Employer wthn two (2) workng days and state when, wthn the two-week perod, he wll return. Falure to respond to a wrtten notce of recall wthn two (2) workng days shall result n a voluntary qut. Untl the senor qualfed employee reports to work, operatons may be performed by employees out of lne of senorty. Opportunty for such work shall be offered by telephone to other employees on layoff. f an employee who s recalled n wrtng fals to make hmself avalable for work at the end of two (2) weeks, he shall lose all senorty rghts under ths agreement. Secton 6. n each dstrct, employees workng n the dstrct shall be represented by one Steward who shall be a regular employee and workng n the dstrct. Durng scheduled overtme perods or scheduled week-end work, the Steward or Alternate Steward, as the case may be, shall be scheduled to work as long as there s work scheduled n hs dstrct he can do and at least one other employee s workng theren.

10 Secton 7. An employee n a classfcaton subject to the jursdcton of the Unon, who has been n the past or wll n the future be promoted outsde the barganng unt, and s thereafter transferred or demoted to a classfcaton subject to the jursdcton of the Unon shall not accumulate senorty whle workng n a supervsory poston. The employee who s so transferred or demoted shall commence work n a job generally smlar to the one he held at the tme of hs promoton and he shall mantan the senorty rank he had at the tme of hs promoton. t s further understood that no temporary demotons n supervsory postons wll be made durng the temporary layoffs. ARTCLE V DSCHARGE OR SUSPENSON Secton 1. The Employer shall not dscharge or suspend any employee wthout just cause. A warnng slp wll be gven to an employee by the Employer's Supervsory Personnel and a copy of same to the Unon and Job Steward effected, n wrtng, for any nfracton of mnor rules as posted. The warnng notces, as heren stated, shall reman n effect for a _ perod as specfed n the Rules & Regulatons. No warnng notce wll be gven for an nfracton of the major rules as posted, but dscharge or suspenson wll be by wrtten notce to the Unon and the employee. The employees wll abde by the rules as posted. am Any employee who beleves that a penalty for a major or mnor nfracton has been mproperly or unfarly mposed may fle a grevance under the grevance procedure n the Contract. ARTCLE X GREVANCE PROCEDURE Secton 1. t s mutually agreed that all grevances, dsputes or complants arsng under and durng the term of ths Agreement shall be settled n accordance wth the procedure heren provded. Every effort shall be made to adjust controverses and dsagreements n an amcable manner between the Employer and the Unon. M Secton 2. Should any grevance, dspute or complant arse over the nterpretaton or applcaton of the contents of ths Agreement, there shall be an earnest effort on the part of the partes to settle such promptly through the followng steps: * Step 1. By conference between an aggreved employee and the mmedate supervsor wth or wthout hs yard steward. f not settled n ths manner, t shall be the responsblty of the aggreved to reduce any grevance to wrtng on the regular grevance form provded by the Local Unon wthn fve (5) workng days of the alleged grevance, and proceed to Step 2. Step 2. After recept of the wrtten grevance by the Department Head, a conference between the Yard Steward or Chef Steward and the Department Head _

11 wll be held wthn fve (5) workng days thereafter. A response to ths meetng wll be gven to the Unon representatve wthn ten (10) workng days. Step 3. f the grevance s not settled n Step 2, the Unon may, wthn fve (5) days delver to the Managng Drector or hs desgnee a wrtten request for a meetng between the Chef Steward, Yard Steward and the Busness Representatve, and the ( Board of Road Commssoner's management representatves to revew the matter. Such meetng wll be held wthn ten (10) workng days from date of sad wrtten request and the Employer wll render ts decson wthn seven (7) workng days thereafter. Step 4. n the event that the grevance s not satsfactorly settled at Step 3, except n the case of dscharges, ether sde may nvoke medaton through the Mchgan Employment Relatons Commsson for the purpose of medaton, by makng applcaton wthn ten (10) workng days. Secton 3. n the event that the grevance s not satsfactorly settled at Step 4, the Unon may submt to Arbtraton as provded n Artcle X of ths Agreement. Secton 4. All grevances must be presented and processed as provded n ths Artcle, and wthn the tme lmts prescrbed, n order to be vald. Any grevance not taken from one step of the grevance procedure to the next wthn sad lmts shall be consdered settled on the bass of the last precedng decson. Sad tme lmts may be extended by mutual agreement. ARTCLE X ARBTRATON Secton 1. n the event that any grevance or dspute growng out of the nterpretaton or applcaton of ths Agreement s not settled through the procedures of the precedng Artcle, the Unon may, wthn two weeks from the concluson of the last step n sad Artcle, request the appontment of an Arbtrator by the Amercan Arbtraton Assocaton n accordance wth s Voluntary Labor Arbtraton Rules then n effect. Secton 2. All such requests for arbtraton shall be n wrtng, by regstered or certfed mal, addressed to the Clerk of the Road Commsson and to the Amercan Arbtraton Assocaton, and shall state the precse ssue to be decded, the specfc portons of the Agreement whch are clamed to have been volated, and the bass on whch such volatons are clamed. f not so requested wthn sad two week perod, the matter shall be consdered settled on the bass of the last precedng dsposton thereof. Secton 3. Not more than one grevance or dspute may be submtted n one arbtraton proceedng except by mutual agreement of the partes.

12 Secton 4. After desgnaton of the Arbtrator, a hearng shall be held as soon as practcable and the Arbtrator shall ssue an Opnon and award, n accordance wth sad rules, whch, f wthn the Arbtrator's jursdcton, shall be fnal and bndng on the partes and the employees nvolved. Sad Award shall be subject to any state or federal laws or regulaton applcable thereto. Ether party shall have the rght to serve and enforce subpoenas for such wtnesses as are necessary to the full presentaton of ts case. Secton 5. The fee of the Arbtrator, hs travel expenses and the cost of any room or facltes, shall be borne equally by the partes but the fees and wages of representatves, counsel, wtnesses or other persons attendng the hearng on behalf of a party shall be borne by the party ncurrng them. Secton 6. The Arbtrator shall have no power to add to, subtract from, or modfy, any of M the terms of ths Agreement, nor to make any recommendatons wth respect thereto. Nether shall he have power to establsh or change any classfcaton or wage rate, to rule on any clam for money or benefts arsng under an nsurance Polcy or Retrement clam or dspute, or to rule on any matter covered by any State or Federal Statute. Any other dspute arsng out of, or relatng to the nterpretaton or proper applcaton of ths Agreement based upon a grevance of any employee allegng volaton thereof shall be deemed arbtratable hereunder. Secton 7. No award nvolvng wages due any grevant shall be made retroactve for more than thrty (30) days pror to the date the grevance was submtted n wrtng. Secton 8. n consderaton of the foregong provsons of ths Artcle, the Unon agrees that there shall be no suspenson of work, or other nterference wth the operaton of the Employer durng the term of ths Agreement wth respect to, or based upon, any dspute whch s subject to arbtraton under ths Artcle, t beng agreed that ths Artcle provdes the exclusve method of determnng all such dsputes f no settlement thereof s reached * under the Grevance Procedure heren; the Unon further agrees that t wll actvely oppose and dscourage any such acton on the part of ndvdual employees and wll not support them n any volaton of ths secton, or oppose the dscplne or dscharge for dong so. The Employer lkewse agrees that, wth respect to any dspute whch s subject to _ arbtraton under ths Artcle, t wll not nsttute any lockout of employees provdng the provsons of Artcles X and X are followed, nor wth respect to any other dspute untl exhauston of the procedures prescrbed by Artcle X hereof. m Secton 9. n further consderaton of the mutual promses contaned heren, the partes hereto expressly agree that nether party shall brng or cause to be brought to any court, or other legal or admnstratve agency, any acton aganst the other untl the dspute, clam, grevance, or complant shall have been brought to the attenton of the party aganst whom t shall be made and the sad party, after actual notce of same, shall, wthn a reasonable tme, not to exceed two days, fal to correct the cause or crcumstances gvng rse to such dspute, clam, grevance or complant. W m

13 Secton 10. t s further agreed that n all cases of any unauthorzed strke, slow-down, walk-out or any authorzed cessaton of work, the unon shall not be lable for damage resultng from such unauthorzed acts of ts members durng the frst twenty-four (24) hours. Whle the Unon shall undertake every reasonable means to nduce such employees to return to ther jobs durng any such perod of unauthorzed stoppage of work mentoned above, t s specfcally understood and agreed that the Employer durng the frst twentyfour (24) hours of such authorzed work stoppage shall have the sole and complete rght of reasonable dscplne short of dscharge. Such Unon member shall not be enttled to, or have any recourse to, any other provson of ths Agreement. (a) After the frst twenty-four (24) hour perod of such stoppage, however, the Employer shall have the rght to mmedately dscharge any Unon member partcpatng n any unauthorzed cessaton of work, and such Unon member shall not be enttled to, or have any recourse to, any other provson of ths Agreement. ARTCLE X STEWARDS Secton 1. The Employer recognzes the rght of the Local Unon to desgnate Job Stewards and Alternates n each Dstrct. Employees n each dstrct shall be represented by a Steward who must be a regular employee and workng n the Dstrct. There shall also be one Chef Steward. The authorty of Job Stewards and Alternates so desgnated by the Local Unon shall be lmted to and shall not exceed the followng dutes and actvtes: (a) The nvestgaton and presentaton of grevances wth the Employer or ts desgnated representatves n accordance wth the provsons of the collectve barganng agreement. (b) The transmsson of messages and nformaton, orgnatng wth, and authorzed by the Local unon or ts offcers, provded such messages and nformaton: (1) have been reduced to wrtng; or (2) f not reduced to wrtng, are of a routne nature and do not nvolve work stoppages, slow-downs, refusal to handle goods, or any other nterference wth the Employer's busness. Secton 2. The Stewards, durng workng hours, wthout loss of tme or pay, may, n accordance wth the terms of ths secton, nvestgate and present grevances to the Employer, upon havng secured permsson from ther Foreman. The Foreman wll then grant permsson at a reasonable tme to the Stewards to leave ther work for these purposes. The prvlege of Stewards leavng ther work durng workng hours wthout loss of tme or pay s subject to the understandng that the tme wll be devoted to the proper

