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section below. Click on 'go back' to return. ARTICLE I Section 1. Parties: This Agreement, entered into between the School Board, Independent School District 279, Maple Grove, Minnesota, hereinafter referred to as the School Board and the Education Minnesota - Osseo Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses hereinafter referred to as the employee(s), is pursuant to and in compliance with the Public Employment Labor Relations Act, hereinafter referred to as the PELRA, and provides the terms and conditions of employment for employees during the term of this Agreement.
Section 1. Appropriate Unit: Education Minnesota - Osseo will represent all the Registered Nurses
and Licensed Practical Nurses of the School District as defined in this
Agreement and in the PELRA. Section 2. Recognition: In accordance with the PELRA, the School Board recognizes Education Minnesota - Osseo as the exclusive representative of Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses employed by the School Board of Independent School District 279. The exclusive representative will have those rights and duties as described by the PELRA and as described in this Agreement.
compensation therefore, including fringe benefits, except retirement contributions or benefits, and the employer's personnel policies affecting the working conditions of the employees, but does
not mean educational policies of the School District. The terms in both cases
are subject to the provisions of the PELRA. Section 2. Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurse: Will mean persons employed by the School Board in a capacity exclusively associated with the School Board's health services program. The term employee as used herein will not include confidential employees, supervisory
employees, essential employees, part time employees whose services do not
exceed fourteen (14) hours per week, employees who hold positions of a temporary
or seasonal character for a period not in excess of sixty-seven (67) working
days in any calendar year and emergency employees. Subd. 1. Registered Nurse: Will mean Registered Nurses licensed by the State of Minnesota who
are responsible for the implementation of health services. Subd. 2. Licensed Practical Nurse: Will mean Licensed Practical Nurses licensed by the State of Minnesota who are responsible for providing for the health care needs of individual students who require frequent care throughout the school day in order to attend school.
Board"
may also mean the designated representative. Section 4. Other Terms: Terms not defined in this Agreement will have those meanings as defined by the PELRA.
not
required to meet and negotiate on matters of inherent managerial policy,
which include, but are not limited to, such areas of discretion or policy as
the functions and programs of the
School District, its overall budget, utilization of technology, the
organizational structure and selection and direction and number of personnel. Section
2. Management Responsibilities: The employees recognize the right and
obligation of the School District to efficiently manage and conduct the
operation of the School District within its legal limitations and with its
primary obligation to provide educational opportunity for the students of the
School District. Section 3. Effect of Laws, Rules and Regulations: The exclusive representative recognizes that
all employees covered by this Agreement will perform the services prescribed
by the School District and will be governed by School Board policies, rules,
regulations, directives and orders which are not inconsistent with the terms
and conditions of employment set forth in this Agreement and which are issued
by properly designated officials of the School District. Any provision of this Agreement found in
violation of any law, rule or regulation there under, will be without force
or effect. Section 4. Reservation of Managerial Rights: The foregoing enumeration of School District rights and duties will not be deemed to exclude other inherent management rights and management functions not expressly reserved herein, and all management rights and management functions not expressly delegated in this Agreement are reserved to the School District.
