Assignment of Work Hours and Workweek. The workweek for employees in this unit is 40 hours of work in a seven consecutive day period as defined by Management.
A. Field Services, Juvenile Hall, Special Services (exclusive of Transportation Deputies) and Administrative Services employees shall be assigned to a work schedule of a 40-hour week consisting of five consecutive eight hour workdays, with the understanding that the basic days of work will be assigned Monday through Friday, 8:00 a .m. through 5:00 p.m., exclusive of lunch periods, except upon mutual agreement between Management and the employee(s).
B. Employees assigned to probation camps s hal l be assigned to a 56-hour work schedule, except as provided in the following paragraph as it applies to the Challenger Memorial youth Center. The parties agree that, two (2) 8-hour periods of sleep time, as defined by FLSA, will be deducted from hours worked for overtime purposes. An employee shall be entitled to 4 2/3 days off except upon mutual agreement between Management and the employee(s).
C. There may be, at the Challenger Memorial Youth Center, no more than 20 Deputy Probation Officer I positions assigned to a 40-hour work schedule, excluding 42 Deputy Probation Officer I positions in Movement and Control and Special Housing Unit(s) who may also be assigned to a 40-hour schedule. Fifty-six (56) hour and 40-hour work schedules will be posted as such for the purpose of bidding into the Challenger Memorial Youth Center.
D. Transportation Deputies shall be assigned a 40-hour workweek to be worked on regularlyassigned daily shifts with a specified starting and quitting time as reflected in Appendix "A" of this agreement. Management may institute deviations from Appendix "A" during the term of this agreement under any of the following conditions.
(1) Emergencies caused by absence, equipment failure, or other similar unforeseen events which occur no more than three days prior to the need for change.
(2) New requirements imposed by authorities outside the Probation Department (e.g. Board of Supervisors, Courts, etc.).
(3) With prior written agreement of the President of the Deputy Probation Officers representation unit, or his delegate.
