Common use of Equalization of Overtime Clause in Contracts

Equalization of Overtime. (a) Subject to the provisions of this Section, overtime worked shall be divided as equally as possible among the employees who normally perform the work in the Department where the work is to be accomplished and within their job classification. The goal of distributing overtime as equally as possible refers to overtime distribution within a crew on an annual basis. Crew Leaders and Plant Operations Shift Coordinators shall keep daily logs and once per week update the weekly overtime sheet. Based on this update, a new weekly overtime list will be prepared and distributed on Fridays. The employer is not required to break works in progress for the purpose of equalizing distribution of overtime. For Monday through Friday crews, overtime occurring as an extension of the shift may be assigned based on agreement of the crew. Provided, however, on the Utility Worker-Fuel Handler Crew, the Commission shall not be required to break works in progress if the Crew Leader determines that the overtime is not likely to last more than three (3) hours. An employee transferring between departments will be considered to have overtime equal to the highest employee doing the same work on the date the transfer was effective. When an employee has been so excused, notation shall be made on the overtime records that the employee has been offered and has refused the number of hours which would have been worked, and those hours shall be considered as "hours worked" in the future distribution of overtime. (b) In selecting employees for scheduling or planned overtime the Commission will excuse employees who do not want the assignment, provided the required number of qualified employees are available. The option of the employees to turn down assignment to scheduled or planned overtime, provided there is enough qualified employees available, is not intended to apply to emergency overtime. (c) When additional help is needed beyond the number desiring the assignment, the additional assignments will be made in inverse order of the amount of overtime worked. Employees in this instance, must make themselves promptly available for work. (d) The following definitions shall apply for the purpose of assignment of overtime is concerned: 1) Scheduled or planned overtime shall mean work for which at least 24 hours notice has been given. 2) Emergency overtime shall mean work for which, if not accomplished, will interfere with the Commission's obligation to provide continuous operations for the health and safety of the general public. Employees do not have the option to turn down an assignment to emergency overtime. (e) Additional provisions relating to firing line: 1) A firing line worker will be considered to be on vacation, and thus not normally subject to call to fill an overtime shift, only if approved vacation, compensatory time or personal day brackets the beginning or end of scheduled days off. 2) A firing line relief person may have his/her work schedule changed at any time to cover a shift. 3) On the firing line, in the absence of a relief person, it is the responsibility of the qualified person in the classification who is lowest in overtime hours and is scheduled off to cover the uncovered shift when such shift does not interfere with his/her normal shift. (f) An employee returning from extended sick leave of more than 30 working days shall have their overtime hours adjusted to match the low employee in overtime on the crew, or maintain present number of hours, if not low.

Equalization of Overtime. 1. Overtime shall be equalized as nearly as possible on the basis of hours, among the employees assigned to a specific building or trade. Whenever an employee refuses to work, or is unavailable to work overtime, he shall be counted the same as if he/she had worked it. When employees are needed for overtime work the following procedures shall apply: a. Employees in that building shall be offered first; b. Employees who sign up for overtime outside of their regularly assigned building who are qualified and/or trained for perform the work. 2. The Board will equalize the overtime outside the building for any employee certified for or who has been properly trained to perform the work required. Whenever an employee refuses to work, or is unavailable to work over-time outside the building, he/she shall be counted with the overtime the same as if he had worked it. 3. Employees will indicate their desire to work overtime outside of their regularly assigned building upon notification from the Director/Supervisor. Employees shall have the ability to sign up for overtime outside of their regularly assigned building two (a2) Subject times per year; once in the month of August and once in the month of January. If a new employee is hired outside of the times listed above, the employee shall be given the opportunity to sign up after the completion of the probationary period. Employees placed on the list for the first time shall be assigned the average hours of all employees on the list at that time. This procedure is intended to equalize hour of overtime for all employees on the list. 4. The Board agrees that the President of the local Association may examine the records on overtime outside of the buildings upon reasonable notice. 5. When a new employee is assigned to a building, he/she will be charged with the average amount of overtime hours that the other employees assigned to the building have at that time. 6. Custodial substitutes will only be used to fill in for absenteeism. 7. Probationary employees shall not be used for overtime unless seniority employees in the building or trade are not available. After probationary employees have been asked, then the Board shall follow other provisions of this Section, . 8. The equalization of overtime worked shall be divided as equally as possible among carried over from year to year. On July 1 of each year, the Board will subtract the overtime hours of the lowest man on the list from the overtime of the other employees. 9. Any future fees for fingerprinting current employees who normally perform the work in the Department where the work is to be accomplished and within their job classification. The goal of distributing overtime as equally as possible refers to overtime distribution within a crew on an annual basis. Crew Leaders and Plant Operations Shift Coordinators shall keep daily logs and once per week update the weekly overtime sheet. Based on this update, a new weekly overtime list will be prepared and distributed on Fridays. The employer is not required to break works in progress for the purpose of equalizing distribution of overtime. For Monday through Friday crews, overtime occurring as an extension of the shift may be assigned based on agreement of the crew. Provided, however, on the Utility Worker-Fuel Handler Crew, the Commission shall not be required to break works in progress if the Crew Leader determines that the overtime is not likely to last more than three (3) hours. An employee transferring between departments will be considered to have overtime equal to the highest employee doing the same work on the date the transfer was effective. When an employee has been so excused, notation shall be made on the overtime records that the employee has been offered and has refused the number of hours which would have been worked, and those hours shall be considered as "hours worked" in the future distribution of overtime. (b) In selecting employees for scheduling or planned overtime the Commission will excuse employees who do not want the assignment, provided the required number of qualified employees are available. The option of the employees to turn down assignment to scheduled or planned overtime, provided there is enough qualified employees available, is not intended to apply to emergency overtime. (c) When additional help is needed beyond the number desiring the assignment, the additional assignments will be made in inverse order of the amount of overtime worked. Employees in this instance, must make themselves promptly available for work. (d) The following definitions shall apply for the purpose of assignment of overtime is concerned: 1) Scheduled or planned overtime shall mean work for which at least 24 hours notice has been given. 2) Emergency overtime shall mean work for which, if not accomplished, will interfere with the Commission's obligation to provide continuous operations for the health and safety of the general public. Employees do not have the option to turn down an assignment to emergency overtime. (e) Additional provisions relating to firing line: 1) A firing line worker will be considered to be on vacation, and thus not normally subject to call to fill an overtime shift, only if approved vacation, compensatory time or personal day brackets the beginning or end of scheduled days off. 2) A firing line relief person may have his/her work schedule changed at any time to cover a shift. 3) On the firing line, in the absence of a relief person, it is the responsibility of the qualified person in the classification who is lowest in overtime hours and is scheduled off to cover the uncovered shift when such shift does not interfere with his/her normal shiftemployee. (f) An employee returning from extended sick leave of more than 30 working days shall have their overtime hours adjusted to match the low employee in overtime on the crew, or maintain present number of hours, if not low.

