Agda Pkt 2025.03.10 Joint SA PFA

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Page 6 of 9 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org SAFETY FOOTWEAR The Tentative Agreement provides that effective the first full pay period following City Council approval of a successor MOU: Workers who are required by the City to wear safety-toed and/or ankle supported safety shoes/boots, or to work with asphalt as a usual and regular job duty, (including Urban Forestry Specialists and Water Resource Technicians) shall receive a shoe/boot voucher of up to $275, as needed (increased from $200, as needed) toward the cost of shoes/boots, orthopedic insoles, and ergonomic support inserts. Consumer Service Technicians, Facility Leaders, Facility Aides, Program Assistants, Recreation Specialists I/II/III, Recreation Coordinators, and Special Events Coordinators shall receive a voucher for $175.00, as needed (increased from $125, as needed) toward the cost of safety shoes/boots, orthopedic insoles, and ergonomic support inserts. ADMINISTRATIVE HOLIDAYS The Tentative Agreement eliminates the requirement that administrative holidays be taken in 8-hour increments. VACATION LEAVE FOR LATERAL DISPATCHERS Effective the first full pay period following City Council approval of a successor MOU in 2025, Lateral Dispatcher new hires will receive a grant of 40 hours of vacation leave as a hiring incentive. SICK LEAVE The Tentative Agreement updates reasons for sick leave usage to comply with recent legal requirements. SICK LEAVE CASH OUT The Tentative Agreement provides for the following: Current employees hired prior to the date on which this MOU is approved by the City Council in 2025 and who are assigned to work a forty (40) hour work week may make an irrevocable election on or before December 31st of the prior year to cash out up to 48 hours of sick leave accrued in the following calendar year and cashed out at their base rate of pay. Employees must retain at least 80 hours (2 full weeks) of sick leave after the cash out. Employees hired on or after the date on which this MOU is approved by the City Council in 2025 will may make an irrevocable election on or before December 31st of the prior year to cash out up to 24 hours of sick leave to be accrued in the following calendar year and cashed out at their base rate of pay. Employees must retain at least 80 hours (2 full weeks) of sick leave after the cash out. BEREAVEMENT LEAVE Currently, employees are entitled to 3 regularly scheduled working days OF paid bereavement leave in the event of a death in the immediate family of the employee, as defined by the agreement (or 4 days in the event the funeral is 300 or more miles from the City). The tentative agreement increases paid bereavement leave to 40 hours or five working days, whichever is higher. Bereavement leave may be taken intermittently, but must be completed within three (3) months of the family member’s date of death. EDUCATION EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT The Tentative Agreement permits use of $750 of the $1,500 per fiscal year existing Educational Expense Reimbursement to be used for personal well-being activities such as fitness and gym membership fees, on an ongoing basis. 6.G. - Page 6 of 151 197