Fluctuating Schedules. This provision shall apply to Class 5790, Sergeant and Class 5780, Lieutenant, only. A schedule other than the normal eight and one-half (8½) hours a day, in a fourteen-day work period may be established provided that the schedule does not exceed eighty-five (85) hours in the fourteen-day work period with approval of the schedule by the Chief Administrative Officer. In those cases where the employee and the department agree to a routinely scheduled, flexible work schedule which results in more than forty-two and one-half (42½) hours being worked in one week and less than forty-two and one-half (42½) hours being worked in the subsequent work period, the hours in the week over forty-two and one-half (42½) hours shall not be eligible for compensatory time off (CTO) compensation unless the total number of hours worked in the work period exceeds eighty-five (85). The provisions of subsection 5 above shall not apply to changes made to mutually agreed-to irregular schedules and shift assignments where the change has also been agreed to. Nothing included in this Section shall be construed to affect in any manner whatsoever existing irregular work day or work week assignments required for the maintenance of necessary operations. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to limit the authority of the department to make temporary assignments to different or additional locations, shifts or work duties for the purpose of meeting emergency situations over which the department has no control. However, such emergency assignments shall not extend beyond the period of such emergency.
