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Article 12
Probationary Period
The provisions of Article 12, Section 10C of the Master Agreement shall be supplemented and/or
modified as follows:
The initial six (6) months probationary period of a new Mn/DOT employee may be extended for a
period not to exceed three (3) months, provided that the employee was given a written midprobationary
review and provided that a written notice of the extension is given to the employee
and the union prior to the end of the fifth (5th) month of the probationary period.
For the Transportation Associate classification only, the probationary period shall be twelve (12)
months and may be extended up to six (6) additional months. Upon successful completion of the
probationary period, the employee will be reallocated to the Transportation Generalist
classification.
Article 13
Training Opportunities
When the Appointing Authority determines a business need for additional employee training in
order to develop new skills for an ongoing need, such training opportunities shall be offered to
employees in the work area/truck station where such training opportunity is to be made available.
Employees shall be provided an opportunity to participate in such training based on classification
seniority from among those employees within the work area/truck station who: desire such
training, have completed any pre-requisites, possess the appropriate individual competencies
identified by the department and can reasonably be expected to satisfactorily complete the training
and subsequently utilize the skills gained.
Training to enhance skills within an employee’s current position responsibilities are not considered
training opportunities and will be assigned as needed.
Article 14
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 their attendance at regular
monthly meetings of the local union. Such adjustments shall be of reasonable duration, not to
exceed two (2) hours.
Employees who desire to make these adjustments must require prior approval from their
immediate supervisor twenty one (21) calendar days in advance of the meeting date. Requests
shall include an indication of the length of release time requested. Approval of these requests will
not be unreasonably withheld. Requests may be denied if approval would result in the payment of
overtime. The Employer reserves the right to rescind this approval in the event of emergency or
other unusual conditions, or to maintain adequate staffing during the time of the meeting.
Employees shall receive no compensation for time spent at union meetings, but may utilize
vacation leave or work extra hours, within the same work week, if work is available, to prevent a
loss of earnings.
In the event work is available and an employee elects to work extra hours to offset time spent at
union meetings, the Employer shall have no liability for overtime hours of pay until the employee
has worked an amount of time outside his/her regular shift which is equal to the amount of time
spent at a union meeting.
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