14 handlng of grevances and wll not be abused and Stewards wll perform ther regularly assgned work at all tmes, except when necessary to leave ther work to handle grevances as provded heren. Secton 3. Medaton sessons and arbtraton hearngs wll be scheduled durng normal workng hours whenever possble. f a medaton sesson extends beyond normal workng hours the Employer wll pay overtme for the applcable Chef Steward, Yard Steward, Commttee Member(s) and/or Grevant(s). f the Employer accepts the recommendaton of the Medator, and the Unon does not accept the recommendaton of the Medator, but requests that the grevance proceed to Arbtraton, the Road Commsson wll not pay any * overtme to the applcable Chef Steward, Yard Steward, Commttee Member(s) and/or Grevant(s) should the Arbtraton extend beyond the normal workng hours. Secton 4. The authorty of the Unon Stewards shall be lmted to acts or functons whch g sad Stewards are expressly authorzed to perform n ths Agreement. ARTCLE XH m UNPAD LEAVE OF ABSENCE Secton 1. Any employee desrng a leave of absence from hs employment shall secure wrtten permsson from both the Local Unon and Employer. The maxmum leave of absence shall be for thrty (30) days and may be extended for lke perods. Permsson for extenson must be secured from both the Local Unon and Employer. Durng the perod of absence, the employee shall not engage n ganful employment. Falure to comply wth ths provson shall result n the complete loss of senorty rghts. Any leave of absence taken shall be deducted from the vacaton credts of the employee takng such leave. Secton 2. Reasonable tme off, not exceedng two calendar weeks, wll be granted to not more than one (1) employee n each contract year for the purpose of attendng a conventon of the Unon. Such leaves shall be wthout dscrmnaton or loss of senorty rghts, but shall be wthout pay. The Unon shall gve the Employer at least one week's notce n wrtng as to the employee desgnated to attend such conventon. Other leaves wll be granted for the purpose of engagng n Unon actvtes. These leaves wll be granted, wthout pay, to not more than one (1) employee and for a perod not exceedng _ thrty (30) days n any contract year and may be dened or deferred f they would cause hardshp or dsrupton of the Employer's operatons due to lack of qualfed avalable employees. The Unon shall gve the Employer at least one week's notce n wrtng as to m the employee desgnated for such leave. ARTCLE X LMTATON OF AUTHORTY AND LABLTY 10

15 Secton 1. No employee, Unon member or other agent of the Unon shall be empowered to call or cause any strke, work stoppage or cessaton of employment of any knd whatsoever, wthout the expressed approval of the Executve Board of the Local Unon through ts Presdent. The Unon shall not be lable for any such actvtes, unless expressly so authorzed. Secton 2. Any ndvdual employee or group of employees who knowngly volate or dsregard the grevance procedure set forth n Artcle X of ths Agreement, may be summarly dscharged by the Employer wthout lablty on the part of the Employer or the Unon. ARTCLE XV PROTECTON OF RGHTS Secton 1. t shall not be a volaton ths Agreement, and t shall not be cause for dscharge or dscplnary acton n the event an employee refuses to enter upon any property nvolved n a prmary labor dspute, or refuses to go through or work behnd any prmary pcket lne, ncludng the prmary pcket lne of the Unon party to ths Agreement, and ncludng prmary pcket lnes at the Employer's place of busness, except n case of emergency. Secton 2. Wthn fve (5) workng days of flng of grevance clamng dscplne or dscharge n volaton of ths Artcle, the partes to ths Agreement shall proceed to Step 2 of the grevance procedure, wthout takng any ntermedate steps, any other provson of ths Agreement to the contrary notwthstandng. ARTCLE XV GENERAL Secton 1. Authorzed representatve of the Unon shall be permtted to vst the operaton of the Employer durng workng hours to talk wth Stewards of Local Unon, and/or representatves of the Employer, concernng matters covered by ths Agreement, wthout nterferng wth the progress of the work force. Secton 2. The Unon shall have the rght to examne tme sheets and other records pertanng to the computaton of compensaton of any employee whose pay s n dspute or any other records of the Employer pertanng to a specfc grevance, at reasonable tmes, at the dscreton of the Employer. Secton 3. The unon and Employer agree that the pay perod shall be b-weekly. Each employee shall be provded wth an temzed statement of hs earnngs and of all deductons made for any purpose. 11

16 Secton 4. The employer agrees that f any employee s requred to wear any knd of unform as a condton of hs contnued employment, such unform shall be furnshed and mantaned by the Employer, free of charge, at the standard requred by the Employer. m Unforms wll be provded to Welders-Mechancs, Tre Repar Person, Lubrcator and Assstant Storekeeper, n accordance wth these condtons. Secton 5. Sutable ran coats and hats, boots and safety equpment wll be furnshed by the Employer, at the dscreton of the Employer. Secton 6. The Employer wll furnsh wash rooms and lockers for the changng and storng of clothng. Secton 7. When any classfcaton not lsted on the wage schedule s establshed, resultng * from ntroducton of new types of equpment or for other reason, the Employer may m establsh a classfcaton and rate structure for same. n the event the Unon, wthn two weeks thereafter, notfes the Employer that t dsagrees wth sad rate, the matter shall be subject to negotatons between the partes, otherwse the rate shall become permanent _ durng the term thereof. Rates agreed upon shall be effectve as of the frst date employees were assgned to the classfcaton. Secton 8. There shall be a 15-mnute wash up perod at the end of each shft and dsnfectant soap wll be provded where needed. Secton 9. The Employer shall provde a bulletn board n the faclty where employees hereunder are employed for the postng of senorty and vacaton lsts and for the use of the Unon. All notces posted must have the sgnatures of the Unon Busness Representatve or the Dstrct Steward and shall be lmted to notces of Unon meetngs and socal affars, notce of Unon electons and results thereof and other offcal busness of the Local and the nternatonal. All other materal may be removed from the board and approprate dscplne taken as to volators. Secton 10. When an employee s requred by the Employer to provde hs own transportaton to and from the job locaton, he shall receve the same mleage allowance known by the Employer at the tme to be allowed by the.r.s., wth no retroactvty allowed. Secton 11. Employees n the barganng unt may be transferred nto another dstrct when n the opnon of the Employer the best nterest of the employee, Employer, Unon and the publc wll be served. Secton 12. n the event of such transfer the employee wll carry full senorty from the dstrct transferred from, to the new dstrct transferred to. Secton 13. Employees are transferable from one classfcaton to another by ther mmedate supervsor, based on the avalablty of work and sklls of employees. 12

17 Secton 14. Vacances occurrng n any poston n the barganng unt n any dstrct shall be posted on the bulletn board of each dstrct for not less than three (3) days. The successful bdder wll be notfed and the notce wll be posted wthn seven (7) days. Postons of Group Leaders are not open for bddng, but wll be flled n the dscreton of the Employer. A. Employees who bd nto the poston of Welder-Mechanc must have the followng qualfcatons: (a) (b) (c) Pror verfable experence as a truck mechanc. Complete tools set up to the "1 1/2" nch satsfactory to the Employer. All basc certfcatons lsted as follows: 1) Engne repar - auto and truck. 2) Electrcal Systems - auto and truck. 3) Desel engne repar. 4) Drve tran - H.D. Truck. 5) Brakes and brakng system - auto and H.D. Truck 6) Suspenson and steerng - H.D. Truck B..Employees who bd nto the poston of Sgnal Techncal must have the Qualfcatons noted on the current (March 1994) job descrpton or ts successor documents. (a) (b) (c) Employees gong nto that poston wthout the Level Sgnal Certfcaton wll work at Labor Grade 6 untl they are awarded the stated certfcaton; and Employees who do not obtan the Level Sgnal Certfcaton wthn twelve (12) months from the day they are assgned to that job shall be returned to ther former poston, and ther former rate of pay, as n Artcle XV, Secton 16. Ths tme perod can be extended by the mutual agreement of both the Unon and Road Commsson. Employees takng that poston and falng to obtan the stated certfcaton may not bd on that job agan wthout havng the stated certfcaton. C. Employees fllng the poston of Lubrcator or Treman must have passed the mechancs certfcaton for brakes. Employees may bd nto these postons at Grade 6 wthout ths certfcaton, but must become certfed 13

18 wthn sx (6) months. f the employee cannot complete ths certfcaton wthn sx (6) months, he/she wll be returned to hs/her prevous poston. Secton 15. Vacances wll be flled accordng to senorty f all other matters such as ablty and physcal qualfcatons are equal n the opnon of the Employer and the Unon. Bds wthn the partcular dstrct nvolved, wll be gven preference. Secton 16. Except as noted for the Sgnal Techncan n Secton 14.B above, the successful bdder shall be gven a probatonary perod of up to sxty (60) days to qualfy on the job. The employee wll receve the rate of the classfcaton. n the event the employee cannot qualfy, he shall be returned to hs former poston and hs former rate of pay. Secton 17. An employee, when temporarly requred to work n a classfcaton hgher than hs classfcaton, wll receve the hgher classfcaton rate. Upon return to hs regular classfcaton, hs rate wll be the same rate pad before hs temporary assgnment. Secton 18. The Employer wll reserve the rght to hre from outsde, f, n the opnon of the Employer, no employee can fll the vacancy or no bds are receved from employees n the barganng unt. Secton 19. (a) (b) The employer reserves the rght to fll temporary or seasonal assgnments from wthn, wthout followng the bddng procedure, for a perod of three (3) months. The employer reserves the rght to hre temporary employees to fll postons vacated by employees on approved leave or who are dsplaced due to loss of CDL. Temporary employees wll not be consdered for overtme untl all other qualfed avalable employees, wthn that partcular dstrct, have frst been offered the overtme. (c) Summer help may be hred between May 1 and September 30. (d) We agree to meet to consder hrng temporary employees, as an alternatve to sub-contractng, for a specfc actvty wthn a defned tme perod on a case-to-case bass. Secton 20. Bds to fll vacances posted by the Employer wll be consdered from employees n lower, same, equal or hgher pad classfcatons (except to the classfcatons of Leader or Buldng and Ground's Mantenance n Labor Grade 8) who desre to bd nto lower, same, equal or hgher classfcaton, but only under the followng condtons: 1. No bds wll be consdered from any employee who has been awarded a vacancy wthn a perod of twelve (12) months pror to the date of the bd except that an 14

19 employee may bd to a hgher pad classfcaton wthout regard to the twelve (12) month lmtaton. 2. An employee awarded a vacancy wll be placed at the bottom of the senorty lst n that classfcaton n hs dstrct. (a) f an employee submts a statement from hs doctor that, because of dsablty or the nfrmtes of age he s unable to contnue n hs present classfcaton, the Commsson may requre, at ts own expense, verfcaton by the Commsson's doctor of such dsablty or nfrmty to determne the type of work avalable whch the employee s physcally able to perform. 3. Welder/Mechancs who bd out of the classfcaton may be retaned on the job untl a replacement s obtaned for a perod not to exceed sxty (60) days. Secton 21. Group leaders apponted by the Employer shall have sxty (60) days to qualfy for the job and shall receve the wage rate approprate to the classfcaton durng ths perod. (a) f a Group Leader s removed by the Employer or voluntarly leaves the poston wthn the 60 day tral perod, he shall be returned to hs former job. (b) f a Group Leader s removed by the Employer after the 60 day tral perod, he shall be permtted to bump n accordance wth hs county-wde senorty and qualfcatons. (c) f a Group Leader voluntarly leaves the poston after the 60 day tral perod, he shall return to hs prevous classfcaton and shall be assgned to a crew desgnated by the employer. Secton 22. The Employer agrees that t wll not replace regular employees or requre other persons, other than employees n the barganng unt, to perform work whch s recognzed as the work of the employees n sad unt, except n cases of emergences, or for tranng, demonstraton or tryout. Secton23. VACANT Secton 24. For the purpose of facltatng emergency call-ns, employees shall be requred to mantan telephones n ther homes and provde the Human Resources Department wth ther current telephone number. Employees called n for emergency work must report to work as soon as possble, but not more than one (1) hour after beng called. The Work Rules wll be changed to reflect these requrements. 15

