ATTENDANCE OUT OF TOWN COURTS. Personnel required to attend outside of the County of Essex as witnesses in court appearances during off shift hours, shall be deemed to be on duty and on the day shift (as assigned) during each day such attendance is required, exclusive of members on annual vacation or leave days. Members on annual vacation or leave days shall receive court overtime in accordance with section (revised & renumbered 1999) For the purposes of calculation of this overtime, a member shall be deemed to start shift upon departure for out of town court. Travel time shall be calculated at one (1) hour per (50 miles) if travel by auto; and if by other mode of travel, actual time spent from and to member’s residence. Overtime shall be granted for any time beyond eight (8) hours at the applicable overtime rate, or ten hours if on a compressed work schedule, (revised & renumbered 1999) A member whose attendance is required for court outside the County of Essex shall, upon the commencement of the fourth successive court day, be entitled to benefits provided in sub-section for External Duty, effective at the commencement of the third successive day and for each successive court day thereafter. All requests for an overtime credit, including court time, shall be made in triplicate and a true copy of the time credited to the member’s account shall be returned to the member upon completion of departmental processing, and the overtime application shall contain on the back thereof, a synopsis of the overtime and court time sections of the Agreement.
ATTENDANCE OUT OF TOWN COURTS. Personnel required to attend outside of the County of Essex as witnesses in court appearances during off shift hours, shall be deemed to be on duty and on the day shift (as assigned) during each day such attendance is required, exclusive of members on annual vacation or leave days. Members on annual vacation or leave days shall receive court overtime in accordance with Section 16. Members working a compressed work schedule shall be deemed to be on a ten (10) hour day shift if normally scheduled to work afternoons that day and on an eight (8) hour day shift if normally scheduled to work midnights that day. For further clarity unless attending court for a meeting with the Crown Attorney any officer attending court shall be considered a witness for the purposes of this section. (revised 2003)
ATTENDANCE OUT OF TOWN COURTS. Overtime shall be granted to those members travelling to and returning out of town court, based on mode of travel, distance of travel, completion of court cases, etc. For the purposes of calculation of this overtime, a member shall be deemed to start shift upon departure for out of town court. Travel time shall be calculated at one (1) hour per (50 miles) if travel by auto; and if by other mode of travel, actual time spent from and to member’s residence. Overtime shall be granted for any time beyond eight (8) hours at the applicable overtime rate. The officer commanding the Division will determine the mode of travel. (revised renumbered 89) A member whose attendance is required for court outside the County of Essex shall, upon the commencement of the fourth successive court day, be entitled to benefits provided in sub-section for External Duty,effective at the commencement of the third successive day and for each successive court day thereafter. All requests for an overtime credit, including court time, shall be made in triplicate and a true copy of the time credited to the member’s account shall be returned to the member upon completion of departmental processing, and the overtime application shall contain on the back thereof, a synopsis of the overtime and court time sections of the Agreement.
ATTENDANCE OUT OF TOWN COURTS. Personnel required to attend outside of the County of Essex as witnesses in court appearances during off shift hours, shall be deemed to be on duty and on the day shift (as assigned) during each day such attendance is required, exclusive of members on annual vacation or leave days. Members on annual vacation or leave days shall receive court overtime in accordance with section 16. (revised 1999)
