43A.44 Total compensation. 

    Subdivision 1.    Salaries; class.  A position selected 
 by the commissioner pursuant to section 43A.43 shall be divided 
 into shared positions to be paid at the rate of the appropriate 
 shared time percent of the otherwise appropriate salary.  

    Subd. 2.    Benefits.  Employees in shared positions 
 shall be eligible for the following benefits and subject to the 
 following obligations: 

    (1) Membership in the Minnesota state retirement system, 
 the teachers retirement association or the state patrol 
 retirement fund, whichever is appropriate; 

    (2) Vacation and sick leave accruals shall be prorated in 
 accordance with the pertinent collective bargaining agreement or 
 plan covering the position; 

    (3) Employee dental, medical, and hospital benefits 
 coverage shall be available of the same type and coverage 
 afforded to comparable full-time employees.  Employees in shared 
 positions who elect such coverage shall pay, by payroll 
 deduction, the difference between the actual cost to the 
 employer and the appropriate shared time percent of the actual 
 cost.  The remaining percent shall be paid by the employer.  
 Employee life insurance coverage shall be available to employees 
 in shared positions on the same terms as for comparable 
 full-time employees; 

    (4) Dependent life insurance coverage shall be available to 
 employees in shared positions on the same terms as for 
 comparable full-time employees.  Dependent medical, hospital, 
 and dental benefits coverage shall be available to employees in 
 shared positions of the same type and coverage afforded to 
 comparable full-time employees, except that the employer shall 
 contribute the appropriate shared time percent of the dollar 
 amount contributed for comparable full-time employees electing 
 the same program, the remainder to be paid by payroll deduction 
 by the employee electing such coverage; 

    (5) Employees in shared positions shall be entitled to the 
 prorated holiday provisions of the applicable collective 
 bargaining agreement or plan covering the position; 

    (6) Employees in shared positions shall accrue seniority 
 time in every relevant category at the same rate accorded to 
 comparable full-time employees.  No full-time employee accepting 
 a shared position shall suffer any loss of or gap in seniority 
 time in the relevant categories applicable to the full-time 
 employment; and 

    (7) Any other benefits of employment for employees in 
 shared positions shall be prorated at a rate of the appropriate 
 shared time percent of those available to comparable full-time 
 employees, whenever the benefits are divisible.  Contributions 
 by the employer toward the benefits, if any, shall be equal to 
 the appropriate shared time percent of the full-time benefits.  
 When not divisible, the cost of the full-time benefits normally 
 allocable to the employer shall be allocated, the appropriate 
 shared time percent to the employee in a shared position, by 
 payroll deduction, and the remaining percent to the employer. 

    HIST: 1981 c 37 s 2; 1981 c 210 s 44,55; 1982 c 560 s 39,61; 
 1983 c 145 s 5,6,8; 1989 c 319 art 1 s 1