Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators Work Schedules. Existing work cycles shall be continued. Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators will schedule their hours of work within their respective districts 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., and shall be worked during a core hour period established over each twenty-eight (28) day cycle. Modification of core hours may be done by agreement with or at the direction of the supervisors of Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators. Core hours may be modified to any 12-hour period in twenty-four (24) hours with fourteen (14) days' notice in advance. On any scheduled workday where emergency operational needs require, as defined by departmental policy, a Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators 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 Game Warden Sergeant or Game Warden Lieutenant 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. Sergeants and Lieutenants have the right to change the schedule/work assignment of any Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators 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 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 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 Game Warden, Game Warden Specialist or Game Warden Investigator will remain within his/her assigned patrol area and be reachable so as to be able to return to duty 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 area during the 24-hour 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 off, and their time off shall end at 8:00 A.M. on the day scheduled to return to work. However, if conditions warrant, an employee occasionally may have to work beyond 5:00 P.M. 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 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 day.
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Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators Work Schedules. Existing work cycles shall be continued. Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators will schedule their hours of work within their respective districts 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., and shall be worked during a core hour period established over each twenty-eight (28) day cycle. Modification of core hours may be done by agreement with or at the direction of the supervisors of Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators. Core hours may be modified to any 12-hour period in twenty-four (24) hours with fourteen (14) days' notice in advance. On any scheduled workday where emergency operational needs require, as defined by departmental policy, a Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators 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 Game Warden Sergeant or Game Warden Lieutenant Lieutenant 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. Sergeants and Lieutenants have the right to change the schedule/work assignment of any Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators 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 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 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 Game Warden, Game Warden Specialist or Game Warden Investigator will remain within his/her assigned patrol area and be reachable so as to be able to return to duty 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 area during the 24-hour 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 off, and their time off shall end at 8:00 A.M. on the day scheduled to return to work. However, if conditions warrant, an employee occasionally may have to work beyond 5:00 P.M. 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 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 day.
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Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators Work Schedules. Existing work cycles shall be continued. Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators will schedule their hours of work within their respective districts based on operational needs and activity levels. 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., and shall be worked during a core hour period established over each twenty-eight fourteen (2814) day cycle. Modification of core hours may be done by agreement with or at the direction of the supervisors of Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators. Core hours may be modified to any 12-hour period in twenty-four (24) hours with fourteen (14) days' notice in advance. On any scheduled workday where significant operational or emergency operational needs require, as defined by departmental policy, a Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators 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 Game Warden Sergeant or Game Warden Lieutenant prior to performing the work. For implementation of the above-mentioned eight (8) or ten (10) hour normal workday, supervisors shall work out the schedules in advance with employees. Sergeants and Lieutenants have the right to change the schedule/work assignment of any Game Wardens, Game Warden Specialists and Game Warden Investigators 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 28-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 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 Game Warden, Game Warden Specialist or Game Warden Investigator will remain within his/her assigned patrol area and be reachable so as to be able to return to duty 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 area during the 24-hour 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 off, and their time off shall end at 8:00 A.M. on the day scheduled to return to work. However, if conditions warrant, an employee occasionally may have to work beyond 5:00 P.M. on the day preceding the scheduled day/days off. Employees required to work beyond 5:00 PM on their last scheduled day who have worked their established core shall be paid premium overtime for hours worked beyond their core. Management retains the right to relieve employees from duty because of excessive hours worked during the 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 day.fourteen
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