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Article 12.4 – Grievance Procedure: Waiver of Steps

Download the 2025-2028 MOU (PDF)

12.4 Waiver of Steps

The parties may mutually agree to waive any step of the grievance procedure.

  • 2025-2028 MOU Table of Contents
  • Order PECG 2025-2028 MOU
  • Article 1.1 – Recognition and Purpose
  • Article 2.1 – Term
  • Article 3.1 – Salary Parity for Unit 9
  • Article 3.2 – Merit Salary Adjustments
  • Article 3.3 – Professional Qualification Compensation
  • Article 3.4 – Bilingual Differential Pay
  • Article 3.5 – Overpayments/Payroll Errors
  • Article 3.6 – Timely Payment of Wages
  • Article 3.7 – Long Term Differential
  • Article 3.8 – Prison Recruitment and Retention Bonus
  • Article 3.9 – Shift Differential
  • Article 3.10 – Diving Pay
  • Article 3.11 – Range Changes
  • Article 3.12 – Late Docks
  • Article 3.13 – ICBO/HCAI Certificates  –  DGS
  • Article 3.14 – Safety Professional Certificates  –  DIR and DWR
  • Article 3.15 – Climbing Pay
  • Article 3.16 – Non-Licensed Classification Bonus
  • Article 3.17 – Traffic Engineer Differential
  • Article 3.19 – Recruitment and Retention Pay Differential
  • Article 3.20 – Range C Special Salary Adjustment Joint Labor Management Committee
  • Article 3.21 – Lead Person Differential
  • Article 3.25 – Personal Expense Differential
  • Article 3.26 – Salaries
  • Article 3.27 – DWR Operational Availability
  • Article 3.28 – Labor/Management Committee on State Payroll System
  • Article 3.29 – Longevity Pay
  • Article 3.30 – Geographic Pay Differential
  • Article 3.31 – Associate Transportation Engineer, Caltrans (Formerly Side Letter #1)
  • Article 3.32 – CPESC/QSD/QSP Certificates
  • Article 4.1 – Health Benefit Plan
  • Article 4.2 – Eligibility for Benefits
  • Article 4.3 – Non-Industrial Disability Insurance
  • Article 4.4 – Enhanced Non-Industrial Disability Insurance – Annual Leave
  • Article 4.5 – Cost Containment Committee
  • Article 4.6 – Employee Assistance Program
  • Article 4.7 – FlexElect Program
  • Article 4.8 – Long-Term Care Insurance Plans
  • Article 4.9 – Pre-Tax of Health/Dental Premiums
  • Article 4.10 – Group Legal Services Plan
  • Article 4.11 – 1959 Survivors’ Benefits  –  Fifth Level
  • Article 4.12 – Rural Health Care Equity Subsidy Program  
  • Article 4.13 – Survivor Benefits (Formerly Side Letter #10)
  • Article 4.14 – NDI Family Care Leave
  • Article 5.1 – Sick Leave
  • Article 5.2 – Bereavement Leave
  • Article 5.3 – Catastrophic Leave
  • Article 5.4 – Vacation Leave
  • Article 5.5 – Adoption Leave
  • Article 5.6 – Parental Leave
  • Article 5.7 – Jury Duty/Subpoena
  • Article 5.8 – Catastrophic Leave – Natural Disaster
  • Article 5.9 – Personal Leave Program
  • Article 5.10 – Industrial Disability Leave
  • Article 5.11 – Mentoring Leave
  • Article 5.12 – Annual Leave Program
  • Article 5.13 – Precinct Election Board Member
  • Article 5.14 – Personal Leave Program 2011
  • Article 5.15 – Professional Leave
  • Article 5.16 – Voluntary Personal Leave Program
  • Article 5.17 – Blood Donation
  • Article 5.18 – Work and Family Program  –  Transfer of Leave Credits Between Family Members
  • Article 5.19 – Cash Out of Vacation/Annual Leave
  • Article 5.20 – Excess Leave Balance Committee
  • Article 5.21 – Organ and Bone Marrow Donation
  • Article 5.22 – Personal Leave Program 2020
  • Article 5.23 – Additional Sick Leave Designated Veterans (Formerly Side Letter #2)
  • Article 5.24 – Personal Leave Program 2025
  • Article 6.1 – Out-of-Classification Assignments
  • Article 6.2 – Classification Changes
  • Article 6.3 – Classification
  • Article 7.1 – Business and Travel Expense
  • Article 7.2 – Commute Program
  • Article 7.3 – Safety Footwear
