Common use of Mandatory Overtime Assignments Clause in Contracts

Mandatory Overtime Assignments. a. In the event that the Department shall find it necessary to mandate that a Unit employee work in an overtime capacity that is not contiguous with an employee's regularly scheduled shift, the Department shall make every effort to solicit volunteers from within the employee's unit of assignment to work mandated overtime assignments. b. In the event that there are insufficient volunteers, the Department agrees to permit a reasonable number of employees to be exempt from working mandatory overtime on the basis of exigent circumstances including, but not limited to, family illness, attendance at educational classes, approved secondary employment, pre-paid social events, etc. c. When drafting employees in patrol assignments to work additional hours, after all other options have been exhausted, the following procedure shall be followed: (i) Consult the Shift Seniority List and select the number of employees needed to fill shortages, beginning with the least senior employee. (ii) Once selected for additional hours, the employee shall then be rotated to the bottom of the list. The next employee on the list (not on approved leave) shall then become the first employee to be selected for the next assignment of additional hours. (iii) No employee shall be selected to work additional hours at the conclusion of his or her last scheduled tour of duty before any scheduled day off. (iv) No employee shall be drafted to work more than four

Mandatory Overtime Assignments. a. In the event that the Department shall find it necessary to mandate that a Unit employee work in an overtime capacity that is not contiguous with an employee's ’s regularly scheduled shift, the Department shall make every effort to solicit volunteers from within the employee's ’s unit of assignment to work mandated overtime assignments. b. In the event that there are insufficient volunteers, the Department agrees to permit a reasonable number of employees to be exempt from working mandatory overtime on the basis of exigent circumstances including, but not limited to, family illness, attendance at educational classes, approved secondary employment, pre-paid social events, etc. c. When drafting employees in patrol assignments to work additional hours, after all other options have been exhausted, the following procedure shall be followed: (i) Consult the Shift Seniority List and select the number of employees needed to fill shortages, beginning with the least senior employeeemployees. (ii) Once selected for additional hours, the employee shall then be rotated to the bottom of the list. The next employee on the list (not on approved leave) shall then become the first employee to be selected for the next assignment of additional hours. (iii) No employee shall be selected to work additional hours at the conclusion of his or her last scheduled tour of duty before any scheduled day off. (iv) No employee shall be drafted to work more than fourfour (4) hours beyond his/her scheduled tour of duty. (v) No employee shall be drafted on consecutive days. (vi) Where feasible, employees of the on-duty shift will be notified at roll call that they are being drafted to work additional hours, or, in the case of a medical call-out at any time during the employee’s tour of duty, notice will be provided within a reasonable period of time.