EXCHANGE OF DUTY. Section 23.1 Duty exchange is defined as a voluntary exchange between two Employees due to an Employee’s desire or need to attend to personal matters; duty exchange shall not be required by the Employer; duty exchange shall be between Employees of like job skills and knowledge. Section 23.2 Duty exchange shall first be approved by the Employee’s commanding officer and /or District Fire Chief. Duty exchange will only be denied for cause which may include unlike job skills and knowledge, when there is indication that job skills or knowledge is deteriorating due to frequent and/or repeated absence during scheduled training sessions, apparatus, yard or station days, etc. Cause for denial of duty exchange shall, when possible, be discussed with the Employee prior to denial. The parties agree that an Employee shall not work in excess of three (3) consecutive shifts, except under circumstances of emergency callback. Section 23.3 An Employee who arranges for another Employee to work for him/her (laying off), may not do so in excess of two hundred eighty-eight (288) hours per calendar year. Increments of time must be reciprocated when the two hundred eighty-eight (288) hours are maximized, before the Employee may exchange duty again. The maximum duty exchange may be exceeded at the discretion of the Fire Chief or his/her designee.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
