Common use of Overtime Scheduling Clause in Contracts

Overtime Scheduling. A. Overtime shall be offered to all bargaining unit members according to the following schedule. 1. Overtime shall be offered to that employee with the least amount of accumulated overtime except as provided herein. 2. Jan. 1st of each year all employees shall have 0 (zero) accumulated overtime hours and the first overtime shall be offered by seniority. 3. Employees may take up to a maximum of 24 hours or a minimum of 8 (eight) hours of overtime offered per shift. If less than 8 (eight) hours of overtime is available, the employee shall take the full amount offered. 4. Overtime shall not be offered to an employee whose turn is working when such overtime is needed. 5. Employees on vacation, personal, reduction, education, or sick time, shall not be charged nor shall they be called to work overtime. a. Employees on education time may be offered the remainder of any open shift and shall re-enter the overtime rotation once the educational program has completed for the day. b. The return to work is waived if the employee is in an extended (multiday) class out of the area, and returning to work would result in unreasonable travel. The determination of unreasonable shall be determined by the Fire Chief. 6. Employees on Bereavement Leave shall not be charged nor shall they be called to work overtime. 7. Employees on Union or Fire Dept. business shall not be charged. 8. Employees refusing overtime immediately after working back-to- back shifts shall not be charged. 9. Any employee meeting criteria 4-5-6-7 or 8 may be offered overtime after all eligible employees have been asked and overtime coverage is still deemed necessary. 10. All mandatory overtime shall be started from the lowest seniority employee, not meeting criteria 4-5-6-7 or 8, and not exceed 8 (eight) working hours. 11. Only the officer in charge shall have total responsibility of upgrading the overtime equalization chart. 12. The overtime equalization chart shall be posted in the Radio Room with full and free access to all bargaining unit members. 13. The employee up for overtime shall be contacted by cellular phone and telephoned at home, if in either event the employee is reached via voice mail message the employee has 15 (fifteen) minutes to return the phone call or be charged 4 (four) hours for denying overtime. Employees shall be charged 1 (one) hour of overtime for denying if less than 8 (eight) hours of overtime are being offered. 14. The markings shall be as follows: W=Worked, R=Refused, V=Vacation, P=Personal, S=Sick, B=Bereavement and OD=On Duty. B. Only officers should work for officers, if officers are unavailable, the senior man on duty shall, in the absence of a Chief Officer, be appointed as Acting Captain for the duration of that tour of duty and compensated accordingly as outlined in Article 23, section 5. C. Bargaining Unit members who are on leave (Vacation, Personal, Reduction, Sick time) shall not be mandated overtime to maintain Routine operations for days prior to or after a scheduled leave Until they have reported back to work a shift. Overtime may be Offered under Article 17 Section 3 Subsection A-10.

