Common use of General Emergency Pay Clause in Contracts

General Emergency Pay. (a) General emergency for the purpose of this Agreement is defined as any period determined by the County Executive, Chief Administrative Officer or designee to be a period of emergency, such as inclement weather conditions. Under such conditions, County offices are closed and services are discontinued; only emergency services will be provided. The County recognizes that employees should be compensated based on the duration of the declared general emergency and that these emergencies can occur outside of normal business hours. (b) Whenever a general emergency is declared for the County by the County Executive or designee, members of the bargaining unit who are required to work during the period of the emergency shall receive twice their regular hourly rate. In the event that bargaining unit employees are in an overtime status during the period of the declared emergency and are required to work, the employees shall receive their regular rate plus the overtime rate, consistent with pay policies for declared emergencies established by the Chief Administrative Officer memorandum dated January 28, 1987. (c) Implementation of General Emergencies shall be in accordance with Administrative Procedure 4-21, dated July 12, 1991. In addition to the above, before making a determination whether to declare a General Emergency, the CAO or designee will consider recent weather reports regarding the amount of precipitation already accumulated, as well as the forecast for further accumulations during the succeeding 8-hour period. Other considerations that the CAO or designee will take into account include whether the major roadways of the County are passable and safe for travel and whether the County public schools have been closed for the day and what actions other public sector jurisdictions in the Washington Metropolitan Region take. The decision whether to declare a General Emergency shall be based on the cumulative of all these factors and no one factor shall be conclusive or determinative. The County Executive or CAO should attempt to give employees the earliest notice of whether a general emergency or liberal leave period will be declared.

General Emergency Pay. (a) General emergency for the purpose of this Agreement is defined as any period determined by the County Executive, Chief Administrative Officer or designee to be a period of emergency, such as inclement weather conditions. Under such conditions, County offices are closed and services are discontinued; only emergency services will be provided. The County recognizes that employees should be compensated based on the duration of the declared general emergency and that these emergencies can occur outside of normal business hours. (b) Whenever a general emergency is declared for the County by the County Executive or designee, members of the bargaining unit who are required to work during the period of the emergency shall receive twice their regular hourly rate. In the event that bargaining unit employees are in an overtime status during the period of the declared emergency and are required to work, the employees shall receive their regular rate plus the overtime rate, consistent with pay policies for declared emergencies established by the Chief Administrative Officer memorandum dated January 28, 1987. (c) Implementation of General Emergencies shall be in accordance with Administrative Procedure 4-21, dated July 12, 1991. In addition to the above, before making a determination whether to declare a General Emergency, the CAO or designee will consider recent weather reports regarding the amount of precipitation already accumulated, as well as the forecast for further accumulations during the succeeding 8-hour period. Other considerations that the CAO or designee will take into account include whether the major roadways of the County are passable and safe for travel and whether the County public schools have been closed for the day and what actions other public sector jurisdictions in the Washington Metropolitan Region take. The decision whether to declare a General Emergency shall be based on the cumulative of all these factors and no one factor shall be conclusive or determinative. . (d) The County Executive or CAO should attempt parties agree to give employees move the earliest notice of whether a pending grievance over general emergency or liberal leave period will be declaredpay to arbitration.