Fire Investigators and Senior Fire Investigators' Work Schedules. Investigators work fourteen (14) day cycles. Investigators will schedule their hours of work within their respective district based on operational needs and activity levels. A normal workday will consist of eight (8) hours which will include all official duties including business phone calls and business visits at home, report writing, etc. On any scheduled workday where emergency operational needs require, as defined by departmental policy, a Fire Investigator to exceed eight (8) hours of actual work, he/she shall notify his/her immediate supervisor within twelve (12) hours of the additional hours worked, so that his/her work schedule may be adjusted as necessary. Any non-emergency operational need to work beyond the eight (8) hours of actual work must be approved by the Supervisor prior to performing the work. For implementation of the above-mentioned eight (8) hour normal workday, supervisors shall work out the schedules in advance with employees. Supervisors and Managers have the right to change the schedule/work assignment of any Fire Investigator when in their opinion it is necessary to do so to ensure adequate coverage and to meet operational needs. The right to alter schedules/work assignments includes, but is not limited to, the right to set specific hours or work assignments within a workday, workweek or 14-day cycle, and the right to regulate or limit the hours worked outside the normal workday. When circumstances permit, the Department shall provide at least forty-eight
Fire Investigators and Senior Fire Investigators' Work Schedules. Effective on the signing of this Memorandum of Agreement, the work cycles of Investigators will change from twenty-eight (28) day cycles to fourteen (14) day cycles. Investigators will schedule their hours of work within their respective district based on operational needs and activity levels. A normal workday will consist of eight (8) hours which will include all official duties including business phone calls and business visits at home, report writing, etc. On any scheduled workday where emergency operational needs require, as defined by departmental policy, a Fire Investigator to exceed eight (8) hours of actual work, he/she shall notify his/her immediate supervisor within twelve (12) hours of the additional hours worked, so that his/her work schedule may be adjusted as necessary. Any non-emergency operational need to work beyond the eight (8) hours of actual work must be approved by the Supervisor prior to performing the work. For implementation of the above-mentioned eight (8) hour normal workday, supervisors shall work out the schedules in advance with employees. Supervisors and Managers have the right to change the schedule/work assignment of any Fire Investigator when in their opinion it is necessary to do so to ensure adequate coverage and to meet operational needs. The right to alter schedules/work assignments includes, but is not limited to, the right to set specific hours or work assignments within a workday, workweek or 14-day cycle, and the right to regulate or limit the hours worked outside the normal workday. When circumstances permit, the Department shall provide at least forty-eight (48) hours advance notification to affected employees of any individual temporary schedule change. Fourteen (14) calendar days' notice need not be given for the above types of individual schedule changes, but, in the event of a permanent individual schedule change, fourteen (14) calendar days' notice shall be given, as required by the Hours and Work Schedules article, of the current contract. For the entire 12-hour core period of a scheduled workday, a Fire Investigator will remain within his/her assigned patrol area and be reachable except with prior approval from his/her immediate supervisor to be unavailable or outside of his/her assigned area during the 12-hour core period for a specified time. Such approval shall not be arbitrarily denied. Employees shall have their scheduled days off commence at 5:00 P.M. on the day preceding the scheduled day or days...
