Common use of Shift Preference Selection Clause in Contracts

Shift Preference Selection. (a) The Employer shall have the right to freely determine, establish and modify scheduling and manpower requirements, including but not limited to, number of shifts, starting and quitting time for each shift, and manpower requirements for each shift, including the complement of specialized trained personnel. (b) For purposes of this Section, an employee’s normal “tour of duty” shall be defined as a period of 160 hours of work in a period of twenty-eight (28) consecutive days. No employee shall be eligible to apply for a shift preference until they have completed their probationary period. Shift preference requests will be granted by the Employer if there is an employee with less seniority working on the requested shift in the same classification subject to the conditions set forth below. (c) Employees eligible to apply for a shift preference will not be permitted to displace probationary employees working on the requested shift or employees with less seniority on the requested shift who are undergoing specialized training other than normal duty or are on special assignment which necessitates their continuing work on the shift requested by the senior employee. (d) Shift preference selections shall be submitted twice annually, once in April for the first schedule period beginning in May and once in September for the first schedule period beginning in October. Shift preference requests shall be provided in writing to the applying employee’s immediate supervisor at least two (2) weeks in advance of the period requested. Employees will be assigned based upon seniority and the needs of the Department to a single shift for the entire shift preference period; provided, however, that the Employer reserves the right to modify a shift assignment during the assignment period to meet changing workload or staffing requirements. Probationary employees will be “slotted into” the Employer’s schedule after seniority employees have been given an opportunity to select their preferred shift. (e) In placing shift preference requests into effect, the Employer will attempt to arrange such changes in a manner which will allow employees changing shifts to be off duty from the end of their old shift to the start of their new shift. The parties recognize, however, that this goal cannot always be accomplished. Accordingly, if implementation of a shift preference would require an employee to work sixteen (16) hours consecutively, the employee requesting the shift change will be the individual selected to work the “back-to-back” shifts. The Employer shall not be liable for overtime premium pay under Section 7.4 of this Agreement as a result of its implementation of shift preference requests. (f) Employees transferring to patrol assignment in the midst of a shift preference period will be assigned to a patrol shift based upon their seniority and shift preference. Employees bumped from their assignment as a result of this transfer will be assigned to another shift based upon their seniority and shift preference.

Shift Preference Selection. (a) The Employer shall have the right to freely determine, establish and modify scheduling and manpower requirements, including but not limited to, number of shifts, starting and quitting time for each shift, and manpower requirements for each shift, including the complement of specialized trained personnel. (b) For purposes of this Section, an employee’s normal “tour of duty” shall be defined as a period of 160 hours of work in a period of twenty-eight (28) consecutive days. No employee shall be eligible to apply for a shift preference until they have he has completed their his probationary period. Shift preference requests will be granted by the Employer if there is an employee with less classification seniority working on the requested shift in the same classification subject to the conditions set forth below. (c) Employees eligible to apply for a shift preference will not be permitted to displace probationary employees working on the requested shift or employees with less classification seniority on the requested shift who are undergoing specialized training other than normal duty or are on special assignment which necessitates their continuing work on the shift requested by the senior employee. (d) Shift preference selections shall be submitted twice annually, once in April for the first schedule period beginning in May and once in September for the first schedule period beginning in October. Shift preference requests shall be provided in writing to the applying employee’s immediate supervisor at least two (2) weeks in advance of the period requested. Employees will be assigned based upon seniority and the needs of the Department to a single shift for the entire shift preference period; provided, however, that the Employer reserves the right to modify a shift assignment during the assignment period to meet changing workload work loads or staffing requirements. Probationary employees will be “slotted into” the Employer’s schedule after seniority employees have been given an opportunity to select their preferred shift. (e) In placing shift preference requests into effect, the Employer will attempt to arrange such changes in a manner which will allow employees changing shifts to be off duty from the end of their old shift to the start of their new shift. The parties recognize, however, that this goal cannot always be accomplished. Accordingly, if implementation of a shift preference would require an employee to work sixteen (16) hours consecutively, the employee requesting the shift change will be the individual selected to work the “back-to-back” shifts. The Employer shall not be liable for overtime premium pay under Section 7.4 of this Agreement as a result of its implementation of shift preference requests. (f) Employees transferring to patrol assignment in the midst of a shift preference period will be assigned to a patrol shift based upon their seniority and shift preference. Employees bumped from their assignment as a result of this transfer will be assigned to another shift based upon their seniority and shift preference.