  • Article 7.4 – Class A and/or Class B Commercial Driver’s License and Medical Fees
  • Article 7.5 – Uniform Replacement Allowance – Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) and Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF)
  • Article 7.6 – Overtime Meals
  • Article 7.7 – Parking Rates
  • Article 7.8 – Moving and Relocation
  • Article 7.9 – Bicycle Commuter Program
  • Article 7.10 – Telework Stipend Program
  • Article 8.1 – Overtime
  • Article 8.2 – Work Week Groups  
  • Article 8.4 – Work Shift Schedules  
  • Article 8.5 – Telecommuting  
  • Article 8.6 – Alternate Work Schedules  
  • Article 8.7 – Compensating Time Off  
  • Article 9.1 – Holidays
  • Article 10.1 – Life Insurance
  • Article 10.2 – Accidental Death/Dismemberment Benefits
  • Article 11 – Retirement
  • Article 11.1 – First Tier Eligibility for Employees in Second Tier
  • Article 11.2 – 401(k) Defined Contribution Plan
  • Article 11.3 – 457(b) Defined Contribution Plan
  • Article 11.4 – Lump Sum Leave Cash Out Upon Separation
  • Article 11.5 – Determination of Safety Retirement Eligibility
  • Article 11.6 – State Safety Retirement Formula and Employee Contribution
  • Article 11.7 – State Miscellaneous/Industrial Retirement Formulas and Employee Contributions
  • Article 11.8 – Second-Tier Retirement Plan
  • Article 11.9 – Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA)
  • Article 12.1 – Grievance Procedure: Purpose
  • Article 12.2 – Grievance Procedure: Definitions
  • Article 12.4 – Grievance Procedure: Waiver of Steps
  • Article 12.3 – Grievance Procedure: Time Limits
  • Article 12.5 – Presentation
  • Article 12.6 – Informal Discussion
  • Article 12.7 – Formal Grievance – Step 1
  • Article 12.8 – Formal Grievance – Step 2
  • Article 12.9 – Formal Grievance – Step 3
  • Article 12.10 – Formal Grievance – Step 4
  • Article 12.11 – Response
  • Article 12.12 – Formal Grievance – Step 5
  • Article 13.1 – Layoff and Reemployment
  • Article 14.1 – Home Addresses
  • Article 15.1 – Personnel Files
  • Article 15.2 – Appeal of Involuntary Transfer
  • Article 15.4 – Hardship Transfer
  • Article 16.1 – Health and Safety
  • Article 17.1 – State Rights
  • Article 18.1 – Representatives
  • Article 18.2 – Employees
  • Article 18.3 – Information
  • Article 18.4 – Access
  • Article 18.5 – Bulletin Boards
  • Article 18.6 – Distribution of Literature
  • Article 18.7 – Employee Orientation
  • Article 18.8 – State Phones
  • Article 18.9 – Organizational Security
  • Article 18.10 – No Reprisal
  • Article 18.11 – Information to Employees
  • Article 18.12 – Payroll Deduction
  • Article 19.1 – Entire Agreement
  • Article 19.2 – Supersession
  • Article 20.1 – Savings Clause
  • Article 21.1 – No-Strike Clause
  • Article 22.1 – Training
  • Article 23.1 – State-Owned Housing Rental and Utility Rates
  • Article 24 – The California State Payroll System Project
  • Article 25 – On-Call/Standby Time
  • Article 26 – Furlough Protection
  • Article 27 – Contract Appropriation
  • Article 28.1 – Prefunding of Post-Retirement Health Benefits
  • Article 28.2 – Post-retirement Health and Dental Benefit Vesting
  • Article 28.3 – Employer Contribution for Retiree Health Benefits
  • Appendix A – Bargaining Unit 9 Class Listing/Salary Schedule
  • Appendix B – IRS Agreement
  • Side Letter #15 – CalEPA Relocation Agreement
  • Side Letter – Agreement to Incorporate the Requirements of Government Code Section 3558 (AB 119 of 2017)
  • Side Letter – Access to New Employee Orientation Sessions
  • Side Letter – CARB SoCal Relocation
  • Side Letter – Modifying COVID-19 Recession Savings Measures
  • Side Letter – Range C Special Salary Adjustment
  • Side Letter #27– Return-to-Office Suspension
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