The district is modernizing their sign-in procedures, and BTU has followed-up on many issues. Originally, this was supposed to go live in December, but has since been delayed to TBD in 2025.
- Staff members should not be required to use their own device and/or phone
- Legally, hourly staff must sign-in and out as required by federal law
- This should create a stronger record to establish overtime, which historically has been a challenge for BTU and hourly employees; the old paper-based system had many lapses
- BTU has pressed the district to simplify the process of end of the week/pay period reviews – BTU has told the district that staff shouldn’t be tasked with yet another activity, especially one where pay is involved.
- Generally, sign-in and out processes are frustratingly within “managerial rights” established in employment law.
- In the 2014, BCPSS piloted the use of fingerprint scans for signing in and out of a school. BTU filed an Unfair Labor Practice, but then withdrew it based on legal research that determined that such attendance practices were within the legal managerial rights of the employer. The proposed system for this school year that is detailed above does not include fingerprint scans.
BTU will defend any bargaining unit member who does not receive pay for a full day’s work.
