Trading of Work Hours. Employees wishing to trade work hours with other members of the department may do so subject to the following conditions.
A. No trades shall be permitted for the purpose of off duty employment.
B. Firefighters in probationary status shall not be permitted a trade of duty during the first six (6) months of employment.
C. Trade of duty hours shall only be permitted between individuals of like rank and like work schedule (i.e., no trades permitted between 56-hour and 40- hour personnel); provided, however, an exception to the foregoing trades will be permitted between employees on a promotional eligible list and employees currently holding that rank.
D. For trades in excess of one (1) hour, applications must be made in writing and submitted no more than ninety (90) days in advance of the start of the work period for which trade of work is requested. such request must be approved by a Battalion Chief or Officer of higher rank.
E. For trades of one (1) hour or less, approval may be granted by the Company Officer. The employee filling in under such circumstances shall be informed of the duties of the person he/her is replacing and shall report for duty in appropriate uniform.
F. In the event an employee has agreed to work for another employee and is then unable to work all or part of the shift, a deduction shall be made from the vacation leave or compensatory time balance of the employee who agree but failed to work. In the event the employee who has agreed to work is unable to work for all or part of the shift because of injury or illness, a deduction may be made from his/her sick leave only upon certification by a physician of the employee’s inability to work. This latter requirement may be waived by the employee’s Battalion Chief. Said deductions shall be equivalent to the number of hours scheduled but not worked by the employee with whom the trade of duty was made.
G. There shall not be a limit on the number of trades permitted; provided, however, in the case of abuse of this provision on the part of an employee the Fire Chief may restrict this privilege as to that employee.
H. Pay back of shift trades shall be the responsibility of the employee directly involved in the exchange; provided, however, that such pay back shall not cause an employee to work in a position below his/her rank, nor shall it require the payment of overtime and/or acting pay.
I. Employees in the rank of Fire Prevention Inspector may trade “stand-by” assignments. The Fire Chief may gran...