Section 1. Right to Views: Pursuant to the PELRA, nothing contained in this Agreement will be
construed to limit, impair or affect the right of any employee, or his/her
representative, to the expression or communication of a view, grievance,
complaint or opinion on any matter related to the conditions or compensation
of public employment or their betterment, so long as the same is not designed
to and does not interfere with the full faithful and proper performance of
the duties of employment or circumvent the rights of the employees; nor will
it be construed to require any employee to perform labor or services against
his/her will. Section 2. Right to Join: Employees will have the right to form and join labor or employee organizations,
and will have the right not to form and not to join such organizations. Employees
in the unit will have the right by secret ballot to designate an exclusive
representative for the purpose of negotiating grievance procedures and the
terms and conditions of employment for such employees with the School
District. Section 3. Personnel Files: Subd. 1. Access: All individual employee evaluations and individual employee files generated within the School District will be available to the employee during regular School District
hours upon the employee's written request in accordance with the PELRA. Subd. 2. Request: Such written request will be made to the Human Resources Department. The department will schedule an appointment for the employee to review the employee's file and
will notify the employee of such appointment. Subd. 3. Review: The employee may review and have access to all the employee's evaluations and files generated in the School District only in the presence of the superintendent
or designee. Subd. 4. Right to Copy: The employee will have the right to reproduce any of the contents of
his/her files at the employee's expense. Subd. 5. Right to Response: The employee may submit for inclusion in his/her file a written response
to any material contained in such file. Subd. 6. Destruction/Expungement: The School District may destroy or expunge such files as
provided by law. Section 4. Dues Check-Off: Employees will have the right to request dues checkoff for the organization of the exclusive representative in accordance with the provisions of the PELRA, as amended. Upon receipt of a properly executed authorization form from the employee, the School District will deduct, in equal installments, from the employee's paycheck, the dues the employee has agreed to pay the exclusive representative during the effective period of authorization. The authorization will continue in effect until terminated by the employee in writing. Section 5. Fair Share Fee: In accordance with the PELRA, any employee included in the appropriate unit who is not a member of the exclusive representative may be required by the exclusive representative to contribute a fair share fee for services rendered as exclusive representative. Subd. 1. Claims Against the School District: The exclusive representative hereby warrants and covenants that it will defend, indemnify and save the School District harmless from any and all actions, suits, claims, damages, judgments and executions or other forms of liability, liquidated or unliquidated, which any person may have or claim to have, now or in the future, arising out of or by reason of the deduction of the fair share fee specified by the exclusive representative
as provided herein. Section 6. Political Action Committee (PAC) Deduction: Employees will have the right to request a payroll deduction as a method of contributing to the Education Minnesota - Osseo PAC. Subd. 1. Authorization: Upon receipt of properly executed authorization card, the School District
will make the designated deduction per paycheck. Subd. 2. Terms of Authorization: Authorization cards will be filed with the payroll department by the employee and will continue in effect until revoked by the employee on a form provided by the School District (payroll department). Application for PAC deduction will be accepted at any time with change in payment reflected as soon as is practicable, but within
forty-five (45) days. Subd. 3. Schedule of Deductions: Deductions will be made in eighteen (18) equal installments
beginning on September 5 and ending on May 20. Section 7. Probation and Regular Status: New employees will be considered probationary employees
until they have completed six (6) months of employment. During this time,
they will have no seniority privileges and may be transferred, discharged,
reduced in hours of assignment, or terminated in the event of job
elimination. Upon completion of six (6) months of employment, the employee
will establish regular status unless otherwise notified in writing by the
employer prior to that date. Section 8. Seniority – Registered Nurse: Subd. 1. Seniority Date: An employee's seniority date will be the original date of employment in the School District within the unit. If the starting date is the same, seniority will be based on the date a recommendation for employment was signed in Human Resources. Subd. 2. Forfeiture: An employee who is discharged, resigns, or does not report for an assignment
after being recalled will forfeit all seniority rights. Subd. 3. Seniority List: A seniority list of regular employees will be posted at every site each
year by October 15. A copy of each list will be sent to the exclusive
representative. Subd. 4. Request for Change: Any person whose name appears on such list who may disagree with the findings of the School District and the order of seniority in said list will have fifteen (15) work days from the date of posting to supply written documentation, proof and
request for seniority change to the School District. Section 9. Holidays: Employees regularly scheduled to work ten and one half (10 1/2) hours or more per week will be granted six (6) paid holidays as determined by the School Board prior to July 1 each year. The following six (6) paid holidays will be granted. Thanksgiving,
Winter Holidays (2 days), New Year's Day, Presidents’ Day or Martin Luther
King, Jr., Spring Holiday Section 10. Posting of Positions: Vacancies to be filled will be posted for a period of five (5) working
days. Employees interested in applying should make application to Human
Resources. Employees who apply during
the designated time frame will be considered on the basis of previous work
experience, training, and job performance. Management reserves the right to
make the final decision in filling the position. Section 11. Job Elimination – Registered Nurse: Subd. 1. Seniority: In the event of job elimination requiring layoff, the employee with the least
seniority in the unit will be laid off first. Subd. 2. Recall List: A regular employee who has been displaced due to a layoff will be placed on a recall list. When a position becomes available, the most senior qualified employee will be recalled first. If the employee fails to report to work upon two (2) weeks notice
of recall, this will cause the employee to lose all recall rights. Subd. 3. Recall Period: A regular employee will be kept on the recall list up to twelve (12) months
after the layoff if no position has been offered. Section 12. Job Elimination – Licensed Practical Nurse: In the event of job elimination requiring
layoff, employees will be terminated at the discretion of the program
supervisor. Section 13. Other Rights: Employees will have all other rights prescribed by PELRA.
