Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

33010.6.3 Other Access

• Contact with an employee on the job shall be in a manner that eliminates the possibility of incidents or breaches of security.

• Representatives shall receive equal access treatment whether or not they are the Department employees.

• Representatives, employees of the Department or not, are subject to all laws, rules, and regulations governing entrance to and behavior within a correctional institution/facility.

• Employees may be allowed to engage in employee or organization business during working hours without loss of pay only when the business is specifically authorized by the appropriate MOUMemorandum Of Understanding or Department Operations Manual (DOMDepartment Operations Manual).

• Employees’ “own time” or “non-working hours” are lunch periods, regularly scheduled rest periods, and time before and after work.

• Access to a work location may be denied or delayed for reasons including safety, security, work load requirements, or other legitimate circumstances.

• When access is denied, reasonable alternatives should be provided to allow representatives to communicate with employees (e.g., providing space in a cafeteria or elsewhere in the institution/facility).

• If an employee representative requests meeting room space, an effort shall be made to comply with the request as long as space is available and the granting of the request will not violate any established rules, regulations, or policy.