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9.5 Discharges will be preceded by a five (5) day suspension without pay, except for those employees who are defined as Veterans under MSA 197.46. 9.6 Employees will not be questioned concerning an investigation of disciplinary action unless the employee has been given an opportunity to have a UNION Representative present at such questioning. 9.7 Grievances relating to this ARTICLE shall be initiated by the UNION at Step 2 of the grievance procedure of ARTICLE 7. ARTICLE 10 - WORK SCHEDULES 10.1 The normal work year is two thousand and eighty (2,080) hours to be accounted for by each employee through: a.) Hours worked on assigned shifts; b.) Holidays, hours when taken as time off instead of taken as cash; c.) Assigned training; d.) Authorized leave time. 10.2 Holidays and authorized leave time are to be calculated on the basis of the actual length of time of the assigned shifts. 10.3 Nothing contained in this or any other ARTICLE shall be interpreted to be a guarantee of a minimum or maximum number of hours the EMPLOYER may assign employees. ARTICLE 11- SENIORITY 11.1 Seniority shall be determined by the employee's length of full time employment with the department for purposes of determining benefits that are based on total length of services, such as vacation and sick leave, selecting schedules, vacation time off and reduction in workforce. 11.2 A reduction of the work force due to restructuring will be accomplished on the basis of seniority. Employees shall be recalled from layoff on the basis of seniority. An employee on layoff shall have an opportunity to return to work within two (2) years of the time of the employee's layoff before any new employee is hired. ARTICLE 12 - OVERTIME 12.1 Employees will be compensated at one and one-half (1 '/2) times the employee's base pay rate for hours worked in excess of the employee's scheduled shift. Changes of shifts do not qualify an employee for overtime under this Article. 8 44