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ARTICLE 1 • RECOGNITION
<br />1.1 Union Recognition
<br />Service Employees International Union Local 521 (hereinafter "SEIU" or "Union") has been recognized as the
<br />Exclusive Representative, pursuant to the Employer -Employee Relations Resolution of the City initially
<br />adopted August 7, 1972, and periodically revised subject to the provisions of Government Code section 3507,
<br />for the regular full-time and part-time employees initially and regularly scheduled to work at least twenty (20)
<br />hours per week for a minimum of twenty-six (26) pay periods, and term -funded employees. This unit of
<br />employees shall for the purpose of identification be titled the SEIU Unit.
<br />A term -funded employee shall be defined as an employee in the job classification of Recreation and
<br />Community Services Program Coordinator, hired to work in a program that is subject to annual renewal or
<br />time-limited funding, including grant -funded programs and/or programs funded by service contracts with
<br />outside agencies. This group includes former contract employees who were added to the unit as of December
<br />7, 2007, and designated term -funded employees as of July 1, 2015. The classifications used for term -funded
<br />employees are subject to change by mutual agreement only.
<br />Term -funded employees shall be employed for a maximum of one fiscal year, subject to annual renewal. The
<br />limited term is not a guarantee of employment for any specified period of time. Except where otherwise
<br />specified in this agreement, all MOU provisions for term -funded employees shall be equal to those of regular
<br />employees.
<br />At the end of each fiscal year, the City shall prepare a list of casual employees who were hired to work less
<br />than twenty (20) hours per week (less than 1,000 hours per year) but who, during the immediately preceding
<br />twelve months, have been regularly scheduled to work and have worked a minimum of one -thousand (1,000)
<br />hours. Effective on the first day of the first pay period at least thirty (30) days following the fiscal year in which
<br />the employee met the regular and continuous, and one -thousand (1,000) hours per year standard, the City
<br />will provide SEIU with the opportunity to meet and confer over whether such employees shall be added to the
<br />SEIU representation unit. "Regularly scheduled to work" shall be defined as not having a consecutive break
<br />in service of thirty (30) calendar days or more.
<br />1.2 Employer Recognition
<br />The City Manager is the representative of the City of Redwood City, hereinafter referred to as "the City", in
<br />employer-employee relations pursuant to the Employer -Employee Relations Resolution of the City adopted
<br />August 7, 1972, and periodically revised subject to the provisions of Government Code section 3507.
<br />ARTICLE 2 - NO DISCRIMINATION
<br />It is the policy of the City of Redwood City to provide equal employment opportunity to all workers and applicants for
<br />employment. All employment practices, such as recruitment, selection, promotions, and other terms and conditions of
<br />employment are administered in a manner designed to ensure that workers and applicants for employment or services
<br />are not subjected to discrimination on the basis of age (over 40), race, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, medical
<br />condition, physical or mental disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual
<br />orientation, marital status, religious creed, political preference, military or veteran status, union affiliations, or any other
<br />basis protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Except as provided under Section 9.2 of this MOU, complaints
<br />of discrimination based on a legally -protected classification shall not be subject to the grievance procedure in this MOU.
<br />See City Policy against Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation for the City's internal Complaint Procedure.
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