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Provisions of Food for Employees Working Emergency Overtime. 1.8.1 Employees called out on emergency (unplanned) work basis shall be provided paid meal breaks and meal allowance (reimbursement) at regular mealtimes and/or when such employees are required to work more than four (4) hours, subject to the provisions below. Meals may be taken off the job-site. Employees entitled to a paid meal break will receive up to 48 minutes for said break, exclusive of travel time, at the applicable rate plus an $18 meal allowance for each meal actually taken. For each such meal break earned, the crew as a whole, may elect to forego the meal break and meal allowance and receive in-lieu pay of one hour at the applicable rate. 1.8.2 The first meal break shall be provided four (4) hours after the first crew member clocks in at the designated reporting site. Subsequent meal breaks shall be provided at five (5) hour intervals measured from the start of the previous meal break to the start of the next meal break. An employee who has earned a meal break at the end of the overtime assignment but chooses to go home instead of taking the meal break shall be paid one hour’s pay at two (2) times his regular hourly rate. No crew shall be denied a meal break on request after working six (6) consecutive overtime hours. 1.8.3 Meal break(s) and meal allowance will be provided, irrespective of the hours worked, to employees who are called back on an emergency basis within ninety (90) minutes after the regularly scheduled quitting time, or, if required to work on an emergency basis, more than two (2) hours beyond the regularly scheduled working shift. 1.8.4 Employees called to work on an emergency prior to the normal starting time will be provided a paid meal break, at the appropriate rate, and meal allowance as soon as practical after the beginning of the normal shift. In lieu provisions will not be allowed. Employees will be provided a meal allowance at the regular lunch period. The meal provisions for pre-shift emergency call outs do not apply to employees called out thirty

Provisions of Food for Employees Working Emergency Overtime. 1.8.1 Employees called out on emergency (unplanned) work basis shall be provided paid meal breaks and meal allowance (reimbursement) at regular mealtimes and/or when such employees are required to work more than four (4) hours, subject to the provisions below. Meals may be taken off the job-site. Employees entitled to a paid meal break will receive up to 48 minutes for said break, exclusive of travel time, at the applicable rate plus an $18 meal allowance for each meal actually taken. For each such meal break earned, the crew as a whole, may elect to forego the meal break and meal allowance and receive in-lieu pay of one hour at the applicable rate. 1.8.2 The first meal break shall be provided four (4) hours after the first crew member clocks in at the designated reporting site. Subsequent meal breaks shall be provided at five (5) hour intervals measured from the start of the previous meal break to the start of the next meal break. An employee who has earned a meal break at the end of the overtime assignment but chooses to go home instead of taking the meal break shall be paid one hour’s pay at two (2) times his regular hourly rate. No crew shall be denied a meal break on request after working six (6) consecutive overtime hours. 1.8.3 Meal break(s) and meal allowance will be provided, irrespective of the hours worked, to employees who are called back on an emergency basis within ninety (90) minutes after the regularly scheduled quitting time, or, if required to work on an emergency basis, more than two (2) hours beyond the regularly scheduled working shift. 1.8.4 Employees called to work on an emergency prior to the normal starting time will be provided a paid meal break, at the appropriate rate, and meal allowance as soon as practical after the beginning of the normal shift. In lieu provisions will not be allowed. Employees will be provided a meal allowance at the regular lunch period. The meal provisions for pre-shift emergency call outs do not apply to employees called out thirtythirty (30) minutes or less prior to the start of shift. 1.8.5 Emergency (unplanned) meal provisions will not apply for employees required to work overtime on a planned or scheduled basis, although unpaid time off for meals will be allowed at regular meal hours, subject to the following: 1. If the planned overtime assignment lasts six (6) hours or more beyond the last regularly scheduled meal break, the City will provide a meal break when the situation permits. Such meal break will be unpaid. The meal allowance shall be paid. 2. If the planned overtime extends another five (5) hours a second meal is earned. This meal break shall be paid and a meal allowance will be paid.