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Employees hired into these classifications shall serve a probationary period of one thousand forty
four (1,044) hours worked or twelve (12) months, whichever is less.
Employees hired into the classification of Natural Resources Forest Fire Response Lead must
meet physical fitness standards utilized by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group at the
Moderate Level and shall be required to meet the standards upon recall from layoff in subsequent
seasons.
Recall from seasonal layoff shall be made according to Article 15 Layoff and Recall, Section 4E
Recall from Seasonal Layoff, as modified by Article 2 of this Supplement, wherever feasible.
However, the written advance recall notice and response requirements may be waived without
penalty by mutual agreement between the employee and Appointing Authority with notice to the
Local Union of the waiver; where more than one employee is to be recalled, it shall be in seniority
order. Employees returned from seasonal layoff under this provision will be returned to their
seasonal employment condition and be eligible for all appropriate benefits.
The Appointing Authority shall be able to change the starting and ending times of employees in
these classifications up to two (2) hours without penalty pay for the schedule change. In addition,
the supervisor and the employee may mutually agree to an additional two (2) hours (up to a total of
four (4) hours) without penalty pay for the schedule change.
Employees shall be subject to overtime for all hours worked after forty (40) hours in the established
work week.
Paid time off shall be calculated as time worked for purposes of this Article.
After the end of the spring fire season and before commencing the fall fire season, employees in
these classifications will be called first for any extra shift(s) related to fire suppression available
during this period of time. In the event that the employee in that work area is unavailable and/or
cannot be reached, the Appointing Authority can fill the additional shift(s) by any available means.
Article 15
Seniority Rosters
Article 4, Section 3 of the Master Agreement shall be modified as follows:
No later than November 30 and May 31 of each year the DNR shall prepare and post on the DNR
Intranet seniority rosters for each seniority unit. The rosters shall list each employee in the order of
Classification Seniority (State Seniority for Unit 6) and reflect each employee's date of
Classification Seniority, date of State Seniority, and the date of Classification Seniority and class
title for all classes in which the employee previously served. [Note: Classification Seniority dates
need not be listed for classes in Unit 6.]
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