Common use of Involuntary Overtime Clause in Contracts

Involuntary Overtime. A. Involuntary Overtime is defined as hours worked by an employee under the following conditions: 1. The employee has not signed up to work voluntary overtime on a given day; and 2. The employee has been ordered to remain on-duty following the end of the employee's scheduled work hours that day due to a staffing shortage. However, employees who are held beyond the end of their scheduled work hours on incidents or who respond to incidents before or after their scheduled work hours are not considered to be working involuntary overtime. B. When it is apparent that overtime hiring will be required on a given day, and there is an insufficient number of bargaining unit employees who have previously signed up to work overtime that day on a voluntary basis, the following steps must be taken before any bargaining unit employee is assigned to work involuntary overtime: 1. A Department official will send a notification through the MCEN system so that every bargaining unit member will receive either a text message or email explaining that personnel may be assigned involuntary overtime and the work hours involved.

Involuntary Overtime. A. Involuntary Overtime is defined as hours worked by an employee under the following conditions: 1. The employee has not signed up to work voluntary overtime on a given day; and 2. The employee has been ordered to remain on-duty on‐duty following the end of the employee's scheduled work hours that day due to a staffing shortage. However, employees who are held beyond the end of their scheduled work hours on incidents or who respond to incidents before or after their scheduled work hours are not considered to be working involuntary overtime. B. When it is apparent that overtime hiring will be required on a given day, and there is an insufficient number of bargaining unit employees who have previously signed up to work overtime that day on a voluntary basis, the following steps must be taken before any bargaining unit employee is assigned to work involuntary overtime: 1. A Department official will send a notification through the MCEN system so that every bargaining unit member will receive either a text message or email explaining that personnel may be assigned involuntary overtime and the work hours involved.