(a) This section applies only to a county of the first class, as defined by Section 28020.
(b) “Compensation earnable” in a county of the first class shall include only those items of remuneration specifically included as a result of the court-approved settlement in (1) the consolidated cases of Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers’ Association, et al. v. Board of Retirement, Los Angeles County Employees’ Retirement Association (Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No. BS 051355) and Milton Cohen v. Board of Retirement, Los Angeles County Employees’ Retirement Association (Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No. BS 051774), (2) the case of Los Angeles County Fire Department Association of Chiefs, et al. v. Board of Retirement, Los Angeles County Employees’ Retirement Association, County of Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No. BS 057432), and (3) the case of Cecil Bugh v. Board of Retirement, Los Angeles County Employees’ Retirement System (Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No. BS 055611), all of which were included in Coordination Proceeding Special Title (Rule 1550(b)), Retirement Cases, Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding No. 4049, even if a final judicial determination in that coordinated case, or any subsequent case, should conclude that any additional item of remuneration must be included in that definition with respect to any other county. Those items of remuneration in addition to base salary and the pensionable portion, if any, of cafeteria plan contributions, are set forth in Resolution No. 01-001, adopted by the board of retirement on or before the effective date of this section and shall include only the following:
Earnings | Title |
099 | Patrol Station Retention Bonus |
358 | Temporary Promotion Bonus |
359 | Lifeguard Paramedic, Catalina |
503 | Uniform Allowance |
504 | Night Shift Differential |
505 | Coroner’s Inquest Reporter |
507 | Cogeneration or Hydroelectric Ops and Mtce |
508 | Henninger Flats Watchman |
509 | Freezer Work |
510 | Department Head Merit |
511 | Board of Supervisors Performance Lump Sum |
512 | Fire Suppression Transportation Truck Driver |
514 | Backhoe Operator |
516 | Explosives Work |
517 | Evening Shift Differential |
518 | Power Equipment Repair, Snow Conditions |
519 | Engineering Employees, Hazard Pay |
520 | Home Care Compensation |
522 | Custodian Acting as Watchman |
523 | DPD Deputy Director Recruitment Incentive |
525 | Contracting and Productivity Improvement Incentive for |
528 | WEBCOM Press Operator |
529 | Power Equipment Operator, Fire Suppression |
530 | RN Extra Weekends Worked |
531 | Standby |
532 | Additional Responsibilities or Exceptional Performance |
533 | Power Sweeper Operator in Emergency Conditions |
534 | Power Plant Relief Engineer |
535 | Clinic Physician, First Hour and One-Half |
536 | Consulting Specialist, MD, & Mental Health Consultant, |
538 | RN Assigned as Acting or Relief Charge Nurse |
539 | RN Weekend Differential |
540 | Relief Nurse Holiday Differential (Hourly Item) |
541 | Relief Nurse Weekend Differential (Hourly Item) |
544 | Appraisers Laundry and Dry Cleaning Allowance |
545 | Heavy Duty Tow Truck Driver |
546 | Slurry Seal Truck Driver |
547 | Lifeguard Paramedic-Shift |
548 | Lifeguard Paramedic-Hourly |
550 | Incentive Awards for Medi-Cal Reimbursements, Health |
551 | Group Incentive Award, Treasurer Tax Collector |
553 | Pioneer Excavation, Tunnel Operations, Fire Suppression and |
554 | Pioneer Excavation, Tunnel Operations, Fire Suppression and |
555 | Scaffold or Swing Stage, 30 Feet Above Grade |
556 | High Scale and Rigging Operations, General |
557 | Evening Shift, Med Tech |
558 | Night Shift, Med Tech |
565 | Paramedic Recertification Bonus |
567 | Deputy Sheriff Reserve Annual Compensation |
570 | Home Care Program Standby |
571 | CSW Licensure Supervision |
572 | MOU Lump Sum Bonus |
601 | Lifeguard Paramedic, Relief |
602 | Supervising Transportation Deputy Performing Dispatcher |
603 | Automotive Service Excellence Certificates |
604 | RN Mobile Intensive Care Certification |
605 | Custodian Floor Waxing Bonus |
606 | Fire Equipment Mechanic Assigned Field Repair Duties |
607 | SDPO Assigned Acting Director In A Camp |
608 | Bilingual Bonus |
609 | RN Assigned to Emergency Room |
610 | Antelope Valley Firefighting Crew |
611 | Tree Trimmer Supervisor, Power Operations |
612 | Shooting Bonus, Expert |
613 | Shooting Bonus, Distinguished Expert |
614 | Shooting Bonus, Marksman |
615 | Shooting Bonus, Sharpshooter |
616 | Antelope Valley Quarters, On Fire Call |
617 | Clinic Nurse Assigned to Probation Camp |
618 | Transportation Bus Driver, Sheriff |
619 | Lifeguard Paramedic |
620 | San Gabriel Dam Operator |
621 | Nurse Retention Incentive |
622 | Advanced Appraiser Certification |
623 | Probation Transcriber Typist Production Incentive |
624 | Bilingual Additional Bonus Children’s Social Workers |
625 | Agriculture Inspectors Assigned to Standardization |
626 | Firefighter Paramedic not Assigned to a Paramedic Post |
628 | Bilingual Bonus for Other Than Monthly Employees |
629 | Mortuary Attendant at LAC/USC MC |
630 | Safety Police Educational/Longevity Incentive |
632 | Mental Health Workers Assigned to Sheriff’s Detention |
634 | Supervising Detention Services Officer of the Day |
635 | Transportation Deputy Bus Driver, Probation |
636 | Sheriff’s Station Commander Expenses |
637 | Professional Development Expenses |
638 | Probation Telecom Equipment Bonus |
639 | Intern Housing Allowance LAC/USC Med. Center |
640 | Children’s Services ERCP Retention |
641 | Shooting Bonus, Expert-Reserve |
642 | Shooting Bonus, Distinguished Expert-Reserve |
643 | Shooting Bonus, Marksman-Reserve |
644 | Shooting Bonus, Sharpshooter-Reserve |
645 | Welder Certification Bonus |
782 | FLSA Premium Pay for Regularly Scheduled Work |
903 | Non-Elective Leave Buyback |
910 | Sick Buyback |
911 | Vacation Buyback |
912 | Holiday Buyback |
913 | Sick Pre-71 Buyback |
914 | Sick Buyback-Probation 56 Hour |
915 | Vacation Buyback-56 Hour |
930 | Special Paid Leave Buyback |
931 | Appraisers Leave Buyback |
932 | Intern/Resident Leave Buyback |
None | Emp Suggest |
None | Park, Nontaxable |
None | Park, Taxable |
None | Prior Salary |
None | Transportation Allowance |
None | Traffic Mitigation |
Any additional item of remuneration may subsequently be included in “compensation earnable” pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between a county of the first class and any of its recognized employee organizations or a resolution adopted by its board of supervisors.
(c) No item of remuneration included in “compensation earnable” as a result of the court-approved settlement and as set forth in the resolution described above in subdivision (b) may be removed therefrom as a result of any subsequent judicial determination, except that a county of the first class and a recognized employee organization may agree only through a memorandum of understanding to exclude the item of remuneration from “compensation earnable” or the board of supervisors may adopt a resolution excluding the item of remuneration from “compensation earnable” with respect to nonrepresented employees.
(d) This section shall not be operative in the county until the board of supervisors, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, makes the provisions of this section applicable in the county.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 113. Effective January 1, 2003.)