City Hall East 200 N. Main Street Room SOO Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 978-8100 Tel (213) 978-8312 Fax CTrutanich@lacity,org www.lacity.orglatty CARMEN A. TRUTANICH REPORT RE: REPORT NO. R 1 1-0 2 3 6 &.tun 2 1 2011 DRAFT ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 4.92 OF THE LOS ANGELES ADMINISTRATIVE CODE PERTAINING TO SALARY STEP ADVANCEMENT, TO RESTORE UPDATED PROVISIONS FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION AND SUBSEQUENT REPEAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 172,175, AND TO CHANGE THE TIME PERIOD FOR SALARY STEP ADVANCEMENT FROM SIX MONTHS TO ONE YEAR FOLLOWING INITIAL APPOINTMENT, UNLESS PROVIDED OTHERWISE IN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING The Honorable City Council of the City of Los Angeles Room 395, City Hall 200 N, Spring Street Los Angeles, California 90012 Honorable Members: Pursuant to your request, this Office has prepared and now transmits for your consideration the enclosed draft ordinance, approved as to form and legality, This ordinance would amend Section 4.92 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code pertaining to salary step advancement, restore updated provisions following the adoption and subsequent repeal of Ordinance No, 172,175, and change the time period for salary step advancement from six months to one year following initial appointment, unless provided otherwise in a Memorandum of Understanding, Council Rule 38 Referral Pursuant to Council Rule 38, the ordinance was referred to the City Administrative Officer (CAO). The CAO recommends adoption of this ordinance.
The Honorable City Council of the City of Los Angeles Page 2 If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Senior Assistant Zna Portlock Houston at (213) 978-7182. She or another member of this Office will be present when you consider this matter to answer any questions you may have. Very truly yours, CARMEN A. TRUTANICH, By~6~ PEDRO B. ECHEVERRIA Chief Assistant PBE:ZPH:lh Transmittal M:\Labor Relations\Zna Houston\Ordinances\Report Re laac Ord Amend 4.92 Salary Step Advancement-doc
ORDINANCE NO. An ordinance amending Section 4.92 of Article 5, Chapter 2 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code, pertaining to salary step advancement, to restore updated provisions following the adoption and subsequent repeal of Ordinance No. 172,175, and change the time period for salary step advancement from six months to one year following initial appointment, unless provided otherwise in a Memorandum of Understanding. THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 4.92 of the Los Angeles Administrative its entirety to read as follows: Code is amended in Sec. 4.92. Salary Step Advancement. (a) The first salary step advancement for an employee who has been initially appointed to City service or who has been appointed or assigned to a position on a higher salary range shall take place one year from the date of the appointment or assignment at the beginning of the payroll period following completion of 2080 regular paid hours, unless provided otherwise in a Memorandum of Understanding. This date shall become the employee's step advancement date, except under the circumstances set forth in Subsection (c). (b) Each subsequent step advancement shall occur after one additional year of service at the beginning of the payroll period following the completion of 2080 additional regular paid hours, except under the circumstances set forth in Subsection (c), until the top step has been reached. (c) Uncompensated absences of 128 hours or less during the 1040 hour qualifying period and during each subsequent 2080 hour annual period shall not extend the step advancement date. The step advancement date shall be extended one hour for each hour of aggregated uncompensated absence in excess of 128 hours. Employees who are injured on duty and are compensated in accordance with Division IV of the Labor Code of the State of Califomla and Article 7 of Division 4 of this Code shall not have their step advancement date changed due to their workers' compensation status. (d) Consecutive appointments to positions with the same top step salary rate in the 12 months following the appointment or assignment shall be treated as one appointment or assignment for step advancement purposes, unless provided otherwise in a Memorandum of Understanding. (e) An employee who is appointed to a new position on the same or lower salary range shall retain the step advancement date established for the former position. 1
(f) Provisions applicable to part-time and intermittent employees: (1) The initial salary step advancement for a part-time employee (half-time or more but less than full-time) in a position compensated on salary range shall be in the payroll period following the completion of 1040 hours and 12 months of service, unless provided otherwise in a Memorandum of Understanding. Each subsequent step advancement shall be in the payroll period following the completion of 1040 additional hours and one additional year of service. Hours of service in excess of those required for step'advancement in a time period shall be carried forward for credit in the next time period. (2) Intermittent employees or part-time employees exempted from Civil Service provisions by Charter Section 1001 shall be paid a rate corresponding to the entering step in the salary range for the classification in which the employee is employed. Full-time or half-time employees changing to intermittent status in the same Civil Service class shall continue to be paid at the same rate as which they were last paid while a full/half-time employee. Employees who, on the effective date of this Section, are being compensated on a step in a salary range higher than that prescribed by this Section shall receive salary at their existing rate until that rate meets or exceeds the rate prescribed by this Section. Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be operative upon publication, pursuant to Charter Section 252(g). 2
Sec. 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and have it published in accordance with Council policy, either in a daily newspaper circulated in the City of Los Angeles or by posting for ten days in three public places in the City of Los Angeles: one copy on the bulletin board located at the Main Street entrance to the Los Angeles City Hall; one copy on the bulletin board located at the Main Street entrance to the Los Angeles City Hall East; and one copy on the bulletin board located at the Temple Street entrance to the Los Angeles County Hall of Records. I hereby certify that this ordinance was passed by the Council of the City of Los Angeles, at its meeting of JUNE LAG MAY, City Clerk By ~---- Deputy Approved Mayor Approved as to Form and Legality CARMEN A. TRUTANICH,.tkLJi By '~I)(L~ N ZNA PORTLOCK HOUSTON Senior Assistant Date ~ \ 13\ \I File No. 3