HealthPartners contract ratified December 12, 2011

8.13. Attendance Incentive.  To qualify for an attendance incentive, Employees must be in a Benefit Status of at least plus fifteen (+15) for the entire applicable thirteen (13) pay periods. The thirteen (13) pay periods shall be defined as the first pay period end date in December through the last pay period end date in May and the first pay period end date in June through the last pay period end date in November.  If an Employee uses no more than one day of sick leave based upon his/her FTE in the applicable thirteen (13) pay periods, the Employee shall receive one-half day of pay based upon his/her FTE.  Time off for FMLA sick leave shall be included in determining the Employee’s eligibility for the attendance incentive.

8.14 Sick Leave Payout – Name changed to Sick Leave Forfeiture

8.15 Sick Child Care Task Force -  Delete

9.12  Holiday Scheduling.  (last paragraph)

Holiday schedules shall be posted at least fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the holiday, but no more than forty-five (45) calendar days prior to the holiday.

10.03 Medical Leave of Absence

A. Eligibility…(no change)

B. Pay/Use of Benefits.  The Employee may choose to use accrued vacation and personal holiday time.

After such accrued time off with pay has been exhausted, the remainder of the leave shall be unpaid.

If an Employee on a medical leave returns to work on a reduced schedule, accrued sick leave may be used to make the Employee’s hours whole.

On-call Employees shall be eligible to use accrued sick leave until exhausted. Available sick leave hours will be paid out at the rate of 37.5 hours per week.  In addition, on-call employees may choose to use a portion of, or all of their accrued vacation and personal holiday hours.  The number of vacation and personal holiday hours selected will be paid out at the rate of 37.5 hours per week for consecutive pay periods until exhausted.  Employees must designate the number of hours to be paid at the beginning of their medical leave.

C-J -  No change.

10.11 Voting Time Leave.  An Employee who is eligible to vote in any statewide general or primary election, any election to fill a vacancy in the office of a representative in Congress or a special election held to fill a seat in the Minnesota Legislature, may absent him/herself from work with pay for the purpose of voting pursuant to Minnesota law.

Article 14 (side letter)

Medical Insurance

Office Visits and Urgent Care Co-pays

$0 office visit co-pay if completed Health Assessment and wellness program

$10 office visit co-pay if did not complete Health Assessment and wellness program

Pharmacy Co-pays

$8.00 co-pay for generic prescriptions

$12.00 co-pay for brand prescriptions

19.08: Trial Period

A. Length of Trial Period. Employees awarded a bid or placed in a different position shall be given a fair and reasonable trial period with adequate training for a period of sixty (60) calendar days, except as modified below.

The following Employees shall serve a fair and reasonable trial period with adequate training of up to ninety (90) calendar days:

Employees in Pay Grades D, E, F, G, and H in the Claims Department.

Employees in Pay Grades D, E, F, G, and H in the Actuarial area.

Employees in Pay Grades D, E, F, G, and H in the Purchasing/Warehouse area.

Employees in a Lead position.

In the event the Employee is absent for more than one (1) week, The Employer may extend the trial period described above for an equivalent number of work days with notification to the Union.

The trial period may be extended by sixty (60) calendar days with notification by the Employer to the Union.

B. Release to Former Position.  NO CHANGE

C. Failed Trial Period.  In the event that the Employee fails the trial period, he/she shall be provided, in writing, a specific reason for the failed trial period. Placement in another position shall follow the process outlines in Addendum C.

D. Removing Material From File.  NO CHANGE.

20.11 Trial Period.An Employee displaced under this article shall be given a fair and reasonable trial period with adequate training for a period of sixty (60) calendar days in the new job title.

In the event the Employee is absent for more than one (1) week, the Employer may extend the trial period described above for an equivalent number of work days with notification to the Union.

An additional sixty (60) calendar days may be added to the trial period with notification by the Employer to the Union. In the event the Employee fails the trial period, placement shall follow the process outlined in Addendum C. 

However, the Union reserves the right to challenge the Employer’s determination that the Employee has failed the trial period through the grievance/arbitration provisions of the contract.

21.03 Conditions.  Use of unpaid time under this Article shall not affect time off benefits or seniority.

Employees shall receive round trip mileage for the distance between the Employee’s regularly assigned clinic/location and the temporarily assigned clinic/location at the currently approved Internal Revenue Service reimbursement rate.

27.02 Job Titles and Pay Grades.  Changed to reflect any changes made through JEC.

27.03 SCHEDULED WAGE INCREASES

12/01/11                06/01/12                12/01/12                06/01/13                12/01/13                06/01/14

     1%                     1%                        1%                        1%                       1%                         1%

27.09 Lead Pay.Increase lead pay to $1.00 per hour

Employees bidding into Lead positions shall receive one dollar ($1.00) per hour over

and above the basic hourly wage for all compensated hours.  An Employee who is specifically

assigned a Lead function by the Employer to direct the work of other Employees in a work area

or department for a day or more shall receive the additional one dollar ($1.00) per hour.

Employees who are acting in a Lead capacity on a temporary basis of less than sixty (60)

calendar days shall receive Lead pay for only actual hours worked in this capacity.

31.01 Uniform Allowance.  Increase from $100 to $125.

33.01 Duties of Leads.  Outlined below is a description of the role that a Lead under the Agreement can play in directing the work of others . . .

HIRING (no change)

STAFF SCHEDULING (no change)

PERFORMANCE

1.   Observes and documents performance.                                                                                                                                    

2.   Communicates to Employee that performance is deficient

      or behavior is inappropriate (this represents a step prior to

      an oral warning) and documents conversation with the

      Employee.

3.   Coaches Employee in improving performance.

4.   Discusses performance concerns about an Employee with

      the Supervisor if coaching is not successful.

5.   If necessary, conducts the performance review with the

      Employee after review has been discussed with and

      approved by the Supervisor.

OTHER

• Assists in preparing the unit budget.
• Assists in preparing the annual plan.
• Does not attend grievance hearings, but is available to

               Union and Employer Representatives to provide relevant testimony.

33.02  Removal of Lead Duties.  Employees failing to perform their Lead duties acceptably . . . (no change)

Update Letter of Understanding – Update the name Electronic Bidding Tool

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