Common use of Distribution of Overtime Work-Public Works Clause in Contracts

Distribution of Overtime Work-Public Works. (a) So far as practicable and without reducing efficiency of work performance, opportunities to work overtime shall be distributed among those employees covered by this Agreement who are qualified to perform the specified overtime work required. City shall make every effort to enlarge the pool of qualified employees to perform scheduled overtime duties via voluntary cross- training. The Union recognizes that exclusive overtime will remain for those duties in specialized areas, including but not limited to lighting, fleet maintenance, parking, and the Landscape Recycling Operations. This provision does not limit the rights of the City to make efficient utilization of the work force. (b) The opportunity to work overtime shall first be offered to the employee so qualified who has the least number of overtime hours to their credit. If this employee declines or is otherwise unable to work overtime, the employee with the next fewest number of overtime hours to their credit shall be offered the assignment. The procedure shall be followed until the required number of employees have been selected for the overtime work. Overtime offered to an employee which the employee either declines to perform or is otherwise unavailable to work the assignment shall be counted as 1.25 overtime hours actually worked with a minimum of two (2) hours’ credit, in computing overtime balancing. For the purposes of computing overtime credit, any new employee covered by this Agreement shall automatically be credited with such overtime pay hours as are equal to those credit overtime hours of the employee with the highest number of accumulated overtime credit. For the purposes of providing a list of employees for overtime call-out duty, wishing to be called, and willing to work during weekends, evenings and holidays, Employees will utilize the overtime board by marking themselves "in" or "out", signifying their willingness to accept overtime assignments or right of the first refusal. Employees marked "out" will not receive non-mandatory calls for overtime, and will be credited overtime hours as outlined in the previous paragraph unless the employee is unavailable for the overtime call-out duty as a result of a duty-related injury or illness. On the first Monday of December of each year all AFSCME Public Work employees, shall be set back to zero hours of overtime worked for the purposes of overtime distribution, and the subsequent initial offering shall be by employment seniority among those qualified employees covered by this Agreement. The list will be reset in order of seniority. Subsequently, as overtime is offered and charged, employees who have been charged the fewest hours of overtime will be moved to the top of the list. In the event that two or more employees have been charged with the same number of hours, they shall be listed in order of seniority with the most senior being placed at the top. (c) A record of the overtime hours worked by each employee shall be posted on the department bulletin board weekly, if possible, but on at least a monthly basis. The City shall not be required to break in on work in progress or change as employee’s shift in assigning overtime. It is recognized that conditions such as vacations, qualification to perform the overtime in question and other circumstances will cause imbalances to occur at any particular time, however, the City will attempt to equalize overtime to the extent practicable, and errors will be corrected as soon as possible. (d) The City shall be free during overtime hours, as during straight-time hours, to make efficient utilization of available manpower and to transfer employees as required to complete the work to be done; nothing herein shall derogate from this right, and this clause shall not be interpreted to create jurisdiction over particular work in particular job classifications.

Distribution of Overtime Work-Public Works. (a) So far as practicable and without reducing efficiency of work performance, opportunities to work overtime shall be distributed among those employees covered by this Agreement who are qualified to perform the specified overtime work required. City shall make every effort to enlarge the pool of qualified employees to perform scheduled overtime duties via voluntary cross- training. The Union recognizes that exclusive overtime will remain for those duties in specialized areas, including but not limited to lighting, fleet maintenance, parking, and the Landscape Recycling Operations. This provision does not limit the rights of the City to make efficient utilization of the work force.be (b) The opportunity to work overtime shall first be offered to the employee so qualified who has the least number of overtime hours to their his/her credit. If this employee declines or is otherwise unable to work overtime, the employee with the next fewest number of overtime hours to their his/her credit shall be offered the assignment. The procedure shall be followed until the required number of employees have been selected for the overtime work. Overtime offered to an employee which the employee either declines to perform or is otherwise unavailable to work the assignment shall be counted the same as 1.25 overtime hours actually worked with a minimum of two (2) hours’ ' credit, in computing overtime balancing. For the purposes of computing overtime credit, any new employee covered by this Agreement shall automatically be credited with such overtime pay hours as are equal to those credit those credit overtime hours of the like qualified employee with the highest number of accumulated overtime credit. For then having the purposes maximum number of providing a list of employees for overtime call-out duty, wishing to be called, and willing to work during weekends, evenings and holidays, Employees will utilize the overtime board by marking themselves "in" or "out", signifying their willingness to accept overtime assignments or right of the first refusal. Employees marked "out" will not receive non-mandatory calls for overtime, and will be credited overtime hours as outlined in the previous paragraph unless the employee is unavailable to his/her credit for the overtime call-out duty as a result of a duty-related injury or illnesstwo (2) most recently completed pay periods. On the first Monday of December 1 of each year all AFSCME Public Work employees, shall be set back to zero hours of overtime worked for the purposes of overtime distribution, and the subsequent initial offering shall be by employment seniority among those qualified employees covered by this Agreement. The list will be reset in order of seniority. Subsequently, as overtime is offered and charged, employees who have been charged the fewest hours of overtime will be moved to the top of the list. In the event that two or more employees have been charged with the same number of hours, they shall be listed in order of seniority with the most senior being placed at the top. (c) A record of the overtime hours worked by each employee shall be posted on the department bulletin board weekly, if possible, but on at least a monthly basismonthly. The City Employer shall not be required to break in on work in progress or change as an employee’s 's shift in assigning overtime. It is recognized that conditions such as vacations, qualification to perform the overtime in question and other circumstances will cause imbalances to occur at any particular time, however, the City will attempt to equalize overtime to the extent practicable, and errors will be corrected as soon as possible. (d) The City Employer shall be free during overtime hours, as during straight-time hours, to make efficient utilization of available manpower and to transfer employees as required to complete the work to be done; nothing herein shall derogate from this right, and this clause shall not be interpreted to create jurisdiction over particular work in particular job classifications.create