Common use of Overtime Fairness Clause in Contracts

Overtime Fairness. Distribution of overtime on a basis giving officers approximately equal overtime hours is a desirable goal. The two (2) parties recognize that in the CMU Police operations, situations do occur which do not always allow for the time needed to obtain absolute fairness in overtime. A. Whenever overtime is required, the officer with the least number of overtime hours within the required classification will be called first and so on down the list in an attempt to equalize overtime hours. Probationary officers may be excluded from consideration of overtime at the discretion of the University. Officers on limited duty are excluded from overtime if the overtime requires duties they cannot easily assume due to their current condition, as determined by the University. Officers in other classifications may be called as follows: B. Each time an officer is offered overtime the number of overtime hours worked will be credited to the officer's overtime total. Officers who refuse overtime on an offer basis and who are later ordered to work, despite their refusal, will have their overtime account credited only for the amount of overtime hours worked in that instance. C. The normal maximum officers are permitted to work is sixteen (16) continuous hours, except that in emergencies, they may be required to work more. The University reserves the right to deny an officer schedule changes that would require excessive sixteen (16) hour days in a row.