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The Administrator shall make every effort to schedule Unit 3 employees within each class, within
each shift to have alternate holidays off each year.
To provide for this holiday rotation plan, employees may not request vacation leave that would
include the holiday(s) they are scheduled to work, except that requests for such holidays may be
arranged through mutually agreed exchanges by the employees.
Article 5
Union Leave
Article 10, Section 4H, Leaves of Absence of the Master Agreement shall be modified as follows:
Employees shall be allowed to request vacation/compensatory time to prevent loss of earnings to
attend two (2) annual AFSCME, Council 5 conventions, two (2) President’s meetings/workshops
and one (1) Leadership conference.
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS - MINNESOTA VETERANS HOME –
MINNEAPOLIS
Article 1
Hours of Work
Article 5, Section 3 of the Master Agreement shall be supplemented and/or modified as follows:
1. Work Period. Full-time employees shall at the Appointing Authority's discretion be:
A. Full-time Employees. Full-time employees shall, at the Administrator’s discretion, be:
1. Scheduled to work no more than six (6) consecutive days and no fewer than three (3)
consecutive days and shall have consecutive days off; or,
2. Scheduled to work no more than seven (7) consecutive days and no fewer than three
(3) consecutive days with two (2) or more weekends (Saturday and Sunday) off out of
every eight (8) weekends (Saturday and Sunday). Scheduled days off shall be
consecutive; or,
3. Scheduled to work no more than seven (7) consecutive days with two (2) weekends
(Saturday and Sunday) out of every four (4) weekends (Saturday and Sunday) off.
Scheduled days off need not be consecutive.
B. Part-time Employees. Part-time employees shall be scheduled for a minimum of four (4)
days off in a two (2) week pay period. At least two (2) of the days off shall be consecutive
and such part-time employees shall not be scheduled for more than seven (7) consecutive
days of work.
2. Fixed Night Shift (for all units except Units 2 and 7).
A. Scheduling. Where continuous operations require a night shift, such shift shall be fixed
and vacancies in such fixed shifts shall be posted. If there are no eligible bidders for fixed
night shift vacancies, the Administrator may recruit and hire applicants for the vacancy or
assign the capable and qualified employee not on fixed nights with the least Classification
Seniority to the vacancy.
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