Common use of WORK YEAR, WORKWEEK, AND WORKDAY Clause in Contracts

WORK YEAR, WORKWEEK, AND WORKDAY. A. The normal workday schedule for all employees shall be established by the Board based on the Board's determination of the needs and resources of the Board and may be changed from time to time as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Board. The number of hours of work will not be reduced without prior consultations with the Association. However, if emergency situations arise, as determined by the Board, the Board has the sole discretion to reduce the number of hours without prior consultation with the Association. B. Employees in Categories 1 and 2 shall work the following: 1. The work year shall begin ten (10) workdays before the first day for students (if this falls on a Tuesday, the work year will start on Monday) and end ten (10) workdays after the teacher's work year. 2. Eight (8) hours a day and forty (40) hours per week. 3. The employee shall have a thirty (30) minute duty-free paid lunch period. C. Employees in Categories 3 shall work the following: 1. The work year shall begin with the first day of school for returning teachers. 2. The employee shall work on all student days. 3. The employee shall work six and one-half (6.5) hours per day. 4. The employee shall have a thirty (30) minute duty-free unpaid lunch period. D. All employees may be required to work overtime from time to time as determined by the Board. Overtime (any work beyond forty (40) hours per week) shall be compensated at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2) of the regular hourly pay during a regularly scheduled workweek. Compensatory time may be allowed at the discretion of the Superintendent or his/her designee. Any compensatory time so accrued must be used within the current school year or the employee will be paid the appropriate amount of overtime pay. E. If an employee uses paid leave (sick or personal) it cannot be counted whenever overtime would be calculated unless the employee is directed to work beyond his/her normally scheduled workweek. The hours then, beyond forty (40), shall be counted as overtime. F. Bargaining unit members shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) minute relief period, as possible or as scheduled by their immediate supervisor, for each four (4) hours of work. G. All employees will fill out time cards as required by the Board and submit them to the Building Principal for signature in a timely manner.

WORK YEAR, WORKWEEK, AND WORKDAY. A. The normal workday schedule for all employees shall be established by the Board based on the Board's determination of the needs and resources of the Board and may be changed from time to time as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Board. The number of hours of work will not be reduced without prior consultations with the Association. However, if emergency situations arise, as determined by the Board, the Board has the sole discretion to reduce the number of hours without prior consultation with the Association. B. Employees in Categories 1 and 2 shall work the following: 1. The work year shall begin ten (10) workdays before the first day for students (if this falls on a Tuesday, the work year will start on Monday) and end ten (10) workdays after the teacher's work year. 2. Eight (8) hours a day and forty (40) hours per week.. Formatted: Indent: Left: 0", First line: 0" 3. The employee shall have a thirty (30) minute duty-free paid lunch period. C. Employees in Categories 3 shall work the following: 1. The work year shall begin with the first day of school for returning teachers. 2. The employee shall work on all student days. 3. The employee shall work six and one-half (6.5) hours per day. 4. The employee shall have a thirty (30) minute duty-free unpaid lunch period. D. All employees may be required to work overtime from time to time as determined by the Board. Overtime (any work beyond forty (40) hours per week) shall be compensated at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2) of the regular hourly pay during a regularly scheduled workweek. Compensatory time may be allowed at the discretion of the Superintendent or his/her designee. Any compensatory time so accrued must be used within the current school year or the employee will be paid the appropriate amount of overtime pay. E. If an employee uses paid leave (sick or personal) it cannot be counted whenever overtime would be calculated unless the employee is directed to work beyond his/her normally scheduled workweek. The hours then, beyond forty (40), shall be counted as overtime. F. Bargaining unit members shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) minute relief period, as possible or as scheduled by their immediate supervisor, for each four (4) hours of work. G. All employees will fill out time cards as required by the Board and submit them to the Building Principal for signature in a timely manner.

