Common use of Forest Ranger II's and III's Work Schedules Clause in Contracts

Forest Ranger II's and III's Work Schedules. Forest Rangers will convert to a fourteen (14) day work schedule. The parties agree to meet through Labor/Management to discuss the terms of the work schedule. This work shall be completed by December 2015. A normal workday will consist of eight (8) or ten (10) hours which will include all official duties including business phone calls and business visits at home, report writing, etc. Forest Rangers will be responsible for determining their daily assignments based on operational need and subject to the review of the District or Regional Ranger. On any scheduled workday where emergency operational needs require, as defined by departmental policy, a Forest Ranger to exceed eight (8) or ten (10) 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) or ten (10) hours of actual work must be approved by the District or Regional Ranger prior to performing the work. For implementation of the above-mentioned eight (8) hour normal scheduled workday, supervisors shall work out the schedules in advance with employees. District Rangers and Regional Rangers have the right to change the schedule/work assignment of any Forest Ranger 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 fourteen (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 24-hour period of a scheduled workday, a Forest Ranger will remain reachable so as to be able to return to duty within one (1) hour as soon as possible after being called to meet operational needs, except with prior approval from his/her immediate supervisor to be unavailable or outside of his/her assigned district during the 24-hour period for a specified time. The Division shall provide Forest Rangers II and above pagers and cell phones as appropriate to maintain reachability. Such approval shall not be arbitrarily denied. After completing the shift on the last day preceding a Forest Ranger's regularly scheduled day off and before the start of the shift on the day that he/she is scheduled to return to work, he/she will not be required to be available. However, if conditions warrant, an employee occasionally may have to work beyond the end of the shift on the day preceding the scheduled day/days off. Management retains the right to relieve employees from duty because of excessive hours worked during the fourteen (14) day work cycle. When an employee is relieved for a full day by his/her supervisor, he/she shall not be required to be available until the beginning of his/her next scheduled shift. The supervisor shall attempt to limit, when practicable, the relieving of employees during inclement weather for excessive hours worked. However, the primary consideration for such limitations shall be based on the overall operational needs of the department and the ability of the supervisor to keep the hours worked by the employee within the applicable work schedule (80 hours). Reasonable advance notice will be provided when circumstances permit in consideration of operational needs.

Forest Ranger II's and III's Work Schedules. Forest Rangers will convert to a fourteen (14) day These employees shall be scheduled in accordance with the attached work schedule. The parties agree to meet through Labor/Management to discuss the terms of the work schedule. This work shall be completed by December 2015. A normal workday will consist of eight (8) or ten (10) hours which will include all official duties including business phone calls and business visits at home, report writing, etc. Forest Rangers will be responsible for determining their daily assignments based on operational need and subject to the review of the District or Regional Ranger. On any scheduled workday where emergency operational needs require, as defined by departmental policy, a Forest Ranger to exceed eight (8) or ten (10) 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) or ten (10) hours of actual work must be approved by the District or Regional Ranger prior to performing the work. For implementation of the above-mentioned eight (8) hour normal scheduled workday, supervisors shall work out the schedules in advance with employees. District Rangers and Regional Rangers have the right to change the schedule/work assignment of any Forest Ranger 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 fourteen (14) 28-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 24-hour period of a scheduled workday, a Forest Ranger will remain within his/her assigned district and be reachable so as to be able to return to duty within one (1) hour as soon as possible after being called to meet operational needs, except with prior approval from his/her immediate supervisor to be unavailable or outside of his/her assigned district during the 24-hour period for a specified time. The Division shall provide Forest Rangers II and above pagers and cell phones as appropriate to maintain reachability. Such approval shall not be arbitrarily denied. After completing the shift on the last day preceding a Forest Ranger's regularly scheduled day off and before the start of the shift on the day that he/she is scheduled to return to work, he/she will not be required to be available. However, if conditions warrant, an employee occasionally may have to work beyond the end of the shift on the day preceding the scheduled day/days off. Management retains the right to relieve employees from duty because of excessive hours worked during the fourteen (14) 28-day work cycle. When an employee is relieved for a full day by his/her supervisor, he/she shall not be required to be available until the beginning of his/her next scheduled shift. The supervisor shall attempt to limit, when practicable, the relieving of employees during inclement weather for excessive hours worked. However, the primary consideration for such limitations shall be based on the overall operational needs of the department and the ability of the supervisor to keep the hours worked by the employee within the applicable work schedule (80 hours168/164). Reasonable advance notice will be provided when circumstances permit in consideration of operational needs.

Forest Ranger II's and III's Work Schedules. Forest Rangers will convert to a fourteen (14) day These employees shall be scheduled in accordance with the attached work schedule. The parties agree to meet through Labor/Management to discuss the terms of the work schedule. This work shall be completed by December 2015. A normal workday will consist of eight (8) or ten (10) hours which will include all official duties including business phone calls and business visits at home, report writing, etc. Forest Rangers will be responsible for determining deter­mining their daily assignments based on operational need and subject to the review of the District or Regional Ranger. On any scheduled workday where emergency operational needs require, as defined by departmental policy, a Forest Ranger to exceed eight (8) or ten (10) 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 opera­tional need to work beyond the eight (8) or ten (10) hours of actual work must be approved by the District or Regional Ranger prior to performing perform­ing the work. For implementation of the above-mentioned eight (8) hour normal scheduled workday, supervisors shall work out the schedules in advance with employees. District Rangers and Regional Rangers have the right to change the schedule/work assignment of any Forest Ranger 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 fourteen (14) 28-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 Sched­ules article, of the current contract. For the entire 24-hour period of a scheduled workday, a Forest Ranger will remain within his/her assigned district and be reachable so as to be able to return to duty within one (1) hour as soon as possible after being called to meet operational needs, except with prior approval from his/her immediate supervisor to be unavailable or outside of his/her assigned district during the 24-hour period for a specified time. The Division shall provide Forest Rangers II and above pagers and cell phones as appropriate to maintain reachability. Such approval shall not be arbitrarily denied. After completing the shift on the last day preceding a Forest Ranger's regularly scheduled day off and before the start of the shift on the day that he/she is scheduled to return to work, he/she will not be required to be available. However, if conditions warrant, an employee occasionally may have to work beyond the end of the shift on the day preceding the scheduled day/days off. Management retains the right to relieve employees from duty because of excessive hours worked during the fourteen (14) 28-day work cycle. When an employee is relieved for a full day by his/her supervisorsupervi­sor, he/she shall not be required to be available until the beginning of his/her next scheduled shift. The supervisor shall attempt to limit, when practicable, the relieving of employees during inclement weather for excessive hours worked. However, the primary consideration for such limitations shall be based on the overall operational needs of the department and the ability of the supervisor to keep the hours worked by the employee within the applicable work schedule (80 hours168/164). Reasonable advance notice will be provided when circumstances permit in consideration of operational needs.