20 Secton 25. (a) All Washtenaw County Road Commsson employees n Labor Grades 6-11 must hold a Group "A" Commercal Drver's Lcense (CDL) wth a tank (N) 1 endorsement. Exceptons are employees n Facltes and the Sgn Shop. Sgn Shop employees must have a Group "B" Lcense. Any employees who want to be upgraded by bd, bump, or n an emergency stuaton, must have the requred lcense before they are qualfed for the upgrade. (b) The Road Commsson agrees to remburse employees for the cost of the requred tank endorsement. The employer also agrees to pay for the cost of the requred physcals so long as these physcals are undertaken at the medcal faclty desgnated by the employer. n the event the employee chooses to use a personal physcan to perform the perodc CDL medcal recertfcaton examnaton, the _ employer wll remburse the employee at a rate not to exceed the employer's standard cost at ts desgnated faclty. The employer further agrees to allow employees to use employer's vehcles for the purpose of satsfyng the requred «road test and wll allow one ntal road test and one re-test to be taken durng the g employee's scheduled work hours. (c) f an employee loses hs CDL except as provded n Paragraph (d) below, he shall be permtted to bump nto a lower grade, not requrng a CDL, provded he s capable of performng all aspects of the classfcaton. f the employee was hred pror to June 4, 1987, and bumps nto a Grade 4, he shall be pad the red crcle rate as establshed. (d) For the duraton of ths contract, f an employee loses hs CDL due to use of controlled substances or alcohol, and agrees to partcpate n the employer's Drug- Free Work Place Program, he wll be permtted to fll a temporary poston at Grade 4 for a perod up to twelve months, or untl he has obtaned a vald CDL, whchever comes frst. The employee must be capable of performng all aspects of the classfcaton. f the employee was hred pror to June 4, 1987 and moved nto a Grade 4, he shall be pad the red crcle rate as establshed. The employer s * permtted to hre temporary employees to fll the poston vacated by the employee. Ths does not protect an employee due to layoff, nvoluntary transfer or demoton caused by a reducton n force. Ths provson "sunsets" at the end of ths contract and s subject to renegotaton at that tme. _ Secton 26. Temporary Loss of CDL (a) n the case where an employee s found not to have a vald CDL, ncludng the requred Medcal Certfcate: (1) the Employee wll have ten (10) workdays to obtan the requred vald certfcatons; lcenses; 16

21 l (2) the Employer wll contnue the employee n hs/her normal job classfcaton, but remove hm/her from on-the-road drvng of vehcles; and (3) the Employer wll not ncur any lablty for overtme the employee loses durng ths perod as a result of the employee beng removed from on-the-road drvng of vehcles. (b) n the case where there s a queston about a medcal certfcate's valdty and the Employer opts to refer t to ts desgnated medcal faclty for a rulng; (1) the employer wll have ten (10) workdays to have an examnaton performed and to receve a medcal opnon thereon; and (2) the Employer wll contnue the employee n hs/her normal job classfcaton, but remove hm/her from on-the-road drvng of vehcles; and (3) the Employer wll not ncur any lablty for overtme the employee loses durng ths perod as a result of the employee beng removed from on-the road drvng of vehcles. (c) n the event any of these stuatons progress to the appeals process through the approprate State of Mchgan authorty: (1) the Employer wll contnue the employee n hs/her normal job classfcaton, but remove hm/her from on-the-road drvng of vehcles; and (2) the Employer wll not ncur any lablty for overtme the employee loses durng ths perod as a result of the employee beng removed from on-the-road drvng of vehcles; and (3) after sxty (60) days, the Employer wll consder mplementng Artcle XV, Secton 25 (c), dependng on the status n the appeal process. (d) Nothng n ths agreement exempts the employee from the requrement to notfy the Employer mmedately upon the loss of any or all CDL certfcatons. Secton 27. Employment of Relatves. The County Road Commsson shall not prohbt the employment of qualfed relatves n the same work unt, provded that nether relatve partcpates n makng recommendatons or decsons specfcally affectng the appontment, retenton, promoton, demoton, salary or workng condtons of the other relatve. Smlarly, Road Commsson employees cannot be transferred by bd nto such a reportng relatonshp, unless such bddng s the result of a layoff, recall, demoton, or other acton ntated by the Road Commsson. The term relatve shall be defned as the parent, parent of spouse, spouse, sblng, chld, grandparent, grandchld, or someone wth whom the employee has a legal guardan relatonshp, a member of the employee's household related by blood or marrage, or a person whose relatonshp s smlar to that of the relatonshps lsted above. 17

22 ARTCLE XV EQUPMENT, ACCDENTS AND REPORTS Secton 1. The Employer shall not requre employees to take out on the streets or hghways any vehcle that s not n safe operatng condton or equpped wth the safety applances prescrbed by law. t shall not be a volaton of ths Agreement where employees refuse to operate such equpment unless such refusal s unjustfed. Secton 2. Under no crcumstances wll an employee be requred or assgned to engage n any actvty nvolvng dangerous condtons of work or danger to person or property or n volaton of an applcable statute or court order, or governmental regulatons relatng to safety of person or equpment. Secton 3. Any employee nvolved n any accdent shall mmedately report sad accdent and any physcal njury sustaned. An employee, before startng hs next shft, shall make out an accdent report n wrtng on forms furnshed by the Employer and shall turn n all avalable names and addresses of wtnesses to any accdents. Falure to comply wth ths provson shall subject such employee to dscplnary acton by the Employer. _ Secton 4. t s the duty of the employee and he shall mmedately, or at the end of hs shft, report all defects of equpment. Such reports shall be made on a sutable form furnshed by the Employer and shall be made n multple copes, one copy to be retaned by the employee. The Employer shall not ask or requre any employee to take out equpment that has been reported by any other employee as beng n an unsafe operatng condton untl same has been approved as beng safe by the mechancal department. When the occason arses where an employee gves a wrtten report on forms n use by the Employer of a vehcle beng n an unsafe workng operatng condton, and receves no consderaton from the Employer, he shall take the matter up wth the Safety Commttee who wll take the matter up wth the Employer. ARTCLE XVH MLTARY SERVCE Secton 1. Any employee on the senorty lst nducted nto mltary, naval, marne or ar servce under the provsons of any Federal Selectve Servce Tranng Statute and amendments thereto, or any smlar act n tme of Natonal Emergency, shall upon _ termnaton of such servce, be re-employed n lne wth hs senorty, at the then current rate for such work, provded he has not been dshonorably dscharged from such servce wth the Unted States Government and s physcally able to do work avalable and further, m provded he reports for work wthn nnety (90) days of the date he s dscharged from such servce wth the Unted States Government. 18

23 Secton 2. Employees nducted nto the Armed Servces of the Unted States, under the provsons of the Selectve Servce Act, shall enttled to a leave of absence, wthout pay, for a perod of servce requred by such orgnal nducton. Upon ther honorable dscharge, and, f physcally ft to perform the dutes of the poston whch they held pror to enterng the mltary servce, such employees shall be renstated to ther former postons or one comparable to t, provdng that they make formal applcaton for re-nstatement wthn nnety (90) days after the date of mltary servce dscharge. Mltary Servce, as above defned, shall be credted to a re-nstated employee's length of County Servce. Secton 3. Regular full-tme employees who are members wth actve status of an Armed Forces Reserve unt or Natonal Guard Unt, who partcpate n Mltary Annual Unt Tranng, not to exceed ten (10) days annually, wll be pad the dfference between ther reserve pay and ther regular pay wth the Employer when they are on full-tme actve duty n the Reserve or Natonal Guard, provded proof of servce and pay s submtted. f possble, two (2) weeks advanced notce wll be gven for Annual Mltary Tranng. Secton 4. A probatonary employee who enters the Armed Forces and meets the foregong requrements, must complete hs probatonary perod, and upon completng t, wll have senorty equal to the tme he spent n the Armed Forces, plus nnety (90) days. Secton 5. Except as herenbefore provded, the re-employment rghts of employees and probatonary employees wll be lmted by applcable laws and regulatons. ARTCLE XVm SEPARABLTY AND SAVNGS CLAUSE Secton 1. n the event that any provson of ths Agreement shall at any tme be declared nvald by any Court of competent jursdcton, the decson shall not nvaldate the entre Agreement, t beng the express ntenton of the partes that all other provsons shall reman n full force and effect. Secton 2. n the event that any provson of ths Agreement s held nvald, as set forth above, the partes shall enter nto negotatons for the purpose of arrvng at a mutually satsfactory replacement for the provsons held nvald. ARTCLE XX SAFETY COMMTTEE Secton 1. A Safety Commttee shall be composed of Unon and Employer representatves who wll meet, when necessary, for the purpose of dscussng safety and promulgatng safety regulatons wth the understandng that the Employer has the ultmate responsblty and shall make the fnal determnaton on all matters of Safety and Safety Rules. 19

24 Secton 2. When an employee s requred by a supervsor to work under a condton whch the employee regards as a volaton of a safety rule, the employee shall have the rght to protest and, f ordered by the supervsor to perform the work nvolved, the employee shall have the rght to perform the work under protest and shall refer the matter to the Safety Commttee for consderaton and recommendaton. 1 E Secton 3. The Employer shall consder the personal safety of the employees n establshng operatonal procedures. ARTCLE XX COURT AND FUNERAL LEAVE Secton 1. Any employee who s subpoenaed as the result of an accdent or s nvolved n an accdent, whle on duty, who must attend court, shall suffer no loss of pay. Secton 2. Any employee requred to serve on jury duty wll surfer no loss of pay, but wll be pad the dfference between jury pay and hs regular pay, when he provdes acceptable pror notce of the oblgaton and proof of the attendance that prevented hs workng. m Secton 3. The provsons of Sectons 1 and 2 above shall apply only to regularly scheduled hours, and not to overtme hours, whch the employee mght otherwse have worked. Secton 4. An employee wll be pad for three (3) days absence for the purpose of attendng the funeral of a member of hs mmedate famly. mmedate famly means father, 8 mother, sster, brother, chld, wfe or husband, current mother-n-law, and current fathern-law. Employees wll be pad for one (1) days absence to attend the funeral of the employee's natural grandparents. Ths s separate from vacaton days, although employees may use up to two (2) days of ther sck leave n conjuncton wth funeral leave. However, an employee must notfy hs supervsor or the next avalable approprate member of management pror to usng such sck tme. * ARTCLE XX WORKER'S COMPENSATON " Secton 1. The Employer agrees to cooperate toward the prompt settlement of employees' on-the-job njury and sckness clams when such clams are due and owng. The Employer shall provde Worker's Compensaton protecton for all employees even though not requred by law. See Artcle XXV - SCK LEAVE, Secton 5.(a) - (c). 20

