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• Employees working under a Performance Improvement Plan are not eligible for remote work. • Internal and external customers must be given direction on who to contact in the employee's absence if the employee is not available during all business hours. • A remote work schedule must not result in additional overtime for the employee or co-workers. • The employee will not be allowed to work outside the State of Minnesota except when travelling on Utilities business or during time when the employee is otherwise scheduled to be away from work. • The Utilities may end an employee's remote work arrangement at any time. • There may be other or additional considerations when an employee with a qualifying disability requests remote work as a reasonable accommodation. The Utilities will follow its Reasonable Accommodations Policy and consider such requests on a case by case basis. Employees and supervisors may consider various types of scheduling options for efficiency and productivity in remote work arrangements, including: • Entire weeks on site or working remotely. • Certain days on site; remaining days working remotely. • Whether to have entire teams of employees on site on the same day(s) on a regular basis. Employees should expect to remain flexible as to their days and hours for work onsite and at remote locations in accordance with the particular duties of their job and the needs of the Utilities. Remote work arrangements remain subject at all times to change by the Utilities. Work Hours, Calendars and Meetings An employee with a remote work arrangement must agree to be accessible by phone, virtual computer software and email as needed during their scheduled working time. Depending on the employee's position and the needs of the Utilities, the work schedule may include core hours during which the employee must be available or the schedule may include greater flexibility for the employee to work outside the Utilities' nonnal business hours. Non-exempt remote workers (those who are classified as not exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)) are required to record all hours worked in a manner designated by the Utilities as discussed in Sections 25 and 27 of this Handbook. Overtime during a remote work arrangement is subject to the same requirements for approval in advance as all other overtime. Exempt employees, (those who are classified as exempt from the overtime requirements of the FLSA must follow the Utilities' applicable payroll and timekeeping policies as 29 July 2024 2313900