Equalization of Overtime. (a) Subject to the provisions of this Section, overtime worked A. Overtime work shall be divided distributed as equally as possible among employees working within the employees who normally perform same job classification in a unit, by shift, provided they are capable of performing the work available. Records showing overtime hours worked, scheduled and refused will be maintained in each department and made available. The overtime record for each departmental unit will be reset to zero effective with the beginning of the first pay period following the execution date of the Agreement and shall reflect the overtime accumulation through the expiration date of this Agreement. B. Except as provided in Paragraph D hereof whenever overtime is required, the person with the least number of overtime hours in the Department where unit and shift will be called first and so on down the work is list in an attempt to equalize the overtime hours. Employees on sick leave or unpaid leave are ineligible to be accomplished called for overtime, and within their job classification. The goal of distributing overtime as equally as possible refers to overtime distribution within a crew on an annual basis. Crew Leaders and Plant Operations Shift Coordinators shall keep daily logs and once per week update the weekly overtime sheet. Based on this update, a new weekly overtime list will not be prepared and distributed on Fridays. The employer is not required to break works in progress charged for the purpose of equalizing distribution of overtime. For Monday through Friday crewsEmployees on vacation or compensatory time off are also not eligible, nor shall they be charged for overtime occurring as an extension of unless the shift may be assigned based employee has notified his/her supervisor in writing prior to going on agreement of vacation or leave that he/she is available for overtime during such leave. If qualified volunteers are not available in the crew. Providedrequired numbers, however, on qualified employees within the Utility Worker-Fuel Handler Crew, departmental unit in the Commission affected classification most recently hired shall not be required to break works work overtime as reasonably required to meet the operational needs of the University. Employees in progress other units within a department may be called if there is a shortage of employees needed. In such cases, they will be called on the Crew Leader determines that basis of the least hours of overtime in their unit, provided they are capable of doing the work. Temporary employees will not be offered overtime opportunities until all permanent employees within the departmental unit have been offered the overtime. C. An employee who is unavailable (or cannot return to work within 45 minutes of being contacted during an emergency of snow removal and/or Utility situation) or does not choose to work overtime assignments shall be charged with the average number of overtime hours of employees working (not less than two (2) hours). D. When overtime is not likely to last more than three (3) hours. An employee transferring between departments required in a department or departmental unit which operates seven days a week, qualified employees within the department or departmental unit in the affected classification will be considered required to have overtime equal to the highest employee doing the same work on the date basis of the transfer was effectiveleast hours of overtime in their department or departmental unit. When an employee The University has been so excused, notation shall be made on the right to offer overtime records that the employee has been offered and has refused the number of hours which would have been workedto qualified bargaining unit employees in such departments or department units, and those in other departments or department units before imposing mandatory overtime upon the qualified employee who has worked the least hours shall be considered as "hours worked" in the future distribution of overtime. (b) In selecting employees E. Excess overtime hours will be carried over each year and are subject to review. F. An employee who has been newly hired, transferred, returns from a leave, or reclassified will be charged with the average number of overtime hours that exist in his/her classification, unit, and shift on the day he/she was assigned or reassigned to the unit. G. Overtime opportunities will be offered during employee’s work hours by supervision or phone call to listed residence phone number after work hours, of at least three rings. The University is not responsible for scheduling messages left at the employee’s listed residence phone number which does not result in an immediate affirmative response. If it is determined that an employee has not been given his/her overtime opportunity, he/she shall be given the next available opportunity for at least equal or planned greater amount of overtime. If supervision fails to give the employee the next available opportunity for overtime, the employee will be compensated for overtime opportunity denied. H. When an employee indicates in writing, on the Commission will excuse employees who do designated leave request form, that while on vacation or compensatory time off that he/she does not want the assignment, provided the required number of qualified employees are available. The option of the employees to turn down assignment to scheduled or planned overtime, provided there is enough qualified employees available, is not intended to apply to emergency overtime. (c) When additional help is needed beyond the number desiring the assignment, the additional assignments will be made in inverse order of the amount of work overtime worked. Employees in this instance, must make themselves promptly available for work. (d) The following definitions shall apply for the purpose of assignment of overtime is concerned: 1) Scheduled or planned overtime shall mean work for which at least 24 hours notice has been given. 2) Emergency overtime shall mean work for which, if not accomplished, will interfere with the Commission's obligation to provide continuous operations for the health and safety of the general public. Employees do not have the option to turn down an assignment to emergency overtime. (e) Additional provisions relating to firing line: 1) A firing line worker will be considered to be on vacation, and thus not normally subject to call to fill an overtime shift, only if approved vacation, compensatory time or personal day brackets the beginning or end of their regularly scheduled days off, proceeding or following their leave request, the employee will not be charged for those overtime hours. The employee must provide the notice at least five (5) business days in advance of the requested leave. 2) A firing line relief person may have hisI. Departmental units are subject to re-designation based on buildings/her work schedule changed at any time to cover a shift. 3) On facilities being permanently closed or opened or organizational changes. In the firing lineevent of unit re- designation, the University shall notify the President of Local 153 in the absence of a relief person, it is the responsibility writing of the qualified person in changes prior to implementing the classification who is lowest in overtime hours and is scheduled off to cover the uncovered shift when such shift does not interfere with his/her normal shiftre-designated unit(s). (f) An employee returning from extended sick leave of more than 30 working days shall have their overtime hours adjusted to match the low employee in overtime on the crew, or maintain present number of hours, if not low.