25 1 1 ARTCLE XX HOLDAYS All probatonary and regular employees wll be elgble to receve holday pay under the followng regulaton: Employees wll be pad ther current rate based on an eght (8) hour day for sad holdays. Secton 1. The holdays for the contract term are desgnated as follows: (a) Frst Year July 2, 1998 September 7, 1998 November 26, 1998 November 27, 1998 December 24, 1998 December 25, 1998 December 31, 1998 January 1, 1999 January 18, 1999 Aprl 2, 1999 May 31, 1999 (b) Second Year. July 5, 1999 September 6, 1999 November 25, 1999 November 26, 1999 December 23, 1999 December 24, 1999 December 30, 1999 December 31, 1999 January 17, 2000 Aprl 21, 2000 May 29, 2000 (c) Thrd Year. July 4, 2000 September 4, 2000 November 23, 2000 November 24, 2000 December 25, 2000 December 26, 2000 January 1, 2001 January 2, 2001 January 15, 2001 Aprl 15, 2001 May 28, 2001 for for for for for for for ndependence Day (Thursday) Labor Day Thanksgvng Day Frday after Thanksgvng Chrstmas Eve (Thursday) Chrstmas Day (Frday) New Years Eve (Thursday) New Years Day (Frday) Martn Luther Kng Brthday Good Frday Memoral Day ndependence Day (Monday) Labor Day Thanksgvng Day Frday after Thanksgvng Chrstmas Eve (Thursday) Chrstmas Day (Frday) New Years Eve (Thursday) New Years Day (Frday) Martn Luther Kng Brthday Good Frday Memoral Day ndependence Day (Tuesday) Labor Day Thanksgvng Day Frday after Thanksgvng Chrstmas Eve (Monday) Chrstmas Day (Tuesday) New Years Eve (Monday) New Years Day (Tuesday) Martn Luther Kng Brthday Good Frday Memoral Day 21

26 (d) Fourth Year July 4, 2001 ndependence Day (Wednesday) September3,2001 Labor Day November 22,2001 Thanksgvng Day November 23, 2001 Frday after Thanksgvng December 24,2001 Chrstmas Eve (Monday) December 25,2001 Chrstmas Day (Tuesday) December 31, 2001 New Year's Eve (Monday) January 1,2002 New Years Day (Tuesday) m January 21,2002 Martn Luther Kng Brthday March 29, 2002 Good Frday May 29,2002 Memoral Day «Secton 2. The employee must work the precedng work day before a holday and the succeedng work day after a holday or be on approved leave startng not more than thrty (30) days pror to the holday. Otherwse, no holday pay wll be granted. Secton 3. Employees workng on an approved holday wll be pad for hours worked at the m rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) tmes hs regular rate, n addton to holday pay. Secton 4. No employee shall be requred to work on Labor Day, except n case of emergency, or employees normally scheduled to work that day. Secton 5. Employees scheduled to work on any Natonal or State Electon Days wll be gven one (1) hour off at the begnnng of the shft for the purpose of votng wthout loss of pay upon presentaton of proof of elgblty to vote and notce of ther desre to vote gven ther mmedate supervsor at least one (1) day n advance. Secton 6. Holdays recognzed by Secton 1 of ths Artcle that fall wthn an employee's vacaton perod wll not be consdered as part of a vacaton and shall be taken by extendng the vacaton perod one (1) day for each such holday. Secton 7. When a holday falls on Saturday, the precedng scheduled work day shall be the celebrated holday. When a holday falls on Sunday, the followng Monday shall be consdered the holday. ARTCLE XXH VACATONS Secton 1. All regular full-tme employees shall be enttled to vacaton tme wth pay on the followng bass: (a) Employees who complete one (1) year of servce from date of hre shall be granted eleven (11) workng days vacaton wth eleven (11) days pay to be used n the twelve (12) months next followng the annversary of the employee's senorty 22 B

27 date, and each annversary thereafter untl he has completed fve (5) years of servce. Effectve June 4, 1995, employees n ther frst year may use and be pad for up to fve (5) of those eleven days after completng sx months of employment servce. (b) Employees on completon of fve (5) years of servce wll be granted sxteen (16) workng days vacaton wth sxteen (16) days pay to be used n the twelve months next followng the employee's annversary date and each annversary date thereafter. (c) Employees on completon of thrteen (13) years of servce, wll be granted twenty-one (21) workng days vacaton wth twenty-one (21) days pay to be used n the twelve (12) months next followng the employee's annversary date and each annversary date thereafter. (d) Employees on completon of twenty (20) years of servce, wll be granted twenty-three (23) workng days vacaton wth twenty-three (23) days pay to be used n the twelve (12) months next followng the employee's annversary date and each annversary date thereafter. (e) n the event an employee, who s elgble for vacaton, wth pay, shall retre, resgn, de or be dscharged, he or hs estate wll at the tme of termnaton be pad: (1) For any unused annual accumulated vacaton tme whch has been credted to hm, plus the pro-rata amount of the annual vacaton earned by hm n the perod between the last annversary of hs senorty date and the date of hs termnaton based on days worked after the date n the month of hs termnaton whch corresponds to hs annversary date wth ten (10) or more days worked to qualfy for an addtonal day. Secton 2. Employees who lost tme due to on-the-job dsablty up to a maxmum of one (1) year shall be credted wth vacaton as though the tme so lost was actually worked. Secton 3. An employee who returns from mltary leave of absence shall be credted wth vacaton days for the months durng whch he was on such leave wthn twelve (12) months precedng the annversary date on or before whch he returns to actve employment. Secton 4. Vacaton days can only be accumulated n the amount not to exceed ten (10) days at the end of each annversary year. Secton 5. A vacaton schedule wll be worked out n the unt durng the month of January by master senorty. Employees who fal to schedule a vacaton durng the month of January and who thereafter request vacaton shall thereafter be granted vacaton on a frst come-frst serve bass. However, vacatons shall be worked out so as not to njure servces 23

28 rendered by the unt. An employee shall notfy hs supervsor of hs desre to use a vacaton day pror to the end of the prevous workday, except n an emergency. Secton 6. Vacatons may be taken one day at a tme; forty hours per calendar year may be taken n one hour ncrements. Vacaton tme wll be allowed for the frst day of the Mchgan frearm deer season provded that f more than two (2) employees for every sx (6) n a dstrct are permtted to go, then those addtonal employees must be avalable for emergency call-n. Any employee whose vacaton s not approved n advance, or who s otherwse absent durng the deer season for reasons other than a bona fde emergency acceptable to the employer, or who fals to report for emergency duty after agreeng to do so, shall be subject to a dscplnary penalty of one week off wthout pay. An employee who takes a day off at any other tme wthout pror approval shall not be pad for the tme off notwthstandng Artcle XXV, Secton 5 (d), and shall be subject to further dscplnary acton. Vacatons may be splt but only wth one preference, provded such schedulng _ does not drastcally nterfere wth the operatons. Secton 7. Vacatons wll not be permtted n advance of the tme such vacaton s earned, M that s, between one annversary date and the next annversary date. Secton 8. An employee who s absent from work for other than on-the-job dsablty wll earn vacaton for one month only. The frst month of absence wll begn on the date of njury or llness. Upon hs return to work, hs earned vacaton wll begn on the date n the month he returns to work whch corresponds to hs annversary date. Such vacaton days earned n ths annversary year wll be used and pad n the next succeedng year as provded n Secton 1 above. Secton 9. Pror to commencng a vacaton perod, an employee shall be requred to submt a "vacaton request form" and shall ndcate thereon the dates he wshes the vacaton perod to start and end. f a weekend or weekends are ncluded wthn the requested vacaton perod, the employee shall not be elgble for weekend overtme. * ARTCLE XXV SCK LEAVE Secton 1. All employees, probatonary or regular, wll be elgble to have sck leave days credted to them. Probatoners may not use such days untl after acqurng senorty. Sck leave days wll be earned at the rate of one (1) day for each full month of employment. For employees hred the 1 st through 15th of the month, ther sck leave base date wll be the frst of that month, and f hred the 16th through the last of the month, the base date wll be «the frst of the next month. Secton 2. Sck leave days may be accumulated to 120 days only. 24

29 1 Secton 3. Sck leave shall be avalable for use by employees n the barganng unt for the followng purposes; A. Acute personal llness or ncapacty over whch the employee has no reasonable control. B. Absence from work because of exposure to contagous dsease whch, accordng to publc health standards, would consttute a danger to the health of others by the employee's attendance at work. C. Sck leave for scheduled medcal or dental vsts shall be taken n not more than 1/2 day ncrements, unless complcatons requre more tme off. Secton 4. Sck leave may be used n not less than one-half (1/2) of an hour ncrements. However, sck leave wll not be used for reportng late to work wth the excepton of scheduled medcal or dental vsts as set forth n Secton 3.C. of ths Artcle. Secton 5. (a) For the loss of tme authorzed by doctor's certfcate on account of njury ncurred n the lne of duty, regular employees shall receve full pay for up to one (1) full work week, fve (5) days, after the accdent wthout drawng on hs sck leave credts, for any one njury, but such payment shall not be allowed on recurrence of hs prevous njury. (b) A regular employee who suffers njury, after the frst week compensable under the Worker's Compensaton Act, may be pad the dfference between hs regular wages and payment receved under the provsons of the Act, to be deducted from accumulated sck leave or vacaton tme. (c) When sck leave credts are exhausted, the employee wll reman on Worker's Compensaton untl ts benefts are exhausted. Employees, f requested, wll be requred and wll submt a report from a doctor followng an llness or njury, ndcatng that he s physcally able to do work avalable before hs return to actve work. (1) n the event an employee s pad sck leave for an absence perod and s later determned to be elgble to receve Worker's Compensaton payments for the same perod, the amount of sck leave pad to the employee shall be offset aganst the Worker's Compensaton payment, provded however, the dfferental payment set forth n 5 (b) above shall not be offset. (d) Each Foreman shall be responsble for revewng and approvng employee requests for sck leave. Employees are requred to gve prompt notfcaton to ther Foreman of the necessty for takng sck leave. Notfcaton must be gven daly before the begnnng of the regular shft of the employee requestng sck leave, where such leave s for one (1) day at a tme. A doctor's report may be requested and must be submtted by the employee f such leave tme s abused, otherwse no 25

30 sck leave wll be granted. The Employee shall call hs foreman before he returns to work followng an extended llness. The Foreman wll advse the employee as to whether or not a doctor's certfcate wll be requred before the employee returns to work. Absent employees who have pad days avalable to them, ether sck days or vacaton days, wll be pad and charged the day. f the employee does not specfcally request a vacaton day, t wll be charged frst aganst hs avalable sck days. Employees absent wthout justfcaton or tmely notce shall be subject to dscplne. Secton 6. An employee, usng pad sck leave durng a perod that ncludes a scheduled holday, wll be pad for the holday. He cannot be pad for both, nor wll he be charged for a day of sck leave wth respect to the holday. Secton 7. An employee who s absent for more than one (1) month due to njury or llness wll earn a sck day for one (1) month only. The frst month of absence wll begn on the frst (1st) day of requested sck leave. Upon hs return to work, hs earned sck leave wll begn on the frst (1st) day of the calendar month n whch he works ten (10) or more workng days n that month. Secton 8. The work day for the purpose of computng pad sck leave s eght (8) hours for all employees n the unt. No employee can draw more than eghty (80) hours of sck leave durng a pay perod. (a) All benefts shall cease when the attendng physcan reports that the njured employee s able to work at hs job. Secton 9. (a) An employee who separates from the Employer for retrement purposes, n accordance wth the provsons of the retrement plan and who wll receve payments thereunder, shall be pad one-half (1/2) of hs accumulated leave on retrement. (b) An employee who resgns or s dscharged after fve (5) years of servce wll be pad one-thrd (1/3) of hs unused sck leave, provded at least two (2) weeks wrtten notce s gven. (c) n case of death of an employee, payment of 100 percent of hs unused sck days shall be pad to hs benefcary of record. Such payment shall be made at hs last rate of pay and based on eght (8) hours per day. Secton 10. An employee who has accumulated less than 120 sck leave days at the end of hs annversary year and who has a balance of 9-12 unused sck leave days credted for the year, shall have the followng optons: 26 _

