Canine Officer Premium. Employees who are routinely and consistently assigned to handle, train and board a canine shall receive a 5% of base pay as Special Assignment Premium.
Canine Officer Premium. Employees who are routinely and consistently assigned to handle, train and board a canine.
Canine Officer Premium. Employees covered herein who are assigned a Canine Officer detail are entitled to compensation for the off-duty hours spent caring, grooming, feeding and training their canine and maintaining their canine vehicle/unit. To receive such compensation, officers assigned as Canine Officers must have responsibility for caring, grooming, feeding and training of a canine. The parties acknowledge that the Fair Labor Standards Act, which governs the entitlement to compensation for canine duties, entitles the parties to agree to a reasonable number of hours per month for the performance of off-duty canine duties. The hours derived at in this agreement were determined after an actual inquiry of the Canine Officers. The Fair Labor Standards Act also allows the parties to agree on appropriate compensation for the perfo1mance of canine duties. It is the intent of the parties through the provisions of this article to fully comply with the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. In addition, both parties believe that the following agreement does comply with the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Effective July 1, 2024, Police Officers assigned as Canine Officers shall be paid the higher of: • Compensation for 15 hours per month paid on an overtime basis at one and one half times California minimum wage for off-duty Canine Officer duties (for the remainder of 2024 until State or local minimum wage, as applicable to the City, is changed, this shall be $264.75 per month); or • Five percent (5%) of base salary paid with regular payroll. This compensation compensates the Canine Officers for the reasonable number of hours per month which the Canine Officer spends feeding, grooming and care for the dog which has been assigned to the officer as well as training the dog and maintaining the canine vehicle/unit off duty. The number of hours was determined after an actual inquiry of the City’s Canine Officers. The parties agree that the foregoing compensation is intended to compensate the canine officer for off-duty canine activities at one and one half times the officer's regular rate for canine duties. It is the intent of the parties that the regular rate of pay for off-duty canine duties will exceed both the State and Federal minimum wage. It is expected that Canine Officers will not work more than fifteen (15) hours per month performing off-duty Canine duties as described herein. Employees assigned as Canine Officers who must take their canine to the veterinarian ...
Canine Officer Premium