Equalization of Overtime. (a) Subject to the provisions of this Section, overtime worked A. Overtime work shall be divided distributed as equally as possible among employees working within the employees who normally perform same job classification in a unit, by shift, provided they are capable of performing the work available. Records showing overtime hours worked, scheduled and refused will be maintained in each department and made available. The overtime record for each departmental unit will be reset to zero effective with the beginning of the first pay period following the execution date of the Agreement and shall reflect the overtime accumulation through the expiration date of this Agreement. B. Except as provided in Paragraph D hereof whenever overtime is required, the person with the least number of overtime hours in the Department where unit and shift will be called first and so on down the work is list in an attempt to equalize the overtime hours. Employees on sick leave or unpaid leave are ineligible to be accomplished called for overtime, and within their job classification. The goal of distributing overtime as equally as possible refers to overtime distribution within a crew on an annual basis. Crew Leaders and Plant Operations Shift Coordinators shall keep daily logs and once per week update the weekly overtime sheet. Based on this update, a new weekly overtime list will not be prepared and distributed on Fridays. The employer is not required to break works in progress charged for the purpose of equalizing distribution of overtime. For Monday through Friday crewsEmployees on vacation or compensatory time off are also not eligible, nor shall they be charged for overtime occurring as an extension of unless the shift may be assigned based employee has notified his/her supervisor in writing prior to going on agreement of vacation or leave that he/she is available for overtime during such leave. If qualified volunteers are not available in the crew. Providedrequired numbers, however, on qualified employees within the Utility Worker-Fuel Handler Crew, departmental unit in the Commission affected classification most recently hired shall not be required to break works work overtime as reasonably required to meet the operational needs of the University. Employees in progress other units within a department may be called if there is a shortage of employees needed. In such cases, they will be called on the Crew Leader determines that basis of the least hours of overtime in their unit, provided they are capable of doing the work. Temporary employees will not be offered overtime opportunities until all permanent employees within the departmental unit have been offered the overtime. C. An employee who is unavailable (or cannot return to work within 45 minutes of being contacted during an emergency of snow removal and/or Utility situation) or does not choose to work overtime assignments shall be charged with the average number of overtime hours of employees working (not less than two (2) hours). D. When overtime is not likely to last more than three (3) hours. An employee transferring between departments required in a department or departmental unit which operates seven days a week, qualified employees within the department or departmental unit in the affected classification will be considered required to have overtime equal to the highest employee doing the same work on the date basis of the transfer was effectiveleast hours of overtime in their department or departmental unit. When an employee The University has been so excused, notation shall be made on the right to offer overtime records that the employee has been offered and has refused the number of hours which would have been workedto qualified bargaining unit employees in such departments or department units, and those in other departments or department units before imposing mandatory overtime upon the qualified employee who has worked the least hours shall be considered as "hours worked" in the future distribution of overtime. (b) In selecting employees E. Excess overtime hours will be carried over each year and are subject to review. F. An employee who has been newly hired, transferred, returns from a leave, or reclassified will be charged with the average number of overtime hours that exist in his/her classification, unit, and shift on the day he/she was assigned or reassigned to the unit. G. Overtime opportunities will be offered in UFM, electronically via the UFM supplied devices or smart phone, during employee’s work hours by supervision or phone call to listed residence phone number after work hours, of at least three rings. The University is not responsible for scheduling messages left at the employee’s listed residence phone number which does not result in an immediate affirmative response. If it is determined that an employee has not been given his/her overtime opportunity, he/she shall be given the next available opportunity for at least equal or planned greater amount of overtime. If supervision fails to give the employee the next available opportunity for overtime, the employee will be compensated for overtime opportunity denied. H. When an employee indicates in writing, on the Commission will excuse employees who do designated leave request form, that while on vacation or compensatory time off that he/she does not want the assignment, provided the required number of qualified employees are available. The option of the employees to turn down assignment to scheduled or planned overtime, provided there is enough qualified employees available, is not intended to apply to emergency overtime. (c) When additional help is needed beyond the number desiring the assignment, the additional assignments will be made in inverse order of the amount of work overtime worked. Employees in this instance, must make themselves promptly available for work. (d) The following definitions shall apply for the purpose of assignment of overtime is concerned: 1) Scheduled or planned overtime shall mean work for which at least 24 hours notice has been given. 2) Emergency overtime shall mean work for which, if not accomplished, will interfere with the Commission's obligation to provide continuous operations for the health and safety of the general public. Employees do not have the option to turn down an assignment to emergency overtime. (e) Additional provisions relating to firing line: 1) A firing line worker will be considered to be on vacation, and thus not normally subject to call to fill an overtime shift, only if approved vacation, compensatory time or personal day brackets the beginning or end of their regularly scheduled days off, proceeding or following their leave request, the employee will not be charged for those overtime hours. The employee must provide the notice at least five (5) business days in advance of the requested leave. 2) A firing line relief person may have hisI. Departmental units are subject to re-designation based on buildings/her work schedule changed at any time to cover a shift. 3) On facilities being permanently closed or opened or organizational changes. In the firing lineevent of unit re- designation, the University shall notify the President of Local 153 in the absence of a relief person, it is the responsibility writing of the qualified person in changes prior to implementing the classification who is lowest in overtime hours and is scheduled off to cover the uncovered shift when such shift does not interfere with his/her normal shiftre-designated unit(s). (f) An employee returning from extended sick leave of more than 30 working days shall have their overtime hours adjusted to match the low employee in overtime on the crew, or maintain present number of hours, if not low.

