AFSCME Contract - MMB Home - Minnesota Management & Budget

Article 7
Uniforms
Employees serving in the following departments will be required to wear uniforms while on duty:
Maintenance
Housekeeping
Nursing
Dietary
Employees serving in these departments with an FTE at .75 or greater will be given four (4) sets of
uniforms to include four (4) pairs of new long pants and four (4) shirts the first year. Two (2)
additional uniforms will be provided to each employee annually on or about July 15th.
Employees serving in these departments with an FTE of less than .75 will be given two (2) sets of
uniforms to include two (2) new pairs of long pants and two (2) shirts. For all succeeding years,
one (1) uniform will be provided annually on or before July 15th.
Seasonal employees will be provided with three (3) new pants and three (3) shirts. There will be
no annual replacements.
Delivery Van Drivers and Groundskeepers will be provided with one (1) coat.
Employees shall be responsible for laundering their own uniforms and maintaining them in a
“suitable” condition; meaning a clean and/or freshly laundered uniform which is free of excessive
wrinkles and presents a professional, neat appearance to the residents and the public.
Designated employees will meet with their supervisor in order to determine two (2) uniform options
for submission to the Home’s Administrator. This will comply with the Department of Administration
purchasing statute Minn. Stat. 16B and C.
If any employee does not report to work in the proper uniform and/or uniform condition, that
employee will be directed to leave the facility without pay for the time away.
Emergency replacements will be authorized by the Administrator if the uniform gets permanently
damaged while performing work while on duty. To receive this authorization, the employee must
show the uniform and explain how the damage occurred to their immediate supervisor or in the
absence of the supervisor, to the officer of the day. This must occur on the same shift in which the
damage occurred.
The Administrator may ask for any uniforms that have been replaced due to damage and for all
uniforms of non-certified probationary employees.
Article 8
Wages
Article 18, Wages of the Master Agreement shall be supplemented and/or modified as follows:
When an LPN is assigned in writing to be on duty as the officer-of-the-day for the facility, that LPN
shall receive a differential in the amount of one dollar and eighty cents ($1.80) per hour.
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