Basic Work Week and Overtime. 3.1 Forty (40) hours per week, consisting of five (5) days of eight (8) hours each, Sunday to Thursday, or Monday to Friday inclusive, shall constitute the basic work week. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Union agrees to meet with the Company and discuss, in good faith, any scheduling changes that may be required to satisfy volume increases and/or customer demands that may be encountered mid agreement. All time worked in excess of the daily hours, or the basic work week shall be paid at the rate of time and one half (1 1/2 X) the regular hourly rate. The Company will pay double (2X) time on all hours worked over ten (10) hours per day or forty-five (45) hours per week. (a) In a week in which one (1) Statutory Holiday occurs, employees shall receive forty (40) hours pay at straight time rate and work thirty-two (32) hours. In a week in which two (2) Statutory Holidays occur, employees shall receive forty (40) hours pay at straight time rate and work twenty-four (24) hours. (b) When overtime is necessary, the most senior qualified employee (as defined in Article 4.7) in the department shall have the first opportunity to declare their availability. If there are insufficient volunteers for overtime, then the selection of employees shall be on a reverse seniority basis. The Company agrees to make best efforts to minimize the number of employees needed to fulfill the overtime assignment. The most senior qualified employees in the department will be afforded the overtime work available and shall be paid at the applicable rate of pay for the overtime work performed. Where P5 employees voluntarily work overtime in a P1 position, they shall be paid at the P1 overtime rate. Departments are defined as follows: - Kill and Live Hang - Eviscerating - Packaging - Shipping - Trucking - Sanitation - Maintenance The Company agrees to provide the opportunity to train the senior employees in Packaging so that they have the skills required to work the overtime. Those employees who wish to be trained in other jobs within Packaging will make application to the Plant Superintendent. Upon request by the Union, the Company will supply the Union with a copy of all regularly scheduled shifts. 3.2 The basic work day for employees not covered by Articles 3.3 and 3.3 (a) will have shifts starting between 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and shifts starting before 3:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m. shall be paid at the overtime rate for the period outside the sixteen (16) hour period.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Basic Work Week and Overtime. 3.1 Forty (40) hours per week, consisting of five (5) days of eight (8) hours each, Sunday to Thursday, or Monday to Friday inclusive, shall constitute the basic work weekSection 1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Union agrees to meet with the Company and discuss, in good faith, any scheduling changes that may be required to satisfy volume increases and/or customer demands that may be encountered mid agreement. All time worked in excess of the daily hours, or the The basic work week for all full-time employees covered by this labor agreement shall be paid at the rate consist of time and one half (1 1/2 X) the regular hourly rate. The Company will pay double (2X) time on all hours worked over ten (10) hours per day or forty-five (45) hours per week.
(a) In a week in which one (1) Statutory Holiday occurs, employees shall receive forty (40) hours pay at straight time rate unless otherwise specified or scheduled by Management to meet particular requirements of individual Departments, Divisions or Sections of a Department. Individual Departmental Management shall establish the basic work week and hours of work thirty-two (32) hoursbest suited to meet the needs of the Department and provide superior service to the community. In Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a guarantee or limitation of the number of hours to be worked per week.
Section 2. The basic work week in which two (2) Statutory Holidays occur, employees shall receive of forty (40) hours pay at straight for full-time rate and work twenty-four (24) hours.
(b) When overtime is necessary, the most senior qualified employee (as defined in Article 4.7) in the department shall have the first opportunity to declare their availability. If there are insufficient volunteers for overtime, then the selection of employees shall be on from Monday through Friday of each week unless specified or scheduled by Management to meet particular requirements of individual Departments, Divisions or Sections of a reverse seniority basisDepartment. The Company agrees to make best efforts to minimize When Management deems it necessary, work schedules may be established other than the number basic Monday through Friday schedule, provided that the basic work week of employees needed to fulfill the overtime assignmentforty (40) hours is scheduled within
Section 3. The most senior qualified employees All authorized and approved work performed in the department will be afforded the overtime excess of forty (40) hours in any one work available and week shall be paid at the applicable rate of pay for the considered as overtime work performed. Where P5 employees voluntarily work overtime in a P1 position, they shall be paid at the P1 overtime rate. Departments are defined as follows: - Kill and Live Hang - Eviscerating - Packaging - Shipping - Trucking - Sanitation - Maintenance The Company agrees to provide the opportunity to train the senior employees in Packaging so that they have the skills required to work the overtime. Those employees who wish to be trained in other jobs within Packaging will make application to the Plant Superintendent. Upon request by the Union, the Company will supply the Union with a copy of all regularly scheduled shifts.
