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June 26, 2013
Jo Pels, State Field Director
AFSCME, Council 5, AFL-CIO
300 Hardman Avenue South, Suite # 3
South Saint Paul, Minnesota 55075-2470
Dear Jo:
During the 2013-2015 round of bargaining with AFSCME, Council No. 5, the parties agreed to a
merger of the classes Licensed Practical Nurse 1 (LPN 1) and Licensed Practical Nurse 2 (LPN 2)
into a single class, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). The merger of the two classes is
accomplished by deleting the first two steps of the LPN 1 salary range and by adding one step to
the LPN 2 salary range. The job code, job title, and compensation code for the new LPN class
effective September 25, 2013 shall be:
Job Class Code
Job Class Title
9/25/2013
Comp Code
001659 Licensed Practical Nurse 67N
The following provides information on step movement from the LPN 1 and the LPN 2 class to the
new LPN class.
Step Movement from LPN 1 to new merged class, LPN
Effective September 25, 2013, employees assigned to the class, LPN 1, 65M, shall move to the
new LPN class, 67N, as follows:
Employees at step 1 of LPN 1, 65M, shall move to step 1 of LPN, 67N, and shall receive a
salary increase of two steps effective September 25, 2013 to place their salary at the new
minimum rate.
Employees at step 2 of LPN1, 65M, shall move to step 1 of LPN 67N, and shall receive a
salary increase of one step to place their salary at the new minimum rate.
Employees at steps 3 through steps 13 shall retain their current salary but their step
number will decrease by two in the new salary range. For example, employees at step 3 of
LPN 1, 65M, shall retain their salary, but their step number shall change from step 3 to step
1.
Employees moving to the new compensation code for LPN, 67N, shall be eligible for semiannual
steps if their performance is satisfactory, when moving from step 1 to step 2, from
step 2 to step 3, and from step 3 to step 4. All other steps within the salary range are
annual steps.
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