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Conflict of Interest Considerations in Layoff
When the exercise of seniority rights pursuant to the layoff and recall provisions of the Master or
Supplemental Agreements would place an employee in a situation or position where concerns of
nepotism, as defined in the Code of Conduct for Department of Revenue employees, would arise,
the Employer agrees to meet with the Local Union to resolve the situation in such a way which
does not deny the rights of the employee.
Section 7
Attendance at Local Union Meetings
With fourteen (14) calendar days notice employees shall be permitted to adjust their hours of work,
up to two (2) hours, in order to attend the regular monthly meetings of AFSCME Local 3141,
provided such adjustments shall not unduly disrupt the operations of the department. Such
adjustments shall not result in the payment of overtime.
Section 8
Overtime Distribution
Article 6, Section 4, Overtime Distribution, for all employees except the Telephone Taxpayer
Assistance Unit, is replaced in its entirety as follows:
Overtime shall be offered to all employees in the work area, section or principal place of
employment who are in active work status who are qualified, as determined by the Appointing
Authority, to perform the required work. If there are more qualified volunteers than required, the
overtime work shall be assigned to the most senior qualified employees based on State Seniority.
If there are insufficient volunteers to perform the required overtime work, the employees in the work
area, section or principal place of employment with the least State Seniority qualified to perform the
work may be assigned to the overtime work. If necessary due to an insufficient number of
employees from the work area, section or principal place of employment, the Appointing Authority
may request volunteers from one (1) or more other work areas, sections or principal places of
employment, determined by the Appointing Authority, to perform the overtime work. In no case
shall a qualified volunteer from within the work area, section or principal place of employment, be
denied overtime work in order to allow a qualified volunteer from a different work area, section or
principal place of employment, to perform the overtime work. Whenever possible, all such qualified
employees within the designated work area, section or principal place of employment shall be
offered the overtime work prior to mandatory assignment of overtime. If there is insufficient time to
request volunteers, the Appointing Authority may assign employees then on duty to the overtime
work according to inverse State Seniority among those qualified to perform the overtime work.
Article 6, Section 4 of the Master Agreement, shall be supplemented and/or modified as follows for
the employees in the Telephone Taxpayer Assistance Unit:
When two or more employees have worked the same amount of overtime hours, overtime
assignments shall be offered first to the most senior employee, based upon State Seniority.
Overtime hours actually worked shall be considered in calculating the equitable distribution of
overtime.
In the event all employees decline overtime work, the Appointing Authority shall have the right to
assign overtime based upon inverse order of State Seniority among capable employees.
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