Compensation for Typical Fire Suppression Duties Sample Clauses

Compensation for Typical Fire Suppression Duties. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) employees performing fire suppression duties or other emergency duties when they are working under the incident command system will be compensated as follows: 1. While performing emergency work under the incident command system an employee’s work is not exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act. Emergency work performed under the incident command system will be compensated in compliance with federal law and the terms of this Article. 2. For those hours worked under the incident command system, two dollars ($2.00)* is added to an employee’s regular rate in lieu of all other forms of additional compensation including, but not limited to call-back, standby, stand down, shift differential, split shift differential, assignment pay and schedule change, and pay for rest periods less than five (5) hours. Employees will be paid at one and one-half (1½) times the sum of their regular hourly rate plus two dollars ($2.00)* for those hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours in a workweek as a result of wild fire suppression and/or other emergency duties performed under the incident command system. For purposes of this Subsection, the regular hourly rate does not include any allowable exclusion specified in Section 7.1.D of Article 7, Overtime. *Note: If any other labor organization representing DNR employees negotiates the same practice but at an amount greater than two dollars ($2.00), then this amount will be increased to equal the greater amount.