Equalization of Overtime. (a) Subject to the provisions of this Section, overtime worked A. Overtime work shall be divided distributed as equally as possible among employees working within the employees who normally perform same job classification in a unit, by shift, provided they are capable of performing the work available. Records showing overtime hours worked, scheduled and refused will be maintained in each department and made available. The overtime record for each departmental unit will be reset to zero effective with the beginning of the first pay period following the execution date of the Agreement and shall reflect the overtime accumulation through the expiration date of this Agreement. B. Except as provided in Paragraph D hereof whenever overtime is required, the person with the least number of overtime hours in the Department where unit and shift will be called first and so on down the work is list in an attempt to equalize the overtime hours. Employees on sick leave or unpaid leave are ineligible to be accomplished called for overtime, and within their job classification. The goal of distributing overtime as equally as possible refers to overtime distribution within a crew on an annual basis. Crew Leaders and Plant Operations Shift Coordinators shall keep daily logs and once per week update the weekly overtime sheet. Based on this update, a new weekly overtime list will not be prepared and distributed on Fridays. The employer is not required to break works in progress charged for the purpose of equalizing distribution of overtime. For Monday through Friday crewsEmployees on vacation or compensatory time off are also not eligible, nor shall they be charged for overtime occurring as an extension of unless the shift may be assigned based employee has notified his/her supervisor in writing prior to going on agreement of vacation or leave that he/she is available for overtime during such leave. If qualified volunteers are not available in the crew. Providedrequired numbers, however, on qualified employees within the Utility Worker-Fuel Handler Crew, departmental unit in the Commission affected classification most recently hired shall not be required to break works work overtime as reasonably required to meet the operational needs of the University. Employees in progress other units within a department may be called if there is a shortage of employees needed. In such cases, they will be called on the Crew Leader determines that basis of the least hours of overtime in their unit, provided they are capable of doing the work. Temporary employees will not be offered overtime opportunities until all permanent employees within the departmental unit have been offered the overtime. C. An employee who is unavailable (or cannot return to work within 45 minutes of being contacted during an emergency of snow removal and/or Utility situation) or does not choose to work overtime assignments shall be charged with the average number of overtime hours of employees working (not less than two (2) hours). D. When overtime is not likely to last more than three (3) hours. An employee transferring between departments required in a department or departmental unit which operates seven days a week, qualified employees within the department or departmental unit in the affected classification will be considered required to have overtime equal to the highest employee doing the same work on the date basis of the transfer was effectiveleast hours of overtime in their department or departmental unit. When an employee The University has been so excused, notation shall be made on the right to offer overtime records that the employee has been offered and has refused the number of hours which would have been workedto qualified bargaining unit employees in such departments or department units, and those in other departments or department units before imposing mandatory overtime upon the qualified employee who has worked the least hours shall be considered as "hours worked" in the future distribution of overtime. (b) In selecting employees E. Excess overtime hours will be carried over each year and are subject to review. F. An employee who has been newly hired, transferred, returns from a leave, or reclassified will be charged with the average number of overtime hours that exist in his/her classification, unit, and shift on the day he/she was assigned or reassigned to the unit. G. Overtime opportunities will be offered during employee’s work hours by supervision or phone call to listed residence phone number after work hours, of at least three rings. The University is not responsible for scheduling messages left at the employee’s listed residence phone number which does not result in an immediate affirmative response. If it is determined that an employee has not been given his/her overtime opportunity, he/she shall be given the next available opportunity for at least equal or planned greater amount of overtime. If supervision fails to give the employee the next available opportunity for overtime, the employee will be compensated for overtime opportunity denied. H. When an employee indicates in writing, on the Commission will excuse employees who do designated leave request form, that while on vacation or compensatory time off that he/she does not want the assignment, provided the required number of qualified employees are available. The option of the employees to turn down assignment to scheduled or planned overtime, provided there is enough qualified employees available, is not intended to apply to emergency overtime. (c) When additional help is needed beyond the number desiring the assignment, the additional assignments will be made in inverse order of the amount of work overtime worked. Employees in this instance, must make themselves promptly available for work. (d) The following definitions shall apply for the purpose of assignment of overtime is concerned: 1) Scheduled or planned overtime shall mean work for which at least 24 hours notice has been given. 2) Emergency overtime shall mean work for which, if not accomplished, will interfere with the Commission's obligation to provide continuous operations for the health and safety of the general public. Employees do not have the option to turn down an assignment to emergency overtime. (e) Additional provisions relating to firing line: 1) A firing line worker will be considered to be on vacation, and thus not normally subject to call to fill an overtime shift, only if approved vacation, compensatory time or personal day brackets the beginning or end of their regularly scheduled days off, proceeding or following their leave request, the employee will not be charged for those overtime hours. The employee must provide the notice at least five (5) business days in advance of the requested leave. 2) A firing line relief person may have hisI. Departmental units are subject to re‐designation based on buildings/her work schedule changed at any time to cover a shift. 3) On facilities being permanently closed or opened or organizational changes. In the firing lineevent of unit re‐ designation, the University shall notify the President of Local 153 in the absence of a relief person, it is the responsibility writing of the qualified person in changes prior to implementing the classification who is lowest in overtime hours and is scheduled off to cover the uncovered shift when such shift does not interfere with his/her normal shiftre‐designated unit(s). (f) An employee returning from extended sick leave of more than 30 working days shall have their overtime hours adjusted to match the low employee in overtime on the crew, or maintain present number of hours, if not low.

