Alternative Workweeks. 1. A four (4) day workweek or other form of alternative workweek schedule may be established by written mutual agreement of the Employer and the Union, the terms of which schedules shall be set forth in letters of agreement.
2. All letters of agreement establishing alternative workweek schedules in effect on the date of signing of this Agreement shall be automatically cancelled ninety (90) days after signing unless specifically renewed or renegotiated.
Alternative Workweeks. 6.2.1 Full-time permanent employees assigned to the District Office, with the agreement of CSEA, shall be able to apply, utilizing a District form, to their supervisor for one of two alternative workweek schedules. After receiving the request for an alternative workweek, the supervisor shall have five calendar days to provide a response to the employee’s request.
6.2.2 For the purpose of this Section, a full-time employee is defined as one who is regularly scheduled to and works a forty (40) hour work week.
6.2.3 The two available alternative workweek schedules shall be a: (1) 10-hour per day, four consecutive day workweek; or (2) 9-hour per day, 80-hour per 2 week schedule.
6.2.4 If the employee’s request is denied, the employee may appeal, in writing, within five calendar days of receiving the supervisor’s decision to the Assistant Superintendent responsible for the employee’s Department.
6.2.4.1 The appeal shall provide an explanation of why the employee wants to work the alternative workweek and why such a schedule would benefit the Department.
6.2.4.2 The Assistant Superintendent shall provide a final response to the employee’s request within ten calendar days of receiving the employee’s appeal. The Assistant Superintendent’s decision shall not be grievable.
6.2.5 For an employee on a 4/10 workweek, overtime is defined as any time required by the District to be worked in excess of ten hours per day. For an employee on a 9/80 schedule, overtime is defined as any time required by the District to be worked in excess of nine hours per day. All overtime hours as defined in this Section shall be compensated at a rate of pay equal to time and one-half (1½) the regular rate of pay of the employee for all work suffered or permitted.