3.2 The basic work day for employees not covered by Articles 3.3 and 3.3 (a) will have shifts starting between 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and shifts starting before 3:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m. shall be paid at the overtime rate of one and one-half (1 ½) times the employee's regular hourly rate of pay, as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act. No employee shall suffer any reduction in his normal, scheduled hours of work to preclude the payment of overtime. Employees represented by these Bargaining Units shall be permitted to accrue and utilize compensatory time in lieu of being paid for overtime hours worked with the approval of their supervisor. Employees will not be forced to accept compensatory time in lieu of being paid overtime. If an employee is scheduled to work overtime, he may, with the approval of his supervisor, take time off on an hour-for-hour basis during the week in which overtime hours would otherwise have been worked. If the time is not taken off in that same work week, compensatory time will accrue at time and one-half for each hour worked over forty (40) hours (i.e. 1 ½ hours for each hour worked over forty (40) hours). Accrued compensatory time should be taken no later than three (3) months after it is earned. Accrued compensatory time balances may not exceed forty (40) hours. Compensatory time that exceeds forty (40) hours or has been banked more than three (3) months from the date of accrual shall be paid out to the employee in his next regular pay period. Compensatory time off should be requested in advance of the time to be taken off work.
Section 4. For purposes of overtime computation, annual leave, illness leave, bereavement leave, jury duty, annual military leave and other absences from duty on active pay status shall not be considered as time worked, with the exception that holiday hours shall count towards the computation of overtime.
Section 5. Employees shall be required to work overtime when assigned unless excused by supervision. In the event any employee in the Unit is assigned to work approved overtime, he will not be required to use annual leave nor be placed in a "leave without pay" status during the basic work week in order to compensate or offset the overtime hours worked or to be worked.
Section 6. Overtime work will be distributed equitably among full-time employees in their particular job classification, in their organization units (i.e., major shop areas, department, shift, section, etc.), as far as the character of the work permits. Although temporary imbalances in the distribution of overtime may occur, nothing in this Section shall be construed as alleviating the continuing intent of Departmental Management to distribute overtime fairly and equitably over an
Section 7. When an employee is assigned to work overtime, as distinguished from a call back, in excess of five (5) hours before or after his regular shift hours, his immediate supervisor will schedule a paid lunch period during the overtime assignment unless the employee's overtime work assignment requires his constant attention or availability or, at the employee's option, he does not desire a lunch period.
Section 8. This Section 8 applies exclusively to the Blue Collar Collective Bargaining Unit only. The terms within this Section are not applicable to any members of the White Collar Collective Bargaining Unit by intent or practice. It is not the intention of the City to have supervisory or managerial employees perform Blue Collar Bargaining Unit work. Bargaining Unit work will not be assigned to the aforementioned employees except for the following:
A. Emergency situations where regular employees are not immediately available for assignment and where the assignment would not extend past a reasonable period outside of time.
B. Training, instruction, testing, or demonstration of current or new work projects, systems, or equipment. However, none of the sixteen aforementioned acts shall be used to deprive an employee from working his normal weekly schedule.
Section 9. Call Back Call back pay is provided to compensate full-time employees required to return to work after completing a regularly assigned shift. Eligibility for call back pay is as follows:
A. Any employee who is off duty and is required to return to work on an unscheduled basis shall be eligible for call back pay.
B. Any employee required to return to work three (163) hours or less prior to his regularly scheduled starting time shall be paid for the actual time worked plus one (1) hour inconvenience pay.
C. Any employee who is on duty and is instructed and assigned to return to work shall be ineligible for call back pay but may be eligible for compensation at the overtime rate of pay.
D. Any employee required to continue working after completion of his regular scheduled shift shall be ineligible for call back pay but may be eligible for compensation at the overtime rate of pay.
E. An employee who is contacted during his off-duty hours and is offered and accepts voluntary overtime is not eligible for call back pay but may be eligible for compensation at the overtime rate of pay.
F. Any employee eligible for call back pay shall be paid for the actual hours worked, plus one (1) hour bonus for the call back inconvenience. A minimum guarantee of four (4) hours pay which will include the one (1) hour inconvenience bonus shall be paid. The maximum any employee may receive the call back inconvenience pay is twice in a twenty-four (24) hour period. If the employee is called back to work more than two (2) times in a twenty-four (24) hour period he shall be paid at his applicable rate from the time of notice to the time the employee returns home. All hours worked on a call back shall be counted toward computing the weekly overtime.
