/48 HOUR EMPLOYEES. 24/48 Hour Employees: The date of the actual recognized holiday shall be considered as the observed holiday. A 24/48 hour employee forfeits holiday pay if he/she does not work his/her scheduled unit day before and after the holiday, unless the absence is excused and the employee has sick leave available and is not under disciplinary suspension.
/48 HOUR EMPLOYEES. 24.1.1 The standard work day for 48 hour employees covered under this Agreement, to include Firefighters, Lieutenants, and Captains assigned to suppression or operations, shall be twenty-four (24) hours. This shall be known as the employees “tour of duty.” The standard work period for employees covered under this Agreement shall consist of a forty-eight (48) hour average work week within a twenty-eight (28) day working period. The employees’ standard number of hours worked annually will be two thousand four hundred ninety-six (2,496). The employee’s base pay will be averaged so that it is equal between the two pay periods in each 28-day cycle. The overtime threshold is 212 hours every four weeks.
/48 HOUR EMPLOYEES. All employees covered under this agreement shall be eligible for a step increase on each successive anniversary date, until they reach the top of the pay range. Normally an employee shall automatically advance to the next step effective the first pay period after the member’s anniversary date. The City may deny a Step Increase for poor performance. Denial of a step increase shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions of this agreement. A Step Increase may not be denied more than once.
