EMS SUPERVISOR. Those employees designated by the Department as an EMS Supervisor will receive additional compensation in the amount of 8.5% of that employee’s regular hourly compensation during periods when they are actually assigned as EMS Supervisor.
EMS SUPERVISOR. Employees shall be permanently assigned as EMS Supervisor through the process identified in MP202.29 (8/16/18). EMS Supervisor is not a promotion, but an assignment. This assignment is not open for lateral transfer. Employees who are assigned to the EMS Supervisor position shall remain in that assignment until they receive a requested transfer to a different assignment within their classification or are removed by the Fire Chief, through the disciplinary process. In the event of a permanent vacancy for EMS Supervisor, it shall be filled by rank order at the beginning of the next 42-day cycle. In the event of a temporary vacancy (daily absences such as paid leave, injuries, etc) for EMS Supervisor, it shall be filled by utilizing a permanently assigned EMS Supervisor or one of three "Primary Backup" EMS Supervisors, or any eligible candidate on the EMS Supervisor list. The order for filling the temporary vacancy shall be outlined in MP 202.29 (8/16/18), which can be modified through mutual agreement at Labor/Management meetings as indicated in the policy. The three "Primary Backup" EMS Supervisors shall consist of the highest scoring Captain candidates on each shift or the highest scoring acting Captain candidate if there is no Captain candidate on that shift.
EMS SUPERVISOR. The Chief shall have the right to appoint one bargaining unit person per shift to serve in the position of EMS Supervisor. In the appointment process, the Chief will consider the employee’s leadership skill and ability, work ethic and knowledge of the job, among other things. The duties and responsibilities of the EMS supervisor are contained in a job description which has been jointly reviewed by the parties. The Chief in his absolute discretion at any time may relieve the EMS Supervisor from the duties as an EMS Supervisor and reassign the employee(s) to his previous bargaining unit position. The EMS Supervisor position is considered an administrative assignment and not a rank under this Agreement. The EMS Supervisor shall be compensated at the Fire Paramedic Rank at the appropriate rate of service, plus 7%, for all hours paid.
EMS SUPERVISOR. The Chief shall have the right to appoint one bargaining unit person per shift to serve in the position of EMS Supervisor. In the appointment process, the Chief will consider the employee’s leadership skill and ability, work ethic and knowledge of the job, among other things. The duties and responsibilities of the EMS supervisor are contained in a job description which has been jointly reviewed by the parties. The Chief in his absolute discretion at any time may relieve the EMS Supervisor from the duties as an EMS Supervisor and reassign the employee(s) to his previous bargaining unit position. The EMS Supervisor position is considered an administrative assignment and not a rank under this Agreement. The EMS Supervisor shall be compensated at the Fire Paramedic Rank at the appropriate rate of service, plus 7%, for all hours worked in the capacity as an EMS Supervisor. The position of EMS Supervisor is a new and experimental position. The hours, wages and terms and conditions of employees attached to this position, and agreed upon hereto by the parties, as well as the very existence of the position itself, shall be non-precedential. Either party is free to propose changes to such hours, wages and terms and conditions during the negotiations for a successor agreement, or to the existence of the position itself. Both parties waive any past practice and or status quo arguments and neither party shall bear the burden of the moving party in any interest arbitration proceedings that may include the issues of hours, wages and conditions of employment for the position of EMS Supervisor, or of the very existence or continuation of the position.