Subd. 1. Hours: Employees covered by this Agreement are part-time employees and will not regularly exceed thirty-five (35) hours per week in any combination of duties without prior approval. All work assigned health specialists beyond their normal assignment will have prior approval from Human Resources or supervisor. All such work assigned up to forty (40) hours
per week will be performed at the regular wage rate. Subd. 2. Placement on Schedule: New personnel covered by this Agreement and employees changing positions included in this Agreement will be assigned and placed on the wage scale at
the discretion of Human Resources. Subd. 3. Overtime Compensation: Hours worked beyond forty (40) hours per week will be paid at time and one-half. All overtime work must be authorized in advance by the supervisor. Subd. 4. Duty Free Lunch: Each employee will have a duty-free lunch period of thirty (30) minutes. Emergencies causing interruption of duty-free lunch period will be compensated at regular rate. If the employee is on-call and working, the employee will be compensated at their
regular hourly rate. Section 2. Wages and Conditions: Subd. 1. Rates of Pay: The following hourly rates will be for the
period of July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2008 for all Registered Nurses. 2006-2007 2007-2008 Step Rate/Hour Rate/Hour 1 $18.40 $19.00 2 $19.70 $20.30 3 $21.25 $22.00 * $21.75 $22.50 ** $21.90 $22.65 A career increment of *.50 (2006-2007) and $.50 (2007-2008) per hour will be paid for all Registered Nurses who have ten (10) or more years of consecutive employment in Independent School District 279. An additional ** $.15 (2006-2007) and 2007-2008) per hour will be paid for all Registered Nurses who have twenty (20) or more years of consecutive
employment. The following hourly rates will be for the period
of July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2008 for all Licensed Practical Nurses: 2006-2007 2007-2008 Step Rate/Hour Rate/Hour 1 $14.50 $15.00 2 $16.00 $16.50 3 $17.80 $18.10 * $18.10 $18.60 A career increment of *$.50 (2006-2007) and $.50 (2007-2008) per hour will be paid for all Licensed Practical Nurses who have ten (10) or more years of consecutive employment in Independent School District 279. Subd. 2. Work Year: The work year for Registered Nurses will begin three (3) days prior to students reporting and end with the last day students are in attendance. The work year for Licensed
Practical Nurses will be the same as the student contact days. Subd. 3. Hours: Registered Nurses are assigned hours according to building enrollment and special needs. Licensed Practical Nurses are assigned hours and sites at the discretion of the program
supervisor. Subd. 4. Step Movement: Each employee who has completed a full year of employment will move
to the next step of the wage scale on the employment anniversary date. Section 3. Emergency Closing: Employees’ attendance will not be required whenever students and teacher attendance for the entire School District is not required due to inclement weather or emergency closing. Employees will be paid for three (3) days, per school year, for their normal work assignment when school is closed. This provision will apply for full days only when school has been cancelled prior to the opening of the normal school day. In the event school is closed early due to inclement weather or emergency closing, employees will be allowed to leave approximately one-half (1/2) hour after students have been released or at their usual ending time, which ever comes first. Employees will be paid for their normal work assignments on these days. ARTICLE
VII Section
1. Health and Hospitalization Insurance for full-time employees (employees scheduled
to work 32 or more hours weekly): The selection of insurance carriers and
policies will be made by the School District. Subd. 1. Basic Group Health and Hospitalization Plans: a)
Single Coverage. 1. The School District will provide a monetary contribution for Single coverage for each full-time employee who qualifies for and enrolls in the School District’s
