PAGER DUTY. 8. If the employee is asked during a certain period to be immediately contactable outside his working hours, and this does not take place within the framework of an on-call duty scheme, he is entitled to an allowance of 0.5% of the monthly salary per day that he must be contactable.
PAGER DUTY. Any bargaining unit employees that work pager duty shall be proficient in customer service and current Utilities Department sewer collection and water distribution maintenance and repair practices and procedures including, but not limited to, operation of sewer cleaning equipment (combination jet/vac unit, etc.), maintenance and repair of vacuum sewer collection systems, sewer lift stations, have hands on experience excavating and repairing watermain breaks, and have a current Class B CDL with tanker endorsement. Utility Service Workers with the required experience may work pager duty. Laboratory Technicians and Maintenance Mechanic Operators with the required experience and at least two (2) years previous work experience within the Utilities Department as a Utility Service Worker or Utility Technician may work pager duty. Utility Technicians that have worked at least two (2) years at the Utilities Department and have the required experience may work pager duty. If Management determines that a bargaining unit employee does not have the required experience for pager duty, that employee shall not be eligible for pager duty until the required experience is obtained. Each employee assigned to pager duty shall carry the cellular phone for seven (7) consecutive days. The employee carrying the pager shall be responsible for answering and, if necessary, responding to telephone calls from the answering service. The employee carrying the pager shall also be responsible for answering and, if necessary, responding to telephone calls and alerts from lift stations, vacuum stations, water tanks, KTK WWTP, and booster stations. The employee carrying the pager shall not be responsible for answering telephone calls and alerts for the Southwest WWTP. Compensation for pager duty shall be an additional five (5) hours pay at straight time plus five (5) hours compensatory time for each week of pager duty. The employee carrying the pager shall be responsible for determining, within the Department’s standards for maintaining good customer service, whether the telephone call from a customer or alarm or alert meets the parameters for a site visit as defined in Appendix III. If a site visit is warranted as defined in Appendix III, the employee shall respond to the site in a callout. The employee carrying the pager shall be provided with a County vehicle and smart phone for the purpose of carrying out his/her responsibilities under this Section.
PAGER DUTY. Employees required to wear a paging device while off duty shall be paid two (2) hours at their applicable rate of pay. There will be no pager duty assigned on an employee’s days off.