31 1 (a) Convert two (2) days to cash, (b) Convert two (2) days to vacaton, or (c) Leave the two (2) days n the sck leave bank. Days converted to cash or vacaton must be used wthn the followng annversary year. Days deposted n the sck leave bank may accumulate to 120 or more at whch tme the optons set forth n Secton 11 shall become avalable to the employee. Secton 11. An employee who has accumulated more than 120 sck leave days at the end of hs annversary year, shall be pad for 50 percent of the unused sck leave days n excess of 120 days, and shall have the followng optons for use of the remanng 50 percent: (a) Convert up to fve (5) days to vacaton days (dependng on unused sck leave days avalable) to be taken durng the twelve (12) months followng the annversary day. Such vacaton days shall be n addton to the employee's regular vacaton. (b) n leu of extra vacaton, an employee may request to receve pay for up to fve (5) days at hs regular rate. Such addtonal pay shall be at the employee's request wthn the twelve (12) months followng the employee's annversary date. The maxmum amount of extra vacaton tme or addtonal pay under ths Secton shall be fve (5) days. Secton 12. The prnted applcaton for leave form furnshed by the Employer must be flled out completely and properly sgned and submtted by the applcant for absence of any cause. ARTCLE XXV LFE NSURANCE AND HOSPTALZATON Secton 1. The employer agrees to pay the full premum for a $20,000 term lfe nsurance polcy for regular, full-tme employees from the frst of the month after they have completed sx (6) months servce. n addton, employees wll be allowed to purchase up to $50,000 of supplemental term lfe nsurance n Ten Thousand Dollar ($10,000) ncrements through payroll deducton. Retrees wll be provded a death beneft of Fve Thousand Dollars ($5000) payable to ther benefcary of record at the tme of ther death. Partcpaton n these plans requres properly sgned applcaton forms by each employee and retree. (a) The Employer makes avalable a sem-prvate Blue Cross-Blue Sheld Plan Group Hosptal and Medcal Coverage and a Master Medcal Beneft Plan to all employees other than temporary or seasonal employees. The Employer wll pay the full premum for the employee, hs wfe and dependent chldren up to the age of 27

32 nneteen (19). Partcpaton n ths plan requres properly sgned applcaton forms by each employee. Effectve date of coverage for new employees wll be n accord wth Blue Cross-Blue Sheld provsons. The Blue Cross-Blue Sheld $5.00 deductble Drug Purchase Program wll be provded to employees n accordance wth the provsons of ths subsecton, effectve January 1, Ths Drug Purchase Program wll also be provded to those retrees whose retrement date occurred subsequent to October 18, n the event a vested member des whle an employee of the Commsson, the employer agrees to contnue health coverage for the member's elgble dependents at the tme of death. _ (b) The Employer agrees to pay the full premum for Blue Cross-Blue Sheld for a sx (6) month perod, begnnng wth the frst (1st) day of the calendar month next followng or on whch the leave starts, for an employee on dsablty leave. f leave s extended and approved beyond sx (6) months, the employee's Blue Cross-Blue Sheld contract wll be termnated. Upon hs return to actve employment, hs contract and coverage wll be renstated effectve on the frst avalable bllng after renstatement. (c) The Employer agrees to pay the full premum for Blue Cross-Blue Sheld for a twelve (12) month perod, begnnng wth the frst (1st) day of the calendar month next followng or on whch the leave starts, for an employee on dsablty caused by on-the-job njury. f leave s extended and approved beyond twelve (12) months, the employee's Blue Cross-Blue Sheld contract wll be termnated. n the event the employee's on-the-job njury was not a result of hs falure to comply wth Road Commsson safety polces, up to an addtonal twelve (12) consecutve months of premums wll be pad by the Road Commsson. Upon hs return to actve employment, hs contract and coverage wll be renstated effectve on the frst avalable bllng after renstatement. (d) The Employer agrees to pay the full premum for Lfe nsurance for a sx (6) month perod, begnnng wth the frst day of the calendar month next followng or on whch the leave starts, for an employee on dsablty leave. f leave s extended and approved beyond sx (6) months, the employee shall pay premums untl hs return to actve employment. fl _ (e) The Employer agrees to pay the full premum for Lfe nsurance for a twelve (12) month perod, begnnng wth the frst (1st) day of the calendar month next followng or on whch the leave starts, for an employee on dsablty caused by on- the-job njury. f leave s extended and approved beyond twelve (12) months, the employee's Lfe nsurance coverage wll be termnated, unless the employee elects 28

33 to pay the premums untl hs return to actve employment. n the event the employee's on-the-job njury was not a result of hs falure to comply wth Road Commsson safety polces, up to an addtonal twelve (12) consecutve months of premums wll be pad by the Road Commsson. Upon hs return to actve employment, hs coverage wll be renstated. (f) The Employer agrees to pay the premum to provde present and future retrees wth the group hosptal and surgcal nsurance benefts for retrees as provded by Blue Cross-Blue Sheld. Effectve July 1, 1996, the employer wll also provde master medcal coverage for retrng employees untl they become elgble for Medcare. Effectve January 1, 1997, the annual master medcal deductble for all elgble employees shall be $100/person and $200/famly. (g) Qualfyng employees or ther applcable dependents shall be permtted to convert the present hosptal and medcal plans to ndvdual nsurance polces pursuant to COBRA provsons. There shall be a 2% admnstraton fee n the event of termnaton of employment or death. (h) Upon ratfcaton of ths agreement, and n accordance wth Blue Cross renewal dates, the Employer agrees to make avalable at least one optonal hosptal and medcal nsurance plan for whch t wll pay the premum up to the amount of the current Blue Cross-Blue Sheld Plan. Any excess over that amount wll be pad by the employee through payroll deducton, and the employee may return to Blue Cross as soon as possble. The employer wll also provde an ncentve plan for employees and retrees who wll drop or reduce ther health and medcal nsurances. ARTCLE XXV DENTAL AND OPTCAL PLAN Secton 1. The employer makes avalable an optcal and dental nsurance plan from Unted of Omaha. Ths program s avalable for all employees and ther employer pays the entre premum. As descrbed n booklets provded by the nsurance company, partcpaton n ths plan requres properly sgned applcaton forms by each employee and updates as requred. The Employer agrees to pay the full premum for the Optcal/Dental program for a four-week perod for employees on an approved dsablty leave caused by llness or offthe-job njury. Employees on an approved leave of absence caused by on-the-job njury shall have contrbutons pad n ther behalf for the duraton of the leave but no longer than twelve months from the date of the ncdent, unless the employee's njury was not a result of hs falure to comply wth Road Commsson safety polces, n whch case, up to an 29

34 addtonal twelve (12) months of premums wll be pad by the Road Commsson. Once the nsurance s termnated the employee wll have to go through a re-enrollment perod before the nsurance can be renstated. «Provsons of the COBRA law wll be met for any employee or elgble dependent termnated from the Optcal/Dental program accordng to the polcy provsons. There wll be a 2% admnstratve fee charged for people who choose to partcpate n that program. Secton 2. Temporary, part-tme or probatonary employees wll not be covered by the provsons of ths Artcle. The Dental and Optcal benefts shall be provded subject to the rules and regulatons of the Plan. ARTCLE XXVH RETREMENT Secton 1. The Employer s a member of the Mchgan Muncpal Retrement System and * all full-tme employees wll become members of ths retrement plan n accordance wth ts provsons. Employee payments are made by payroll deducton. Provson s made for a full-tme employee to have hs servce tme computed from the frst day of contnuous employment. _ Secton 2. Effectve January 1, 1999, the vestng opton wll be changed to V-8 and, effectve June 1, 1999, the retrement plan opton wll be changed to the B-3 base; the employee contrbuton wll reman at 5.3% of gross pay. All other exstng provsons wll reman the same. ARTCLE XXV VA C A N T ARTCLE XXX VACANT 30 m jf g

35 ARTCLE XXX MANTENANCE OF STANDARDS Secton 1. The Employer agrees that all condtons of employment relatng to hours, wages and workng condtons shall be mantaned at the levels exstng at the date of ths Agreement except to the extent modfed by ths or any precedng agreements between the Unon and the Employer. Wherever, n ths Agreement, there s specfed coverage of, or reference to such condtons, the terms of ths Agreement shall control. ARTCLE XXX TERMNATON OF AGREEMENT Secton 1. Ths Agreement shall be n full force and effect from June 4, 1998 to and ncludng June 3, 2002 and shall contnue n full force and effect from year to year thereafter unless wrtten notce or desre to cancel or termnate the Agreement s served by ether party upon the other, at least sxty (60) days pror to date of expraton. Secton 2. t s further provded that where no such cancellaton or termnaton notce s served and the partes desre to negotate changes or revsons n ths Agreement, ether party may serve, upon the other a notce, at least sxty (60) days pror to June 3, 2002 or any subsequent annversary thereof, advsng that such party desre to contnue ths Agreement, but also desres to revse or change terms or condtons of such Agreement. Secton 3. Should ether party to ths Agreement serve notce upon the other party, under Secton 1 or 2 above, a jont conference of the Employer and the Unon shall commence not later than forty-fve (45) days before the expraton date or amendment date of ths Agreement. SCHEDULE"A" OVERTME AND HOURS OF WORK Secton 1. The regular work week s establshed as eght (8) hours a day, fve days a week from Monday through Frday. The regular work day shall commence at 7:00 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m. daly wth a lunch perod startng four (4) hours after the start of the work day. The Employer reserves the rght to change startng and quttng tmes of the regular work day, f such change does not exceed one (1) hour from the regular work day scheduled above, and wll notfy the Employees and Unon one (1) week n advance of any change. 31

36 Secton 2. Those employees regularly employed on the afternoon shft, whch s from 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., wth the excepton of jantors and custodans, wll receve a dfferental of ffteen ($.15) cents per hour above the classfed rate. Those employees regularly employed on the mdnght shft, whch s from 8:00 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. wth the excepton of jantors and custodans, wll receve a dfferental of twenty ($.20) cents per hour above the classfed rate. The Employer may establsh an overlappng shft from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for the purpose of gassng vehcles and makng them ready for the next day. Shft premum shall not apply. Secton 3. Overtme pay wll be one and one-half (1 1/2) tmes the hourly rate for all hours worked outsde of regular scheduled workng hours, except that premum pay wll not be pyramded. Secton 4. Tme and one-half wll be pad for all hours worked on Saturday and Sunday, except regularly scheduled jantors and custodans. m m Secton 5. An employee reportng for emergency duty shall be guaranteed four (4) hours pay at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) tme hs hourly rate and wll not be requred to m reman longer than the completon of the work for whch he was called n. However, he shall keep hmself avalable durng the remander of the perod for whch he was pad and, f he s recalled wthn the four-hour perod, t shall not consttute a second call-n to whch the guarantee apples. n emergency call-n stuatons nvolvng dangerous work, two people wll be assgned. t s understood that a supervsor may be one of the two people. Secton 6. Senorty by classfcaton n the dstrct shall preval n the dstrbuton of emergency overtme work. n the event the stuaton requres a county wde call n of road mantenance crews, employees may be called n any order. n the event a partal crew s requred, the senor employee wll be frst called, and the next senor employee n lke w manner untl the crew s assembled. n the event a crew cannot be assembled after the last senor employee s called, then the employees wll be called n reverse order and employees must report for emergency duty untl the crew s assembled. * Secton 7. Overtme work wll be permtted only when authorzed by a foreman. Secton 8. An employee requred to work more than two (2) hours overtme shall be fl granted a ffteen (15) mnute coffee break. n the event that such overtme s extended nto the twelfth hour, the Employee wll be granted a pad meal perod of thrty (30) mnutes of pay n leu thereof. The tme of the coffee break and meal perod wll be determned by the m Employer. Secton 9. An employee reportng for scheduled overtme on a weekend or holday shall be guaranteed four (4) hours pay at tme and one-half ( 1 1/2) hs hourly rate. However, the 32