Equalization of Overtime. A. When overtime work extends beyond the end of a shift, the assigned employee(s) may be permitted at the discretion of the City to continue the work assigned until the job qualifying for continuation is completed. Continuation of assignments shall be deemed as those that started three or more hours before the end of the regular shift. It is agreed that overtime will be offered to new hire probationary employees who have been employed for 90 calendar days only after all employees in the division/department who have performed the task in the past have been offered the opportunity to work the necessary overtime. New hire probationers of less than 90 days will only be asked to work overtime after the procedure outlined in Article 18, Section B(5) has been implemented. Employees shall provide the employer with one (1) telephone number by which they may be called for overtime call-in. The City has no obligation to call more than one number in attempting to reach an employee. Employees shall promptly notify the City of any changes in this contact number. B. Call-back or scheduled overtime not involving continuation of assigned work shall be as follows: 1. All employees shall be eligible for overtime unless they are on injury, restricted-duty, sick leave, or vacation status. Any employee who refuses to respond to a call-in for overtime during a declared emergency, i.e. snowfall greater than 6” in height for which snow removal of roads is needed, multiple water main breaks, severe, inclement weather, power outages or otherwise extraordinary events will submit a physician’s note upon return to work on the normally scheduled work day following the call-in. Employees on restricted duty may be eligible for overtime only if: (a) Subject the overtime work to be performed is consistent with their restrictions; and (b) allowing the provisions of this Section, restricted duty employee to work overtime worked will not cause or require additional overtime by another employee. All call-ins shall be divided as equally as possible among the employees who normally perform the work in the Department where the work is to be accomplished and within their job classification. The goal paid a minimum of distributing overtime as equally as possible refers to overtime distribution within a crew on an annual basis. Crew Leaders and Plant Operations Shift Coordinators shall keep daily logs and once per week update the weekly overtime sheet. Based on this update, a new weekly overtime list will be prepared and distributed on Fridays. The employer is not required to break works in progress for the purpose of equalizing distribution of overtimetwo hours double time paid. 2. For Monday through Friday crews, overtime occurring as an extension of the shift may be assigned based on agreement of required classifications within the crew. Provided, however, on the Utility Worker-Fuel Handler Crew, the Commission divisions management shall not be required to break works call such individuals according to an equalization system based on low overtime hours credited (time refused is considered credited or charged) in progress if low overtime order. An equalization system is one in which overtime is assigned by low overtime hours, equalized within division, then department by classification. Such employees shall be required to be ready for duty as soon aspossible. 3. Employees will not be entitled to receive a cash payment for any overtime mistake by the Crew Leader determines that City, unless all of the following conditions are met: a. Only employees who accepted 50% or more of the overtime requests in the previous complete quarter, who are improperly passed over for an overtime opportunity, will be allowed to receive any cash payment for an overtime mistake by the City. b. Employees eligible under subsection a, above, shall, for the first occurrence in a calendar year, only be paid for all hours over four that their replacement worked. Overtime missed less than four hours will not be paid in the first occurrence within a calendar year for saidemployee. c. For employees eligible under subsection a, above, if there is a second or further incidents of overtime missed by the employee within the calendar year, a cash payment will be awarded the employee upon notification of management. 4. Overtime call-back order by classification shall be asfollows: a. Water Division overtime Water* * means refer to Appendix C for call-back procedure. b. Sewer Division overtime Sewer* * means refer to Appendix C for call-back procedure. c. Meters overtime Meters * * means refer to Appendix C for call-back procedure. d. C&M overtime C&M/Stock e. Motorpool overtime Mechanics Mechanic Certified employees After leaving the Division the work was required in, call employees based on type of inspection required: A. Water System Inspections: Water Meters Sewer B. Sewer System Inspections: Sewer Water Meters C. Roads or Storm Sewers Inspections: C&M Sewer Water Meters 5. Clerical (based upon overtime worked through the previous payroll period): Within Division/Within Department/City-wide 6. Boards and Commissions: a. When a vacant minute taking position for any board or commission that is not likely to last more than three (3) hours. An identified in regular job posting, then that position in the appropriate department shall be posted using the bidding procedures for filling of regular vacancies. b. If no clerical employee transferring between departments is available within the department, the selection will be considered to have overtime equal to the highest employee doing the same work based on citywide seniority. c. Temporary vacancies for sickness, vacation, etc. shall be filled on the date basis of low clerical overtime worked through the transfer was effectiveprevious payroll period. d. These provisions do not apply to Commissions that operate as legal entities outside the direct authority of the Mayor or City Council. When an employee has been so excused, notation Examples of such commissions are the Civil Service Commissions and the Housing Commission. 7. Overtime shall be made worked across the board by low person overtime hours within classification. Overtime totals shall be set to zero at the beginning ofeach quarter. C. 1. Snow and ice control shall be worked with the classifications of Crew Leaders, Senior Equipment Operator and Equipment Operator by low man hours on the overtime records that list. If the snow and ice control goes into overtime at the end of the regular shift, the low person in overtime hours within the classifications of Crew Leaders, Senior Equipment Operator and Equipment Operator shall be placed on the job. a. Employees called in to work overtime (snow and ice control) will be allowed to continue work, if necessary, for a period of nineteen (19) hours at which time they may be replaced, if necessary, by low person on overtime exclusive of the employees beingreplaced. b. An employee assigned to work overtime for snow and ice control becoming fatigued as determined by the employee has been offered or supervision shall be permitted to be relieved from overtime work because the employee determines they are fatigued will be charged the authorized overtime as refused. Employees relieved from overtime because supervision determines the employee is fatigued will be charged only the overtime hours actually worked. c. Prior to end of the regular shift, if the DPS Administration declares a "snow emergency" within the definition of the City Ordinance. In such cases, the Street Administrator or his designee may divide the available snow removal forces of the City in two components. The Street