AGREEMENT between MINNESOTA STATE EMPLOYEES …

1 AGREEMENT between MINNESOTA STATE EMPLOYEES union afscme , COUNCIL NO. 5, AFL-CIO and the STATE OF MINNESOTA July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021 Table of Contents 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE 1 - PREAMBLE .. 1 ARTICLE 2 RECOGNITION .. 1 Section 1. Existing Units .. 1 Section 2. Disputes.. 1 Section 3. union Exclusivity .. 1 ARTICLE 3 - union SECURITY .. 2 Section 1. Checkoff.. 2 Section 2. Exclusivity.. 2 Section 3. employee Lists.. 2 Section 4. 2 Section 5. Bargaining Unit Security.. 2 ARTICLE 4 - SENIORITY .. 2 Section 1. Definitions.. 2 A. STATE Seniority .. 2 B. Classification Seniority .. 2 C. Forfeiture and Interruptions .. 3 D. Seniority Units .. 3 E. Related Classes .. 3 Section 2. Seniority Earned Under Previous Collective Bargaining Agreements.. 3 Section 3. Seniority Rosters.. 3 Section 4. Appeals.. 4 ARTICLE 5 - HOURS OF WORK .. 4 Section 1. General.. 4 A. Consecutive Hours .. 4 B. Work Shift .. 4 C. Schedule Posting .. 4 D. Meal Periods .. 4 E. Rest Periods.

2 4 F. Reporting Time and Pay.. 5 Section 2. Non-Continuous and Non-Extended Operations.. 5 A. Definition .. 5 B. Work Day, Work Week/Period.. 5 Section 3. Continuous and Extended Operations.. 6 A. Definitions .. 6 B. Work Day.. 6 C. Turnaround Time .. 6 D. Work Shift .. 6 E. Daylight Savings Time .. 6 Section 4. Part-Time 6 A. Reduction of Hours .. 6 B. Additional Hours.. 7 ARTICLE 6 OVERTIME .. 7 Section 1. Overtime Hours .. 7 Section 2. Overtime Rates .. 7 Section 3. Scheduled Overtime .. 7 Table of Contents 2 Section 4. Distribution .. 7 Section 5. Liquidation.. 8 A. General .. 8 B. Compensatory .. 8 C. Cash .. 8 D. Compensatory Bank Liquidation .. 9 E. Use of Compensatory Time .. 9 Section 6. Call In and Call Back.. 10 Section 7. On Call .. 10 Section 8. Release From Work .. 10 Section 9. Duplication of Payment .. 10 ARTICLE 7 HOLIDAYS ..11 Section 1. Eligibility .. 11 Section 2. Observed Holidays.. 11 A. Observed Holidays .. 11 B. Floating Holiday.

3 11 Section 3. Substitute Holidays .. 11 Section 4. Shift Work .. 12 Section 5. Holidays on Day Off .. 12 Section 6. Holiday Pay Entitlement.. 12 Section 7. Holiday Pay.. 12 Section 8. Work on a Holiday.. 13 A. Scheduling.. 13 B. Payment .. 13 Section 9. Religious Holidays .. 13 ARTICLE 8 - VACATION LEAVE ..13 Section 1. General Conditions.. 13 A. Eligibility .. 13 Section 2. Length of Service Requirements/Accruals.. 13 A. Accrual Rates .. 13 B. Length of Service Requirements .. 14 C. Proration .. 14 D. Reinstatement of Accrual Rate .. 14 E. Reinstatement of Vacation Balance .. 14 F. Maximum Accruals.. 14 Section 3. Requesting and Using Vacation.. 15 Section 4. Vacation Charges .. 15 Section 5. Work During Vacation Period .. 16 Section 6. Vacation Transfer and Liquidation .. 16 Section 7. Vacation Donation Program .. 16 ARTICLE 9 - SICK LEAVE ..16 Section 1. Eligibility.. 16 Section 2. Sick Leave Accrual.. 16 Section 3. Sick Leave 17 A. employee .. 17 B. Others.

