Common use of CONVERSION OF CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES Clause in Contracts

CONVERSION OF CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES. Section 1. The State and the union agree that employees who are hired to perform permanent functions should be hired into permanent positions. The State will continue its work to convert contractual employees in positions that would be AFSCME bargaining unit positions had the employee originally been hired as a regular State employee, and DBM will meet with AFSCME representatives and agency representatives quarterly beginning January 2024 to review the status of all outstanding contractual employees. Fringe benefits to newly converted employees shall be no less than for any incoming regular State bargaining unit employee. The State will work with AFSCME to provide a new employee orientation for converted contractual employees through which the Union shall have one (1) hour to orient them to their rights as full-time regular PIN staff. Effective July 1, 2024, the State shall cease to hire new contractual employees in bargaining unit classifications, but expressly retains the right to hire new contractual employees in bargaining unit classifications in the following categories: 1. Persons hired pursuant to short-term grants or defined temporary projects (24 months or less); 2. Persons hired on a short-term basis (12 months or less) on an emergency basis to non- renewable contracts; 3. Retirees from State service; and 4. Less than fifty percent (50%) FTE.

CONVERSION OF CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES. Section 1. The State and the union agree that employees who are hired to perform permanent functions should be hired into permanent positions. The State will continue its work to convert contractual employees in positions that would be AFSCME bargaining unit positions had the employee originally been hired as a regular State employee, and DBM will meet with AFSCME representatives and agency representatives quarterly beginning January 2024 to review the status of all outstanding contractual employees. Fringe benefits to newly converted employees shall be no less than for any incoming regular State bargaining unit employee. The State will work with AFSCME to provide a new employee orientation for converted contractual employees through which the Union shall have one (1) hour to orient them to their rights as full-time regular PIN staff. Effective July 1, 2024, the State shall cease to hire new contractual employees in bargaining unit classifications, but expressly retains the right to hire new contractual employees in bargaining unit classifications in the following categories: 1. Persons hired pursuant to short-term grants or defined temporary projects (24 months or less); 2. Persons hired on a short-term basis (12 months or less) on an emergency basis to non- non-renewable contracts; 3. Retirees from State service; and 4. Less than fifty percent (50%) FTE.

CONVERSION OF CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES. Section 1. The State and the union agree that employees who are hired to perform permanent functions should be hired into permanent positions. The State will continue its work to convert contractual employees in positions that would be AFSCME bargaining unit positions had the employee originally been hired as a regular State employee, and DBM will meet with AFSCME representatives and agency representatives quarterly beginning January 2024 to review the status of all outstanding contractual employees. Fringe benefits to for newly converted employees shall be no less than for any incoming regular State bargaining unit employee. The State will work with AFSCME to provide a new employee orientation for converted contractual employees through which the Union shall have one (1) hour to orient them to their rights as full-time regular PIN staff. Effective July 1, 2024, the State shall cease to hire new contractual employees in bargaining unit classifications, but expressly retains the right to hire new contractual employees in bargaining unit classifications in the following categories: 1. Persons hired pursuant to short-term grants or defined temporary projects (24 months or less); 2. Persons hired on a short-term basis (12 months or less) on an emergency basis to non- renewable contracts; 3. Retirees from State service; and 4. Less than fifty percent (50%) FTE.