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Minnesota Department of Transportation
MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 29, 2007
Office of Human Resource Operations
Labor Relations Section
Fifth Floor North, M.S. 200
395 John Ireland Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155-1899
TO:
FROM:
RE:
Bob Hilliker, Business Representative
AFSCME, Council No. 5
Richard L. Peterson
Mn/DOT Labor Relations Manager
TSS Position Qualifications
As part of our Master Contract negotiations with AFSCME, we had discussions regarding position
qualified language in Article 3 of the Mn/DOT Supplement.
Per our agreement and in exchange for accelerated progression steps (six months) through the
salary ranges of Transportation Generalist, Transportation Generalist Senior, and Transportation
Specialist, we agreed to define “position qualified” as the following:
The employee has the job related knowledge, skills, abilities, licensure and certifications
required for appointment to the position and necessary for satisfactory performance of the job.
In order to create Department-wide standards for TSS class specifications, position qualified
standards and position posting templates, Mn/DOT has initiated a formal project. Attached is the
project plan. In order to ensure input from both labor and management, the Project Steering
Committee will provide frequent updates to the TSS labor management committee for review and
input. Final decisions for products delivered through the project will rest with the Project Steering
Committee consisting of Mn/DOT’s Staffing Manager, Labor Relations Manager, and a
Management representative from Mn/DOT’s Operations Division.
The overall outcome of this project is to streamline the posting of positions, as well as to create
Department-wide standards for greater consistencies in position requirements.
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