4 17 Section 4. Requests.. 18 Section 5. Sick Leave Charges .. 19 Table of Contents 3 Section 6. Transfer to Another Appointing Authority.. 19 ARTICLE 10 - LEAVES OF ABSENCE ..19 Section 1. Application for Leave .. 19 Section 2. Authorization for Leave.. 19 Section 3. Paid Leaves of Absence .. 19 A. Bereavement Leave .. 19 B. Court Appearance Leave.. 20 C. Educational Leave .. 20 D. Jury Duty Leave .. 20 E. Military Leave.. 20 F. Voting Time Leave .. 20 G. Emergency Leave .. 20 H. Blood Donation Leave .. 21 I. Election Judge Leave .. 21 J. Transition Leave .. 21 K. Transition Leave as a Result of Non .. 21 L. Investigatory Leave .. 21 M. Paid Administrative Leave .. 21 N. Paid Parental Leave.. 21 Section 4. Unpaid Leaves of Absence.. 22 A. Unclassified Service Leave .. 22 B. Educational Leave .. 22 C. Medical Leave .. 22 D. Parenthood Leave .. 22 E. Military Leave .. 22 F. Personal Leave .. 22 G. Precinct Caucus or Convention .. 22 H. union Leave .. 22 I. Leave for Related Work.

5 23 J. Volunteer Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician/Natural Disaster Leave.. 23 K. Elder Care Leave .. 23 Section 5. Statutory Leaves .. 23 Section 6. Reinstatement after Leave.. 23 ARTICLE 11 - JOB SAFETY ..23 Section 1. General .. 23 Section 2. Local Safety Committee .. 24 Section 3. employee Safety.. 24 G. Right to Refuse Work .. 25 Section 4. Meet and Confer on Assaultive Behavior .. 26 Section 5. Right to Know Training .. 26 Section 6. Building Safety .. 26 Section 7. Policy on Computer Ergonomics .. 26 ARTICLE 12 - VACANCIES, FILLING OF POSITIONS ..26 Section 1. Vacancies.. 26 A. Defined .. 26 B. Exceptions .. 26 Section 2. Employment Condition.. 27 A. Hours of Work.. 27 Table of Contents 4 B. Appointment Status.. 27 Section 3. Work Areas .. 27 Section 4. Reassignment.. 27 A. Within a Work Area.. 27 B. between Work Areas or Shifts .. 27 C. Temporary Reassignment.. 28 Section 5. Job Posting.. 28 Section 6. Eligibility for Bidding .. 28 Section 7. Filling Positions.

6 29 A. Bidding .. 29 B. Seniority Unit Layoff List .. 30 C. Claiming.. 30 D. Class (or Class Option) Layoff List .. 30 E. Other .. 30 Section 8. Effects of Changes in Position Allocations on the Filling of Positions.. 31 Section 9. Effects of Reallocations on the Filling of Positions.. 31 Section 10. Probationary Period.. 32 A. Required Probationary Period .. 32 B. Discretionary Probationary Period.. 32 C. Length of Probationary Period .. 32 D. Probationary Evaluation .. 33 E. Trial Period.. 33 F. Non-Certification .. 34 Section 11. Performance Evaluations.. 34 ARTICLE 13 ..34 Intentionally blank (hold for future use) .. 34 ARTICLE 14 ..34 Intentionally blank (hold for future use) .. 34 ARTICLE 15 - LAYOFF AND RECALL ..34 Section 1. Layoff .. 34 Section 2. Labor-Management Cooperation .. 34 Section 3. Permanent Layoff.. 35 A. Determination of Position(s).. 35 B. Advance Notice.. 35 C. Layoff Notification.. 35 D. Procedure.. 36 E. Conditions for Bumping or Accepting Vacancies.

7 38 F. Rights of EMPLOYEES Returning to the Bargaining Unit .. 39 G. Layoff Lists.. 39 H. Seniority Unit Vacancies .. 40 I. Recall .. 40 J. Removal From Layoff 41 Section 4. Seasonal Layoff.. 41 A. Determination of Position(s) .. 41 B. Advance Notice.. 41 C. Layoff 41 D. Record of EMPLOYEES on Seasonal Layoff.. 41 E. Recall from Seasonal Layoff .. 41 Table of Contents 5 F. Removal from the Seasonal Layoff Record .. 42 G. Conversion to Permanent Layoff .. 42 Section 5. Temporary or Emergency Positions.. 42 Section 6. Limited Interruptions of Employment.. 43 Section 7. Subcontracting.. 44 Section 8. Voluntary Reduction in Hours.. 44 Section 9. Exclusion.. 44 ARTICLE 16 - DISCIPLINE AND DISCHARGE ..44 Section 1. Purpose.. 44 Section 2. union Representation.. 44 Section 3. Disciplinary Procedure.. 44 Section 4. Investigatory Leave.. 45 Section 5. Discharge.. 45 Section 6. Appeal Procedures.. 46 Section 7. Personnel Files.. 46 A. Materials in File.. 46 B. employee / union Access to File.

