Temp Upgrade Pay Discrepancy in Anaheim Libraries

Dear AMEA member, 

Recently, AMEA was notified that a member in the Anaheim Public Library was denied Temporary Upgrade Pay for work completed due to a “new policy."

In your MOU, ARTICLE 17 (Section 17.1), states that, “[t]emporary upgrading shall be defined as the temporary assignment of an employee to perform the work of a job class which is assigned to a salary schedule higher than the employee’s regular job class. Employees who are temporarily upgraded for two (2) consecutive hours or more and who are responsible for the full range of duties assigned to the higher level classification, shall receive a seven and one-half percent (7½%) pay differential or the minimum salary of the higher level classification (whichever is greater) for all time worked in the higher job classification.”

AMEA filed a grievance with the City, to which HR responded they will not proceed with the grievance and will instead pay the member what they are owed.

Further, HR has requested a list of any other library employees who may have been impacted by this scenario. If your temporary upgrade has been adversely impacted by a new City policy, please contact AMEA immediately so we can have HR correct your pay discrepancy, if you qualify.

The person to contact is Jona Lee at admin@anaheimamea.com.

Thank you to the member who reached out. This is your union in action. If you ever need union assistance in a representation matter, please do not hesitate to contact us.

In Solidarity,

AMEA

Publication Date: December 19, 2024