Majovski
Majovski v. City of Los Angeles CA2/1
Opinion
Opinion
Kim, J.
BACKGROUND
A. MOUs determine a DCA’s salary by the DCA’s
classification and pay step. The City Attorney’s Office has four DCA classifications: DCA-I, DCA-II, DCA-III, and DCA-IV (higher attorney classifications have titles other than DCA). Within each classification, there are multiple pay “steps,” which were designated by letters before January 22, 2017, and by numbers after that date. At all relevant times, the terms of Majovski’s employment were subject to one of two materially identical MOUs between the City and Majovski’s labor union.1 The MOUs contained salary tables that specified all DCAs’ annual salaries by classification and step (e.g., MOU 29 provided that between January 15 and
1 During Majovski’s assignment to the Employment
Litigation Division (ELD), she was subject to MOU 31, an agreement with the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 501, AFL-CIO. At all other times, Majovski was subject to MOU 29, an agreement with the Los Angeles City Attorneys Association.
3 July 1, 2014, every DCA-I at step A had an annual salary of $73,330.56). The MOUs generally provided that every DCA would advance to the next step within the DCA’s current classification…