Common use of Consecutive Hours Clause in Contracts

Consecutive Hours. The normal shift schedules shall provide for either a five (5) day on-duty, two (2) day off-duty, a four (4) day on-duty, three day off-duty, or a three (3) day on-duty, three (3) day off-duty shift arrangement. The Employer shall have the right to determine reasonable hours of work. Patrol shifts shall utilize either a twelve (12) hour shift with three days on and three days off, or a ten (10) hour shift with four (4) days on and three (3) days off. In the event either party desires a change to eight (8) hour shifts the work week can be modified by mutual agreement between the City and the Guild. Criminal investigations, Community Health and Safety Section, and narcotics detectives and detective sergeants (excluding the administrative polygraph examiner), and Office of Professional Standards Sergeant shall utilize a ten (10) hour shift with four (4) days on and three (3) days off unless modified as provided for in the preceding clause. Hours and days of work may be flexed upon agreement between the employee and a supervisor (this will not create a permanent shift.) Other staff, training, technical, administrative officers and polygraph examiners shall normally work an eight (8) hour shift with five (5) days on and two (2) days off on the standard forty