Common use of PAY & HOURS Clause in Contracts

PAY & HOURS. Section 1. The pay schedule attached (Addendum A) shows the entry and market salary rates for each occupation in the bargaining unit. Section 2. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a guarantee or limitation of the number of hours to be worked per day, days per week, or for any period of time, except as may be specifically provided for herein. Section 3. A regular work day shall consist of eight (8) hours of continuous work, including two duty-free rest breaks. Employees shall also be granted a duty-free meal break, taken at a time mutually agreeable to the Employer and the employee. Subsection 1. Employees working shifts greater than six (6) hours in a day are required to take a minimum of a thirty (30) minute meal break. Employees must notify their supervisor on days where they are/were unable to take their meal break. Subsection 2. The duty-free rest breaks are 20 minutes each; one may be taken mid-morning and one mid-afternoon. Break times are up to the approval of supervisors. Breaks may not be combined or used to make up for being late, leaving the workplace early or extending lunch periods. Section 4. A regular work week shall consist of five (5) consecutive work days, Saturday through Friday, totaling forty (40) hours. Section 5. Employees placed on a regular work schedule shall not have their work schedule changed unless given 10 working days’ notice of the change except in an emergency situation. Section 6. As per statute regarding state employee pay, this bargaining unit must ratify a completely integrated collective bargaining agreement prior to receiving a negotiated increase in pay. Any retroactivity will be negotiated. Section 7. Whenever an employee receives a pay increase, such increase shall be granted from the first day of the pay period during which such increase becomes effective. Section 8. The Parties have bargained provisions of the Department of Environmental Quality pay plan as authorized under 2-18-303(7) MCA. Matters of pay in the Department of Environmental Quality pay plan remain subject to collective bargaining under 00-00-000 MCA. Section 9. Base pay ranges by working title are contained in Addendum A of the collective bargaining agreement. Specific base pay rates by occupation and matrix level are on the position’s corresponding matrix.

PAY & HOURS. Section 1. The pay schedule attached (Addendum A) shows the entry and market salary rates for each occupation in the bargaining unit. Section 2. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a guarantee or limitation of the number of hours to be worked per day, days per week, or for any period of time, except as may be specifically provided for herein. Section 3. A regular work day shall consist of eight (8) hours of continuous work, including two duty-free rest breaks. Employees shall also be granted a duty-free meal break, taken at a time mutually agreeable to the Employer and the employee. Subsection 1. Employees working shifts greater than six (6) hours in a day are required to take a minimum of a thirty (30) minute meal break. Employees must notify their supervisor on days where they are/were unable to take their meal break. Subsection 2. The duty-free rest breaks are 20 minutes each; one may be taken mid-morning and one mid-afternoon. Break times are up to the approval of supervisors. Breaks may not be combined or used to make up for being late, leaving the workplace early or extending lunch periods. Section 4. A regular work week shall consist of five (5) consecutive work days, Saturday through Friday, totaling forty (40) hours. Section 5. Employees placed on a regular work schedule shall not have their work schedule changed unless given 10 working days’ notice of the change except in an emergency situation. Section 6. As per statute regarding state employee pay, this bargaining unit must ratify a completely integrated collective bargaining agreement prior to receiving a negotiated increase in pay. Any retroactivity will be negotiated. Section 7. Whenever an employee receives a pay increase, such increase shall be granted from the first day of the pay period during which such increase becomes effective. Section 8. The Parties have bargained provisions of the Department of Environmental Quality pay plan as authorized under 2-18-303(7) MCA. Matters of pay in the Department of Environmental Quality pay plan remain subject to collective bargaining under 00-00-000 MCA. Section 9. Base pay ranges by working title are contained in Addendum A of the collective bargaining agreement. Specific base pay rates by occupation and matrix level are on the position’s corresponding matrix.