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Shifts Between Days Off (For all employees)
Article 5, Section 3 of the Master Agreement shall be supplemented as follows:
Your supervisor will not schedule you to work more than two (2) shifts and/or two (2) shift changes
between scheduled days off.
If you want an on-going schedule with more than two (2) shifts and/or two shift changes between
days off, you must give your supervisor a written request at least seven (7) days before your
schedule must be posted. The request must be for more than one scheduling period and include
the beginning and ending dates for the modified schedule. Your supervisor will not unreasonably
deny your request. To change back before the requested ending date, you must give your
supervisor written notice at least seven (7) days before your schedule must be posted.
For this section only, a scheduled shift with a starting time within two (2) hours of the starting time
of the first scheduled shift after scheduled days off is considered the same shift. When there is a
scheduled shift rotation, a change no more than two (2) hours from the starting time of the
scheduled shift is not considered a change in shift.
Work Day:
Article 5, Section 3 of the Master Agreement is changed as follows:
Full and Part-time employees: (For all employees) Your normal work day is from four (4) to ten
(10) hours in a defined twenty-four (24) hour period, not including a duty free unpaid meal period.
Work Schedules Containing Twelve (12) Hour Shift: (For Willmar Region only) The Local
Union and the Appointing Authority may mutually agree to develop and implement work schedules
containing twelve (12) hour shifts. Assignments to these schedules shall be posted and bid as
defined in Article 12 of the Master Agreement. Employees shall not be involuntarily assigned to a
twelve (12) hour shift. Employees working such a schedule shall be limited to no more than
sixteen (16) total work hours per day, including regular hours and assigned or voluntary overtime
hours. Such employees shall be designated as 40/7 under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Work Period
(For Anoka Region only)
Full-Time Employees. If you are a full-time employee not listed in B. below, your supervisor may
use any of the following schedule patterns:
1. No more than six (6) consecutive work days; no fewer than three (3) consecutive work days;
consecutive days off; or,
2. No more than seven (7) consecutive work days, no fewer than three (3) consecutive work days,
two (2) or more weekends off out of every eight (8) weekends , consecutive days off; or,
3. No more than seven (7) consecutive work days, two (2) weekends off out of every four (4)
weekends, days off may not be consecutive.
If you are a full-time Unit 4 employee working a fixed night or a rotating shift, but are not a
Chemical Dependency Counselor/Senior, the following apply:
You will be scheduled on a 7-3 rotation with every other weekend off.
Your schedule may temporarily change for activities like training, staff development,
informational meetings, team meetings, and special projects.
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