G. When an employee is contacted at home and is able to address a work-related problem by phone or via computer from home, he shall not be paid in accordance with Paragraph F above. Instead, he will receive payment for actual time worked, subject to a minimum of one (1) hour. Departments will be responsible for determining the reasonableness of time claimed, particularly in situations where the employee was not logged on to the computer system for the entire time he was working on the problem, in cases where a computer was used. An employee who is contacted off-duty and required to report to a City work site to address a problem via computer or an employee contacted off-duty who has to return home in order to address a problem via computer will receive call-back pay in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph F.
Section 10. Standby Time
A. In order to provide coverage for services during off-duty hours, it may be necessary to assign and schedule employees to standby duty. A standby duty assignment is made by a supervisor who requires an employee to be available for work due to an urgent situation on his off duty time which may include nights, weekends, or holidays. Employees shall be required to be on standby duty when assigned unless excused by supervision.
B. Employees assigned to standby duty by their supervisor are guaranteed standby pay of two (2) hours pay at their regular straight time hourly rate for each eight (8) hour increment of standby time assigned and scheduled. Standby time shall not count as hours worked for the purpose of computing overtime pay.
C. Employees while on standby duty when called to work will, in addition to the standby pay of two (2) hours for each eight (8) hours assigned, be paid for the actual time worked with a minimum guarantee of one (1) hour's pay for each call to work. For pay purposes, actual time worked starts at the time of notice and ends when he returns home. In the event any employee who is on standby duty fails to respond to a call to work, he will forfeit the standby pay and may be subject to possible disciplinary measures as provided in the Code of Conduct Rules.
D. Employees shall not be assigned to standby duty if excused in advance by Management. In the event Management cannot schedule the required number of employees for standby duty then employees shall be assigned by Management.
Section 11. Employees will normally have a scheduled paid or non-paid lunch period and paid breaks according to the City’s Rules and Regulations.
Section 12. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be interpreted as requiring a duplication or a pyramiding of premium payments involving the same hours worked.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Basic Work Week and Overtime. 3.1 Forty The basic workweek for full-time employees shall be thirty seven and one half (40) 37 hours per week, consisting . All full-time employees shall receive two (2) consecutive days off one (1) of five (5) days which will be Saturday or Sunday. Where there is mutual agreement of eight (8) hours each, Sunday to Thursday, or Monday to Friday inclusive, shall constitute the basic work week. Notwithstanding the foregoingemployee, the Union agrees to meet with Union, and the Company and discussCompany, in good faith, any scheduling changes that full-time employees may be required scheduled to satisfy volume increases and/or customer demands that may have two (2) consecutive days off at another time during the workweek. Where such an arrangement has been in effect and the position should become vacant, then the position will be encountered mid agreementre-posted with one (1) of the consecutive days off being either Saturday Sunday. Unrestricted part-time employees will be scheduled weekly on the basis of seniority except for coverage of part-time days off. The first four (4)hours of overtime shall be paid on the basis of time and one half (1 for hours worked in excess of seven and one half (7 hours in one (1) day or in excess of thirty seven and one half (37 hours in one week. All time worked in excess of the daily hours, or the basic work week that shall be paid at double time. Overtime shall be offered first to those employees who regularly perform the rate work. Should they decline the overtime, it shall be offered to those employees who are qualified and who have volunteered for overtime work. If there are no qualified volunteers then overtime shall be offered in order of descending seniority beginning with the most senior in the same position who is on the job at the time overtime is required. If there are no employees available for overtime it will be offered to part-time employees. Overtime will be allocated in order of reverse seniority when there is no senior or part-time employees volunteering for overtime. The allocation of overtime will consider employees who from time to time are unable to work the overtime because of significant personal commitments. All work performed on a General Holiday shall be paid at time and one half (1 1/2 Xplus a sum that is at least equal to the average daily wage of the employee. Overtime shall only occur with the prior authorization of Management. An afternoon and night shift premium of eighty ($0.80) cents per hour shall be paid for hours worked on shifts commencing after noon and before a.m. Employees performing the significant duties of another position as well as their own will receive the relief pay of two ($2.00) dollars per hour. If an employee is moved to another position for the purpose of relief and that position is a higher grade, the employee shall receive a premium of two ($2.00) dollars per hour or the actual higher grade, whichever is greater, for all hours so worked. Employees called in on their day of rest or asked to return to work on their regularly scheduled workday shall be paid at the appropriate overtime rate and shall be entitled to a minimum of four (4) hours work or pay in lieu. Employees sent home prior to the end of the four (4) hours shall be paid a minimum of four (4) hours. Employees called in prior to their regular hourly ratescheduled workday shall be paid the overtime rate for the time worked before the start of their regular shift, provided the employee worked to the end of their regular scheduled shift. The Company employee will have the option of working to the end of their regular scheduled shift or leaving after seven and one-half (7.5) hours. Employees required to be on standby shall be compensated on the basis of three (3) hours pay double straight time per scheduled workweek or offered three (2X3) hours straight time on all in lieu. A full-time employee shall be defined as an individual regularly working thirty-seven and one half (37 hours worked over ten per week. A part-time employee shall be defined as an individual regularly working more than twenty four (1024) hours per day or fortyweek but less than thirty seven and one half (37 hours per week. Part-time employees who maintain an average of thirty-five (4535) hours per week.
