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8.5 Telecommuting
- Telecommuting is defined as performing work one (1) or more days per pay period away from the work site to which the employee is normally assigned. Such locations must be within a preapproved work space during preapproved work hours inside the telecommuter’s residence, telecommuting centers, or other offices of the State, as approved pursuant to the department’s telecommuting policy and guidelines.
- Where operational consideration permit, a department shall establish a telecommute program. If the telecommute arrangement conforms to telecommute criteria established in the department’s telecommute policy and guidelines, no employee’s request for telecommute shall be unreasonably denied. Upon request by the employee, the denial and the reason for the denial shall be in writing.
- Formal written telework or telecommuting policies and programs already adopted by the departments before the date of this MOU will remain in effect during the term of this MOU.
- Departments that desire to establish a telework or telecommuting policy and/or program or departments desiring to change an existing policy and/or program shall first notify PECG. Within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of such notification, PECG may request to meet and confer over the impact of the telework or telecommuting policy and/or program or change in an existing telework or telecommuting policy and/or program.
- With the exception of CalEPA’s Telework Agreement, disputes pertaining to this section will follow the grievance procedures as outlined in Article 12 of this contract. This section is not subject to arbitration.