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Section 4
Filling of Seasonal Vacancies
Article 12, Sections 5, 6, and 7(A) of the Master Agreement shall be modified for the filling of
seasonal vacancies as follows:
Seasonal vacancies shall not be posted.
Seasonal employees who have been laid off in good standing shall be given the opportunity, prior
to recall, to express an interest in seasonal positions in the same classification in other principal
places of employment. Employees expressing such interest and who meet the position
qualifications will be considered in order of State Seniority.
Article 12, Section 10, of the Master Agreement is modified as follows:
Seasonal employees who accept a seasonal position in a different principal place of employment
shall be required to serve a new probationary period as defined in Article 12, Section 10. If the
seasonal employee does not successfully complete the new probationary period, they shall have
the right to return to a vacancy in their former principal place of employment and shall serve the
remainder of their original probationary period. If no vacancy exists, the seasonal employee will be
returned to the seasonal layoff record for their former principal place of employment.
Section 5
Seniority
Article 4 (Seniority) of the Master Agreement is modified as follows for seasonal employees of the
Department of Revenue:
State Seniority for seasonal employees of the Department of Revenue working or in layoff status
on July 1, 1985, shall include actual time worked prior to July 1, 1985.
Classification Seniority for seasonal employees of the Department of Revenue, in Unit 7, working
or in layoff status on July 1, 1985, is defined as the date of initial hire to the employee's current
class.
State Seniority and Classification Seniority shall be broken by failure to work consecutive seasons.
Section 6
Filling of Vacancies
The provisions of Article 12, Filling Vacancies, are amended as follows for employees of the
Department of Revenue by adding the following:
Reassignments
Article 12, Section 4, Reassignment, is hereby modified as follows for employees of the
Department of Revenue:
Section 4 Reassignment. When a filled position and its incumbent are to be reassigned to a
different work area within a work location without a significant change in job duties, the employee
and the position shall be reassigned notwithstanding Article 12, Section 4B. In such cases, the
local union shall receive notice prior to the employee occupying the position to be reassigned.
Such employee shall be provided with at least a fourteen (14) calendar day written notice.
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