basic group health and hospitalization plan. a. Effective July 1, 2006, the School District will contribute one hundred percent (100%) of the total premium cost for Single coverage in the plan
in which the employee is enrolled. b. Effective July 1, 2007, the School District will contribute one hundred percent (100%) of the total premium cost for Single coverage in the plan in which the employee is enrolled or the School District’s actual monthly monetary contribution during the 2006-07 contract year for the
plan in which the employee is enrolled, whichever is less. 2. Any portion of the premium amount that exceeds the School District contribution
will be paid by the employee and paid by payroll deduction. b)
Employee +1 Coverage: 1. The School District will provide a monetary contribution for Employee +1 coverage for each full-time employee who qualifies for and enrolls in the School District’s basic group health and hospitalization plan and who qualifies for
dependent coverage. a. Effective July 1, 2006, the School District will contribute a sum not to exceed $730.72 per month for Employee +1 coverage in the plan in which
the employee is enrolled. b. Effective July 1, 2007, the School District will contribute seventy-five percent (75%) of the total premium cost for Employee +1 coverage in the plan in which the employee is enrolled or seventy-five percent (75%) of the School District’s total premium cost for Employee +1 coverage of the 2006-07 contract year for the plan in which the employee
is enrolled, whichever is less. 2. Any portion of the premium amount that exceeds the School District contribution
will be paid by the employee and paid by payroll deduction. c)
Family Coverage: 1. The School District will provide a monetary contribution for Family coverage for each full-time employee who qualifies for and enrolls in the School District’s basic group health and hospitalization plan and who qualifies for Family
coverage. a. Effective July 1, 2006, the School District will contribute a sum not to exceed $1,169.14 per month cost for Family coverage in the plan in which
the employee is enrolled. b. Effective July 1, 2007, the School District will contribute seventy-five percent (75%) of the total premium cost for Family coverage in the plan in which the employee is enrolled or seventy-five percent (75%) of the School District’s total premium cost for Family coverage of the 2006-07 contract year for the plan in which the employee is enrolled, whichever
is less. 2. Any portion of the premium amount that exceeds the School District contribution will be paid by the employee and paid by payroll deduction. Subd.
2. Deductible Health and Hospitalization Plan/VEBA: a)
Single Coverage: 1. Effective January 1, 2007, the School District will pay the total premium cost for Single coverage for each full-time employee who qualifies for and enrolls in
the School District’s deductible group health and hospitalization plan. b)
Employee +1 Coverage: 1. Effective January 1, 2007, the School District will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the total premium cost for Employee +1 coverage for each full-time employee who qualifies for and enrolls in the School District’s deductible group
health and hospitalization plan. c)
Family Coverage: 1. Effective January 1, 2007, the School District will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the total premium cost for Family coverage for each full-time employee who qualifies for and enrolls in the School District’s deductible group
health and hospitalization plan. d)
VEBA Contribution: 1. For those employees who elect to participate in the deductible health and hospitalization plan, the School District will make an annual contribution to a VEBA
trust for the employee as follows: a. For employees who select Single coverage, the School District will contribute
$504 annually; ISD 279 / Registered
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Conditions of Employment July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2008 Page 10 b. For employees who select Employee +1 coverage, the School District will
