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Madera County hearing pits union against county over mechanics' standby pay and evidence timing
Summary
At a special Madera County Civil Service Commission hearing April 24, 2025, SEIU representatives and county officials disputed whether three mechanics were owed standby pay, when the union first learned of the issue and whether late evidence should be admitted into the record.
Madera County Civil Service Commission members heard testimony April 24, 2025, in a multi-day grievance hearing over whether three county mechanics were owed standby pay and whether evidence and timelines complied with the parties' contract and county rules.
Courtney Hawkins, senior contract enforcement specialist with SEIU Local 521, testified for the union about the union's internal records and the timing of the grievance. "The earliest note that's in there was made . . . on or about May 17, 2023," Hawkins said, referring to the union's Unionware database. Hawkins testified that a written grievance was filed on June 1, 2023, and that the case was assigned to her in early to mid June 2023.
The union pressed that its internal intake and investigatory practice affects when a grievance is filed and how the 10-working-day filing deadline in the Memorandum of Understanding is applied. Hawkins explained the union's…
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