BLENDED POSITIONS. Employees assigned to two or more positions will be placed at the same step for all positions. If a continuing employee adds a second position to their current position, the employee will keep their step for the new position.
BLENDED POSITIONS. A bargaining unit employee shall not be required to take a non-bargaining unit out-of-assignment position nor a “blended position”. For purposes of this section, a blended assignment is defined as a work situation in which a bargaining unit employee temporarily performs some bargaining unit and some non-bargaining unit work. A non-bargaining unit out-of-assignment position is defined as a position in which the bargaining unit member temporarily assumes the duties of a position which has been a non-bargaining unit position. If an employee is temporarily assigned for a period of ten (10) consecutive workdays to perform the duties of a position outside of the bargaining unit or a blended position which carries a higher pay than the position regularly assigned, the Association shall be notified. Out-of-unit assignments or blended positions shall not exceed twelve (12) months. If an employee is assigned some higher level non-bargaining unit duties, the employee and their supervisor will meet no later than ten (10) workdays after the assignment has begun to determine whether there will be a reduction in the employee’s normal work load so the extra duties can be included in the regular 40 hour workweek or whether they choose to apply the provision of section 10.2 (overtime or comp time) of the contract. The Association shall be notified of the decision made. Upon the employee’s return to the position held prior to the out-of-unit or blended assignment, the former salary plus any scheduled increases which would have been normally granted during the time spent in the out-of-unit or blended assignment shall be resumed. During this period of out-of-assignment or blended work, the employee will continue with the same benefits according to provisions of the collective bargaining agreement. The salary, however, shall be at the appropriate pay rate.
