ACE Members,
Tentative Agreements Ratified – What’s Next?
Members approved our negotiated TAs by a vote of 149 to 1. The next step in approval happens during Monday night’s Board of Trustees meeting. Following the final step all items become a part of our Agreement. The two items I’ve received the most questions about are:
8.11 Language Proficiency Pay
a. Workers required by their manager to use their additional language skills in the regular course of business shall receive $ 100 per month.
b. Employees will only receive $ 100regardless of how many languages they are certified to interpret and/or translate.
c. The pay will be for languages deemed appropriate by the District and may change as the needs of the District change.
d. To be eligible for the pay the employee must pass a Language Proficiency exam.
e. When an employee moves to a different position, the continuation of the pay will be at the discretion of the new manager.
Email your manager and ask, “am I required to use an additional language as a part of my regular work?”
If they respond with yes, we can begin to pursue the additional pay through District HR by arranging for an language exam.
If they respond with no, it is your choice whether or not to volunteer to provide additional language skills in the workplace.
Effective July 1, 2025, the salary schedule will be increased by 3%.
The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is currently planned to be implemented in December paychecks pending testing by Payroll. Typically, two months of testing are set aside, so an update will be sent if any of this is delayed until January. This increases each step on the salary schedule by 3% or 1.03 and is retroactive to July 1st for earnings, which necessitates calculation by Central Services employees for those previous five months. Current salary schedules are available on the HR website (LINK). Thank you to those who are working to get this accomplished by the end of the tax year.
Special Note: October Paystub PDFs are known to be inaccurate, but MyPortal (Banner) is still considered the source truth four our leave balance, leave usage, and deductions. Nancy Chao sent out an announcement earlier today with instructions on how to verify data. Contact me if you need an updated paystub.
ACE Elections – Reminder to Vote
Elections for ACE Executive Board positions conclude tomorrow – there’s still time to vote if you haven’t done so already. Contact @Sharon Garcia-Vega if you did not receive a link from ElectionRunner.com or have any issues with the site. Thank you to those who stepped up to serve in union positions. Everything that ACE does day-to-day is accomplished by members coming forward.
Human Resources – Karenless
Karen White and Karen Hunter are currently out of the office. If you have a pending issue that has not been resolved, contact @Kit Ocanada and cc me on the message. She is working through a list of pending issues I’ve been made aware of by members.
Thank you to @Karen Hunter for her years of service at the District and we’re all wishing her a wonderful retirement.
Which ACE Member is Señor Scary?
The final two nights of their annual Halloween Haunt, Los Muertos Cemetery is on display in Santa Clara. Visit this (LINK) for more information. Expect to be startled by fellow District employees who may make cameo appearances. (I’ll likely be there on Friday night.)
In Service,
Scott Olsen (he/him) | ACE President
https://acefhda.org | scott.olsen@acefhda.org
650-949-7789 | M-F 8:30am-5:00pm