Common use of Procedure for Assignment to Permanent Midnight Shift Clause in Contracts

Procedure for Assignment to Permanent Midnight Shift. a. Assignment to a midnight shift will be accomplished through volunteers based on sen- iority as defined in Article 12. All bargaining unit members will be eligible for voluntary placement onto the midnight shift. MPOs shall bid with other MPOs as a class. Sergeants will bid with other sergeants as a class. b. In the event the number of officers volunteering for assignment to the midnight shift is insufficient, involuntary assignments will be made based on inverse seniority beginning with the least senior PO1 in the district. c. The duration of the midnight shift assignment will be a minimum of six months. Once an officer on the midnight shift meets the minimum time requirement, that officer may transfer off of the shift either at the end of the initial six months or at the end of the fiscal year quarter (i.e., every three months). Requests for transfer off of the midnight shift must occur two weeks prior to the end of any fiscal year quarter and will be honored at the end of the fiscal year quarter that follows the fiscal year quarter in which the request was made. d. Assignments onto the midnight shift will only be made on a fiscal year quarterly basis (i.e. every three months) and simultaneously with any departure from the midnight shift. Officers who are assigned to the midnight shift will be given notice of the assignment at the beginning of the fiscal quarter proceeding the quarter of their assignment. However, notice for voluntary transfer onto or off the midnight shift may be waived upon mutual agreement of the officer and the unit commander. e. When an officer is permanently transferred off of the midnight shift the effective date of the transfer will be recorded in the officer’s unit operating file. An officer who has received a departure date from midnights will not be involuntarily transferred back to the midnight shift if there are officers in the district who have either no departure date or an earlier departure date. f. An officer being initially assigned to a district or transferred into the district from another assignment will not be eligible for voluntary or involuntary transfer onto the midnight shift until the next fiscal quarter has passed, except when a vacancy exist, a unit member volunteers for assignment, and there is no waiting list of eligible volunteers. The initial permanent assignment of a PO1 who has successfully completed FTO may be the midnight shift. g. Any reassignment on or off the midnight shift will occur the first full pay period following the date on which the fiscal year quarter begins unless a vacancy exists. h. Bargaining unit employees may be voluntarily or involuntarily transferred due to unfor- eseen changes in the personnel complement of a shift (e.g., extended illness or injury) consistent with the provisions of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement. Such changes shall be consistent with the seniority principles espoused within this section. For purposes of this subsection, the clause "consistent with the seniority principles espoused within this section" means that when an employee is transferred due to unforeseen changes in the personnel complement of a shift, the determination of which employee is transferred shall be governed by seniority principles. This means that assignments to permanent midnight shifts under subsection h. will be made in accordance with the provisions of subsections a., b. and e. of §K.1., and that the provisions of subsections c., d., and f. do not apply to assignments/transfers made under subsection h. Additionally, consistent with seniority principles, when a vacancy on the permanent midnight shift exists, a bargaining unit employee from outside the district who volunteers may be assigned to the vacancy when there is no waiting list of eligible volunteers within the district. i. Work schedules may be changed with three-week notice for the purpose of attendance at training including non-state training except in the case of firearms qualification training as provided under current practice and Article 15 § C.1.C.

Procedure for Assignment to Permanent Midnight Shift. a. Assignment to a midnight shift will be accomplished through volunteers based on sen- iority as defined in Article 12. All bargaining unit members will be eligible for voluntary placement onto the midnight shift. MPOs shall bid with other MPOs as a class. Sergeants will bid with other sergeants as a class. b. In the event the number of officers volunteering for assignment to the midnight shift is insufficient, involuntary assignments will be made based on inverse seniority beginning with the least senior non-probationary PO1 in the district. c. The duration of the midnight shift assignment will be a minimum of six months. Once an officer on the midnight shift meets the minimum time requirement, that officer may transfer off of the shift either at the end of the initial six months or at the end of the fiscal year quarter (i.e., every three months). Requests for transfer off of the midnight shift must occur two weeks prior to the end of any fiscal year quarter and will be honored at the end of the fiscal year quarter that follows the fiscal year quarter in which the request was made. d. Assignments onto the midnight shift will only be made on a fiscal year quarterly basis (i.e. every three months) and simultaneously with any departure from the midnight shift. Officers who are assigned to the midnight shift will be given notice of the assignment at the beginning of the fiscal quarter proceeding the quarter of their assignment. However, notice for voluntary transfer onto or off the midnight shift may be waived upon mutual agreement of the officer and the unit commander. e. When an officer is permanently transferred off of the midnight shift the effective date of the transfer will be recorded in the officer’s unit operating file. An officer who has received a departure date from midnights will not be involuntarily transferred back to the midnight shift if there are officers in the district who have either no departure date or an earlier departure date. f. An officer being initially assigned to a district or transferred into the district from another assignment will not be eligible for voluntary or involuntary transfer onto the midnight shift until the next fiscal quarter has passed, except when a vacancy exist, a unit member volunteers for assignment, and there is no waiting list of eligible volunteers. The initial permanent assignment of a PO1 who has successfully completed FTO may be the midnight shift. g. Any reassignment on or off the midnight shift will occur the first full pay period following the date on which the fiscal year quarter begins unless a vacancy exists. h. Bargaining unit employees may be voluntarily or involuntarily transferred due to unfor- eseen changes in the personnel complement of a shift (e.g., extended illness or injury) consistent with the provisions of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement. Such changes shall be consistent with the seniority principles espoused within this section. For purposes of this subsection, the clause "consistent with the seniority principles espoused within this section" means that when an employee is transferred due to unforeseen changes in the personnel complement of a shift, the determination of which employee is transferred shall be governed by seniority principles. This means that assignments to permanent midnight shifts under subsection h. will be made in accordance with the provisions of subsections a., b. and e. of §K.1., and that the provisions of subsections c., d., and f. do not apply to assignments/transfers made under subsection h. Additionally, consistent with seniority principles, when a vacancy on the permanent midnight shift exists, a bargaining unit employee from outside the district who volunteers may be assigned to the vacancy when there is no waiting list of eligible volunteers within the district. i. Work schedules may be changed with three-week notice for the purpose of attendance at training including non-state training except in the case of firearms qualification training as provided under current practice and Article 15 § C.1.C.