WAFHP Sample Clauses

WAFHP. The opportunity to attend the annual Pacific Northwest Fish Culture Conference will be provided to fish hatchery specialists on an equal basis. Priority consideration will be given to those employees who have not attended the conference or have personally paid to attend within the past three (3) years.

WAFHP. A. Paging devices may be provided by the Employer for the purpose of providing flexibility to employees required to perform standby assignments. Any bargaining unit employee who uses a pager or other form of communication device in order that they may return to work will receive standby compensation as defined in Article 41, Compensation, for the entire time they are required to perform standby. Bargaining unit employees using these communication devices are responsible for maintaining the level of response time necessary to protect the resource entrusted to them. B. On a holiday, no employee will be assigned to work or will be assigned standby when there are no fish on station, unless an emergency situation dictates otherwise. C. An employee may volunteer to be assigned standby on a holiday. No employee will be involuntarily assigned standby on his or her regular day(s) off, holiday(s) (except those holidays the employee is assigned to work eight (8) hours) or on days he or she is in leave status, unless an emergency situation dictates otherwise. A requirement for an employee to return to standby duty on a scheduled day off will require the employee to conduct a facility inspection (check water flow alarms, secure building(s), etc.) and, therefore, constitutes callback status. D. Employees assigned to standby status may be relieved for any portion of the assignment for which they are able to find a replacement. The employee initiating the change in assignment will document the change in writing to the appropriate supervisor. The person providing relief is responsible for meeting all standby obligations. E. All alarms other than that of the employee on standby duty will be turned off unless the Specialist 4, with the appropriate complex manager’s approval, directs an employee to leave his or her electronic alarm on. The requirement to turn on the electronic alarm device will constitute assigned standby.

WAFHP. The Employer will follow agency policies and practices regarding Employer- provided housing. Any change to agency housing policies and practices will be in accordance with Article 46, Agency Policies. When an On-site house becomes available, the house will be offered to hatchery staff in the following order:‌ 1. FHS 4 assigned to the facility where the house is available. 2. FHS 3 assigned to the facility where the house becomes available 3. FHS 2 assigned to the facility where the house becomes available. Should two or more hatchery staff of the same job class request to move into a vacant house the house will be awarded to the Fish Hatchery specialist with the most seniority. Seniority, for application to this Subsection only, is defined as: the most time working for WDFW within the Hatcheries Division without a break in service.

WAFHP. The Employer will follow agency policies and practices regarding Employer- provided housing. Any change to agency housing policies and practices will be in accordance with Article 46, Agency Policies.