Shift Differential Update

I'm re-posting this message from a MNPEA steward regarding the so called Shift Differential Grievance Settlement. I last posted about this on September 24th in the post:

Shift Differential Shaft

The County has a restricted interpretation version of the settlement language that is apart from that of MNPEA .  The County states they will only pay the NIGHT differential on overtime hours up to 3.9 hours worked and any time over that the differential will not be paid.  That goes back to their original stand that the 4.0 hour overtime worked is another staff’s shift hours and is not considered an extension / continuation of the shift hours that the employee has already worked.  In other words there is no Night differential overtime back pay to make as according to the Payroll audit of the entire jail unit record no staff worked over 2.7 hours and those specific staff have already been paid or will be for their time.  The employees that were expecting the back pay for Night differential overtime hours of 4.0 hours or more will not be getting any.  MNPEA has argued the language interpretation of the settlement during  the ongoing contract negotiations and the proposed contract language is to take the settlement language problem into account when we finalize any of the differential clause.  MNPEA is hopeful that there will be an amicable agreement for the new contract but the Night differential  overtime back pay for now is not going to change.  The Weekend differential overtime is being paid and was on the Oct 23 payroll.The County has a restricted interpretation version of the settlement language that is apart from that of MNPEA .

So my advice is to ARBITRATE. This is not the agreed upon settlement to the grievance.