Administrator would declare how many employees it wishes to come in at 12:00 midnight. One component would work until midnight, the other would start at midnight until the time of the normal starting time of the day shift. Selection of what overtime start-time may be made in accordance with highest seniority and has refused lowest overtime of those required. The selection of starting time will be subject only to the number of hours which would have been worked, and those hours shall be considered needed as "hours worked" in designated by the future distribution of overtimeStreet Administrator. (b) In selecting employees for scheduling or planned overtime the Commission will excuse employees who do not want the assignment, provided the required number of qualified employees are available. The option of the employees to turn down assignment to scheduled or planned overtime, provided there is enough qualified employees available, is not intended to apply to emergency overtime. (c) When additional help is needed beyond the number desiring the assignment, the additional assignments will be made in inverse order of the amount of overtime worked. Employees in this instance, must make themselves promptly available for work. (d) The following definitions shall apply for the purpose of assignment of overtime is concerned: 1) Scheduled or planned overtime shall mean work for which at least 24 hours notice has been given. 2) Emergency overtime shall mean work for which, if not accomplished, will interfere with the Commission's obligation to provide continuous operations for the health and safety of the general public. Employees do not have the option to turn down an assignment to emergency overtime. (e) Additional provisions relating to firing line: 1) A firing line worker will be considered to be on vacation, and thus not normally subject to call to fill an overtime shift, only if approved vacation, compensatory time or personal day brackets the beginning or end of scheduled days off. 2) A firing line relief person may have his/her work schedule changed at any time to cover a shift. 3) On the firing line, in the absence of a relief person, it is the responsibility of the qualified person in the classification who is lowest in overtime hours and is scheduled off to cover the uncovered shift when such shift does not interfere with his/her normal shift. (f) An employee returning from extended sick leave of more than 30 working days shall have their overtime hours adjusted to match the low employee in overtime on the crew, or maintain present number of hours, if not low.

Equalization of Overtime. The Company will distribute overtime equitably among employees in the classification or, who are performing the job in the department in which overtime occurs, the purpose being to determine the allocation of overtime and serve the principle of equalization. Overtime shall be maintained within a (a30) Subject paid hour variance at any one time within the classification in the department. If the Company is unable to maintain the (30) hour variance then compensation will be paid to those employees within the classification for the hours required to bring the differentialback to the provisions (30) hours. Overtime worked outside the classification as a result of this Section, overtime worked shall re- will not be divided as equally as possible among the employees who normally perform the work in the Department where the work is to be accomplished and within their job classification. The goal of distributing overtime as equally as possible refers to overtime distribution within a crew on an annual basis. Crew Leaders and Plant Operations Shift Coordinators shall keep daily logs and once per week update the weekly overtime sheet. Based on this update, a new weekly overtime list considered for compensation but will be prepared and distributed on Fridays. The employer is not required to break works in progress considered for the purpose of equalizing distribution of overtimeequalization. For Monday through Friday crewsequalization purposes, overtime occurring as an extension of the shift may be assigned based on agreement of the crew. Provided, however, on the Utility Worker-Fuel Handler Crew, the Commission shall not be required to break works in progress if the Crew Leader determines that the any employee who is absent work for any reason when overtime is not likely to last more than three (3) hours. An employee transferring between departments will be considered to have overtime equal to the highest employee doing the same work on the date the transfer was effective. When an employee has been so excused, notation shall be made on the overtime records that the employee has been offered distributed and has refused the number of hours which who would have been workedrequested to work the overtime, and those hours shall be considered as "hours worked" in charged with the future distribution of overtime. (b) In selecting overtime hours. This also includes employees on modified work. Employees called at home before their scheduled and, who refused the overtime will not be charged for scheduling or planned such hours. Successful applicantsto job will continue to be eligible for overtime the Commission will excuse within their old job classificationuntil they are moved to their new job. When reasonably possible, employees who do not want the assignment, provided the required number of qualified employees are available. The option of the employees to turn down assignment to scheduled or planned overtime, provided there is enough qualified employees available, is not intended to apply to emergency overtime. (c) When additional help is needed beyond the number desiring the assignment, the additional assignments will be made in inverse order of notified the amount workday before weekday overtime and the Thursday before weekend overtime. Any offer of overtime worked. Employees in this instancewhich is refused, must make themselves promptly available for work. at least two (d2) The following definitions shall apply hours advance notice was given, will be charged to the employee as overtime worked for the purpose of assignment equalization of overtime. If the Company is unable to obtain sufficient within the classification in the department, the opportunitywill be given to the with the least amount of overtime in the department who is concerned: 1) Scheduled or planned qualified to the work. Employees who are not scheduled to be at work when overtime shall mean is offered will not be contacted to work for the overtime until the Company has asked everyone on shift who is to perform the work. The Company will maintain records of all overtime worked and charged, which will be revised Union representatives may review these records at least 24 hours notice has been given. 2) Emergency upon request. The union will be provided with such records monthly. When necessary, to avoid disputes arising out of the inequitable distribution of overtime, the supervisor will notify the xxxxxxx of the overtime shall mean work for whichin advance and, if not accomplished, both of them will interfere with review the Commission's obligation overtime record to provide continuous operations who is eligible for the health overtime. Any employee who reports for work as usual and safety is sent home because no work is available shall be paid (4) hours at their group rate provided lack of work is not caused by an Act of God or any other event beyond the control of the general publicCompany. Employees do not have Any employee who is called to work as a result of emergencies and works four (4) hours or less, shall receive a minimum of four (4) hours pay at the option to turn down an assignment to emergency overtime. (e) Additional provisions relating to firing line: 1) A firing line worker rate. The basis for vacation pay will be considered to be on vacation, and thus not normally subject to call to fill an overtime shift, only if approved vacation, compensatory time or personal day brackets the beginning or end of scheduled days off. 2) A firing line relief person may have his/her work schedule changed at any time to cover a shift. 