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APPENDIX P - UNIT 6 POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
This section applies to all of Unit 6, except as noted.
A. Definition
For the purpose of position qualifications, “qualified” means the employee has the job related
knowledge, skills and abilities required for initial appointment to the position and necessary for
satisfactory performance of the job.
A standard menu of position qualifications shall be developed by a meet and confer consisting
of an undetermined number of employer and seven (7) to ten (10) union representatives.
B. Review Process
If an Appointing Authority decides to require any non-menu position qualifications, they shall
notify the Local Union President. The Local Union will have three (3) working days to review
the notice and bring any concerns regarding the validity of the new position qualification to the
attention of the agency human resource office. Following the response of the Appointing
Authority, the Local Union may request a review and final determination by the Minnesota
Management & Budget Human Resource Management Division.
When a change in qualifications for a position results in the denial of an employee’s desired
layoff option, the employee may request a review by the agency human resource office.
Following the response of the Appointing Authority, the employee may request a review and
final determination by the Minnesota Management & Budget Human Resource Management
Division.
The final determinations by the Minnesota Management & Budget Human Resource
Management Division shall not be grievable or arbitrable. However, if the final determination of
the above review process requires payment for time not worked, the parties may enter into a
grievance settlement in order to process the payment.
C. Application
Position qualifications will be used in place of class options, but the Employer reserves the right
to establish exam options.
An employee who cannot bump the least senior employee in a class may bump the next least
senior and so on, until he/she is able to bump or there is no less senior employee. Employees
laid off from a consolidated class shall be permitted to bump into lower levels in the same class
series, even if they have no previous service at that level.
Employees who are laid off out of seniority order because they do not meet the minimum
qualifications for available layoff options shall be permitted the following layoff benefits:
1. The employee may opt for extended claiming for thirty (30) calendar days from the date of
permanent layoff. During this extended claiming period, no severance or vacation
liquidation shall be paid to the employee and the employee’s name shall not be placed on
any layoff lists. However, employees may apply for seniority unit vacancies in previously
held classes during the extended claiming period. Employees may waive extended
claiming and the Appointing Authority shall authorize payment of any severance or vacation
liquidation and the employee will be eligible for placement on appropriate layoff lists.
2. Employees retain the right to consideration for seniority unit vacancies as provided in the
Master Agreement.
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