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Section 47
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  1. The headings used in this Agreement neither add to nor subtract from the meaning, but are for reference only.

  2. Wherever masculine gender pronouns are used throughout the Agreement, they are for convenience only and are meant as well to refer to the feminine gender without distinction.

  3. All bargaining unit employees who held the position of either Equipment Operator or Groundsperson as of October 11, 1987, will be regularly scheduled to work Monday through Friday as long as such employees work in these positions. Any employee hired into either the Equipment Operator or Groundsperson classification after October 11, 1987, will be scheduled at the discretion of the Employer.

  4. An employee will be reimbursed the license fee for State of Michigan licenses, required by the employer.

  5. Food Service employees not normally scheduled to work split shifts will not be scheduled to work split shifts without their concurrence.

  6. When it is necessary for the Employer to reschedule employees, the Employer will notify the affected employees and appropriate Union representatives in advance. The employer will discuss the reasons for the schedule change with the Union representatives and invite their input. Insofar as possible, such rescheduling will be done on the basis of seniority.

  7. Supervisory employees, and temporary employees other than those described in Section 2 of this Agreement, will not regularly and routinely perform on a day-to-day basis duties which are ordinarily performed by bargaining unit seniority employees, nor will such supervisory employees perform overtime work in any Appendix A job classification for which seniority employees are available, except in case of an emergency, operational difficulty, testing of materials and equipment, instruction, training or demonstration, and the like, or when available seniority employees do not have the ability to do the required work.

  8. Nine-month employees must be off payroll for one period of eight (8) consecutive weeks. The remaining weeks must be scheduled at least two (2) weeks in advance, and for a period of at least one (1) week.

    Ten-month employees must be off payroll for one period of four (4) consecutive weeks. The remaining weeks must be scheduled at least two (2) weeks in advance, and for a period of at least one (1) week.

  9. The employer will provide bulletin boards in each District which may be used exclusively for Union postings.

  10. Flextime. Alternative work scheduling arrangements (flextime) are variations from a customary schedule which are mutually agreeable to the employee and his/her supervisor. The University will consider alternatives to the customary schedule where productivity is either unaffected or is enhanced, necessary coverage is provided, and no precedent is set for other areas. It is understood by the parties to this agreement that an employee who is working a flex schedule, that the following areas of the contractual agreement shall apply as follows:

    1. Section 23 – Overtime

      1. An employee will not receive overtime for working more than eight (8) hours in a workday.

    2. Section 30 – Holidays
      1. An employee will receive eight (8) hours of Holiday pay on a holiday and they will have to utilize other paid time, excluding sick time, to make up the difference between the eight (8) hours of Holiday pay and their flextime day work hours

      2. Part-time employees shall receive prorated Holiday pay in proportion to his/her straight-time hours worked in the pay period in which the Holiday falls.

    3. Section 31 – Vacations

      An employee on flextime schedule shall utilize the number of hours scheduled per work day as the number of vacation hours to cover that time period.

    4. Section 32 – Sick Leave

      An employee on flextime schedule shall utilize the number of hours scheduled per work day as the number of sick time hours to cover the time period of sick leave.

  11. The Employer agrees to convert only full-time food service and custodial positions to 9/10 month positions. Full-time food service and custodial positions considered for conversion to 9/10 month positions must be converted only through attrition. The Employer agrees to a maximum of 20 food service and 5 custodial conversions.