37 Employer shall have the rght to assgn any work whch may be avalable durng that perod. Secton 10. Each employee shall be granted two (2) rest perod per day; one (1) n the mornng and one(l) n the afternoon, each of ffteen (15) mnutes duraton. Such rest perods shall be taken on the job commencng two (2) hours after the start of the work day and two hours after the end of the lunch perod each day unless otherwse specfed by the Superntendent of Mantenance. Truck shall not be parked n groups or at or near restaurants durng such perods and employees shall not leave the job to obtan food or beverages. Secton 11. The partes agree that the mplementaton of the four day work week should be contnued subject to revew and cancellaton by ether party. Secton 12. n the Sgn Shop, for the purpose of overtme and emergency call-ns on sgnal work, the Group Leader (f certfed to perform sgnal work), and Sgnal Techncan and shall have prorty over other members of the Sgn Shop Dstrct. On all other work wthn the Sgn Shop the Sgn Erectors and Assstant Sgn Erectors wll have prorty for overtme and emergency call-ns. Grade-Classfcaton 4. Labor 5. Lght Truck 6. Heavy Truck Heavy Equpment. 8. Sklled Worker Grp Ldr /Mech Grp Ldr Grp Ldr Effectve June 4, % ncrease as follows: $ WAGES Effectve June 4, % ncrease as follows: $ Effectve June 4, % ncrease as follows: $ Effectve June 4, % ncrease as follows: $

38 Grade 4 Labor Jantor Grade 5 Lght Truck Weed Mower Assstant Sgn Erector Rest Area Attendant Asst Bldg & Grnds Mant Grade 6 Brdge Crew Heavy Truck (over 26,000 lbs.) Assstant Storekeeper Sgn Erector Sde Mount Mower Grade 7 Grader Bulldozer Scraper Pan Mobl Crane Gradall Specal Heavy Equpment Mobl Sweeper Chp Spreader Equpment Backhoe Sgnal Techncan Mech Hlpr/Lubrcator Tre Servce Repar Grade 8 Bldg & Grnds Mant Sgnal Techncan Grade 9 Group Leader Welder Mechanc Grade 10 Group Leader Grade 11 Group Leader t s understood that because ths Agreement was executed on the date set forth on the Sgnature page, the terms of ths Agreement shall not be retroactve except that the wage rates for the frst year, as set forth n ths wage rate schedule, shall be retroactve to June 4, Other changes n frnge benefts shall become effectve upon ratfcaton or upon the date specfed and shall not be retroactve. 34

39 New startng rate schedule graduated n ncrements for people hred after October 22, 1998: STARTNG RATE SCHEDULE Effectve June 4, 1998 Labor Grade Laborer $ Lt Truck Hvy Truck Hvy Equp Skd Wkr GL /Mech GL GL Labor Grade Laborer $ Lt Truck Hvy Truck Hvy Equp Skd Wkr GL/Mech GL GL Labor Grade 4. Laborer 5. Lt Truck 6. Hvy Truck 7. Hvy Equp 8. Skd Wkr 9. GL /Mech 10. GL 11. GL Start Start Start $ Mos $ Mos $ STARTNG RATE SCHEDULE Effectve June 4, Mos $ Mos $ STARTNG RATE SCHEDULE Effectve June 4, Mos $ Mos $ Mos $ Mos $ Mos $ Mos $ Mos $ Mos $ Mos $ Mos $ Mos $

40 Labor Grade Laborer $ Lt Truck Hvy Truck Hvy Equp Skd Wkr GL /Mech GL GL Start STARTNG SCHEDULE Effectve June 4, Mos 12 Mos $ 8,,86 $ , , , , _._._ 24 Mos $ Mos $ Mos $ An employee changng classfcatons wthn a labor grade wll stay at the same servce step. An employee movng to a hgher classfcaton wll be placed at the lowest servce step that wll provde hm wth a rase n pay. An employee movng to a lower labor grade wll move to the same servce step held n the prevous labor grade. Movement wthn a labor grade wll be by the servce tme spent n that labor grade, not to total servce. Management reserves the rght to hre employees above the startng rate accordng to skll and experence. 36

41 N WTNESS WHEREOF, the partes hereto have caused ths Agreement to be sgned by ther duly authorzed representatves as of the day and year set forth below. HERMAN L.KQ Char FRED J. VEGEL Vce Char NORMAN E. KENNED^/ Member * ROBERT L. POLENS Managng Drector GERALD C. COTTRELL Drector of Operatons WLLAM B. McAFEE Drector of Human Resources For the Board of County Road Commssoners of the County of Washtenaw. DATE SGNED: J TERRY DORC GARY LOBDELL For Local Unon No. 214 Afflated wth the nternatonal Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehouseman and Helpers of Amerca. RVN KNCKERBOCKER JOHN M. PACE DATE SGNED: sgn/3 9/md cr ^^%U^7 s

42 CONTRACT AGREEMENT ALPHABETCAL NDEX ARTCLE SECTON PAGE ABSENCE 1. Chargng Of XXV 5 (d) Form XXV Unpad Leave Of X Tardness (See Work Rules) 5. Unon Conventon X 2 10 ACCDENTS, REPORTNG OF XV 3 18 AGREEMENT 1. Extra Contract V Purpose & ntent 1 ARBTRATON X BENEFTS (See Specfc Beneft.e. nsurance, Jury etc...) BDDNG 1. Elgble Bdder XV nelgble Postons XV Qualfcatons for Welder/Mechanc XV 14A Qualfcatons for Sgnal Techncan... XV 14B Qualfcatons for Lubrcator or Treman XV 14C Restrctons XV 20(1-3). 14,15 BREAKS Sch A Coffee Sch A Rest Perods Sch A BULLETN BOARD XV 9 12 BUMP MEETNG V 2 4 CALL-NS, EMERGENCY 1. Guarantee Sch A Procedure Sch A Rate of Pay Sch A Telephone Requrement XV CDL - Commercal Drvers Lcense XV Cost of Physcals for CDL XV 25 (b) 16 COBRA (See nsurance)

43 ARTCLE SECTON PAGE CONTRACT DATE XXX 1 31 COURT LEAVE XX DEER SEASON/VACATON XX 6 24 DENTAL & OPTCAL PLAN XXV DFFERENTAL, SHFT Sch A DSCHARGE V Acts Leadng To (See Work Rules) 2. Protest Of V 1 6 DRUG FREE WORKPLACE XV 2 5 (d) 16 EMERGENCY CALL-NS Sch A 5,6 32 EQUPMENT 1. Defect Reportng XV 4 18 * 2. Safety EXTRA CONTRACT AGREEMENT XV V FOUR-DAY WORK WEEK Sch A FUNERAL LEAVE XX GREVANCE X Procedure X Restrctons tt] X Steps Of Procedure X GROUP LEADERS XV HOLDAYS 1. Condtons for Payment XX Electon Day XX Elgble Employees XX Fallng Wthn A Vacaton XX Lst Of XX Other XX Pay Rate XX 3 22 HOSPTALZATON XXV la-h 27-9 M

44 1 NJURES 1. Pay n Connecton Wth XXV 5a-c Reportng Of XV 3 18 NSURANCE 1. Dental & Optcal XXV a. Cobra Provson XXV 1 30 b. Dsablty Leave XXV 1 29 c. Temporary, Part-Tme Or Probatonary Employee XXV Hosptalzaton XXV la-c a. Cobra Provson XXV lg 29 b. Dsablty Leave XXV lb, c 28 c. ncentve Plan XXV lh 29 d. Master/Major Medcal XXV la 27 e. Opton XXV lh 29 f. Retrees XXV f Lfe XXV 1 27 a. Dsablty Leave XXV ld,e 28 JOB CLASSFCATONS, NEW XV 7 12 JOB VACANCES XV 14, JURY DUTY XX LAYOFFS V Temporary V 7 6 LEADERS, GROUP XV LEAVES OF ABSENCE 1. Court XX Form XXV Funeral XX Jury Duty XX Mltary XV Personal X 1 10 LFE NSURANCE XXV l,ld-e ARTCLE SECTON PAGE HOURS, WORK Sch A 1 31 LMTATON OF 1. Authorty X Lablty X 2 11

45 ARTCLE SECTON PAGE HOURS, WORK Sch A 1 31 NJURES 1. Pay n Connecton Wth XXV 5a-c Reportng Of XV 3 18 NSURANCE 1. Dental & Optcal XXV a. Cobra Provson XXV 1 30 b. Dsablty Leave XXV 1 29 c. Temporary, Part-Tme Or Probatonary Employee XXV Hosptalzaton XXV la-c a. Cobra Provson XXV lg 29 b. Dsablty Leave XXV lb, c 28 c. ncentve Plan XXV lh 29 d. Master/Major Medcal XXV la 27 e. Opton XXV lh 29 f. Retrees XXV f «3. Lfe XXV 1 27 a. Dsablty Leave XXV ld,e 28 JOB CLASSFCATONS, NEW XV 7 12 JOB VACANCES XV 14, JURY DUTY XX LAYOFFS V 2 4 m 1. Temporary V 7 6 LEADERS, GROUP XV LEAVES OF ABSENCE 1. Court XX Form XXV Funeral XX Jury Duty XX Mltary XV Personal X 1 10 LFE NSURANCE XXV l,ld-e LMTATON OF 1. Authorty X Lablty X 2 11 m

46 ARTCLE SECTON PAGE LOCKERS XV 6 12 MANTENANCE OF STANDARDS XXX 1 31 MANAGEMENT 1 2 MASTER/MAJOR MEDCAL XXV 1 (a) 27 MLTARY LEAVE XV MLTARY SERVCE EMPLOYEES XV Senorty XV OVERTME WORK 1. Breaks Sch A Dstrbuton Sch A Meals Sch A Rate of Pay Sch A 3, Scheduled a. Holdays Sch A 9 32 b. Weekends Sch A Steward or Alternate Steward V 6 5 PAY PEROD XV 3 11 PENSON PLAN XXV 1 30 PERSONAL LEAVE X 1 10 POSTNG XV Job Vacances XV Senorty Lsts XV Vacaton Lsts XV PROBATONARY PEROD V 1 4 PROTECTON OF RGHTS X 1,2 11 RECALLS FROM LAYOFF 1. Notfcaton V Reportng For Work V 5 5 RED CRCLE RATE 1. Defned V 2a 4 2. Appled XV 25c-d 16

