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(For Anoka Region only)
The campus is one work area for the reassignments to the Community Site. Management will not
fill behind temporary reassignments to the Community Site.
Management will use the Hours of Work, Fixed Night Shift language of this Supplement for any
reassignment to night shifts at the Community Site.
(For Anoka Region only)
If you are an LPN temporarily working on a unit that is not your normally assigned unit and you are
concerned about unfamiliar patients, you will not be required to administer medications unless
another employee who is familiar with the patients is available in the vicinity when medications are
dispensed.
Fixed Straight Shift Positions: (For the Anoka Region only)
Article 12, Section 5 of the Master Agreement is changed as follows:
1. Limited straight shifts will be utilized on Units B, C, D, E, G, H, Miller North and Miller South.
2. Each identified unit will permanently post:
An early shift full-time Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN),
An early shift full-time Human Services Technician (HST), and
A late shift full-time Human Services Technician (HST).
3. The use of straight shifts in Units B, C, D, E, G, H, Miller North and Miller South will remain in
effect as long as the current business need/programmatic design of the unit continues. Should
the defined business need/programmatic design change in any of the identified units, both
Labor and Management agree to Meet and Confer to discuss the continued appropriateness of
using straight shifts. Following the Meet and Confer, should the decision be to discontinue the
fixed straight shifts on any or all units, a thirty (30) day notice will be provided to the other party.
4. Should the defined business need/programmatic design change in any unit not currently
identified above, both Labor and Management agree to Meet and Confer to discuss the
appropriateness of initiating straight shifts in that work unit.
Eligibility for Bidding
Article 12, Section 6 of the Master Agreement is changed as follows:
(For All Employees)
You may bid within six (6) months if your most recent bid occurred because your work area closed.
(For Anoka, St. Peter and Willmar Regions only)
If you are not eligible to bid on a vacancy, you may submit an expression of Interest form. If there
are no successful bidders on a posting, Management may consider your expression of interest. If
you are selected to fill the vacancy based on your expression of interest, you may not bid or
express interest on another vacancy for six (6) months following the date of your bid/expression of
interest.
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