Workweek A regularly re-occurring period of one hundred and sixty-eight (168) hours consisting of seven (7) consecutive twenty-four (24) hour periods. Workweeks will normally begin at 12:00 a.m. on Sunday and end at 12:00 midnight the following Saturday or as otherwise designated by the appointing authority. If there is a change in their workweek, employees will be given written notification by the appointing authority or their designee.
Holiday Work Employees who work on a holiday shall receive one and one-half (1-1/2) times their straight time regular rate of pay for all hours actually worked on the holiday, plus holiday pay.
Overtime Overtime will begin to accrue after sixty (60) hours in a two (2) week period averaged over the scheduling period determined by the local parties. Overtime will apply if the employee works in excess of the normal daily hours. Payment for overtime is as in Article 16.01.
HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME Section 15.1 This Article is intended to define the normal hours of work per day or per week in effect at the time of execution of this Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as preventing the Employer from restructuring the normal workday or workweek as necessary to promote efficiency or improve services, or from establishing the work schedules of employees. However, nothing in this Section shall relieve the Employer of its duty to bargain the affects of such decisions on employee wages, hours, terms and other conditions of employment. This Article shall be used as the basis for computing overtime for employees who are not exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and shall not be construed as a guarantee of hours of work per day or per week.
Section 15.2 Employees may take one paid fifteen (15) minute break for every four (4) hour block worked. Employees may combine breaks to take up to one (1) sixty (60) minute paid break. Employees may not leave campus on their paid breaks.
Section 15.3 Bargaining unit employees who are not exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act will be paid one and one-half times their normal hourly rate for all hours actually worked in excess of forty (40) hours per work week. All overtime shall have prior supervisory approval, except when it is necessary for a nurse to remain on duty to protect patient safety. Only hours actually worked are counted for the purpose of computing an employee's eligibility for overtime pay. There shall be no pyramiding of hours or pay.
Section 15.4 The Board serves individuals 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. To meet this need for service to our individuals evening and weekend hours may be required of any bargaining unit employee. The Employer will establish the standard work day as beginning at 6:00 a.m. and ending at 5:59 a.m. and starting and ending times for each shift in each department. Supervisors will establish daily workschedules.
Section 15.5 Absent an emergency situation, management will notify the Union in the event management intends to institute a long-term change in the present shift times for nurses. Following notification and upon request by the Union, management will meet with the Union to discuss the reason for the change and possible alternatives.
Overtime Work A. Overtime pay is to be paid at the rate of one and one- half (1½) times the basic hourly straight-time rate.
B. Overtime shall be paid to employees for work performed only after eight (8) hours on duty in any one (1) service day or forty (40) hours in any one (1) service week. Nothing in this Section shall be construed by the parties or any reviewing authority to deny the payment of overtime to employees for time worked outside of their regularly scheduled work week at the request of the Employer.
C. Penalty overtime pay is to be paid at the rate of two
Normal Workweek The normal workweek shall consist of five (5) days, eight (8) hours per day and forty (40) hours per week. This Article shall not restrict the extension of the regular workday or workweek on an overtime basis when such is necessary to carry on the business of the District.
Workday and Workweek The regular workweek of a full-time employee in the bargaining unit shall be forty (40) hours and shall consist of five (5) consecutive days of eight (8) hours per day.
Overtime Hours Except as otherwise provided in this section, all hours worked in excess of the established work day, before or after an employee's regular scheduled shift, or on any regularly scheduled day off, shall be considered overtime. All paid vacation time, paid holidays, paid sick leave, compensatory time off, and paid leaves of absence shall be considered as "time worked" for purposes of this Article. Part-time employees whose established work day is less than eight (8) hours shall not be considered to be working overtime until having completed eight (8) hours of work.
WORKING HOURS AND OVERTIME 8.1 The normal working day shall be 8 consecutive hours exclusive of meal period. The normal work week shall be 40 hours.
8.1.1 The Company may, where required, institute 10-hour (exclusive of meal period)/4 day per week driver positions in accordance with Article 5.2.
8.2 Warehousepersons B shall be paid a minimum of 3 hours’ pay at the straight time rate, and if required to perform work beyond 3 hours shall be paid on the minute basis for work in excess of 3 hours. Such work will be offered in order of length of Company service.
