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Article 4
Vacation Leave
Article 8, Section 3, Vacation Period, of the Master Agreement shall be modified as follows:
Requests for a vacation period of less than forty (40) consecutive hours, including holidays and
weekends, may be submitted no more than ninety (90) days in advance of the request.
Article 5
Vacancies, Filling of Positions
Article 12, Section 4 (D), of the Master Agreement shall be modified as follows:
All Divisions:
The Appointing Authority may temporarily reassign any employee to another work area, off-site
location, and/or shift, for six (6) consecutive months or less.
Article 12, Section 7, Filling of Positions, of the Master Agreement shall be modified as follows:
MN.IT Services:
Employees who accept a transfer into EDP Operations Technician 2 positions with Production
Control/Staging and Computer Operations options from EDP Operations Technician 2 positions
without options or with other options will be required to serve a six (6)-month probationary period
on transfer. Upon acceptance of the position, the employee shall be provided with a checklist of all
items on which he/she will be evaluated. An evaluation shall be conducted at three (3) months and
six (6) months. At the completion of the probationary period, the employee must demonstrate
proficiency in each area specified by management, including the ability to communicate with
customers and co-workers. If at the end of the probationary period the employee does not
demonstrate sufficient knowledge of production control, current contract language for noncertification
shall apply.
Article 6
Attendance at Union Meetings
The provisions of the Master agreement shall be supplemented and/or modified as follows:
Employees may be permitted to adjust their hours of work to permit travel time necessary to attend
regular monthly Local and Executive Board meetings of the Local Union. Such adjustments shall
be of reasonable duration, not to exceed two (2) hours and shall be at the beginning of the shift.
Employees who desire to make these adjustments must request and be granted approval from
their immediate supervisor or other Appointing Authority designee in advance of the meeting date.
Requests shall show the hours of release time requested. Approval of these requests shall not be
unreasonably withheld. The Appointing Authority reserves the right to rescind this approval in the
event of emergency or other unusual conditions, or to maintain adequate staffing the day of the
meeting.
Employees shall receive no compensation for time spent in such travel, but may utilize vacation
leave, compensatory overtime hours, or work extra hours, within the same payroll period, if work is
available, to prevent a loss of earnings.
In the event work is available and an employee is authorized to work extra hours to offset time
spent in travel to union meetings, the Appointing Authority shall have no liability for overtime hours
or pay until the employee has worked an amount of time outside his/her regular shift which is equal
to the amount of release time requested and used.
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