Common use of Tours of Duty Clause in Contracts

Tours of Duty. A. The parties to this agreement recognize that for employees engaged in law enforcement activities, and their required support personnel (normally those employees working under the jurisdiction of a Border Patrol Sector), the employer shall establish, maintain, and change those shifts, tours of duty and hours of work to best promote the efficient and effective accomplishment of the mission and operations of the Agency. B. Assignment to tours of duty shall be posted five days in advance in the appropriate work area covering at least a two week period. C. Except in an emergency, the Agency agrees to schedule eight (8) hours between changes in shifts, and when practical will schedule more time between shifts. D. The Agency agrees that it will attempt to assign consecutive days off duty consistent with the Agency’s mission. Assigned days off will be assigned by seniority as requested by the employee. Nothing in this article will preclude Agents from swapping assigned days off duty with other employees from the same tour of duty. E. The Administrative workweek shall be seven consecutive days, Sunday through Saturday. F. Breaks in working hours of more than one hour shall not normally be scheduled in any basic workday. G. When practical, an employee shall be given at least 24 hours advance notice of individual shift changes. Individuals involved in a change of shift should be notified of the reason for the change. H. Where mutually agreeable to all employees affected, and approved by the supervisor, employees may trade shifts out of the normal rotation. The supervisor will not unreasonably withhold approval of a request to trade shifts. I. The basic non-overtime workday shall not exceed eight (8) hours. J. All bargaining unit employees who are subject to more than one shift will be covered by the shift bid process contained within Appendix II.

Tours of Duty. A. The parties to this agreement recognize that for employees engaged in law enforcement activities, and their required support personnel (normally those employees working under the jurisdiction of a Border Patrol Sector), the employer shall establish, maintain, and change those shifts, tours of duty and hours of work to best promote the efficient and effective accomplishment of the mission and operations of the Agency. B. Assignment to tours of duty shall be posted five days in advance in the appropriate work area covering at least a two two-week period. C. Except in an emergency, the Agency agrees to schedule eight (8) hours between changes in shifts, and when practical will schedule more time between shifts. D. The Agency agrees that it will attempt to assign consecutive days off duty consistent with the Agency’s mission. Assigned days off will be assigned by seniority as requested by the employee. Nothing in this article will preclude Agents from swapping assigned days off duty with other employees from the same tour of duty. E. The Administrative workweek shall be seven consecutive days, Sunday through Saturday. F. Breaks in working hours of more than one hour shall not normally be scheduled in any basic workday. G. When practical, an employee shall be given at least 24 hours advance notice of individual shift changes. Individuals involved in a change of shift should be notified of the reason for the change. H. Where mutually agreeable to all employees affected, and approved by the supervisor, employees may trade shifts out of the normal rotation. The supervisor will not unreasonably withhold approval of a request to trade shifts. I. The basic non-overtime workday shall not exceed eight (8) hours. J. All bargaining unit employees who are subject to more than one shift will be covered by the shift bid process contained within Appendix II. K. Refer to Appendix IX for further clarifying terms and conditions applicable to Article 28.