contribute $1020 annually; c. For employees who select Family coverage, the School District will contribute
$1200 annually. 2. Those employees who elect to participate in the deductible plan effective January 1, 2007 will receive the full annual School District contribution to the VEBA trust upon their enrollment. Employees who elect to participate in the deductible health and hospitalization plan with an effective date after January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2007 will receive the annual VEBA contribution pro-rata (annual contribution/12 x number of months enrolled) in equal installments
consistent with the payroll cycle. 3. Those employees who elect to participate in the deductible plan effective July 1, 2007 will receive the full annual School District contribution to the VEBA trust
in equal installments consistent with the payroll cycle. 4. Those employees who elect to participate in the deductible plan with an effective date after July 1, 2007 will receive the annual VEBA contribution pro-rata (annual contribution/12 x number of months enrolled) in equal installments
consistent with the payroll cycle. e) The School District will pay the cost for the administration of the deductible health and
hospitalization plan and any trustee fees. Subd. 3. Married Couples in District with Family Coverage: When an employee and his/her spouse are both employed by the School District and are eligible for the School District’s group health and hospitalization plan, one employee will be provided the contribution for Family coverage in the plan. Additionally, in the event both employees enroll in the same hospitalization dependent plan, full premium for Single coverage of the plan will be credited toward the premium cost of the Family/Employee +1 plan elected by the employees. Any additional
cost of the premium will be borne by the employee and paid by payroll
deduction. Subd. 4. Group Term Life Insurance: The School District will pay the premium for group term life insurance for all full-time employees employed by the School District who qualify for and enroll in the existing group term life insurance plan of the School District. Full-time employees who qualify and enroll will be covered by group term life insurance up to the employee’s
base annual salary calculated to the nearest $500. Subd. 5. Supplemental Group Term Life Insurance: Full-time employees will have the option, subject to the conditions established by the School Board’s carrier for group term life insurance as provided in Subd. 3. of this Section, to purchase supplemental group term life insurance in the amounts of $50,000, $75,000, $100,000 or $125,000 not to exceed 3 x annual salary. The cost of the supplemental coverage shall be borne by the employee and paid
by payroll deductions. Subd. 6. Long-Term Disability Income Protection: The School District will pay the premium for employee coverage in the existing long-term disability income protection plan of the School Board for all full-time employees who qualify for and enroll in such coverage. This
coverage will apply up to the employee’s base annual salary. Subd.
6. Dental Insurance: a. Single Coverage: The School District will pay a sum of $23.00 (2006-2007) or $28.00 (effective July 1, 2007) per month for individual coverage for each full-time employee who qualifies for and enrolls in the School District's group dental insurance plan. Any additional cost of the premium will be borne by the employee and paid by payroll
deduction. b. Family Coverage: The premium cost of the family/dependent coverage for each fulltime employee who qualifies for and enrolls in the School District's group dental insurance plan and who qualifies for family/dependent coverage will be paid in total by the employee and paid by payroll deduction. Whether the district offers family/dependent
coverage is subject to the conditions as established by the carriers. Section
2. Health and Hospitalization Insurance for part-time employees (employees scheduled to work 30 hours but less than 32 hours weekly): The selection of insurance carriers
and policies will be made by the School Board. Subd.