Overtime Scheduling. A. Overtime shall be offered to all bargaining unit members according to the following schedule. 1. Overtime shall be offered to that employee with the least amount of accumulated overtime except as provided herein. 2. Jan. 1st of each year all employees shall have 0 (zero) accumulated overtime hours and the first overtime shall be offered by seniority. 3. Employees may take up to a maximum of 24 hours or a minimum of 8 12 (eighttwelve) hours of overtime offered per shift. If less than 8 24 (eighttwenty-four) hours of overtime is available, the employee shall must take the full amount offered. 4. Overtime shall not be offered to an employee whose turn is working when such overtime is needed. 5. Employees on vacation, personal, reduction, education, or sick time, shall not be charged nor shall they be called to work overtime. a. Employees on education time may be offered the remainder of any open shift and shall re-enter the overtime rotation once the educational program has completed for the day. b. The return to work is waived if the employee is in an extended (multiday) class out of the area, and returning to work would result in unreasonable travel. The determination of unreasonable shall be determined by the Fire Chief. 6. Employees on Bereavement Leave shall not be charged nor shall they be called to work overtime. 7. Employees on Union or Fire Dept. business shall not be charged. 8. Employees refusing overtime immediately after working back-to- back shifts shall not be charged. 9. Any employee meeting criteria 4-5-6-7 or 8 may be offered overtime after all eligible employees have been asked and overtime coverage is still deemed necessary. 10. All mandatory overtime shall be started from the lowest seniority employee, not meeting criteria 4-5-6-7 or 8, and not exceed 8 (eight) working hours. 11. Only the officer in charge shall have total responsibility of upgrading the overtime equalization chart. 12. The overtime equalization chart shall be posted in the Radio Room with full and free access to all bargaining unit members. 13. The employee up for overtime shall be contacted by cellular phone and telephoned at home, if in either event the employee is reached via voice mail message the employee has 15 (fifteen) minutes to return the phone call or be charged 4 (four) hours for denying overtime. Employees shall be charged 1 (one) hour of overtime for denying if less than 8 (eight) hours of overtime are being offered. 14. The markings shall be as follows: W=Worked, R=Refused, V=Vacation, P=Personal, S=Sick, B=Bereavement and OD=On Duty. B. Only officers should work for officers, if officers are unavailable, the senior man on duty shall, in the absence of a Chief Officer, be appointed as Acting Captain for the duration of that tour of duty and compensated accordingly as outlined in Article 23, section 5. C. Bargaining Unit members who are on leave (Vacation, Personal, Reduction, Sick time) shall not be mandated overtime to maintain Routine operations for days prior to or after a scheduled leave Until they have reported back to work a shift. Overtime may be Offered under Article 17 Section 3 Subsection A-10.

Overtime Scheduling. A. Overtime shall be offered to all bargaining unit members according to the following schedule. 1. Overtime shall be offered to that employee with the least amount of accumulated overtime except as provided herein. 2. Jan. 1st of each year all employees shall have 0 (zero) accumulated overtime hours and the first overtime shall be offered by seniority. 3. Employees may take up to a maximum of 24 hours or a minimum of 8 (eight) hours of overtime offered per shift. If less than 8 (eight) hours of overtime is available, the employee shall take the full amount offered. 4. Overtime shall not be offered to an employee whose turn is working when such overtime is needed. 5. Employees on vacation, personal, reduction, education, or sick time, shall not be charged nor shall they be called to work overtime. a. Employees on education time may be offered the remainder of any open shift and shall re-enter the overtime rotation once the educational program has completed for the day. b. The return to work is waived if the employee is in an extended (multiday) class out of the area, and returning to work would result in unreasonable travel. The determination of unreasonable shall be determined by the Fire Chief. 6. Employees on Bereavement Leave shall not be charged nor shall they be called to work overtime. 7. Employees on Union or Fire Dept. business shall not be charged. 8. Employees refusing overtime immediately after working back-to- back shifts shall not be charged. 9. Any employee meeting criteria 4-5-6-7 or 8 may be offered overtime after all eligible employees have been asked and overtime coverage is still deemed necessary. 10. All mandatory overtime shall be started from the lowest seniority employee, not meeting criteria 4-5-6-7 or 8, and not exceed 8 (eight) working hours. 11. Only the officer in charge shall have total responsibility of upgrading the overtime equalization chart. 12. The overtime equalization chart shall be posted in the Radio Room with full and free access to all bargaining unit members. 13. The employee up for overtime shall be contacted by cellular phone dept. issued page and telephoned at home, if in either event the employee is reached via voice mail message paged or a telephone answering machine is reached, the employee has 15 (fifteen) minutes to return the phone call or be charged 4 (four) hours for denying overtime. Employees shall be charged 1 (one) hour of overtime for denying if less than 8 (eight) hours of overtime are being offered. 14. The markings shall be as follows: W=Worked, R=Refused, V=Vacation, P=Personal, S=Sick, B=Bereavement and OD=On Duty. B. Only officers should work for officers, if officers are unavailable, the senior man on duty shall, in the absence of a Chief Officer, be appointed as Acting Captain for the duration of that tour of duty and compensated accordingly as outlined in Article 23, section 5. C. Bargaining Unit members who are on leave (Vacation, Personal, Reduction, Sick time) shall not be mandated overtime to maintain Routine operations for days prior to or after a scheduled leave Until they have reported back to work a shift. Overtime may be Offered under Article 17 Section 3 Subsection A-10.

