Common use of Emergency Road Crews Clause in Contracts

Emergency Road Crews. Breaks to be scheduled two hours after start of shift and six hours after start of shift. When breaks are interrupted by trouble calls, breaks shall be taken as soon as possible after trouble call has ended. If the first break in a shift cannot be taken due to an interruption by a trouble call occurring one-half hour before the start of the lunch break, then the start of the first break may be deferred until fifteen minutes prior to the lunch break, and the first break and the lunch break may be taken consecutively. Lunch Breaks: Emergency crews shall have scheduled lunch breaks. Lunch breaks interrupted by trouble call may be resumed after trouble has been serviced. Lunch breaks that cannot be resumed shall be compensated at overtime rates if the employee works over eight hours during that shift. All other rules as covered above under lunch breaks shall be in effect. The department is authorized to amend any and all of the above past practices where such action is deemed by the department management to be in the best interest of the city, subject to meet and confer.