Shift Preference Selection. (a) The Employer shall have the right to freely determine, establish and modify scheduling and manpower requirements, including but not limited to, number of shifts, starting and quitting time for each shift, and manpower requirements for each shift, including the complement of specialized trained personnel. (b) . For purposes of this Section, an employee’s normal “tour of duty” shall be defined as a period of 160 hours of work in a period of twenty-eight (28) consecutive days. No employee shall be eligible to apply for a shift preference until they have he has completed their his probationary period. Shift preference requests will be granted by the Employer if there is an employee with less classification seniority working on the requested shift in the same classification subject to the conditions set forth below. (c) . Employees eligible to apply for a shift preference will not be permitted to displace probationary employees working on the requested shift or employees with less classification seniority on the requested shift who are undergoing specialized training other than normal duty or are on special assignment which necessitates their continuing work on the shift requested by the senior employee. (d) . Shift preference selections shall be submitted twice annually, once in April for the first schedule period beginning in May and once in September for the first schedule period beginning in October. Shift preference requests shall be provided in writing to the applying employee’s immediate supervisor at least two (2) weeks in advance of the period requested. Employees will be assigned based upon seniority and the needs of the Department to a single shift for the entire shift preference period; provided, however, that the Employer reserves the right to modify a shift assignment during the assignment period to meet changing workload work loads or staffing requirements. Probationary employees will be “slotted into” the Employer’s schedule after seniority employees have been given an opportunity to select their preferred shift. (e) . In placing shift preference requests into effect, the Employer will attempt to arrange such changes in a manner which will allow employees changing shifts to be off duty from the end of their old shift to the start of their new shift. The parties recognize, however, that this goal cannot always be accomplished. Accordingly, if implementation of a shift preference would require an employee to work sixteen (16) hours consecutively, the employee requesting the shift change will be the individual selected to work the “back-to-back” shifts. The Employer shall not be liable for overtime premium pay under Section 7.4 of this Agreement as a result of its implementation of shift preference requests. . Training Schedule. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Employer reserves the right to change any employee’s schedule to accommodate training programs as follows: Training of One Week or Longer. In the event that the Employer determines to assign an employee to training that will last for one week or more, the Employer may change the employee’s schedule for the week or weeks affected by any combination of reassigning off- duty days, changing starting or quitting times, and/or changing scheduled hours from 10 to 8 or visa versa. Training of Less Than One Week. In the event that the Employer determines to assign an employee to training that will last for one day or more but less than a full week, the Employer may change any day or days of an employee’s previously assigned schedule during that week to accommodate the training opportunities if during any 24-hour period the combination of the employee’s regular scheduled hours with the hours of required training exceeds fifteen (f) Employees transferring 15). In such an event, the Employer may change the employee’s schedule by any combination of reassigning off-duty days, changing starting or quitting times, and/or changing scheduled hours from 10 to patrol assignment 8 or visa versa. The Employer will endeavor to provide as much advanced notice of the schedule change as reasonably possible, and agrees that an employee whose schedule is changed to accommodate training shall have at least two consecutive days off during that week. Definition of Seniority. Seniority shall be defined as the length of an employee’s continuous service with the Employer in the midst Police Department since the employee’s last date of hire. An employee’s “last date of hire” shall be the most recent date upon which the employee commenced work with the Employer in the Police Department. Classification seniority shall be defined as the length of an employee’s continuous service within a shift preference period will job classification covered by this Agreement. Seniority shall commence only after the employee completes the probationary period, and classification seniority shall commence only after the employee completes the new job probationary period. The application of seniority shall be assigned limited to a patrol shift based upon their seniority the preferences and shift preference. Employees bumped from their assignment as a result of benefits specifically recited in this transfer will be assigned to another shift based upon their seniority and shift preferenceAgreement.