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expected to work an average of 30 hours per week or 130 hours per month. In order to comply <br />with the health care reform law, while avoiding penalties, part-time employees will be scheduled <br />with business needs, which ensures positions retain part-time status under which is intended. <br />Pay Period: A fourteen (14) day period beginning at 12:00 a.m. (midnight) on Saturday through <br />11:59 p.m. on Friday, fourteen (14) days later. <br />PERA (Public Employees Retirement Association): A statewide pension program in which all <br />City employees meeting program requirements must participate in accordance with Minnesota <br />law. Both the City and the employee contribute to the employee's retirement account. <br />Probationary Employees: An employee working within a six- or twelve-month period at the <br />start of employment with the City (or at the beginning of a promotion, reassignment, or transfer) <br />unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement stating a different time frame. An employee <br />serving the initial probationary period may be disciplined at the sole discretion of the City, up to <br />and including dismissal. An employee so disciplined, including dismissal, will not have any <br />grievance rights. Time served in temporary, seasonal, volunteer or interim positions are not <br />considered part of the probationary period. If an emergency arises during an employee's <br />probationary period which requires a leave of absence, such time off, if granted, will not be <br />considered as time worked, and the probationary period will be extended by the length of time <br />taken. <br />Promotion: Movement of an employee from one job class to another within the City, where the <br />maximum swage for the new position is higher than that of the employee's former position. <br />Reclassify: Reassignment of a job from one classification to another because of a significant <br />change in the position's duties and responsibilities. <br />Seasonal Employee: Employees who work part of the year to conduct seasonal work. Seasonal <br />employees may work full-time or part-time hours but, unless required by law, are generally not <br />eligible for benefits or seniority credit. To comply with the health care reform law while <br />avoiding penalties, seasonal employees are scheduled in alignment with business needs to <br />maintain their seasonal status, or may be offered health insurance in rare cases. <br />Service Credit: Time worked for the City. An employee begins accruing service credit on their <br />first workday. Certain levels of absence may interrupt service credit accrual. <br />Supervisor: An individual with authority on behalf of the employer to recommend or take action <br />regarding hiring, transfers, suspensions, promotions, discharges, discipline, rewards, assignments <br />and work direction, grievance adjustments, and performance evaluations. <br />Temporary Employee: Employees who work in temporary positions, either with a specific end <br />date or for the duration of a specific project. Temporary employees may work full-time or part- <br />time schedules but, unless required by law, do not earn benefits or seniority credit. To comply <br />with the health care reform law, temporary employees are scheduled with business needs to <br />maintain their temporary status, or in rare instances, may be offered health insurance. <br />9 <br />