Common use of COMPENSATION FOR TRAINING Clause in Contracts

COMPENSATION FOR TRAINING. EDUCATION a) When Modesto Fire Department personnel are assigned to a 56-hour work schedule and attend education and/or training that is sponsored by the Fire Department, and overtime compensation has been approved, the following procedure for overtime compensation shall be used: 1) When personnel attend Fire Department sponsored training at a time other than their regular duty days, that person shall be compensated at one-and-one-half times their hourly wage for training time. 2) When personnel attend Fire Department sponsored training during regular duty days, that person shall be compensated for only the off duty days and only for those hours spent training. The employee will not be compensated for time spent traveling to and from the training site or hours spent in hotels, etc. 3) Prior to leaving for training, both the employee and his/her Battalion Chief shall sign an agreement of compensation and terms. This agreement shall be binding to both parties. b) Returning to Duty When personnel are relieved of duty to attend training, and the site of this training is within fifty (50) miles of Modesto, that person shall return to duty at the conclusion of the training. When personnel have attended training and will not arrive back to his/her duty station until after 21:00, he/she will not be required to return to duty to complete his/her shift. In other cases, the on-duty Battalion Chief will determine whether or not returning to duty is practical (i.e., weather, traffic issues, travel time, training requirements, etc.)