Physical Fitness Requirements. In order to maintain efficiency in the Police Department and to protect the public, the City may establish reasonable physical fitness requirements for employees. Providing there is a good faith effort by the employee there shall be no discipline attached to an employee's failure to meet these requirements. However, action may be taken with respect to an employee, irrespective of his/her ability to meet reasonable physical fitness requirements, if in fact that employee’s health interferes with his/her ability to perform his/her job. Upon submission of a receipt, the City shall reimburse an employee a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per fiscal year for a health club membership, as reviewed and approved by the City.
Physical Fitness Requirements. In order to maintain efficiency in the Fire Department, to protect the public and to reduce insurance costs and risks, the City, after consulting with the Union, may establish a reasonable physical fitness program with voluntary and/or required employee participation and goals. In the event a mandatory plan would subject employees to discipline, the parties agree to re-open this Section 18.4 to bargain over the mandatory nature of the program and go to interest arbitration, if necessary.
Physical Fitness Requirements. In order to maintain and improve efficiency in the Police Department, to best protect the public and to reduce insurance costs and risks, the Village may establish a reasonable physical program, which shall include individualized goals. While employees may be required to participate in any such program, no employee will be disciplined for failure to meet any goals that may be established as long as the employee makes a good faith effort to meet any such goals. Before any such program is implemented, the Village shall review and discuss the program at a Labor Management Meeting.
Physical Fitness Requirements. The County and the Union will meet and establish a program for Physical Fitness requirements over the next Eighteen (18) Months.
Physical Fitness Requirements. A. The Official Physical Fitness Program for Correction Officers hired on or after January 1, 1993 is set forth in Appendix C, attached hereto and made a part thereof.
B. The County may establish incentive benefits to encourage Correction Officers to attain or exceed these standards. However, a Correction Officer who fails any portion of the physical fitness test, will be rescheduled to take that portion of the test within the next ninety (90) days. If the second test is failed, disciplinary action may be taken by the Sheriff. Said disciplinary action may consist of either a written reprimand or a suspension without pay not to exceed (5) workdays. Imposition of discipline in accordance with this Section shall be subject to the Grievance Procedure specified in Article XVI of this Agreement.
C. If a Correction Officer provides a doctor's excuse for the test (for reasons other than injury on duty), another test will be rescheduled within ninety (90) days. If a second excuse is submitted, the County reserves the right to have a County appointed doctor determine whether a fitness test should be required. If a Correction Officer is ill on the day of the test, a doctor's excuse must be submitted, and the test will be rescheduled within ninety (90) days.
X. Xxxxxxxxxx for physical fitness tests shall occur during normal work hours, as far as practical, and Correction Officers shall receive paid leave at straight time for time spent performing the fitness test.
Physical Fitness Requirements. Each employee’s participation in any established and recognized departmental physical fitness program shall be on a mandatory basis. The Village retains the right to require that an employee take a fitness test, (not more than one
(1) time per calendar year). Refusal to participate in the departmental fitness program or to take a fitness test may be cause for discipline. Any mandatory departmental physical fitness program will include individualized goals. No employee will be disciplined for failure to meet any goals that may be established, as long as the employee makes a good faith effort to meet any such goals but may be taken into account in connection with evaluations and assignments. The foregoing shall not be construed to relieve an employee of his/her obligation to meet job-related physical fitness standards. If the Village has reason to believe that an employee may not be fit for duty, the Village may require, at its expense, that the employee have a medical examination and/or psychological examination by a qualified and licensed physician and/or psychologist selected by the Village. If requested by the employee, the Village shall provide the employee with the reason or reasons for requiring the employee to undertake a fitness for duty examination. Financial incentives shall be available for employees who take the fitness test and whose average score is at or above the fortieth percentile in accordance with the following schedule: Good (40% to 64%) $150.00 Excellent (65% to 89%) $200.00 Superior (90% or above) $250.00
Physical Fitness Requirements. Each employee’s participation in any established and recognized departmental physical fitness program shall be on a mandatory basis. The Village retains the right to require that an employee take a fitness test, (not more than two
Physical Fitness Requirements. In order to maintain and improve efficiency in the various departments covered by this Agreement, to protect the public and to reduce insurance costs and risks, the Village may establish a reasonable physical fitness program, which shall include individualized goals. While employees may be required to participate in any such program, no employee will be disciplined for failure to meet any goals that may be established as long as the employee makes a good faith effort to meet any such goals. Before any such program plan is implemented, the Village shall review and discuss the program at a meeting of the Labor Management Committee.
Physical Fitness Requirements. In order to maintain efficiency in the Police Department, to protect the public, and to reduce insurance costs and risks, the Village shall, beginning after April 1, 2010, establish as its mandatory physical fitness requirements for full time sworn officers the State of Illinois Physical Fitness Training Standards. The Standards are attached hereto as Appendix C. Employees are required to make a good faith effort to meet such fitness standards. Prior to April 1, 2011, there shall be no discipline for failure to meet the standards provided the officer makes a good faith effort to meet such standard. Effective April 1, 2011, officers who fail to record a composite score of 95 percent of the minimum standards for such test(s), shall be subject to the following discipline.
(a) For the first such failure, the officer shall be retested on the section(s) failed previously, after sixty (60) days or more, at the Employer’s discretion, and if the employee is successful on such retest, no further action shall be taken by the Employer. If the officer fails the retest, he shall be given a one (1) day suspension without pay and be given a further test no sooner than thirty (30) days after the last test. Provided, however, an officer shall not receive the one (1) day suspension solely for failing to meet the run standard as long as he completes the run and makes a good faith effort to meet the standard;
(b) Employees who have failed the second retest in accordance with section (a) above, shall receive an additional two (2) day suspension without pay, and no further test shall be required of the officer for the remainder of the testing year. Provided, however, an officer shall not receive the two (2) day suspension solely for failing to meet the run standard as long as he completes the run and makes a good faith effort to meet the standard. The Employer shall not require an officer who has passed the test to submit to physical fitness standards testing pursuant to this section more than once during each calendar year of this Agreement. Effective April 1, 2011, employees disciplined under the terms of this section shall not be disciplined more than as provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) above, for failure to pass the physical fitness standards test, during the testing year. An employee shall receive at least thirty (30) days’ notice of the first physical fitness test each year. An employee will be compensated at the appropriate hourly rate in accordance with Article VIII, S...
Physical Fitness Requirements. The OrPAT Standards (Exhibit B) attached, are hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. All employees who are required to attend the DPSST academy to become certified to perform their jobs shall be able to pass OrPAT standards applicable to the employee’s classification, during DPSST academy training. All employees must maintain a personal level of fitness that enables them to perform the essential functions of their job classification.
