Common use of COUNTY ALLOWANCE Clause in Contracts

COUNTY ALLOWANCE. The County Allowance amount shall be prorated in advance of the calendar year for employees regularly scheduled to work less than full-time based upon the hours that the employee has been regularly scheduled to work. Employees who transition from a part-time position to full-time position in a different job classification shall be entitled to a prorated amount based upon the number of pay periods scheduled to work on a full- time basis during the remainder of the calendar year, except that employees appointed during the last two (2) full pay periods and any following partial pay period prior to December 31, shall not be eligible for plan benefits until the following calendar year. a. Effective January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2021, the County shall contribute one thousand and one hundred dollars ($1,100) annually (County Allowance) toward a Cafeteria Benefit Plan for full-time represented employees covered by this MOU. The County Allowance maximum sum available to an employee who reinstates shall not exceed one-thousand and one-hundred dollars ($1,100), minus the sum of the County Allowance received by the employee during the portion of the calendar year preceding termination. b. Effective January 1, 2022 through October 1, 2022, the County shall contribute one thousand two-hundred dollars ($1,200) annually (County Allowance) toward a Cafeteria Benefit Plan for full-time represented employees covered by this MOU. The County Allowance maximum sum available to an employee who reinstates shall not exceed one-thousand and two-hundred dollars ($1,200), minus the sum of the County Allowance received by the employee during the portion of the calendar year preceding termination. Failure by the employee to allocate his or her County Allowance to the eligible benefits noted above within the stated timeframe will result in the unallocated funds to be deposited into the employee’s Health Care Flexible Spending Account pursuant to the IRS regulations and paid out in the form of an after-tax earnings, if remaining County Allowance funds exceeds $500. Any remaining unspent funds in any of the Flexible Spending Accounts at the end of the year or grace period, including salary contributions made towards the Cafeteria Benefit Plan, are County funds. Except in the case of a termination, reinstatement or a qualifying change in status event, an employee may not make any changes to his or her County Allowance allocation or Flexible Spending Accounts during the year. Sideletter of Agreement July 18, 2019 CLASSIFICATION STUDY The parties agree that, within ninety (90) days after the adoption of the July 29, 2018 through October 1, 2022 Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) by the County of Alameda Board of Supervisors, the County will initiate an analysis of the job specification (classification study) of the following classifications: 9402 Transportation Services Attendant 9515 Crew Leader 9320 Truck Driver 9232 Automated Guided Vehicle Technician