Inclement Weather Time. The Employer may temporarily suspend all or a portion of its normal operation in response to inclement weather or other emergency conditions. Official closure announcements shall be made by the Employer through internal means and, where appropriate or necessary, be broadcast by suitable public media. Employees shall be permitted to draw upon accumulated vacation or sick leave benefits or accumulated compensatory time, at their option, to the full extent of the lost compensation due to such closures. When practicable, the Employer shall attempt to find available work for employees willing to finish the workday prior to sending them home.
Inclement Weather Time. Inclement Weather Time shall be paid to any employee for hours required to be worked when City Hall shuts down or reduces working hours due to inclement weather. Inclement weather time is additional accrued leave, for those hours actually worked (matching time) during normal City Hall business hours (Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm) in which general City Hall employees were not required to be at work. There shall be no pyramiding of inclement weather time with overtime. Inclement weather time must be used by the end of the calendar year. Unused inclement weather time will be paid out at the applicable wage. An employee may request a three month extension to use the inclement weather time, provided that the extension is needed due to a planned event (upcoming vacation or long term medical leave).
Inclement Weather Time. The Employer may temporarily suspend all or a portion of its normal operation in response to inclement weather or other emergency conditions. Official closure announcements shall be made by the Employer through internal means and, where appropriate or necessary, be broadcast by suitable public media. Employees shall be permitted to draw upon accumulated vacation or sick leave benefits or accumulated compensatory time, at their option, to the full extent of the lost compensation due to such closures. Subd. 8. Winter Season Leaves of Absence Up to two (2) affected Employees at any one time may, upon request, be granted a personal leave of absence without pay and benefits during the winter season for periods of at least thirty (30) calendar days in duration. Such approved employees shall not be available for work assignments during the leave period and, as such, shall not be eligible for unemployment compensation or any of the compensation benefits of this Agreement. Requests received by October 1 of each year shall be granted on a seniority basis. Responses shall be provided by October 15, else the employee is approved. Thereafter, such requests may be granted on a first-come, first served basis. Subd. 9. Twelve-hour Shifts On occasions when employees are required to work a twelve-hour shift or longer, the shift shall include a paid lunch period.
Inclement Weather Time. The parties agree that when an Employer or his representative makes no attempt to notify the employees by the regular starting time work will or will not commence, then the matter shall be dealt with by a Joint Committee under the Grievance Article immediately, and on agreement of Joint Committee, a penalty of three (3) hours shall be assessed by the Joint Committee for each employee affected and such Employer shall pay the assessment immediately. Where an employee reports for work at Employer's job and work is not available because of inclement weather and where the employee has reason to believe that work in progress would be available, the Employer shall pay the employee the applicable travel allowance, commuting and/or board allowance.
Inclement Weather Time. The Employer shall allow use of available vacation, sick leave or accumulated compensatory time, at the employee's option, to the full extent of lost compensation caused by work cancellation due to inclement weather.
