What is being done

(This is post has been rewritten to reflect what I'm putting out in a newsletter and cleaned up a bit. 4/4/09)

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office is exercising their right under Article 10, section 3 of our Agreement to change our schedule from the current 6/3 to a 28 day, 8 hour schedule.

The Sheriff has decided to implement this schedule despite unanimous opposition. When asked if we could poll our members about alternate schedules they might prefer to this they responded with, "We are going to an 8 hour schedule and will entertain no other options."

The Administration has been told 8 hours work for 8 hours pay. By federal law our day BEGINS when we ENTER the locker room.

We will file for overtime every time we are relieved late.

*Their entire schedule is based on the belief you will show up early and stay late for free. They then take the half hour you now get paid for, you work it for free and they take that time and convert it into more work days for you. They want an 8 hour schedule with no overlap, give it to them!

We expect the 1.5% inconvenient work schedule pay we gave up 10 years ago to get the holidays the way they are to be restored now that management has changed the schedule.
We are stating that everyone must work at least one weekend a month. This will make it easier for everyone to get weekends off.

We are asking that dog watch deputies who put in for 2 or more days off together get them as they need recovery time.

We are setting up a meeting so we can earn and use comp time.

We got Chief Deputy Carlson to commit to allowing (10%) 6 off a shift for vacation.

This is how Holidays will work under their new schedule:

If you work a Holiday you get time and a half for that Holiday. You no longer bank or cash out deferred holidays, you must take a different day off during the SAME 28 day period. So for example if you work Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and the Day After Thanksgiving you would get time and a half for those three Holidays and HAVE to take 3 different days off that period, so you'd get 11 days off that period.