Work Year The full-time work year for all employees employed in EA and ECE job classes shall be a minimum of 194 work days to correspond with the school year calendar.
HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME Section 15.1 This Article is intended to define the normal hours of work per day or per week in effect at the time of execution of this Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as preventing the Employer from restructuring the normal workday or workweek as necessary to promote efficiency or improve services, or from establishing the work schedules of employees. However, nothing in this Section shall relieve the Employer of its duty to bargain the affects of such decisions on employee wages, hours, terms and other conditions of employment. This Article shall be used as the basis for computing overtime for employees who are not exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and shall not be construed as a guarantee of hours of work per day or per week.
Section 15.2 Employees may take one paid fifteen (15) minute break for every four (4) hour block worked. Employees may combine breaks to take up to one (1) sixty (60) minute paid break. Employees may not leave campus on their paid breaks.
Section 15.3 Bargaining unit employees who are not exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act will be paid one and one-half times their normal hourly rate for all hours actually worked in excess of forty (40) hours per work week. All overtime shall have prior supervisory approval, except when it is necessary for a nurse to remain on duty to protect patient safety. Only hours actually worked are counted for the purpose of computing an employee's eligibility for overtime pay. There shall be no pyramiding of hours or pay.
Section 15.4 The Board serves individuals 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. To meet this need for service to our individuals evening and weekend hours may be required of any bargaining unit employee. The Employer will establish the standard work day as beginning at 6:00 a.m. and ending at 5:59 a.m. and starting and ending times for each shift in each department. Supervisors will establish daily workschedules.
Section 15.5 Absent an emergency situation, management will notify the Union in the event management intends to institute a long-term change in the present shift times for nurses. Following notification and upon request by the Union, management will meet with the Union to discuss the reason for the change and possible alternatives.
HOURS OF WORK AND OVERTIME
5.1 Hours of Work - Eight (8) hours within nine (9) consecutive hours will constitute a workday. Work schedules will normally consist of five (5) consecutive days followed by two (2) consecutive days off, except for relief shift assignments.
5.1.1 By mutual agreement between the Employer and the employee, an employee may work a schedule other than that set forth within Section 5.1.
5.1.2 Recognizing the benefits of work/life balance and reducing the impact of commuting during peak times, the Court encourages alternative work arrangements (AWA). An AWA is tele-work, flextime, compressed workweeks and any work arrangement that differs from the Court’s core operating hours of Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. In keeping with this, each division will develop and implement AWAs based on employee interest and business needs of the Court. Implementation of an AWA work schedule for a work unit will be subject to consultation and agreement with the Union. AWAs are not an employee right and individual requests may be approved, denied or discontinued at management’s discretion. When denying or discontinuing an AWA, management will provide a written explanation to the employee. Requests will be considered in an equitable manner.
5.1.3 When the Employer deems it necessary, work schedules may be established other than Monday through Friday.
5.1.4 Employees will be assigned a regular work schedule (days of work). An employee will normally be advised of a change in their work schedule by the end of the last shift of a week’s schedule. In the event an employee is not given the required notice of a revised schedule, they will be paid at the overtime rate for the first shift of the new schedule. If the starting time of an employee’s work shift is to be changed to an earlier start time, notice will be given to the employee at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance, absent such notice, the overtime rate will be due for the hours worked prior to the previous start time for the first shift of the new schedule. This provision will not apply to part- time employees who are required to work extra hours or shifts with little or no notice.
Work Week The work week will begin at 12:00 a.m. on Sunday and end at 11:59 p.m. the following Saturday.
