Title
Adoption of Resolution Amending the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245 Salary Schedule Effective January 2, 2022 to Implement Compensation Changes. (Human Resources 10025060)
Body
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Section 12.12 of the 2018 - 2022 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Alameda (City) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245 (IBEW) requires the completion of a total compensation survey for the IBEW 1245 bargaining unit in June of 2021. Section 12.12 states that effective the first full pay period in January 2022, job classifications which fall below the median of the survey agencies shall be adjusted toward the median in an amount no greater than five percent (5%) for any classification. The City working with IBEW has now completed the total compensation survey and 15 of 22 IBEW classifications are eligible for a base salary increase of 5%.
The current MOU also includes a previously negotiated 1 percent (1%) salary increase, effective the first full pay period in January 2022. The City's 42-month MOU with IBEW will expire on June 30, 2022.
At its November 15, 2021 meeting, the Public Utilities Board adopted a resolution recommending that the City Council adopt the 5% salary increases and amend the IBEW salary schedule, effective January 2, 2022.
BACKGROUND
Because of the specialized work performed by many of the positions in IBEW it can be very difficult to recruit and retain qualified staff. Additionally, most electric utility agencies offer very competitive salary and benefit packages. In order to not fall significantly behind the compensation offered by other agencies, the City and IBEW agreed, during labor negotiations in 2018-19, to complete a total compensation survey in June of 2021. At the completion of the survey, any classifications that fell below the median of the survey agencies would be adjusted to the median but no in...
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