week for twenty-six (a26) In a week in which one (1) Statutory Holiday occurs, employees weeks shall receive forty (40) hours pay at straight be moved to Full-time rate and work thirty-two (32) hoursstatus. In a week in which two (2) Statutory Holidays occur, employees A casual employee shall receive forty (40) hours pay at straight time rate and work be defined as an individual regularly working less than twenty-four (24) hours.
(b) When overtime is necessary, the most senior qualified employee (as defined in Article 4.7) in the department shall have the first opportunity to declare their availabilityhours per week. If there are insufficient volunteers for overtime, then the selection of employees shall Should a substantial shift change be on a reverse seniority basis. The Company agrees to make best efforts to minimize the number of employees needed to fulfill the overtime assignment. The most senior qualified employees in the department will be afforded the overtime work available and shall be paid at the applicable rate of pay for the overtime work performed. Where P5 employees voluntarily work overtime in a P1 position, they shall be paid at the P1 overtime rate. Departments are defined as follows: - Kill and Live Hang - Eviscerating - Packaging - Shipping - Trucking - Sanitation - Maintenance The Company agrees to provide the opportunity to train the senior employees in Packaging so that they have the skills required to work the overtime. Those employees who wish to be trained in other jobs within Packaging will make application to the Plant Superintendent. Upon request by the Unionrequired, the Company will supply shall provide the Union employee with a copy minimum of all regularly ten (10) working days notice, unless a shorter notice period is agreed to by the employee. It is understood “substantial” is defined as a change in the start and finish time of a shift by one (1) hour or more or a change in scheduled shifts.
3.2 The basic work day for employees not covered by Articles 3.3 and 3.3 (a) will have shifts starting between 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and shifts starting before 3:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m. shall be paid at the overtime rate workdays for the period outside week. Senior employees shall have shift preference for all substantial shift changes within working units of a Department. Should a temporary shift change of not more than ten (10) working days be required, the sixteen Company is not required to provide notice. No permanent shift change notice will be given during the temporary ten (1610) hour day period.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Basic Work Week and Overtime. 3.1 Forty (40) hours per week, consisting of five (5) days of eight (8) hours each, Sunday to Thursday, or Monday to Friday inclusive, shall constitute the basic work week. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Union agrees to meet with the Company and discuss, in good faith, any scheduling changes that may be required to satisfy volume increases and/or customer demands that may be encountered mid agreement. All time worked in excess of the daily hours, or the 9.1 The basic work week for all full-time employees covered by this labor agreement shall be paid at the rate consist of time and one half (1 1/2 X) the regular hourly rate. The Company will pay double (2X) time on all hours worked over ten (10) hours per day or forty-five (45) hours per week.
(a) In a week in which one (1) Statutory Holiday occurs, employees shall receive forty (40) hours pay at straight time rate unless otherwise specified or scheduled by Management to meet particular requirements of individual Departments, Divisions or Sections of a Department. Individual Departmental Management shall establish the basic work week and hours of work thirty-two (32) hoursbest suited to meet the needs of the Department and provide superior service to the community. In Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a guarantee or limitation of the number of hours to be worked per week.
9.2 The basic work week in which two (2) Statutory Holidays occur, employees shall receive of forty (40) hours pay at straight for full-time rate and work twenty-four (24) hours.
(b) When overtime is necessary, the most senior qualified employee (as defined in Article 4.7) in the department shall have the first opportunity to declare their availability. If there are insufficient volunteers for overtime, then the selection of employees shall be on from Monday through Friday of each week unless specified or scheduled by Management to meet particular requirements of individual Departments, Divisions or Sections of a reverse seniority basisDepartment. The Company agrees to make best efforts to minimize When Management deems it necessary, work schedules may be established other than the number basic Monday through Friday schedule, provided that the basic work week of employees needed to fulfill forty (40) hours is scheduled within five (5) days. In this connection if a major segment of either Bargaining Unit is affected, Management will notify the overtime assignment. The most senior qualified employees Union as far in the department will be afforded the overtime advance as possible.