WORK YEAR, WORKWEEK, AND WORKDAY. A. The normal workday schedule for all employees shall work year will be established determined by the Board based on the Board's determination of the needs Education and resources of the Board and may this provision shall not be changed from time construed to time as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Board. The guarantee a set work year employee or number of hours to any bargaining unit member. All employees in a position will work on reporting to parent days, between semesters and for a full day on the last day students attend school, except for child care workers who may work a modified schedule. In the case of work will not be reduced without prior consultations increased pupil instruction time in the classroom by teachers, the Board agrees to meet with the AssociationBargaining unit to discuss a corresponding increase in hours for bargaining unit members. The normal workweek shall be Monday through Friday. However, if emergency situations arise, as determined by the Board, the Board has the sole discretion of Education may adjust this schedule to reduce the number of hours without prior consultation with the Associationfive (5) days within a seven (7) day period as needed. B. Employees in Categories 1 and 2 shall work the following: 1. Employees may be assigned to work on tasks at hours beyond their normally scheduled workday. All assigned additional work must have prior approval of the immediate administrative supervisor. Additional assigned work will be compensated at the regular hourly rate consistent with Article 17 Section B. 2. If an employee believes there is a workload problem related to Paragraph 1 above, he/she may request a meeting to discuss and seek resolution to the problem. Such a meeting may include a consideration of the employee's concerns regarding negative consequences related to the problem. Upon receipt of such a request, their supervisor shall attempt to resolve the issue. If no resolution is found, the supervisor shall arrange a meeting with other appropriate building staff and representative of the Union. A representative of the Human Resource Service Office may attend. The workday for employees will not normally exceed eight (8) hours per day unless additional time is required and approved by the immediate administrative supervisor. All employees shall, at the request of their building administrator, sign in at the beginning of their workday and sign out at the end of their workday by using the recognized system adopted by the building. 1. Employees who work year an eight (8) hour day shall begin be entitled to two (2) fifteen (15) minute relief periods each day as assigned by the Administration. Employees who work less than eight (8) hours per day but six (6) hours per day or more shall be entitled to two (2) ten (10) workdays before the first minute relief periods per day. Employees working between four (4) and six (6) consecutive hours per day for students shall be entitled to one (if this falls 1) fifteen (15) minute relief period. If there is some reason on a Tuesdaygiven day that any employee, except child care workers, cannot take relief time, and if the administrative supervisor agrees with the reason, the work year employee and the administrative supervisor shall mutually develop an arrangement to take the relief time at another time. If a recurrent pattern of inability to take relief time develops, the administrative supervisor and employee will start meet to develop a plan to eliminate the reason for the inability to take relief time. If there is some reason on Monday) a given day that a child care worker cannot take relief time, and end ten (10) workdays after if the teacheradministrative supervisor agrees with that reason, the child care worker and the administrative supervisor shall mutually develop an arrangement to take the relief time at another time. If this is not feasible then, with the administrative supervisor's work year. 2approval, the ** worker may be paid in lieu of taking the time. Eight (8) hours If a day recurrent pattern of inability to take relief time develops, the administrative supervisor and forty (40) hours per week. 3the child care worker will meet to develop a plan to eliminate the reason for the inability to take relief time. The employee shall All employees, except those employed at Community High School and in the Child Care Program, and will have not less than a thirty (30) minute duty-free paid lunch period. Exceptions to the lunch arrangement may be made as needed. Lunch periods will be unpaid and the time during the day will be assigned by the building administrator. Employees who are required to be on duty during their lunch period will be paid for that time. The length of the lunch period for any individual will not change without prior notice to the Union. A lunch period will not vary more than 1.5 hours before the employee's normal starting lunch time or 1.5 hours after the employee's normal ending lunch time in order to accommodate an IEPC, MET, or an emergency. Employees may choose, if requested, to forgo their 30-minute lunch period and work as a noon hour lunch worker for 30 minutes. Employees will be paid the noon hour lunch rate for that time period. Inclement weather - See Article 22 - Emergency Closing Days. In-service - See Article 23 - Professional Development. If required, employees shall attend and be paid for three hours of staff meeting time in the first two weeks of school. If the Board offers child care activities on full days when school is not is session, the following provisions shall apply: Employees within the childcare classifications shall be selected for such work, with supervisors being able to also work as assistants, as follows: Child care workers who wish to volunteer to work fun days will indicate their interest when solicited at the start of the school year. Workers may only volunteer to work at one site. Each supervisor at the fun day site who volunteers shall share equally, to the extent possible, in the number of fun days to be worked, or the Board may select one supervisor to work all of the fun days. In the event one supervisor is selected, an administrator, upon request, shall provide a