47 ARTCLE SECTON PAGE REDUCTON N WORKFORCE 1. Demoton V nvoluntary Transfer V Layoff V 2 4 RELATVES, EMPLOYMENT OF XV REST PERODS Sch A RETREMENT PLAN XXV 1 30 RULES & REGULATONS, WORK V 1 6 (See Work Rules) SAFETY RULES (See Work Rules) SAFETY COMMTTEE 1. Purpose XX Unsafe Workng Condtons XV 4 18 SATURDAY PAY Sch A 4 32 SENORTY 1. Lst V Loss of & Employment Termnated V Reducton n Force V. 2 4 a. Chef Steward V 2e 5 b. Dsplacement Rghts V 2 4 c. Poston Returned To V 2b 4 d. Restrctons On Dsplacement V 2c, d 5 4. Supervsory Poston V 7 6 a. Accumulaton Of Senorty V 7 6 b. Rank f Transferred Or Demoted V 7 6 SEPARABLTY & SAVNGS CLAUSE XV SHFTS 1. Afternoon Sch A Dfferental Sch A Other Sch A Regular Sch A Wash Perod XV 8 12

48 1 ARTCLE SECTON PAGE SCK LEAVE 1. Absent Employees XXV 5d Accumulaton XXV 2 24 a. Less Than 120 Days XXV b. Greater Than 120 Days XXV Approval XXV 5d Chargng XXV 5d Doctors Report XXV 5a, d Earnng XXV 1,7...24, Elgble Employees XXV Forms XXV Mnmum Tme Usage XXV Notfcaton XXV 5d On-The-Job njury XXV 5a-c Purpose XXV Return To Work Procedure XXV 5d Scheduled Holday XXV Separaton From Employer XXV 9a-c Work Day For Computaton XXV 8 26 SGNAL ELECTRCAN V 2 (d) 5 XV 14B 13 SGNATURE PAGE 37 STEWARDS X Medaton/Arbtraton Tme X 3 10 SUBCONTRACTNG V 1 3 Alternatves to XV 19d 14 SUMMER HELP XV 19c 14 SUNDAY PAY Sch A 4 32 SUSPENSON V 1 6 TARDNESS See Work Rules) TELEPHONE XV TEMPORARY REASSGNMENTS XV TEMPORARY/SEASONAL ASSGNMENTS XV 19a-d TERMNATON OF AGREEMENT XXX TME SHEETS XV 2 11

49 ARTCLE SECTON PAGE TRANSFERS 1. Between Classfcatons XV Between Dstrcts XV Senorty XV TRANSPORTATON XV UNFORMS XV 4 12 UNON 1. Dues 2c 2 a. Deducton V Extra Agreement V Fees V la,b 3 4. Lmtaton of M a. Authorty X 1 11 b. Lablty X 2 11 * 5. Membershp 2a-b Recognton/Senorty Vstors XV 1 11 VACANCES, JOB m 1. Bddng XV Fllng From Wthn XV Hrng From Outsde XV Postng XV Probatonary Perod XV Temporary XV VACATON 1. Absence Affect Of On-The-Job njury Absence Affect Of Other Than Job njury XX XX Accumulaton 4. Days Earned XX XX 4 la-c Deer Season XX Elgble Employees XX Mltary Leave XX Request Form XX Restrctons XX Schedulng XX Separaton From Employer XX le 23 VOLUNTARY QUT V 4,5 5

50 ARTCLE SECTON PAGE WAGES 1. Job Classfcatons Wages Labor Grades Wages Pay Rates for Current Employees Wages Pay Rates for New Employees Wages a. Movement n Labor Grades Wages Red Crcle Rate V 2a 4 WASHUP PEROD XV 8 12 WEEKEND PAY Sen A 9 32 WORK 1. Dangerous Condton XV Day Sch A Employees XV Hours Sch A Rules V 1 6 (See Work Rules) 6. Week Sch A 1 31 a. Four Day Sch A WORKER'S COMPENSATON XX 1 20 CNTND98

51 WASHTENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMSSON RULES and REGULATONS The followng Workng Rules are adopted so that all employees wll know what s expected of them. ' Serous offenses call for more severe penaltes than mnor nfractons, so the Rules set up dfferent penaltes. Whle ths polcy establshes maxmum penalty for volaton of rules, the fnal dsposton may be tempered on an ndvdual case bass. t s understood that ths lst s not all nclusve and that dscplne may be mposed for conduct whch dsturbs the good order of the organzaton or negatvely effects the employer or other employees. The Road Commsson may revse these Rules and Regulatons by gvng employees ten days notce pror to mplementaton. MAJOR GROUP VOLATONS. The followng are consdered as extremely serous offenses and volators are subject to dscharge: 1. Theft of employer's or fellow employee's property. 2. Falsfcaton of offcal records. 3. mmoral conduct or ndecency whle on duty or on Commsson property. 4. Use of or beng under the nfluence of alcohol, or use or possesson of llegal drugs, whle on duty or on Commsson property, unless the employee comples wth the Employer's Drug-free Work Place Polcy. 5. Three dscplnary layoffs wthn a twenty-four (24) month perod. 6. Convcton of a job-related felony. MAJOR GROUP VOLATONS. The followng are consdered as serous offenses. These volatons shall be accumulatve for not more than two (2) years. Volators are subject to the followng penaltes: Frst Offense - Three days suspenson wthout pay. Second Offense - Fve days suspenson wthout pay. Thrd Offense - Subject to Dscharge 1. Major chargeable accdent (personal njury or property damage of $5000 or more).

52 2. Possesson of frearms wthout permsson on Commsson property. 3. Fghtng durng workng hours. 4. nsubordnaton. 5. Unauthorzed use of Road Commsson vehcles, materals or equpment. 6. Solctaton of a fee, gft or other thng of value from any person, n connecton wth employee's work. 7. Three formal dscplnes wthn a twelve (12) month perod. 8. Threatenng bodly harm or personal property damage to fellow employees or supervson. 9. Malcous destructon of Road Commsson property. GROUP VOLATONS. The followng are mnor offenses, except where they are repeated. These volatons shall be accumulatve for not more than one (1) year. Volators are subject to the followng penaltes: Frst Offense - Wrtten Reprmand Second Offense - One day suspenson wthout pay. Thrd Offense - Three days suspenson wthout pay. Fourth Offense - Subject to dscharge. 1. Dong any knd of work for compensaton whle on sck leave. 2. Mnor chargeable accdents. 3. Falure to report all accdents promptly and personal njury or major accdents mmedately. 4. Postng or removal of notces, sgns or wrtten or prnted matter of any type on the employer's property wthout permsson from the employer. 5. Careless or reckless operaton of employer's equpment. 6. Falure to report mechancally defectve condton of equpment or breakdowns. 7. Sleepng on duty, loterng or wastng tme durng workng hours. 8. Falure to comply wth safety rules. 9. Dscourtesy to the publc.

53 10. Convcton for a movng- volaton whle operatng a Road Commsson vehcle. 11. Dstrbutng or crculatng lterature, pettons, or anywrtten or prnted matter of any descrpton on the employer's tme wthout permsson from the employer. 12. Habtual tardness at the commencement of the workday or after lunch. (Habtual shall be nterpreted to mean three nstances n one year wthout suffcent reason, as determned by the Department Head.). fl3. njurous or dangerous horseplay. 14. llegal gamblng on employer's tme or premses. 15. Falure to notfy supervsor or desgnated representatve pror to start of shft when unable to report for work. (Penaltes wll not apply where satsfactory proof s gven that notfcaton by the employee was not possble.) 16. Falure to report for emergency duty wthn one hour of tme called by supervsor or desgnated representatve. 17. Dstrbuton or exhbton of sexually explct or offensve tems or materals whle on duty or on Commsson property. 18. Absence wthout authorzaton. (Penalty wll not apply where satsfactory proof s gven that notfcaton by the employee was not possble.) (Rev. 7/30/92) Agreed to ths of CO cj~h h, For the Road Comrn For Jeamsters_Loc\al #214 )ert L. Polen Managng Drector Henry fy Bus n&^s Represent at ve Wllam B. McAfee Personnel Drector Gary LJ Chef Steward

54 1 1 WASHTENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMSSON DRUG-FREE WORK PLACE POLCY The Washtenaw County Road Commsson strctly prohbts the manufacture, unauthorzed use or possesson, sale or dstrbuton of llegal drugs/alcohol by ts employees whle on duty or on Commsson property (or n Commsson vehcles). Employees of the Road Commsson are employed n safety senstve postons, and other employees or ctzens could be placed n jeopardy by an employee's use of llegal drugs/alcohol. Complance wth ths polcy s a condton of employment. Volaton of ths polcy wll result n dscplne up to and ncludng dscharge.. Defntons A. UNDER THE NFLUENCE means that an employee has been affected by a drug or alcohol, or a combnaton, n a manner that demonstrates a dsregard for lfe or property or mpars the employee's ablty to perform a gven job or assgnment. Symptoms of beng under the nfluence of drugs or alcohol nclude, but are not restrcted to, msbehavor, obvous mparment of physcal or mental ablty, slurred speech or dffculty n mantanng balance. Supervsors recommendng testng of an employee for beng under the nfluence shall document, n wrtng, ther observatons and the nformaton they have whch causes them to beleve the employee s under the nfluence before the employee s sent to the approprate place for testng. B. LLEGAL DRUG means any drug whch s declared llegal by law, ncludng all controlled substances as defned n 21 USC Secton 802 and MCL , as they are amended from tme to tme, or whch has not been legally obtaned. C. DRUG TESTNG means any urne/blood or breath test conducted for the purpose of detectng the presence of a chemcal substance n an ndvdual.. Testng Condtons A. New Hres All approved applcants for employment wth the Road Commsson shall be gven a blood and/or urne test for legally controlled substances concdental wth a pre-employment physcal. Those testng postve shall not be hred. B. Exstng Employees Current employees wll be requred to submt to a breath, blood and/or urne examnaton for the purpose of detecton of the employees' use of llegal drugs and/or alcohol n the followng crcumstances:

55 1 1. a. An employee wll be.tested for drugs when requred to take a physcal g examnaton to obtan or to retan a Commercal Drver's Lcense (CDL) or any other drver's lcense, when such lcense s necessary for contnued employment by the Road Commsson. m b. Ths requrement wll be waved f the employee apples based on the fact he has had a negatve random drug test wthn the twelve months proceedng the expraton date of hs current medcal certfcate. c. n the event the employee chooses to use a personal physcan to perform the perodc CDL medcal recertfcaton examnaton, the employer wll remburse the employee at a rate not to exceed the employer's standard cost at ts desgnated faclty. 2. An employee of the Commsson may be ordered to submt to testng upon reasonable suspcon that such an employee may be under the nfluence of alcohol or controlled substances whle workng or whle at the workplace. 3. Any employee nvolved, whle operatng equpment, n a major chargeable accdent n whch personal njury or property damage of $5,000 or more, occurred, may be ordered to be tested. _ 4. Any employee partcpatng n an approved drug and alcohol program as descrbed n Secton shall be tested at such ntervals as recommended by the approved drug wm and alcohol program, n consultaton wth the employer, or up to a one-year perod followng g completon of the program.. Testng Requrements f All breath, blood and/or urne examnatons wll be performed by a certfed testng faclty recognzed under the U.S. Department of Transportaton's current rules, and whch s accessble through the employer's current desgnated medcal faclty. Samples testng postve for one of the fve desgnated controlled substances under the U.S. Department of Transportaton's gudelnes shall be subjected to an addtonal confrmatory gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) test. No urne test shall be reported postve untl confrmaton by such GC/MS testng. n addton, the laboratory shall retan a porton of the ntal sample to be made avalable on request to the employee for ndependent confrmatory tests at the employee's expense at a laboratory of the employee's choce. Collecton and processng procedures for the types of test covered by ths polcy shall be done substantally n accordance wth those procedures n 49 CFR Part 40, ncludng Sub parts [a] through [] to nsure that samples are not tampered wth durng, or after collecton.

