Common use of WORK SCHEDULE AND HOURS OF WORK Clause in Contracts

WORK SCHEDULE AND HOURS OF WORK. 12.1 The normal work year for full-time employees is two thousand eighty (2,080) hours to be counted for each employee through: a. hours worked on assigned shifts; b. holidays; c. assigned training; and/or d. authorized leave time. 12.2 Nothing contained in this or any other Article shall be interpreted to be a guarantee of minimum or maximum number of hours the Employer may assign employees. 12.3 The standard work week is forty (40) hours (two thousand eighty [2,080] divided by fifty-two [52]) with the understanding that shift assignments are made without reference to the standard seven (7) day period. 12.4 The Employer reserves absolute right at its sole discretion to establish or change work schedules and shifts without regard to usual or traditional practices. Shift assignments will be done by seniority on an annual basis and as vacancies occur. 12.5 Work schedules showing the employees' shift, workday, and hours shall be maintained by the Employer. Once such work schedules are established and until they are changed by the Employer, such schedules shall be the regular work schedule. The regular work schedule shall not be changed without a one-month (28 day) advance notice unless emergency conditions exist which preclude advance notification. 12.6 Employees will be allowed a fifteen- (15-) minute paid break for every four (4) hour work period worked, as long as they are available to work. If the employee leaves the work area, they must take a portable radio with them so as to be able to respond quickly to any emergency. 12.7 Dispatchers shall be scheduled to a forty- (40-) hour work week. Full-time dispatchers shall receive a thirty- (30-) minute paid break and an additional fifteen- (15-) minute break during their scheduled shift. The Employer may require Dispatchers on break to carry a radio and to return to their station when called. The Employer shall establish reasonable restrictions to the distance that the Dispatcher may leave the premises when on break.

WORK SCHEDULE AND HOURS OF WORK. 12.1 The normal work year for full-time employees is two thousand eighty (2,080) hours to be counted for each employee through: a. hours worked on assigned shifts; b. holidays; c. assigned training; and/or d. authorized leave time. 12.2 Nothing contained in this this, or any other Article shall be interpreted to be a guarantee of minimum or maximum number of hours the Employer may assign employees. 12.3 The standard work week is forty (40) hours (two thousand eighty [2,080] divided by fifty-two [52]) with the understanding that shift assignments are made without reference to the standard seven (7) day period. 12.4 The Employer reserves the absolute right at its sole discretion to establish or change work schedules and shifts without regard to usual or traditional practices. Shift assignments will be done by seniority on an annual basis and as vacancies occur. 12.5 Work schedules showing the employees' shift, workday, and hours shall be maintained by the Employer. Once such work schedules are established and until they are changed by the Employer, such schedules shall be the regular work schedule. The regular work schedule shall not be changed without a one-one month (28 day) advance notice unless emergency conditions exist which preclude advance notification. 12.6 Employees will be allowed a fifteen- fifteen (15-15) minute paid break for every four (4) hour work period half shift worked, as long as they are available to work. If the employee leaves the work area, they must take a portable radio with them so as to be able to respond quickly to any emergency. 12.7 Dispatchers shall The Employer will compensate the Canine Handler two (2) hours of compensatory time (as defined in FLSA) per week for care and maintenance of the Canine. Any training requirements for the Canine will be conducted during the Canine Handler’s regularly scheduled work hours. Any hours required for certification or dog trials related to the Canine Unit that are outside the Canine Handler’s regularly scheduled hours will be used as a forty- (40-) hour work weekreplacement to his/her regularly scheduled hours. Full-Call backs outside the Canine Handler’s regularly scheduled hours will be compensated at the appropriate overtime rate in this agreement. For the purposes of a Canine call back, there will be no minimum time. The Canine Handler will be paid for actual time dispatchers shall receive a thirty- (30-) minute paid break and an additional fifteen- (15-) minute break during their scheduled shiftworked on the call back. The Employer may require Dispatchers on break will provide for the Canine’s medical care, food, and equipment. This is to carry include properly outfitting a radio and vehicle for the Canine Handler to return to their station when called. The Employer shall establish reasonable restrictions to use in the distance that the Dispatcher may leave the premises when on breakline of duty.