written statement, which explains why that decision was made. The remainder of available work will be assigned to other volunteers as provided in paragraph c. and following. Volunteers who are most senior on the list for that site shall be selected first. They shall only be offered work once before all other members on the list are given the opportunity to work on such days. Once each employee on that site's list has had an opportunity to work one day, the process shall start over again. Employees who have not volunteered or who subsequently decline the work shall not be eligible again until the process starts over. If there is a change made for the remainder of the year in the sites to be used after the beginning of the year, the process described in a. Above shall be repeated and the new lists will then be used. In the event an employee who is scheduled to work and who becomes unavailable for a full day assignment, the process above shall be repeated as long as the employee has given written notification of his/her unavailability to work at least six (6) working days prior to the scheduled day of work. In the event of last minute illness, the normal substitute process shall be used. In the event that there are an insufficient number of applicants at the start of the year to cover the various projected days, the Board may suspend the selection process, provided that if additional applicants who were not employed at the beginning of the year express their interest at least two weeks prior to the actual day, and the total number of applicants then exceeds the number needed, the Board will reinstate the process. If the Board offers childcare services on days when school is in session for only a half-day. The following provisions shall apply: Child care workers who wish to volunteer to work at their site on the half days will indicate their interest when solicited at the start of the school year. This list shall be separate from the fun day list: workers may only volunteer to work at one site, except as noted in #2 below. Child care workers who are not selected to work at their site on any given half-day may submit their name to the child care specialist for possible work at other sites. The same employees who work at that site shall be offered employment, with the most senior being offered work first, for the entire half-day. Each employee at that site shall be offered work for a second time. If an insufficient number of employees at a site accept the work offer for the entire half- day, the site supervisor may either decide to: a) work with the on-site employees, who normally work less than a half-day and who have not accepted the extended hours work, to secure appropriate supervision, or b) request that the remaining hours be filled by other employees from other sites who are not working that day and who have submitted their names to the child care specialist for temporary work on that day. In the event an employee who is scheduled to work and who becomes unavailable for a full day assignment, the process above shall be repeated as long as the employee has given written notification of his/her unavailability to work at least six (6) working days prior to the scheduled day of work. In the event of last minute illness, the normal substitute process shall be used. C. 1. Employees who are either required or encouraged by police authorities or court officers to attend court hearings about job related matters about students will be compensated for any time required after their normal work hours. The supervisor may seek to have the hearing moved to during work hours. If the supervisor does not support the employee, he/she may deny any compensation for hearings after school hours, but must submit her/his reasons in Categories 3 writing to the employee. When the supervisor supports the action, the employee shall consult with his/her administrative supervisor regarding the method of compensation. The methods available are either compensatory time for the exact amount of time spent beyond normal work hours, or pay at the following:employee's regular hourly rate consistent with Article 17 Section B. If the employee and supervisor cannot reach agreement on a method of compensation, representatives of the Human Resource Services Office and the Union shall meet with the employee and supervisor to seek resolution to the problem. 1. The work year shall begin with the first day parties agree that participation in Site-Based decision-making is a mutual goal. The Board will attempt to schedule participation times of school for returning teachersemployees at times when most participants can meet together. 2. The employee shall work on all student days. 3. The employee shall work six and one-half (6.5) hours per day. 4. The employee shall have a thirty (30) minute duty-free unpaid lunch period. D. All employees may be required to work overtime from time to time as determined by Board, through the Board. Overtime (any work beyond forty (40) hours per week) shall be compensated at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2) of the regular hourly pay during a regularly scheduled workweek. Compensatory time may be allowed at the discretion of the Superintendent or his/her designee. Any compensatory time so accrued must be used within the current school year or the employee will be paid the appropriate amount of overtime pay. E. If an employee uses paid leave (sick or personal) it cannot be counted whenever overtime would be calculated unless the employee is directed to work beyond his/her normally scheduled workweek. The hours then, beyond forty (40), shall be counted as overtime. F. Bargaining unit members shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) minute relief period, as possible or as scheduled by their employee's immediate supervisor, shall notify each employee at the beginning of each year that Site-Based decision making activities after normal work hours shall either be paid or be strictly voluntary and there will be no negative consequences for each four (4) hours of workemployees who decline to participate. G. All employees will fill out time cards as required by the Board and submit them to the Building Principal for signature in a timely manner.