9.3 All authorized and approved work available and performed in excess of forty (40) hours in any one work week shall be paid at the applicable rate of pay for the considered as overtime work performed. Where P5 employees voluntarily work overtime in a P1 position, they shall be paid at the P1 overtime rate. Departments are defined as follows: - Kill and Live Hang - Eviscerating - Packaging - Shipping - Trucking - Sanitation - Maintenance The Company agrees to provide the opportunity to train the senior employees in Packaging so that they have the skills required to work the overtime. Those employees who wish to be trained in other jobs within Packaging will make application to the Plant Superintendent. Upon request by the Union, the Company will supply the Union with a copy of all regularly scheduled shifts.
3.2 The basic work day for employees not covered by Articles 3.3 and 3.3 (a) will have shifts starting between 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and shifts starting before 3:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m. shall be paid at the overtime rate of one and one-half (1 ½) times the employee's regular hourly rate of pay, as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act. No employee shall suffer any reduction in normal, scheduled hours of work to preclude the payment of overtime. Employees represented by these Bargaining Units shall be permitted to accrue and utilize compensatory time in lieu of being paid for overtime hours worked with the approval of their supervisor. Employees will not be forced to accept compensatory time in lieu of being paid overtime. If an employee is scheduled to work overtime, the employee may, with the approval of the supervisor, take time off on an hour-for-hour basis during the week in which overtime hours would otherwise have been worked. If the time is not taken off in that same work week, compensatory time will accrue at time and one-half for each hour worked over forty (40) hours (i.e. 1 ½ hours for each hour worked over forty (40) hours). Accrued compensatory time should be taken no later than three (3) months after it is earned. Accrued compensatory time balances may not exceed forty (40) hours. Compensatory time that exceeds forty (40) hours or has been banked more than three (3) months from the date of accrual shall be paid out to the employee in the next regular pay period. Compensatory time off should be requested in advance of the time to be taken off work.
9.4 For purposes of overtime computation, annual leave, illness leave, bereavement leave, jury duty, annual military leave and other absences from duty on active pay status shall not be considered as time worked, with the exception that holiday hours shall count towards the computation of overtime.
9.5 Employees shall be required to work overtime when assigned unless excused by supervision. In the event any employee in the Unit is assigned to work approved overtime, the employee will not be required to use annual leave nor be placed in a "leave without pay" status during the basic work week in order to compensate or offset the overtime hours worked or to be worked. An employee desiring to be excused from overtime work assignments for good and sufficient reasons shall submit, in writing, a request to the immediate supervisor. The written request, if approved, shall remain in force until rescinded in writing by the employee to an immediate supervisor or until it becomes required and necessary to assign and schedule this employee to overtime work. At the time overtime work is required and necessary, the work shall be performed by employees who have not requested, in writing, to be excused from such assignment. In the event overtime work is required and the Department, Division or Section cannot schedule the required numbers of employees, then those employees who have approved requests on file excusing them from overtime work shall be assigned and required to work such overtime.
9.6 Overtime work will be distributed equitably among full-time employees in their particular job classification, in their organization units (i.e., major shop areas, department, shift, section, etc.), as far as the character of the work permits. Although temporary imbalances in the distribution of overtime may occur, nothing in this Section shall be construed as alleviating the continuing intent of Departmental Management to distribute overtime fairly and equitably over an extended period of time. Departmental Management will maintain overtime records and will make such information available to a Union representative.
9.7 When an employee is assigned to work overtime, as distinguished from a call back, in excess of five (5) hours before or after regular shift hours, the immediate supervisor will schedule a paid lunch period during the overtime assignment unless the employee's overtime work assignment requires constant attention or availability or, if the employee does not desire a lunch period.
9.8 This Section applies exclusively to the Blue Collar Collective Bargaining Unit only. The terms within this Section are not applicable to any members of the White Collar Collective Bargaining Unit by intent or practice. It is not the intention of the City to have supervisory or managerial employees perform Blue Collar Bargaining Unit work. Bargaining Unit work will not be assigned to the aforementioned employees except for the following:
A. Emergency situations where regular employees are not immediately available for assignment and where the assignment would not extend past a reasonable period outside of time.
B. Training, instruction, testing, or demonstration of current or new work projects, systems, or equipment. However, none of the sixteen (16) hour periodaforementioned acts shall be used to deprive an employee from working the normal weekly schedule.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Basic Work Week and Overtime. 3.1 Forty (40) hours per week, consisting of five (5) days of eight (8) hours each, Sunday to Thursday, or Monday to Friday inclusive, shall constitute the basic work weekSection 1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Union agrees to meet with the Company and discuss, in good faith, any scheduling changes that may be required to satisfy volume increases and/or customer demands that may be encountered mid agreement. All time worked in excess of the daily hours, or the The basic work week for all full-time employees covered by this labor agreement shall be paid at the rate consist of time and one half (1 1/2 X) the regular hourly rate. The Company will pay double (2X) time on all hours worked over ten (10) hours per day or forty-five (45) hours per week.