3) On the firing line, gross annual earnings in the absence of a relief person, it is twelve (12) months May 1st to the responsibility of following April 30th immediately preceding the qualified person in the classification who is lowest in overtime hours and is scheduled off to cover the uncovered shift when such shift does not interfere employee's vacation. Vacation with his/her normal shift. (f) An employee returning from extended sick leave of more than 30 working days pay for all employees covered by this Agreement shall have their overtime hours adjusted to match the low employee in overtime be granted on the crew, or maintain present number of hours, if not low.followingbasis:

Equalization of Overtime. (a) Subject to the provisions of this Section, 7.4.1 A. Available overtime worked shall be divided as equally as possible distributed equitably among the qualified employees who normally perform do such work under the work in the Department where the work is to be accomplished and within their job classification. The goal of distributing overtime as equally as possible refers to overtime distribution within a crew on an annual basis. Crew Leaders and Plant Operations Shift Coordinators shall keep daily logs and once per week update the weekly overtime sheet. Based on this update, a new weekly overtime list will be prepared and distributed on Fridays. The employer is not required to break works in progress supervision responsible for the purpose of equalizing distribution of overtime. For Monday through Friday crews, overtime occurring as an extension of the shift may be assigned based on agreement of the crew. Provided, however, on the Utility Worker-Fuel Handler Crew, the Commission shall not be required to break works in progress if the Crew Leader determines that assigning the overtime is not likely to last more than three (3) hoursinvolved unless none of such employees are available. An employee transferring between departments will be considered to have overtime equal to the highest employee doing the same work on the date the transfer was effective. When an employee has been so excused, notation Such distributions shall be made on a rotational basis. Deviations from rotation shall only be made in the case of sudden emergency, in which case the employee receiving the overtime records shall go to the end of the rotation list; provided, however, that the authority granted by this section shall not be abused to avoid equitable rotation. The initial rotation list shall be set up on the basis of seniority. Refusal of overtime shall be treated as overtime worked of the purpose of placement on the rotation list. In the event an available employee has is skipped when available overtime is distributed among qualified employees who normally do such work under supervision responsible for assigning the overtime involved, the employee skipped shall be allowed to work the next available overtime equivalent to the amount of overtime the employee would have worked had the employee not been offered skipped. A record of employees who have worked overtime shall be updated on a weekly basis and has refused shall be posted at each work location. The posting shall include date of overtime worked, name of employee who worked overtime, and the number of hours which would worked. 7.4.1 B. Department’s Protocol • The schedule will be posted on or near the 15thof the month. • The open shift sheet will also be posted on or near the 15,h of the month. • Both sheets will be posted on the white board located in the front of the Dispatch room • A copy of the upcoming schedule will also be emailed to every employee in PDF form on or near the 15thof the month. • The open shift/availability sheet will have been worked, every full time employee listed by seniority with a blank space next to their Dispatcher number. • Each full time employee SHALL indicate next to their Dispatcher number either a (Y) for yes or a (N) for no and those either (8) for 8 hours shall or (4) for 4 hours. If you are available for 4 hours also indicate what 4 hours. • If a Dispatcher fails to indicate their availability on the open shift /availability sheet during the 7 days that the open shift/availability sheet is posted then it will be considered as "hours worked“NOT AVAILABLE" during the awarding of shifts. • The open shift sheet will also have the date as to when it was posted and a revised date if there was one. • The open shift/availability sheet is ONLY to indicate your availability. Indicating “yes" on the availability sheet for a certain shift DOES NOT mean you have been awarded the shift. • The open shift /availability sheet will be posted for (7) days to include weekends and holidays. On the 8th day the open shifts for the upcoming month will start to be awarded using the rotational method. • Each Dispatcher will be notified by email, text, CAD mail or phone that you have been awarded the shift. . • The awarding of shifts will be done in the future distribution of overtime. (b) In selecting employees for scheduling either 4 hour or planned overtime the Commission will excuse employees who do not want the assignment, provided the required number of qualified employees are available8 hour increments. The option of the employees to turn down assignment to scheduled or planned overtime, provided • If there is enough qualified employees available, is not intended a Dispatcher willing to apply do a whole 8 hour open shift and there are also (2) Dispatchers willing to emergency overtime. (c) When additional help is needed beyond split the number desiring 8 hour shift then the assignment, Dispatcher willing to do the additional assignments 8 hour shift will be made in inverse order of awarded the amount of overtime worked. Employees in this instance, must make themselves promptly available for work. (d) The following definitions shall apply for the purpose of assignment of overtime is concerned: 1) Scheduled or planned overtime shall mean work for which at least 24 hours notice has been given. 2) Emergency overtime shall mean work for which, if not accomplished, will interfere with the Commission's obligation to provide continuous operations for the health and safety of the general public. Employees do not have the option to turn down an assignment to emergency overtime. (e) Additional provisions relating to firing line: 1) A firing line worker will be considered to be on vacation, and thus not normally subject to call to fill an overtime shift, only if approved vacation, compensatory time or personal day brackets the beginning or end of scheduled days off. 2) A firing line relief person may have his/her work schedule changed at any time to cover a shift. 3) On the firing line, in the absence of a relief person, it is the responsibility of the qualified person in the classification who is lowest in overtime hours and is scheduled off to cover the uncovered shift when such shift does not interfere with his/her normal shift. (f) An employee returning from extended sick leave of more than 30 working days shall have their overtime hours adjusted to match the low employee in overtime on the crew, or maintain present number of hours, if not low.

