Relief Shift Employee Overtime. (a) Relief Duties A work week is defined as Sunday through Saturday. An employee who is classified to perform relief duties shall normally work an eight-hour, 8 A.M. – 4:30 P.M., Monday–Friday shift when not needed for relief duties. He/she can be called upon for relief duties at any time for relief in any shift without advance notice when a Shift Employee is ill, on vacation, in training, on leave, or absent for any reason. When needed for relief, he/she shall be available for duty in revolving 12 hours shifts on any day of the week. Depending on needs, such duty could include a partial 12-hour shift, a full 12-hour shift, or a full 12-hour shift plus overtime. When not needed for relief, a relief employee shall return to a normal 8 hour work schedule, Monday to Friday shift, with a 30 minute or one hour lunch period. Deviations from this schedule may be approved by the Supervisor of Dispatch Operations, upon mutual agreement between the Supervisor of Dispatch Operations and the employee, to exceed the limitations to change start time given in paragraph 4.2(a). Relief positions may be assigned to cover vacancies in the scheduling, dispatch, and schedule coordination work areas. For coverage of additional work where schedules are fully complemented, overtime will be assigned in accordance with paragraph 7.1. Such employee shall not, solely as a result of relief assignments, be paid overtime for work performed. However, if the employee is required to report to work without having had eight (8) hours off following the end of the last preceding work period, the employee will be paid overtime for any time worked in the eight (8) hour period following the end of the last preceding work period. Relief staff shall be selected by seniority or other method mutually acceptable to the Union and the Agency. All staff filling relief positions will be expected to become qualified to relieve both the dispatch and schedule coordination work areas; if not qualified in both areas, a training program will be established to qualify such person in either the dispatch or schedule coordination areas, whichever requires such training. Such training will normally occur over a six to twelve month period. A relief person qualified to relieve in only one of the dispatch or schedule coordination functions shall receive a relief pay differential of 2.5%. A relief person fully qualified to relieve both the dispatch and SC functions shall receive a relief pay differential of 5%. A work p...
