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June of each year of the Agreement. Only employees in the State’s employ

at the time of payment are eligible for the allowance.

(d) An employee eligible for such allowance under Section (c), may also
have the option of using the allowance and any part thereof, towards an

insurance policy for their personal tool inventory.
An employee choosing this option must meet the same requirements as

employees under Section (c).

Article 50
Work Location, Shift and Pass Day Assignments

§50.1 Shift and pass day assignment shall not be made for the purpose
of imposing discipline.

§50.2 Assignment of employees to work locations and shifts shall be made
on the basis of seniority as defined in Article 44 subject to the operating

needs of a department or agency or component thereof, or subject to an
identification of differences between employees with respect to relevant

factors concerning the employee’s ability to perform the required duties and
responsibilities satisfactorily.

§50.3 Seniority as defined in Article 44 shall be used to determine the order
of selection among employees for the scheduling of pass days within each

shift.
§50.4 In the event that an employee is authorized to be absent due to an on-

the-job injury, or is placed on authorized leave for maternity purposes, or
leave for extended illness including sick leave at half pay, the employee’s

shift, pass day and work location assignment as applicable, shall be held for

three months. However, such hold shall not apply where rebidding occurs
while leave is in effect or where the employee’s shift, pass day or work
location assignment would have otherwise terminated, e.g., change in

seasonal shift, facility or building closes, etc.

§50.5 Nothing contained in this Article shall prevent mutually agreed to
local arrangements regarding the method by which shift, pass days, and/or

work locations as appropriate are selected.

Article 51
Winter Maintenance Department of Transportation

In recognition of the specific needs of winter maintenance activity in the

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