Common use of No Layoff Agreement Clause in Contracts

No Layoff Agreement. Section 1. This Agreement is made between the State of Minnesota and the various bargaining unit representatives with respect to the restructuring of the State's health facility system and opportunities which will be provided employees as change occurs. This Agreement will become effective only if the Legislature substantially authorizes the policy and funding necessary to implement the department's re-structuring plan. The parties agree to the following terms in order to ensure that fair and equitable arrangements are carried out to protect the interests of affected State employees under the re-structuring. These terms shall be part of the Collective Bargaining Agreements between parties and shall be implemented through the Master and Supplemental Agreements. 1. As a result of changes in the department's service delivery system, no person employed by a State operated treatment center or nursing home except a temporary employee, intermittent or emergency employee shall suffer a reduction in pay or be involuntarily laid off. Hours of work of full-time unlimited employees shall not be involuntarily reduced. The hours of work of part-time employees shall not be involuntarily reduced below their current level of Employer paid insurance contributions. Employees hired on or after November 1, 2005 shall retain only those rights provided for under the normal separation procedures. Intermittent employees who are laid off shall retain rights under their normal separation procedures. 2. Reduction in employee numbers will be made through normal attrition and through the provisions detailed in the employee mitigation to layoff section of this agreement. 3. Nothing in the Agreement shall be interpreted as entitling an employee to lifetime employment or as protecting an employee against discharge for just cause. 4. Employees of the department who move to State operated community based facilities in accord with the re-structuring proposal will be guaranteed collective bargaining rights as applicable under M.S. 179A and other rights under M.S. 43A, M.S. 352, and M.S. 354. 5. Training and re-training of staff who, as a result of re-structuring, fill a position in a State operated community based facility, or staff who fill a position within a facility, or between facilities, will be the responsibility of the department. The department will make every reasonable effort to coordinate training and re-training with public institutions or postsecondary education. 6. Procedures for notifying employees affected by the re-structuring plans will be negotiated into the Collective Bargaining Agreements or supplemental agreements. 7. Any dispute concerning the interpretation, application or meaning, and relationship to the terms of the respective master or supplemental agreements must be resolved by the grievance/arbitration procedures of the appropriate agreements. The terms of the Memorandum are non-precedential. 8. Every effort will be made to communicate openly and have common understanding between the State and labor organizations affected by the re-structuring plan, including the establishment of joint labor and management committees. 9. The terms of this Agreement for each facility extends until the completion of the re- structuring at that facility

No Layoff Agreement. Section 1. This Agreement is made between the State of Minnesota and the various bargaining unit representatives with respect to the restructuring of the State's health facility system and opportunities which will be provided employees as change occurs. This Agreement will become effective only if the Legislature substantially authorizes the policy and funding necessary to implement the department's re-structuring plan. The parties agree to the following terms in order to ensure that fair and equitable arrangements are carried out to protect the interests of affected State employees under the re-structuring. These terms shall be part of the Collective Bargaining Agreements between parties and shall be implemented through the Master and Supplemental Agreements. 1. As a result of changes in the department's service delivery system, no person employed by a State operated treatment center or nursing home except a temporary employee, intermittent or emergency employee shall suffer a reduction in pay or be involuntarily laid off. Hours of work of full-time unlimited employees shall not be involuntarily reduced. The hours of work of part-time employees shall not be involuntarily reduced below their current level of Employer paid insurance contributions. Employees hired on or after November 1, 2005 shall retain only those rights provided for under the normal separation procedures. Intermittent employees who are laid off shall retain rights under their normal separation procedures. 2. Reduction in employee numbers will be made through normal attrition and through the provisions detailed in the employee mitigation to layoff section of this agreement. 3. Nothing in the Agreement shall be interpreted as entitling an employee to lifetime employment or as protecting an employee against discharge for just cause. 4. Employees of the department who move to State operated community based facilities in accord with the re-structuring proposal will be guaranteed collective bargaining rights as applicable under M.S. 179A and other rights under M.S. 43A, M.S. 352, and M.S. 354. 5. Training and re-training of staff who, as a result of re-structuring, fill a position in a State operated community based facility, or staff who fill a position within a facility, or between facilities, will be the responsibility of the department. The department will make every reasonable effort to coordinate training and re-training with public institutions or postsecondary education. 6. Procedures for notifying employees affected by the re-structuring plans will be negotiated into the Collective Bargaining Agreements or supplemental agreements. 7. Any dispute concerning the interpretation, application or meaning, and relationship to the terms of the respective master or supplemental agreements must be resolved by the grievance/arbitration procedures of the appropriate agreements. The terms of the Memorandum are non-precedential. 8. Every effort will be made to communicate openly and have common understanding between the State and labor organizations affected by the re-structuring plan, including the establishment of joint labor and management committees. 9. The terms of this Agreement for each facility extends until the completion of the re- re-structuring at that facility.