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Variable schedule employees will be assigned to “supervisor clusters”. This means that if their
supervisor supervises three sites, they will be able to pick up hours at any of their supervisor’s
sites. The voluntary extra hours procedure is only applicable to employees signed up to work at
sites other than those within their “supervisor cluster”.
Variable schedule employees’ sick leave charges shall be equal to the number of posted hours or
a minimum of four (4) hours of sick leave (or other leave in lieu of sick leave as appropriate and
approved) will be charged if an employee is sick when offered additional hours within the posted
schedule.
Variable schedule employees’ vacation leave charges shall be equal to the number of posted
hours, a minimum of four (4) hours for short notice vacations or up to a maximum of forty (40)
hours if off the entire pay period.
Variable schedule employees’ may request short notice vacation. Short notice vacation will not be
granted when an employee is being called for additional hours.
Variable schedule employees must be on an approved vacation or a day off not to accept
additional hours assigned within the posting period and not have it count as a refusal.
Variable schedule employees must provide the Appointing Authority with a means for
communication in offering additional shifts. (i.e. phone #, cell phone #, pager #)
Definitions
Next Immediate Subsequent Shift
Overtime
For Brainerd, Metro, South and Walker: The next shift includes any shift that begins within
one (1) hour of the end of the current shift.
For Fergus Falls, Moose Lake and Willmar: The next shift includes any shift that begins
within two (2) hours of the end of the current shift.
Sign Up
For Fergus Falls, Moose Lake and Willmar only:
The sign-up procedure for voluntary overtime is the same sign-up procedure used for the voluntary
Extra Hours. At the time of sign-up, the employee must indicate whether they are interested in
voluntary extra hours, overtime, or both.
For Metro, South and Walker only:
Refer to the Partnership procedure for offering overtime hours to employees outside the work area.
Distribution
Article 6, Section 4 of the Master Agreement is changed as follows:
Hours that become available inside the fourteen (14) day posting period will be offered in the follow
order, where applicable:
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