Overtime Scheduling. A. Overtime shall be offered to all bargaining unit members according to the following schedule. 1. Overtime shall be offered to that the employee with the most departmental seniority and continuing to the employee with the least amount of accumulated overtime departmental seniority except as provided herein. 2. Jan. 1st of each year all employees shall have 0 (zero) accumulated overtime hours and the first overtime shall be offered by seniority. 3. Employees may take up to a maximum of 24 hours or a minimum of 8 (eight) hours of overtime offered per shift. If 12 or less than 8 (eight) hours of overtime is are available, the employee shall take the full amount offered. 3. All employees eligible for overtime being filled, when mutually agreed upon, may alter work hours to achieve shift coverage. 4. Overtime shall not be offered to an employee whose turn is working when such overtime is needed. 5. Employees on vacation, personal, reduction, education, or sick time, time shall not be charged nor shall they be called to work for overtime. a. Employees on education time may be offered the remainder of any open shift and shall re-enter the overtime rotation once the educational program has completed for the day. b. The return to work is waived if the employee is in an extended (multidaymulti-day) class out of the area, area and returning to work would result in unreasonable travel. The determination of unreasonable shall be determined by the Fire Chief. 6. Employees on Bereavement Leave shall not be charged nor shall they be called to work overtime. 7. Employees on Union or Fire Dept. Department business shall not be chargedcalled to work overtime. 8. Employees refusing shall have a minimum of 8 hours off prior to or following a 48-hour shift and are not eligible for the last 8 hours or first 8 hours of overtime immediately after working back-to- back shifts shall not be chargedshift. 9. Any Prior to mandating overtime any employee meeting criteria 4-5-6-7 or 8 may shall be offered overtime after all eligible employees have been asked and overtime coverage is still deemed necessary. 10. All mandatory overtime shall be started from the lowest seniority employee, employee not meeting criteria 4-5-6-7 or 8, 8 and not exceed 8 (eight) working 12 hours. 11. Only the officer The shift Captain or Acting Captain shall be responsible for filling overtime shifts in charge shall have total responsibility of upgrading the overtime equalization charta timely manner and documenting process. 12. The overtime equalization chart shall will be posted in the Radio Room radio room with full and free access to all bargaining unit members. 13. The employee up for overtime shall be contacted by cellular phone and telephoned at home, if in either event the employee is reached via voice mail message the text. The contacted employee has 15 (fifteen) minutes to return the phone call or be charged 4 (four) hours for denying overtime. Employees shall be charged 1 (one) hour of overtime for denying if less than 8 (eight) hours of overtime are being offeredbefore moving on to the next eligible employee. 14. The markings shall be as follows: W=Worked, R=Refused-refused, V=Vacation-vacation, P=Personal-personal, S=Sick-sick, B=Bereavement B- bereavement, OD-on duty, ED-education and OD=On DutyT-trade. B. Only officers should work for officers, if officers are unavailable, the 15. The senior man employee on duty shall, in the absence of a Chief Officer, Captain shall be appointed as Acting Captain for the duration of that tour of duty and be compensated accordingly as outlined in Article 23, section 23 Section 5. C. 16. Bargaining Unit unit members who are on leave (Vacation, Personal, Reduction, Reduction or Sick time) shall not be mandated overtime to maintain Routine routine operations for days prior to or after a scheduled leave Until until they have reported back to work for a shift. Overtime may be Offered offered under Article 17 17, Section 3 Subsection A-10subset 10.