Trading Duty Time. This Article governs those situations in which one Employee voluntarily agrees to work the duty time of another Employee (a shift trade or trade of shift). An Employee requesting that another Employee work the Employee’s duty time must submit a Voluntary Trade of Shift request before the shift trade dates. Lieutenants and Captains may trade shifts, but Captains and Lieutenants will not trade shifts with Firefighters. A Lieutenant that works a voluntary trade with a Captain will serve in place of the absent Captain, and will act as Shift Captain for that shift, but will not receive OIC pay pursuant to Article 14: (Officer In Charge) for that particular shift resulting from the voluntary shift trade. All Employee decisions to substitute for one another must be made freely and without coercion. The Union agrees that no shift trade will occur without written approval of the Fire Chief or his designated representative. All requests for shift trades must be in writing, and must include the following information: What work is being done, by whom it is being done, and when and where it is being done. If a request for a voluntary trade is denied, the Fire Chief or designated representative will provide the involved Employees a written explanation of the reasons for the denial. The substituting Employee (Employee who has agreed to work another Employee’s duty time) must have the time and one-half hours of sick leave available to cover the duty time for which the Employee is obligated before the Fire Chief or designee will approve a shift trade. In the event the substituting Employee cannot fill the shift, the substituting Employee may arrange for another Employee to fill the shift (a trade). In the event the substituting Employee cannot make a trade, and the Fire Chief or designee must fill the shift with overtime that would otherwise be ordered in; The Township will charge the substituting Employee time and one-half hours of sick leave for the duty time the substituting Employee agreed to fill. The Union agrees that the Employer will exclude hours worked in the calculation of the hours for which the substituting Employee would otherwise be entitled to overtime compensation, and that the Employer will not otherwise incur additional cost or impacts including, overtime because of an Employee shift trades.
Trading Duty Time. The Department will continue a trading of duty time policy pursuant to the current Department Policy. The Department reserves the right to modify the policy as necessary to comply with FLSA regulation and to ensure that the policy does not result in any overtime obligations on the part of the Department. Any changes to Policy will be developed by the Chief and Association.
Trading Duty Time. This Section governs those situations in which one employee voluntarily agrees to work the duty time of another employee (a shift trade or trade of shift). An employee requesting that another employee work his duty time must submit a Voluntary Trade of Shift request at least 48 hours before the shift trade dates. The Fire Chief or designated representative may make exceptions to this time requirement for emergencies. All employee decisions to substitute for one another must be made freely and without coercion. The Union agrees that no shift trade will occur without written approval of the Fire Chief or his designated representative. All requests for shift trades must be in writing. If a request for a voluntary trade is denied, the Chief or designated representative, will provide the involved employees a written explanation of the bona fide reasons for the denial. The Union agrees that the Employer will exclude hours worked in the calculation of the hours for which the substituting employee would otherwise be entitled to overtime compensation and, that the Employer will not otherwise incur additional cost or impacts including overtime because of an
Trading Duty Time. All employees covered by this Agreement may voluntarily trade duty time provided that these trades are approved in advance and do not adversely affect operations. If at all possible, all trades requests should be submitted two (2) weeks in advance and provide on call responsibilities are met. Additionally, the time must be traded and re-paid within the same pay period. The procedure for trading duty time will be set out in a Policy which shall be issued by the Chief.
Trading Duty Time. Ordinarily, Employees will not be eligible to take such leave for a course described in this Section if the course is offered outside of the Employee’s normal work scheduled. In such situations, Employees will still be eligible for leave during an Employee’s shifts if they are unable to take the course outside of their shift despite their best effort to do so. In the event multiple Employees submit for leave with limited availability, the Employee with the highest seniority will be awarded the leave.