1. Basic Group Health and Hospitalization Plans: a)
Single Coverage: 1. Effective July 1, 2006, the School District will contribute a sum not to exceed $460.45 per month for Single coverage for each employee who qualifies for and enrolls in the School District’s basic group health and hospitalization plan. The portion of the premium not contributed by the School District will be
borne by the employee and paid by payroll deduction. 2. Effective July 1, 2007, the School District will contribute one hundred percent (100%) of the total premium cost for Single coverage in the plan in which the employee is enrolled or the School District’s actual monthly monetary contribution during the 2006-07 contract year for the plan in which the employee is enrolled, whichever is less. Any portion of the premium amount that exceeds the School District contribution will be paid by the employee and paid
by payroll deduction. b) Employee +1 and Family Coverage: The employee may choose to purchase Employee +1 coverage or Family coverage at the cost of the Employee +1 coverage or Family coverage premium minus the monthly sum contributed by the School District towards the Single coverage rate described in Subd.1.a., of this Section. The employee must qualify and enroll in the School District’s basic group health and hospitalization
plan and qualify for dependent payroll deduction. Subd. 2. Deductible Health Insurance Plan: Effective January 1, 2007 the School District will make available an optional deductible group health and hospitalization plan. The plan will provide a deductible of $1000 per year for Single coverage and $2000 per year for Employee
+1 or Family coverage. a) Single Coverage: Effective January 1, 2007, the School District will pay the total premium cost for Single coverage for each employee who qualifies for and enrolls in the
School District’s deductible group health and hospitalization plan. b) Employee +1 or Family Coverage: The employee may choose to purchase Employee +1 coverage or Family coverage at the cost of the Employee +1 coverage or Family coverage premium minus the monthly sum contributed by the School District towards the Single coverage rate described in Subd. 2. a., of this Section. The employee must qualify and enroll in the School District’s deductible health insurance plan and qualify
for dependent payroll deduction. c) VEBA Contribution: For those employees who elect to participate in the deductible plan,
the School District will make a contribution to a VEBA trust as follows: • For employees who select Single coverage, the School District will contribute $504
annually. • For employees who select Employee +1 coverage, the School District will contribute
$1020 annually. • For employees who select Family coverage, the School District will contribute $1200
annually. d) For employees who elect to participate in the deductible plan, effective January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2007 the School District will make the full annual district contribution
to the VEBA trust upon enrollment. e) Participants who enroll in the deductible plan after January 1, 2007 will receive the VEBA
contributions in equal installments consistent with the payroll cycle. f) The School District will pay the cost of the administration of the plan and the cost of the
trustee. Section 3. Eligibility: Full-time employees are eligible for group insurance. Those employees working
a full school year schedule consisting of thirty-two (32) or more hours per
week will be considered full-time for purposes of eligibility for group
insurance. Qualifications will include those established by the School
District and the carrier of the coverage. Part-time employees, employees
working 30 hours but less than 32 hours, qualify only for the School
District’s basic health and hospitalization plan. Section 4. Enrollment: All employees qualifying will enroll for such coverages in accordance with
the procedures established by the School District. Section 5. Claims Against the School District: It is understood that the School District’s obligation is to purchase an insurance policy and pay such amounts as agreed to herein and no claim
will be made against the School District as a result of a denial of insurance
benefits by an insurance carrier. Section 6. Duration of Insurance Contribution: An employee is eligible for School District contributions as provided in this Article as long as the employee is employed by the School District.
Upon termination of employment, all School District participation and
contribution will cease, effective on the last day of the month in which
employment terminates. Section 7. Insurance Program Eligibility in the Event of Retirement: An employee who retires is eligible to participate in the health/hospitalization plan upon retirement per Minnesota Statute, but must pay the entire premium for the plan selected. The right to continue participation in such plan will be in accordance with conditions of the carrier and/or until they qualify
for coverage under another program. Section 8. Section 125 Plan: The School District will provide a Section 125 Plan under the Internal
Revenue code for all employees. Subd. 1. Description: The Section 125 Plan (Flexible Spending Plan) offered by the School District is a plan established to provide a way to save money on costs for medical and dependent care expenses. The three components allow payment for health insurance premiums, certain out-of-pocket health care expenses, and dependent care expenses with pretax dollars. It is a salary reduction plan permitting participants to choose among more than one benefit. It is classified as a “Cafeteria Plan” for federal income tax purposes. The plan year will be determined by the School Board. There are three components to the plan: 1.
Health insurance premium deduction with pre-tax dollars. 2.
Dependent care reimbursement account. 3.
Medical expense reimbursement account. Section 9. Deferred Compensation Programs: In accordance with Section 457 or 403b of the internal revenue code and MS.356.24, the School Board will match the contribution of an eligible employee according to the following schedule towards either the Minnesota State Deferred
Compensation Program (Section 457) or an approved 403b tax sheltered annuity
plan. The plan must meet the School
District’s guidelines for approval. The contribution and match are forwarded
each pay period to the plan account. Effective July 1, 2007 District Match |
