Common use of Department Responsibility Clause in Contracts

Department Responsibility. 1) Each Department Head shall develop and maintain a list of employees whom he anticipates will be needed to work during such emergencies, either in their usual capacities or in some special capacity related to such an emergency. 2) Employees included on such lists are to be notified by the Department Head of this determination and shall provide to the Department Head a telephone number at which they can be reached in the event they must be called into work during such an emergency. 3) A declaration of an emergency situation by the Mayor or the Chief Administrative Officer shall not be construed as an order closing down City offices and operations. Each Department Head shall be responsible for determining which services of the Department are essential and are to be carried on during an emergency. The Department Head shall have the power and responsibility to determine which employees are needed to perform special duties outside the scope of their usual functions. To this end, employees may be assigned by the Department Head to work in locations and capacities outside of their usual working assignments. 4) When an emergency is declared, the Department Head will be responsible for contacting those individuals that will be required to report to work. Any employee included on the emergency employee list who is called upon to work during an emergency and who is unavailable without satisfactory explanation may be docked pay if called in within the hours of his/her normal work day and/or subject to appropriate disciplinary action.