3rd Blog - New Contract Details

Below are the changes which have been negotiated between the POA and UNM. The major changes are italicized. Please read through these changes before you cast your ballot. Any questions you may have can be directed to Tim King, Chris Camacho or Rich Wills.

SECTION 15 COMPENSTATION: A 6% hourly raise increasing non-probationary officers from $34.34 to $36.40. Sgts. will increase from $40.13 to $42.53. Additionally, officers who remain with UNM for 30 days after contract ratification will receive a retention bonus of $1000.00 (less applicable taxes).

SECTION 17 SENIORITY AND PROBATIONARY PERIOD: B. Bargaining unit employees earn seniority from their first day of employment after obtaining law enforcement certification from the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy. For seniority within rank, the date of hire or promotion will control. Bargaining unit members who are hired as a lateral officer and have previously been certified as a law enforcement officer through an accredited New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy, who need to attend Certification by Waiver class, shall begin their seniority at their date of hire with UNMPD. In the case more than one lateral officer attends certification by waiver class at the same time, the individual's New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Certification Test score will be used, and the higher score will have seniority over the lower score. For those those individuals that are hired at the same time, their date of state certification will control. When employees are sent to the State Academy at the same time and have the same certification date, their class ranking at the end of the Academy will determine their seniority.

SECTION 18 HOLIDAYS: B. A. Bargaining unit employees working a 10-hour shift on a holiday will receive eight (8) hours of pay at time-and-a-half, plus two (2) hours of compensatory time at a straight time rate, plus ten (10) hours of holiday pay at a straight time rate. Bargaining unit employees working an 8 -hour shift on a holiday will receive eight (8) hours of pay at time-and-a-half, plus eight (8) hours of holiday pay at a straight time rate. Only eight hours of holiday time per holiday is considered time worked for the purposes of calculating overtime.

C. A. Bargaining unit employees whose Regular Days Off fall on a holiday (with the exception of winter break). Bargaining unit employees on a 10 hour schedule will be paid ten (10) hours of compensatory time for the holiday at straight time rate. Bargaining unit employees on an 8 hour schedule will be paid eight (8) hours of compensatory time for the holiday at a straight time rate.

D. WINTER BREAK: A. Bargaining unit employees are eligible to receive the same number of Winter Break calendar days as those authorized by the UNM President (as long as the criteria in section E is met), and cannot receive more winter break holidays than those authorized by the President. Weekends that fall during or adjacent to the Winter Break will be included as holidays for employees who are normally scheduled to work weekends. Refer to Section B for calculating holiday pay. The parties agree that bargaining unit members are not eligible for more than forty(40)hours of holiday pay per week during Winter Break.

E. To be eligible for holiday pay an employee must work the last regularly scheduled workday prior to the holiday and the next regularly scheduled workday following the holiday, unless such employee is on authorized annual leave, authorized sick leave, or other approved leave with pay.

SECTION 46 CHANGING TIME:

SPECIAL EVENTS: Bargaining unit employees who are required to be in uniform working Special Events / Chief's Overtime on UNM's Main Campus , the following applies: They shall receive 15 minutes at the start of their shift to change into their uniform, and 15 minutes before their shift ends to change out of it. This 15-minute period includes their travel time from the UNM Police Department to the Special Event or Chief's Overtime location, and their travel time back to UNMPD from that location.

Bargaining unit employees who are required to be in uniform working Special Events / Chief's Overtime on UNM's South or North Campus, the following applies: They shall receive 30 minutes at the start of their shift to change into their uniform, and 30 minutes before their shift ends to change out of it. This 30-minute period includes their travel time from the UNM Police Department to the Special Event or Chief's Overtime location, and their travel time back to UNMPD from that location.

In exchange, bargaining unit employees will be required to change in and out of uniform at UNMPD. For travel between UNMPD and the location of the Special Event /Chief's Overtime, bargaining units must use official UNMPD vehicles, and are not permitted to use their personal vehicles unless permission is obtained in writing from a Special Events Lieutenant or designee managing the Special Event or Chief's Overtime no less than 1 calendar day prior to the event.

UNMPD may provide transportation to and from Special Events or Chief's Overtime at the department's discretion, which may include a mass transportation vehicle. With the exception of a critical incident or a life-threatening or great bodily harm situation, POA bargaining unit members will not be transported to or from an event in the caged seat of a patrol unit.

Within the context of this section, the term "South Campus" refers to any location situated south of Basehart Road. Similarly, "North Campus" refers to any location situated north of Indian School Road.