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18. Uniforms. Employees who are currently being supplied or being reimbursed for uniforms by
the Appointing Authority shall receive or be reimbursed for an initial issue of five (5) properly
fitting uniforms per employee upon employment. Thereafter, employees shall be permitted
replacement uniforms when such need is demonstrated. Worn out uniforms shall be returned
to the Appointing Authority.
19. Settlement of Disputes. Article 17 of the Master Agreement shall be supplemented and/or
modified as follows:
Definition of Steps: The presentation of a grievance at the first step shall be to the employee's
immediate supervisor. The presentation of a grievance at the second step shall be to the
College President or designee. Step 3 grievances shall be appealed at the MnSCU system
office.
20. Hours of Work - Changes for Summer and Academic Break. During summer and academic
breaks, individual employees may be permitted the option of working four (4) ten (10) hour
days, or four (4) nine (9) hour days and a four (4) hour day. The supervisor may deny
individual requests for job-related reasons. If there are conflicting requests in the same work
unit, the supervisor shall grant the modified schedule, if acceptable, to the employee with the
most State Seniority. Should conflicts still exist, they shall be resolved by lot. Requests to go
to the altered schedules must be made in writing to the supervisor at least twenty-eight (28)
calendar days preceding the change. Employees going to and returning from altered
schedules for summer and academic breaks shall not be entitled to fourteen (14) calendar days
posting or penalty pay, but shall be returned to their previous schedule.
21. Intra Campus Mail. The Employer shall make available to each Local Union the use of the
intra campus mail system for the communication of meeting notices and minutes of same,
monthly and/or quarterly newsletters, and other official communications from Union officers of a
similar nature. Such materials shall not advocate actions contrary to the provisions of the
Master Agreement or this Supplemental Agreement, nor shall it contain material of a partisan
political or inflammatory nature.
22. Overtime - Cash/Compensatory Time. Article 6, Section 5, of the Master Agreement shall be
supplemented and/or modified as follows:
Overtime which is earned by working at events that are not sponsored by the college, shall be
compensated in cash. However, the college may offer compensatory time.
23. Temporary Reassignment. Article 12, Section 4D shall be modified or supplemented as
follows:
Temporary reassignments can extend to nine (9) months if the reassigned employee is filling in
for someone on an approved leave of absence.
24. Full-Time and Part-Time Seasonal Employee Eligibility for Employer Premium
Contribution to the Insurance Premium. Employees who are hired, scheduled and working
as full time seasonal employees (normally assigned and working eighty (80) hours per pay
period during the academic year) shall be eligible for the full Employer’s contribution to the
insurance premium. Employees who are temporarily working a reduced schedule because of
health problems shall have their premium contribution eligibility reviewed at a three (3) and six
(6) month interval for purposes of determining continued eligibility for the full contribution to the
insurance premium.
Part time seasonal employees’ eligibility for the partial Employer contribution is determined by
Article 19 Section 3 B. (2) of the Master Agreement.
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