(a) In a week in which one (1) Statutory Holiday occurs, employees shall receive forty (40) hours pay at straight time rate and unless otherwise specified or scheduled by Management to meet particular requirements of individual Departments, Divisions or Sections of a Department.
Section 2. The basic work thirty-two (32) hours. In a week in which two (2) Statutory Holidays occur, employees shall receive of forty (40) hours pay at straight for full-time rate and work twenty-four (24) hours.
(b) When overtime is necessary, the most senior qualified employee (as defined in Article 4.7) in the department shall have the first opportunity to declare their availability. If there are insufficient volunteers for overtime, then the selection of employees shall be on from Monday through Friday of each week unless specified or scheduled by Management to meet particular requirements of individual Departments, Divisions or Sections of a reverse seniority basisDepartment. The Company agrees to make best efforts to minimize When Management deems it necessary, work schedules may be established other than the number basic Monday through Friday schedule, provided that the basic work week of employees needed to fulfill forty (40) hours is scheduled within five (5) days. In this connection if a major segment of either Bargaining Unit is affected, Management will notify the overtime assignmentUnion as far in advance as possible.
Section 3. The most senior qualified employees All authorized and approved work performed in the department will be afforded the overtime excess of forty (40) hours in any one work available and week shall be paid at the applicable rate of pay for the considered as overtime work performed. Where P5 employees voluntarily work overtime in a P1 position, they shall be paid at the P1 overtime rate. Departments are defined as follows: - Kill and Live Hang - Eviscerating - Packaging - Shipping - Trucking - Sanitation - Maintenance The Company agrees to provide the opportunity to train the senior employees in Packaging so that they have the skills required to work the overtime. Those employees who wish to be trained in other jobs within Packaging will make application to the Plant Superintendent. Upon request by the Union, the Company will supply the Union with a copy of all regularly scheduled shifts.
3.2 The basic work day for employees not covered by Articles 3.3 and 3.3 (a) will have shifts starting between 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and shifts starting before 3:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m. shall be paid at the overtime rate of one and one-half (1 ½) times the employee's regular hourly rate of pay, as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act. No employee shall suffer any reduction in his normal, scheduled hours of work to preclude the payment of overtime. Employees represented by these Bargaining Units shall be permitted to accrue and utilize compensatory time in lieu of being paid for overtime hours worked with the approval of their supervisor. Employees will not be forced to accept compensatory time in lieu of being paid overtime. If an employee is scheduled to work overtime, he may, with the approval of his supervisor, take time off on an hour-for-hour basis during the week in which overtime hours would otherwise have been worked. If the time is not taken off in that same work week, compensatory time will accrue at time and one-half for each hour worked over forty (40) hours (i.e. 1 ½ hours for each hour worked over forty (40) hours). Accrued compensatory time should be taken no later than three (3) months after it is earned. Accrued compensatory time balances may not exceed forty (40) hours. Compensatory time that exceeds forty (40) hours or has been banked more than three (3) months from the date of accrual shall be paid out to the employee in his next regular pay period. Compensatory time off should be requested in advance of the time to be taken off work.
Section 4. For purposes of overtime computation, annual leave, illness leave, bereavement leave, jury duty, annual military leave and other absences from duty on active pay status shall not be considered as time worked, with the exception that holiday hours shall count towards the computation of overtime.
Section 5. Employees shall be required to work overtime when assigned unless excused by supervision. In the event any employee in the Unit is assigned to work approved overtime, he will not be required to use annual leave nor be placed in a "leave without pay" status during the basic work week in order to compensate or offset the overtime hours worked or to be worked.
Section 6. Overtime work will be distributed equitably among full-time employees in their particular job classification, in their organization units (i.e., major shop areas, department, shift, Section, etc.), as far as the character of the work permits. Although temporary imbalances in the distribution of overtime may occur, nothing in this Section shall be construed as alleviating the continuing intent of Departmental Management to distribute overtime fairly and equitably over an extended period of time. Departmental Management will maintain overtime records and will make such information available to a Union representative.
Section 7. When an employee is assigned to work overtime, as distinguished from a call back, in excess of five (5) hours before or after his regular shift hours, his immediate supervisor will schedule a paid lunch period during the overtime assignment unless the employee's overtime work assignment requires his constant attention or availability or, at the employee's option, he does not desire a lunch period.