Equalization of Overtime. (a) Subject to the provisions of this Section, overtime worked A. Overtime work shall be divided distributed as equally as possible among employees working within the employees who normally perform same job classification in a unit, by shift, provided they are capable of performing the work available. Records showing overtime hours worked, scheduled and refused will be maintained in each department and made available. The overtime record for each departmental unit will be reset to zero effective with the beginning of the first pay period following the execution date of the Agreement and shall reflect the overtime accumulation through the expiration date of this Agreement. B. Except as provided in Paragraph D hereof whenever overtime is required, the person with the least number of overtime hours in the Department where unit and shift will be called first and so on down the work is list in an attempt to equalize the overtime hours. Employees on sick leave or unpaid leave are ineligible to be accomplished called for overtime, and within their job classification. The goal of distributing overtime as equally as possible refers to overtime distribution within a crew on an annual basis. Crew Leaders and Plant Operations Shift Coordinators shall keep daily logs and once per week update the weekly overtime sheet. Based on this update, a new weekly overtime list will not be prepared and distributed on Fridays. The employer is not required to break works in progress charged for the purpose of equalizing distribution of overtime. For Monday through Friday crewsEmployees on vacation or compensatory time off are also not eligible, nor shall they be charged for overtime occurring as an extension of unless the shift may be assigned based employee has notified their supervisor in writing prior to going on agreement of vacation or leave that they are available for overtime during such leave. If qualified volunteers are not available in the crew. Providedrequired numbers, however, on qualified employees within the Utility Worker-Fuel Handler Crew, departmental unit in the Commission affected classification most recently hired shall not be required to break works work overtime as reasonably required to meet the operational needs of the University. Employees in progress other units within a department may be called if there is a shortage of employees needed. In such cases, they will be called on the Crew Leader determines that basis of the least hours of overtime in their unit, provided they are capable of doing the work. Temporary employees will not be offered overtime opportunities until all permanent employees within the departmental unit have been offered the overtime. C. An employee who is unavailable (or cannot return to work within 45 minutes of being contacted during an emergency of snow removal and/or Utility situation) or does not choose to work overtime assignments shall be charged with the average number of overtime hours of employees working (not less than two (2) hours). D. When overtime is not likely to last more than three (3) hours. An employee transferring between departments required in a department or departmental unit which operates seven days a week, qualified employees within the department or departmental unit in the affected classification will be considered required to have overtime equal to the highest employee doing the same work on the date basis of the transfer was effectiveleast hours of overtime in their department or departmental unit. When an employee The University has been so excused, notation shall be made on the right to offer overtime records that the employee has been offered and has refused the number of hours which would have been workedto qualified bargaining unit employees in such departments or department units, and those in other departments or department units before imposing mandatory overtime upon the qualified employee who has worked the least hours shall be considered as "hours worked" in the future distribution of overtime. (b) In selecting employees for scheduling E. Excess overtime hours will be carried over each year and are subject to review. F. An employee who has been newly hired, transferred, returns from a leave, or planned overtime reclassified will be charged with the Commission will excuse employees who do not want the assignment, provided the required average number of qualified employees are available. The option of overtime hours that exist in their classification, unit, and shift on the employees day they were assigned or reassigned to turn down assignment to scheduled or planned overtime, provided there is enough qualified employees available, is not intended to apply to emergency overtimethe unit. (c) When additional help is needed beyond the number desiring the assignment, the additional assignments G. Overtime opportunities will be made offered in inverse order UFM, electronically via the UFM supplied devices, smart phone, or phone call to listed residence phone number after work hours, of the amount of overtime worked. Employees in this instance, must make themselves promptly available for work. (d) The following definitions shall apply for the purpose of assignment of overtime is concerned: 1) Scheduled or planned overtime shall mean work for which at least 24 hours notice has been given. 2) Emergency overtime shall mean work for which, if not accomplished, will interfere with the Commission's obligation to provide continuous operations for the health and safety of the general public. Employees do not have the option to turn down an assignment to emergency overtime. three (e) Additional provisions relating to firing line: 1) A firing line worker will be considered to be on vacation, and thus not normally subject to call to fill an overtime shift, only if approved vacation, compensatory time or personal day brackets the beginning or end of scheduled days off. 2) A firing line relief person may have his/her work schedule changed at any time to cover a shift. 3) On the firing line, in the absence of a relief person, it is the responsibility of the qualified person in the classification who is lowest in overtime hours and is scheduled off to cover the uncovered shift when such shift does not interfere with his/her normal shift. (f) An employee returning from extended sick leave of more than 30 working days shall have their overtime hours adjusted to match the low employee in overtime on the crew, or maintain present number of hours, if not low.)