8 46 C. Removing Materials from File.. 47 Section 8. Resignations.. 47 ARTICLE 17 - GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ..47 Section 1. Grievance Procedure.. 47 Section 2. Processsing Grievances.. 47 A. Release-time.. 47 B. Representatives.. 47 C. See Appendix J .. 48 D. Steps.. 48 Section 3. Arbitration.. 49 Section 4. Expedited Arbitration.. 49 Section 5. Arbitrator's Authority.. 49 Section 6. Time Limits.. 49 ARTICLE 18 - WAGES ..50 Section 1. Salary Ranges.. 50 A. Salary Range Assignments .. 50 All 50 B. Range Reassignments.. 50 Section 2. Conversion.. 50 Section 3. First Year Wage Adjustment.. 50 Section 4. Second Year Wage Adjustment.. 50 Section 5. Progression.. 50 A. Compensation Grids 3-4-6, 7, and 7C .. 51 B. Compensation Grid 7 DVS Exam and Inspection Specialist, DVS Exam and Inspection Specialist Senior, and Driver Improvement Specialist.. 51 C. Compensation Grid 2.. 51 D. Compensation Grids 2A and 3A.. 51 E. Compensation Grid TSS (Transportation Specialist Series).

9 51 F. Compensation Grid 4A - Human Services Technician.. 51 Section 6. Salary Upon Class Change.. 52 A. Promotion.. 52 Table of Contents 6 B. Voluntary 52 C. Voluntary Demotion.. 52 D. Demotion in Lieu of Layoff.. 52 E. Non-Certification During Probationary Period.. 52 F. Salary Over Maximum on Reallocation.. 52 G. Exception for Clerical Consolidation Transition.. 52 Section 7. Shift Differential.. 52 Section 8. Work Out of Class.. 53 Section 9. Severance Pay.. 53 Section 10. Injured on Duty Pay.. 54 Section 11. Performance Evaluations.. 54 Section 12. Health and Dental Premium Accounts.. 55 Section 13. Medical/Dental Expense Account.. 55 Section 14. Dependent Care Expense Account.. 55 Section 15. Deferred Compensation.. 55 Section 16. Voluntary Shift Bonus for HSTs and LPNS.. 55 ARTICLE 19 INSURANCE ..55 Section 1. STATE employee Group Insurance Program (SEGIP).. 55 Section 2. Eligibility for Group Participation.. 56 A. EMPLOYEES - Basic Eligibility.. 56 B.

10 EMPLOYEES - Special Eligibility.. 56 C. Dependents.. 56 D. Continuation Coverage.. 58 Section 3. Eligibility for Employer Contribution.. 58 A. Full Employer Contribution - Basic Eligibility.. 58 B. Partial Employer Contribution - Basic Eligibility.. 58 C. Quarterly Look Back: .. 58 D. Special Eligibility.. 59 E. Maintaining Eligibility for Employer Contribution.. 61 Section 4. Amount of Employer Contribution.. 62 A. Contribution Formula - Health Coverage .. 62 B. Contribution Formula - Dental Coverage .. 62 C. Contribution Formula - Basic Life Coverage .. 62 Section 5. Coverage Changes and Effective Dates.. 62 A. When Coverage May Be Chosen .. 62 B. When Coverage May be Changed or Cancelled .. 63 C. Effective Date of Coverage .. 65 D. Open Enrollment .. 65 E. Coverage Selection Prior to Retirement.. 66 Section 6. Basic Coverages.. 66 A. employee and Family Health 66 B. employee Life Coverage .. 73 Section 7. Optional Coverages.. 74 A. employee and Family Dental Coverage.