Working Schedules and Conditions. 8.1 The work day for all full time employees covered by this Agreement shall be seven and one half-hours, exclusive of a one-hour lunch period. During the months of July and August, the work day for all full time employees shall be seven and one half hours, exclusive of a one half hour lunch period. There will be an established starting and quitting time for all secretarial employees in accordance with the work assignment and physical location of their work. Work schedules shall provide for two twenty-minute rest periods during each workday. 8.2 The standard work week for full time employees covered by this Agreement shall consist of thirty seven and one-half hours (37 and 1/2) per week. Eligibility for overtime will begin after 40 hours per week . 8.3 The work year for all employees shall be as follows: 8.4 Secretarial employees will call their immediate supervisor when they are unable to report for work. 8.5 All secretaries absent for two (2) weeks or more because of sickness or injury, or when showing definite signs of impaired health, shall obtain a physician's certificate issued after an additional examination to establish evidence of continued fitness to work. 8.6 Members of the bargaining unit shall be included as named insured in the liability policy of the school district in order to extend the protection of this policy to such employees, provided actions are in the discharge of assigned duties and consistent with Board policy of which the secretary has knowledge. The Board shall provide the Association with a copy of the liability policy and applicable Board policy. A. When the principal is out of the building and a student is injured during school hours, which requires first aid treatment, the secretary will render such first aid, as is possible. The rendering of such first aid does not include the application or administration of medicine (unless by written instruction of the student's parent or family doctor). B. In the event the student's injury is such it requires emergency treatment by a physician and the parents cannot be reached by the secretary for a decision, the secretary will secure the approval of the person who has been designated by the principal to act in his/her absence, before the student is taken to the physician for the emergency treatment. The Board will support the first aid action taken and the decision to send the student for emergency treatment. C. The Board agrees to make available reasonably necessary safety materials to help protect the secretarial staff. 8.8 When schools are closed because of inclement weather or other acts of God, employees are expected to report for work, if it is at all possible, with pay at the regular hourly rate. However, if an employee cannot report for work because of an act of God, he/she shall be paid at his/her regular hourly rate. When schools are closed because of inclement weather or other acts of God, employees are permitted to leave work early when approved and notified by the Superintendent of Schools or the designee. 8.9 Secretaries will not be required to search a student, a student's property, or a student's locker. Administrators will be directed to refrain from using secretaries as witnesses, whenever possible. 8.10 The Board will determine, within the scope of its budget, the necessary furniture, equipment and supplies necessary to carry out secretarial duties. Necessary equipment will be serviced in as timely a fashion as is practical within the priorities of the school district. Such priorities will be determined by the Board. 8.11 Secretaries shall be evaluated in writing by their immediate supervisor prior to the close of the probationary period and by June 1, each year thereafter. The secretary shall, within five working days after completion of the evaluation form, be provided a copy of the evaluation form. Failure to give the secretary a timely written evaluation shall be considered evidence that the secretary's performance is at least satisfactory. Concerns about performance shall be brought to the secretary's attention in a timely manner. The Administration and Association shall jointly develop the evaluation instrument.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