Section 8. This Section 8. applies exclusively to the Blue Collar Collective Bargaining Unit only. The terms within this Section are not applicable to any members of the White Collar Collective Bargaining Unit by intent or practice. It is not the intention of the City to have supervisory or managerial employees perform Blue Collar Bargaining Unit work. Bargaining Unit work will not be assigned to the aforementioned employees except for the following:
A. Emergency situations where regular employees are not immediately available for assignment and where the assignment would not extend past a reasonable period outside of time.
B. Training, instruction, testing, or demonstration of current or new work projects, systems, or equipment. However, none of the sixteen aforementioned acts shall be used to deprive an employee from working his normal weekly schedule.
Section 9. Call Back Call back pay is provided to compensate full-time employees required to return to work after completing a regularly assigned shift. Eligibility for call back pay is as follows:
A. Any employee who is off duty and is required to return to work on an unscheduled basis shall be eligible for call back pay.
B. Any employee required to return to work three (163) hours or less prior to his regularly scheduled starting time shall be paid for the actual time worked plus one
(1) hour inconvenience pay.
C. Any employee who is on duty and is instructed and assigned to return to work shall be ineligible for call back pay but may be eligible for compensation at the overtime rate of pay.
D. Any employee required to continue working after completion of his regular scheduled shift shall be ineligible for call back pay but may be eligible for compensation at the overtime rate of pay.
E. An employee who is contacted during his off-duty hours and is offered and accepts voluntary overtime is not eligible for call back pay but may be eligible for compensation at the overtime rate of pay.
F. Any employee eligible for call back pay shall be paid for the actual hours worked, plus one (1) hour bonus for the call back inconvenience. A minimum guarantee of four (4) hours pay which will include the one (1) hour inconvenience bonus shall be paid. The maximum any employee may receive the call back inconvenience pay is twice in a twenty-four (24) hour period. If the employee is called back to work more than two (2) times in a twenty-four (24) hour period he shall be paid at his applicable rate from the time of notice to the time the employee returns home. All hours worked on a call back shall be counted toward computing the weekly overtime.
G. When an employee is contacted at home and is able to address a work-related problem by phone or via computer from home, he shall not be paid in accordance with Paragraph F. above. Instead, he will receive payment for actual time worked, subject to a minimum of one (1) hour. Departments will be responsible for determining the reasonableness of time claimed, particularly in situations where the employee was not logged on to the computer system for the entire time he was working on the problem, in cases where a computer was used. An employee who is contacted off-duty and required to report to a City work site to address a problem via computer or an employee contacted off-duty who has to return home in order to address a problem via computer will receive call-back pay in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph F.
Section 10. Standby Time
A. In order to provide coverage for services during off-duty hours, it may be necessary to assign and schedule employees to standby duty. A standby duty assignment is made by a supervisor who requires an employee to be available for work due to an urgent situation on his off duty time which may include nights, weekends, or holidays. Employees shall be required to be on standby duty when assigned unless excused by supervision.
B. Employees assigned to standby duty by their supervisor are guaranteed standby pay of two (2) hours pay at their regular straight time hourly rate for each eight
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Basic Work Week and Overtime. 3.1 Forty (40) hours per week, consisting of five (5) days of eight (8) hours each, Sunday to Thursday, or Monday to Friday inclusive, shall constitute the basic work weekSection 1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Union agrees to meet with the Company and discuss, in good faith, any scheduling changes that may be required to satisfy volume increases and/or customer demands that may be encountered mid agreement. All time worked in excess of the daily hours, or the The basic work week shall be paid at the rate of for all full-time and one half (1 1/2 X) the regular hourly rateemployees covered by this labor agreement shall
Section 2. The Company will pay double (2X) time on all hours worked over ten (10) hours per day or forty-five (45) hours per week.
(a) In a basic work week in which one (1) Statutory Holiday occurs, employees shall receive of forty (40) hours pay at straight for full-time rate and employees shall be from Monday through Friday of each week unless specified or scheduled differently by management to meet particular requirements of individual departments, divisions or sections of a department. When management deems it necessary, work thirty-two (32) hoursschedules may be established other then the basic Monday through Friday schedule. In this connection if a week schedule change is made which affects a major segment of this bargaining unit, management will notify the Union as far in which two (2) Statutory Holidays occur, employees shall receive advance as possible.
Section 3. All authorized and approved work performed in excess of forty (40) hours pay at straight time rate and in any one work twenty-four (24) hours.