8.3 The normal work week shall be Monday to Friday with rest days Sunday and Saturday; however, due to the operational requirements of the Company, a departure to rest days of Sunday and Monday or two consecutive days during the week may, to meet operational necessity, be instituted. Possible use of rest days other than Saturday, Sunday or Monday, where these may be required under this Agreement, to be explored by the parties.
8.4 All hours worked in excess of 8 hours in any one day, or 40 hours in any one week, shall be paid at one and one-half times the hourly rate of pay. This does not apply to positions as outlined in Article 8.1.1.
8.4.1 All hours worked in excess of 10 hours in any one day, or 40 hours in any one week, as specified in Article 8.1.1 shall be paid at one and one-half times the hourly rate of pay.
8.5 Employees, if required to work on regularly assigned rest days, shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half time on the actual minute basis with a minimum payment of 4 hours at the pro rata hourly rate.
8.6 Where work is required by the Company to be performed on a day which is not part of any assignment, it may be performed by an available extra or unassigned employee who will otherwise not have 40 hours of work that week. Overtime shall be allocated on the basis of seniority wherever possible, in a voluntary manner, within the work classification and shifts, provided the employee is capable of performing the duties; however, upon reaching the bottom of the seniority list in that classification and shift, the junior employee(s) will be required, in reverse order, to work the overtime.
8.7 Excluding Linehaul operations, employees shall not be required to take more than 60 minutes for a meal period and, if practical, 30-minute meal period will be utilized. Lunch hour for employees holding City Tractor or Driver Representative positions will commence between the end of the third hour of the shift and the end of the sixth hour of the shift. This clause only applies to employees holding bulletin positions.
8.8 All employees working in excess of three (3) hours will receive a fifteen (15) minute paid coffee break. A fifteen (15) minute coffee break without loss of pay will commence after approximately two hours of work, or at or about the mid-point of the first half after an employee reports for duty. A second fifteen (15) minute paid coffee break shall be after six hours of work where the tour of duty is in excess of six hours. There will be a third paid15 minute break if 3 hours of overtime are completed. This break is to be taken after the second hour of overtime has been completed. These breaks shall not be cumulative.
8.9 Employees shall be allowed to elect to bank overtime in lieu of pay to maximum of 40 hours at the rate of one and one-half hours banked for every one hour worked. Overtime worked will automatically be used to replenish the bank to the maximum of 40 hours during the course of the year. Any balance of banked overtime unused will be carried over to the next year unless the employee gives notice to withdraw from the program or requests to be paid out any unused portion as indicated in 8.9.1.
8.9.1 A request to bank overtime must be made in writing and received by the Company by March 7th of the year. Banked overtime will continue unless the Company is notified by the employee he wishes to opt out of the program. Upon written request to the Company by March 7th of each year an employee shall be entitled to be paid for all unused banked hours accumulated for the previous year. The Company will issue payment by March 31st. Banked overtime accumulation will be discontinued effective the first pay period in November until the last pay period in December inclusive each year. During this period employees will be able to withdraw banked overtime already accumulated, however all overtime worked in this period will be paid as part of the regular pay process. Banked overtime shall be secondary to annual vacations. The Company officer in charge or their designate must approve all requests, in writing, for leave to be drawn on banked time. An employee will make their request in writing 7 working days prior to the requested time off. Laid off employees will be allowed to withdraw banked time on days when no work is made available to them.
8.9.2 An employee off duty due to bona fide illness who is not claiming Short Term Disability Benefits payments will be permitted to use accumulated Banked Overtime as of the second day of their absence.
8.9.3 An employee off duty due to bone fide illness who is eligible to receive Short Term Disability benefit payments will be permitted to use accumulated Banked Overtime to offset the three- day waiting period required by the STD plan.
8.9.4 When a request to use Banked Overtime is granted, it will not be withdrawn after approval unless otherwise agreed by the employee and the supervisor.
8.9.5 Banked Overtime may be used in the event of a shortage of work occurs and the Company asks for volunteers to take a day off. Should the employee wish to use an annual vacation day or Banked Overtime Day to compensate for the days lost earnings, their request will not be denied.
Sunday Work Employees required to work overtime on Sundays shall be paid for a minimum of three hours work at double time. The double time is to be paid until the employee is relieved from duty.