56 The confrmatory postve test result "cut-off" levels shall be as provded n 49 CFR (f) as set out n the followng table: GC/MS Confrmaton Test Marjuana Metabolte Cocane Metabolte Opates: Morphne Codene Phencycldne (PCP) Amphetamnes: Amphetamne Metamphetamne 15 ng/ml 150ng/ml 300 ng/ml 300 ng/ml 25 ng/ml 500 ng/ml 500 ng/ml Adjustments n the Federal test levels wll be accepted on the effectve date thereof. Only specmens confrmed as postve by the GC/MS test procedure shall be reported as postve for controlled substances by the testng laboratory. Test results shall be reported to the Medcal Revew Offcer substantally n accordance wth the procedures set out n 49 CFR The Medcal Revew Offcer shall revew the results reported from the laboratory substantally n accordance wth the procedures set out n 49 CFR Tests for alcohol levels shall be consdered to verfy ntoxcaton or mparment when the blood/alcohol level meets, or exceeds, the applcable state or federal cut-off levels for showng ntoxcaton or drver mparment. (At present such levels are.07 percent and.04 percent respectvely.) Before reportng test results to the Employer, the Medcal Revew Offcer shall ascertan from recourse made avalable, and from the employee durng the ntervew, whether an employee who has tested postve for a controlled substance s, or has been, takng prescrpton or nonprescrpton medcaton, pror to furnshng the test sample. The Medcal Revew Offcer shall make the decson as to whether or not such medcatons used pror to collecton of the test sample render a postve result unrelable. f the employee clams that a medcaton has been prescrbed, and a postve test result s reported to the Medcal Revew Offcer, the Medcal Revew Offcer shall requre that employee to furnsh evdence such medcaton was, n fact, prescrbed for the employee. Such evdence shall nclude a copy of a prescrpton wrtten by a lcensed physcan or other documentaton, such as a notaton n an employee's medcal records, ndcatng such a medcaton was prescrbed. The Medcal Revew Offcer shall not consder prescrpton medcne taken wthout a prescrpton as an excuse n determnng whether or not a test result should be attrbuted as postve.

57 . Drug and Alcohol Program n the event that testng shall reveal the presence of ether alcohol or llegal drug n such employee's breath, blood and/or urne at the tme of testng beyond the accepted levels, that employee shall be requred to submt to an mmedate evaluaton by an approved drug and alcohol program for possble alcohol and/or substance abuse problems. Pendng such evaluaton the employee shall be placed on mmedate suspenson wthout pay. After the evaluaton such employee shall be requred, as a condton of contnued employment, to enter and partcpate n such treatment programs as shall be recommended by the approved drug and alcohol program and shall be placed upon medcal leave of absence, wthout pay, except to the extent that such employee shall use accumulated sck tme or vacaton tme durng such medcal leave of absence. f, after evaluaton, the approved drug and alcohol program counselor recommends outpatent treatment for the employee and certfes that the employee does not present a rsk to others n the work place, the employee shall be allowed to return to work provded that employee furnshes satsfactory verfcaton of attendance at such outpatent treatment sessons to the employer and the employee can fulfll the requrements of the job. Upon the Program Admnstrator's certfcaton of successful completon of the recommended drug or alcohol treatment program and determnaton that the employee does not present a rsk to others n the work place, the employee shall be permtted to return to employment provded he can fulfll the requrements of the job. Thereafter, such employee shall be subject to regular drug and alcohol testng at the Employer's expense at such ntervals as shall be recommended by the approved drug and alcohol program n consultaton wth the Employer or up to a one year perod after completon of the program. Any employee who shall fal to partcpate n and/or successfully complete such treatment program, ncludng recommended after-care, as shall be recommended by the approved drug and alcohol program, or shall thereafter test postve wthn one (1) year after the completon of the treatment program, ether durng after-care testng, or any other type of testng set out n ths polcy statement, shall be subject to mmedate dscharge. Agreed to ths / Teamsters Local/#214: Robert CPofes Managng Drector Busness Representatve Wllam B. McAfee Human Resources Drector / Gary Lotyfll Chef Steward

58 Revsed 11/28/95/negot'ns Revsed 8/31/92/md Rev/Corr ll/4/98/(negot'ns)wbm DRUGFREE.POL

59 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDNG SUPPLEMENT TO DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE POLCY n that the U. S. Department of Transportaton (USDOT) has establshed addtonal regulatons effectng holders of Commercal Drvers' Lcenses (CDLs), we hereby add the followng procedures to our exstng polcy:. TESTNG CONDTONS: A. POST-ACCDENT. n lght of the change n defnton, drvng CDL holders wll be tested for drugs and alcohol as soon as practcable after any accdent n whch they were nvolved as drver f: 1. there was a fatalty, or 2. the drver receved a ctaton for a movng traffc volaton arsng from the accdent, or 3. there was a serous njury requrng the njured person to leave the scene of the accdent for mmedate treatment. A drver who s subject to post-accdent testng shall reman readly avalable for such testng. Otherwse, that drver may be deemed by the employer to have refused to submt to testng. Nothng n ths secton shall be construed to requre the delay of necessary medcal attenton for njured people followng an accdent or to prohbt a drver from leavng the scene of an accdent for the perod necessary to obtan assstance n respondng to the accdent, or to obtan necessary emergency medcal care. B. RANDOM. n accordance wth current law, and untl adjusted by the legslatng authorty, 50% of the average number of Washtenaw County Road Commsson CDL holders wll be tested annually for the specfed controlled substances and 25% of that same average number wll be tested for alcohol. Each CDL holder shall have an equal chance of beng selected at each random selecton. Such testng wll be performed at random tmes durng a calendar year by a qualfed contracted agency whch wll also conduct the random selecton of employees to be tested n accordance wth accepted procedures.. PROHBTONS: A. Alcohol concentraton. No drver shall report for duty or reman on duty requrng the performance of safety-senstve functons whle havng an alcohol concentraton of 0.02 or greater. No employer havng actual knowledge that a drver has an alcohol concentraton of 0.02 or greater shall permt the drver to perform or contnue to perform safety-senstve functons.

60 B. Alcohol possesson. No drver shall be on duty or operate a commercal motor vehcle whle the drver possesses alcohol (unless the alcohol s manfested and transported as part of a shpment). No employer havng actual knowledge that a drver possesses unmanfested alcohol may permt the drver to drve or contnue to drve a commercal motor vehcle. C. On-duty use. No drver shall use alcohol whle performng safetysenstve functons. No employer havng actual knowledge that a drver s usng alcohol whle performng safety-senstve functons shall permt the drver to perform or contnue to perform safety-senstve functons. D. Pre-duty use. No drver shall perform safety-senstve functons wthn four hours after usng alcohol. No employer havng actual knowledge that a drver has used alcohol wthn four hours shall permt a drver to perform or contnue to perform safety-senstve functons. E. Use followng an accdent. No drver requred to take a post-accdent test under S * shall use alcohol for eght hours followng the accdent, or untl he/she undergoes a post-accdent alcohol test, whchever occurs frst. F. Refusal to submt to a requred alcohol or controlled substances test. No drver shall refuse to submt to a post-accdent alcohol or controlled substances test requred under S , a random alcohol or controlled substances test requred under S , a reasonable suspcon alcohol or controlled substances test requred under S , or a follow-up alcohol or controlled substances test requred under S No employer shall permt a drver who refuses to submt to such tests to perform or contnue to perform safety-senstve functons. G. Controlled substances use. a) No drver shall report for duty or reman on duty requrng the performance of safety-senstve functons when the drver uses any controlled substance, except when the use s pursuant to the nstructons of a physcan who has advsed the drver that the substance does not adversely affect the drver's ablty to safely operate a commercal motor vehcle. b) No employer havng actual knowledge that a drver has used a controlled substance shall permt the drver to perform or contnue to perform a safety-senstve functon. c) An employer may requre a drver to nform the employer of any therapeutc drug use.

61 H. Controlled substances testng. No drver shall report for duty, reman on duty or perform a safety-senstve functon, f the drver tests postve for controlled substances. No employer havng actual knowledge that a drver has tested postve for controlled substances shall permt the drver to perform or contnue to perform safety-senstve functons. N. REQUREMENTS: V. ACTON: A. The employer shall abde by the applcable law by provdng the requred tranng for employees and supervsors pror to the mplementaton of these procedures. A. Alcohol test results. A screenng test of less than 0.02 wll be consdered "negatve" and the employee may return to work. n the event a test regsters 0.02 or greater, the employee wll be requred to take a confrmng test, f the confrmng test regsters less than 0.02, the test wll be consdered negatve and the employee may return to work. f the confrmng test regsters 0.02 or greater but less than 0.04, the employee may return to non safety-senstve jobs wthn twenty-for hours followng the tme of the confrmng test. He/she wll not be elgble for emergency call-n or scheduled overtme durng that perod. [f ths stuaton (havng a postve confrmng test of 0.02 or greater) occurs more than once n any twelve month perod, Secton of the "Drug-free Workplace" Polcy wll be mplemented.] f the employee tests 0.04 or greater on the confrmng test, then Secton of the "Drug-free Workplace Polcy" wll be mplemented. Even f the Substance Abuse Professonal clears the employee for return to work, he/she cannot return to a safety-senstve job for twenty-four hours from the tme of the postve test, nor wll he/she be elgble for emergency call-n or scheduled overtme durng that perod. n order to return to work, the employee must provde a test from a certfed Breath Alcohol Techncan (BAT) provng less than 0.02 alcohol concentraton wthn four hours of the tme of ther return to the job. B. Drug test results. Employees recevng a postve drug screen report from the Medcal Revew Offcer (MRO) wll be removed from the job and Secton of the "Drug-free Workplace Polcy" wll be mplemented. (NOTE: An MRO s a desgnated physcan not an employee of the Washtenaw County Road Commsson.) C. Costs. Employees must bear the cost of any follow-up or return to work after a postve result has been gven. Contnuaton of health benefts for an

62 V. VOLATONS: employee are provded n Artcle XXV, Secton 1.(b) and (g) of our current agreement and n the Famly and Medcal Leaves of Absence polcy. Volatons of any of the condtons and procedures of ths supplement wll be treated as volatons of the road commsson's work rules and Drug-free Workplace polcy. *References gven heren are to sectons of 49 CFR. Copes of the most recent applcable regulatons wll be made avalable by the Human Resources Offce for any employee wshng to revew them. Agreed to ths /jt^day of 199J?. For the Road Commssj For Teamsters Local #21,4: ' Robert L L. T^otens' Managng Drector Wllam B. McAfee Human Resources Drector T.erry Dofc^ /Busness Representatve 0L Gary Lobdell / Chef Steward 12/1/95 Rev/Corr 11/4/98(negot'ns)wbm WBM/dfwpsupp.pol 4

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