(b) When overtime is necessary, the most senior qualified employee (as defined in Article 4.7) in the department shall have the first opportunity to declare their availability. If there are insufficient volunteers for overtime, then the selection of employees week shall be on a reverse seniority basis. The Company agrees to make best efforts to minimize the number of employees needed to fulfill the considered as overtime assignment. The most senior qualified employees in the department will be afforded the overtime work available and shall be paid at the applicable rate of pay for the overtime work performed. Where P5 employees voluntarily work overtime in a P1 position, they shall be paid at the P1 overtime rate. Departments are defined as follows: - Kill and Live Hang - Eviscerating - Packaging - Shipping - Trucking - Sanitation - Maintenance The Company agrees to provide the opportunity to train the senior employees in Packaging so that they have the skills required to work the overtime. Those employees who wish to be trained in other jobs within Packaging will make application to the Plant Superintendent. Upon request by the Union, the Company will supply the Union with a copy of all regularly scheduled shifts.
3.2 The basic work day for employees not covered by Articles 3.3 and 3.3 (a) will have shifts starting between 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and shifts starting before 3:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m. shall be paid at the overtime rate of one and one-half times the employee's regular hourly rate of pay, as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act. If an employee works in excess of his scheduled daily hours, he shall not suffer any reduction in his remaining daily hours during that work week to preclude the payment of overtime. Each department may permit use of compensatory time in accordance with the provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the City's Personnel Management System Rules and Regulations.
Section 4. For purposes of overtime computation, annual leave, extended illness leave, funeral leave, jury duty, annual military leave and other absences from duty on active pay status shall not be considered as time worked, with the exception that holiday hours shall count towards the computation of overtime.
Section 5. Employees shall be required to work overtime when assigned unless excused by supervision. In the event any employee in the Unit is assigned to work approved overtime, he will not be required to use annual leave nor be placed in a "leave without pay" status during the basic work week in order to compensate or off-set the overtime hours worked or to be worked.
Section 6. Overtime opportunities are intended to be equitably distributed among full-time employees in their particular job classification, in their organization units (i.e., major work areas, department, shift, section, etc.), as far as the character of the work permits. Although temporary imbalances in the distribution of overtime may occur, nothing in this section shall be construed as alleviating the continuing intent of departmental management to distribute overtime fairly and equitably over an extended period of time. Management, however, retains the right to determine when work will be performed by full-time employees on an overtime basis or by part-time or pool employees.
Section 7. When a full-time employee is assigned to work overtime as distinguished from a call back in excess of five (5) hours before or after his regular shift hours, his immediate supervisor will schedule a paid lunch period during the overtime assignment unless the employee's overtime work assignment requires his constant attention or availability or, at the employee's option, he does not desire a lunch period.
Section 8. Call Back Call back pay is provided to compensate full-time employees required to return to work after completing a regularly assigned shift. Eligibility for call back pay for full-time employees is as follows:
A. Any employee who is off duty and required to return to work on an unscheduled basis shall be eligible for call back pay.
B. Any employee required to return to work three (3) hours or less prior to his regularly scheduled starting time shall be paid for the period outside actual time worked plus one hour inconvenience pay.
C. Any employee who is on duty and is instructed and assigned to return to work shall be ineligible for call back pay but may be eligible for compensation at the sixteen overtime rate of pay.
D. Any employee required to continue working after completion of his regular scheduled shift shall be ineligible for call back pay but may be eligible for compensation at the overtime rate of pay.
E. An employee who is off-duty and is called and given the opportunity to work voluntary overtime is not eligible for call back pay but may be eligible for compensation at the overtime rate of pay.
F. Any employee eligible for call back pay shall be paid for the actual hours worked, plus one (161) hour bonus for the call back inconvenience. A minimum guarantee of four (4) hours pay which will include the one (1) hour inconvenience bonus shall be paid. The maximum any employee may receive the call back inconvenience pay is twice in a twenty-four (24) hour period. If the employee is called back to work more than two (2) times in a twenty-four (24) hour period he shall be paid at his applicable rate from the time of notice to the time the employee returns home. All hours worked on a call back shall be counted toward computing the weekly overtime.
G. When an employee is contacted at home and is able to address a work-related problem by phone or via computer from home, he shall not be paid in accordance with Paragraph F. above. Instead, he will receive payment for actual time worked, subject to a minimum of one (1) hour. Departments will be responsible for determining the reasonableness of time claimed, particularly in situations where the employee was not logged on to the computer system for the entire time he was working on the problem, in cases where a computer was used. An employee who is contacted off-duty and required to report to a City work site to address a problem via computer or an employee contacted off-duty who has to return home in order to address a problem via computer will receive call-back pay in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph F.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
