Common use of EMPLOYEE INTERNSHIPS AND TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS Clause in Contracts

EMPLOYEE INTERNSHIPS AND TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS. 1. The Union and the Employer agree that employees may volunteer for non -driving employee internships or temporary assignments when such internships or temporary assignments are made available and posted by the Employer. These internships and temporary assignments will be managed in accordance with the Guidelines for Employee Internships and Temporary Assignments. Both parties agree that the intent of internships is to utilize the special talents employees have for the good of the company and to provide opportunity for individual growth and development. An employee applying for or working in an internship must be in active status and able to perform their regular work assignment to continue the internship. 2. Employee internships may include, but are not limited to, duties relating to marketing, development, administration, maintenance, operations, and training. An internship may consist of full weeks, full days or partial days. The posting will state the days and hours expected for the internship. An intern may be displaced by an employee on a transitional work assignment. The priority for job assignments will be: a. On-the-job injuries; b. Return to work personal injury; c. Internships. 3. Employees assigned to such internships will continue to receive their regular hourly rate of pay for their regular job classification for the period of the internship. 4. The Employer will provide at least the same number of paid hours per week during the internship as the employee’s regular bid job. A Customer Service Representative’s days off may be changed if he/ she is serving a full week assignment as an intern and is needed to serve an intern on his/ her regular day off. If an intern works a partial week intern assignment and is needed to work their day off it will be offered as overtime as per the Fair Labor Standards Act. 5. Internship work on an employee’s sched uled day off will be treated as regular work. If the employee calls in sick before or during this assignment, the employee will be charged sick leave. 6. Employees working in an internship are responsible to schedule any time off from work through their own Department. 7. The parties further agree that employees may work a maximum of 520 hours per person per calendar year. Internships will be reposted at least every two years. 8. In the event the intern is needed for a customer service assignment due to lack of availability of other representatives, the customer service assignment would take precedence over the internship .

EMPLOYEE INTERNSHIPS AND TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS. 1. The Union and the Employer agree that employees may volunteer for non -driving non-driving employee internships or temporary assignments when such internships or temporary assignments are made available and posted by the Employer. These internships and temporary assignments will be managed in accordance with the Guidelines for Employee Internships and Temporary Assignments. Both parties agree that the intent of internships is to utilize the special talents employees have for the good of the company and to provide opportunity for individual growth and development. An employee applying for or working in an internship must be in active status and able to perform their regular work assignment to continue the internship. 2. Employee internships may include, but are not limited to, duties relating to marketing, development, administration, maintenance, operations, and training. An internship may consist of full weeks, full days or partial days. The posting will state the days and hours expected for the internship. An intern may be displaced by an employee on a transitional work assignment. The priority for job assignments will be: a. On-the-job injuries; b. Return to work personal injury; c. Internships. 3. Employees assigned to such internships will continue to receive their the regular hourly rate of pay for their regular job classification for the period of the internship.. Operators are not eligible for spread-time, unless actually worked in accordance with Article XIII, C. 4. The Employer will provide at least the same number of paid hours per week during the internship as the employee’s regular bid job. A Customer Service RepresentativeAn operator’s days off may be changed if he/ he/she is serving a full week assignment as an intern and is needed to serve as an intern on his/ his/her regular day off. If an intern works a partial week intern assignment and is needed to work their day off it will be offered as overtime as per the Fair Labor Standards Act. 5. Internship work on an employee’s sched uled regularly scheduled day off will be treated as regular work. If the employee calls in sick before or during this assignment, the employee will be charged sick leave. 6. Employees working in an internship are responsible to schedule any time off from work through their own Departmentdepartment. 7. The parties further agree that employees may work an internship a maximum of 520 hours per person per calendar year. Internships will be reposted at least every two years. 8. In the event the intern is needed for a customer service driving assignment due to lack of availability of other representativesoperators, the customer service driving assignment would take precedence over the internship. 9. An extraboard operator working a weekly internship will be an inactive extraboard operator. In no case would an extraboard operator who is working a internship receive less than the normal extraboard guarantee of 30 hours per week. The extraboard operator working a weekly internship may have the opportunity for overtime as needed by the department offering the internship. Internships may result in overtime that is outside of seniority for extraboard operators.