Common use of Required Overtime Clause in Contracts

Required Overtime. The City shall have the right to require overtime and employees may not refuse overtime assignments. Whenever practical, overtime shall be scheduled on a voluntary basis, except for emergency situations, or except when qualified employee volunteers are not readily available. When more than one (1) employee volunteers for a given overtime assignment the most senior employee shall be given the overtime provided that employee is qualified to do the work. If there are no volunteers for overtime, the covered member with the least seniority on a given shift who is qualified to do the required overtime work shall be required to work the overtime. If a covered member who is ordered back does not comply for medical reasons, the covered member must submit a medical certificate within one (1) week or the covered member shall be subject to disciplinary action. The City shall only be required to post available overtime when the City has at least five (5) days’ notice regarding the need for said overtime. Any such notice shall only be posted for forty‐eight (48) hours. An employee shall not be eligible for any overtime work under this Agreement for the shift immediately preceding and the shift immediately following any shift for which the employee was scheduled but was absent from due to the employee’s own illness or injury.

Required Overtime. The City shall have the right to require overtime and employees may not refuse overtime assignments. Whenever practical, overtime shall be scheduled on a voluntary basis, except for emergency situations, or except when qualified employee volunteers are not readily available. When more than one (1) employee volunteers for a given overtime assignment the most senior employee shall be given the overtime provided that employee is qualified to do the work. If there are no volunteers for overtime, the covered member with the least seniority on a given shift who is qualified to do the required overtime work shall be required to work the overtime. If a covered member who is ordered back does not comply for medical reasons, the covered member must submit a medical certificate within one (1) week or the covered member shall be subject to disciplinary action. The City shall only be required to post available overtime when the City has at least five (5) days’ notice regarding the need for said overtime. Any such notice shall only be posted for forty‐eight forty-eight (48) hours. An employee shall not be eligible for any overtime work under this Agreement for the shift immediately preceding and the shift immediately following any shift for which the employee was scheduled but was absent from due to the employee’s own illness or injury.