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employees on leave of absence without pay due to industrial injury without any limit. Currently the City pays for a maximum of 6 months. 8. LIGHT DUTY POLICY - a new policy governing light duty assignments for employees injured on the job was added. 9. BINDING ARBITRATION - grievances, suspensions in excess of three days, demotions and dismissals of permanent employees shall be subject to binding arbitration as the final remedy in the appeals process. 10. OPTICAL PLAN - provide equivalent coverage to General and Management/Confidential units. 11. BEREAVEMENT LEAVE - modify policy to allow a maximum of 80 hours per calendar year with 30 hours maximum per occurrence if death occurs in Southern California and 40 hours if outside of Southern California. 12. LAYOFF POLICY - incorporate a new policy similar to those in General and Management/ Confidential Units. 13. DENTAL PLAN - list current available dental plans and agree to meet and confer on alternate plans should said plans change or cease to be available. 14. ACTING PAY - allow for each acting assignment of one hour or more rather than the current five hours or more provision. 15. COMPENSATORY TIME - increase maximum accrual from 40 to 50 hours. 16. HIRING SALARY OF JOURNEY LEVEL WORKERS - those journey level workers who have satisfactorily completed a recognized apprenticeship program for the position for which they are hired shall start at Step D of the salary range and upon six months satisfactory performance shall advance to Step E. The current MOU only provides such treatment for outside applicants hired as Power Line Technicians. 17. MAINTENANCE OF MEMBERSHIP - provide equivalent language to Management/ Confidential and General Units. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that Council approve the attached resolution classifications rep en d by the Electrical Workers' Unit. Concur Attachments: Res tion Memorandum of Understanding C..AGFNUA3. N1013 adopting the MOU for employees in job