OPINION AND - California Correctional Peace Officers Association

The first question is whether the contractual mandate
requiring selecting for overtime assignments by seniority
applies at all to non-case load, non-institutional work
by Parole Officers.
My answer, after a careful review of the evidence and of
the post-hearing briefs, is "Yes."
Ambiguity, like beauty, lies in the eyes of the beholder.
The question is whether the language at issue generates
enough doubt as to its meaning to justify the use of
extrinsic evidence to modify the words.
In the case at hand, the coverage seems clear. The rule
of seniority operates as to tuemployeeslu of the Bargaining
Unit. There is only one exclusion. It is found in paragraph
13.05 (c) which excludes "staff at camps. " This
conclusion seems ineluctable; all other employees in the
unit (other than staff at camps) are entitled, when they
volunteer for overtime, to be assigned by seniority.