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1) job and retraining opportunities
2) enhanced separation package
a. retirement, with Employer contribution to insurance
b. one-time enhanced severance
c. educational payment
3) normal separation package.
Within fourteen (14) calendar days of the receipt of such notice, the employee must notify the
Personnel Office/Job Center in writing of his/her intent to select mitigation to layoff option 1, 2,
or 3 and the specific option/position within the particular option. At the end of the fourteen (14)
day period, the employee may not change the specific option/position that he/she previously
selected. If the employee(s) fails to notify the Appointing Authority he/she shall be considered
to have selected option 3 (normal separation package).
The job and retraining opportunities listing all available jobs and retraining options as
determined by the Minnesota Management & Budget active requisition list shall be posted in at
least three (3) areas that are accessible to employees on all shifts. A copy shall also be
provided to the applicable Local Union/Exclusive Representative. Upon request, the
Appointing Authority and the exclusive representative shall meet and confer to develop posting
procedures for areas of unique concern within a facility.
Upon the request of the employee, the employee shall receive an approximate calculation of
the employer paid contribution to insurance based upon his/her age eligibility, the one-time
enhanced payment/education payment; and/or separation benefits under the applicable
Collective Bargaining Agreement.
7. An employee who is away from his/her work location on assignment or approved vacation in
excess of seven (7) calendar days, may submit in writing an advance option selection, if he/she
wishes to exercise option 2 or option 3.
If an employee is on an approved leave of absence at the time his/her position is determined to
be "at-risk," the employee shall be notified by certified mail. A copy of such notice shall also be
sent to the Union/Local Union/Association office.
An employee on leave at the time his/her position is declared "at-risk" shall be given the
opportunity to select option 1, 2, or 3. If he/she selects option 1, the employee shall be able to
choose from available job and retraining options at the time his/her leave expires. It is
understood this does not prevent an employee from terminating his/her leave and selecting a
job and retraining option at the time he/she is declared "at-risk."
8. The Appointing Authority may, with the agreement of the Union/Local Union/Association office,
designate individual employees at risk out of order seniority.
9. If an employee selects the enhanced separation package or the normal separation package,
he/she shall be precluded from selecting a job and training opportunity.
10. An employee selecting the job and retraining opportunities may choose any of the available
options.
It is understood that all available job and retraining options may not be available to any given
employee depending upon the job and retraining option selected by another employee.
Employees may be asked to rank their order of preference of available jobs and retraining
options. The employee with the most seniority (as defined in #5 above) shall receive his/her
first preference. Subsequent job and retraining options shall be made on the basis of seniority
(as defined in #5 above).
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