Common use of Duty Assignment Clause in Contracts

Duty Assignment. Each bargaining unit member shall be assigned to a regular shift and consecutive days off. The regular shift shall be defined as the assigned schedule. There shall be one shift bid per year in December. For the December shift bid, employees shall submit their preference for shift and days off assignments on Appendix 1. Chief of Police/Designee will post the available shift and days off, along with a bidding schedule and provide a thirty (30) day review period for the employees. They shall submit their preferences on Appendix 1 beginning on the first Wednesday in November but no later than the first Monday in December. The following Wednesday in December shall be the selection day. The newly assigned schedule shall begin on the first Sunday in January. The Chief of Police/Designee will administer the shift bid and make assignments, as follows: A. The Chief of Police/Designee will designate the available shifts and days off. B. Employees who have elected on Appendix 1 not to be contacted about their shift preferences shall have their shifts assigned in accordance with their preferences set forth on Appendix 1. C. Employees who have elected on Appendix 1 to be contacted either in person or by phone about their shift preferences must be available and respond during their shift selection window in order to be eligible to alter their initial written preferences. Failing to respond within the 30-minute window will result in the employee’s written preferences being implemented. D. When an employee’s shift preferences have been implemented, the administrator shall move on to the next senior employee in the unit. E. An employee’s failure to timely submit Appendix 1 shall result in the employee being placed at the bottom of the selection list. F. The results of each employee’s bid selection shall be posted by the administrator in a conspicuous location in the Police Department and reasonably contemporaneously with each selection made. G. One (1) designated union representative shall contact the membership and obtain their shift selection. One (1) additional shift bid may be conducted each year (January 1 – December 31) if necessary to realign shifts as a result of staffing changes.

Duty Assignment. Each bargaining unit member shall be assigned to a regular shift and consecutive days off. The regular shift shall be defined as the assigned schedule. There shall be one shift bid per year in December. One additional shift bid per calendar year may be conducted if necessary to realign shifts as a result of staffing changes. For the December each shift bid, employees shall submit their preference for shift and days off assignments on Appendix Appendix 1. Chief of Police/Designee will post the available shift and days off, along with a bidding schedule and provide a thirty (30) day review period for the employees. They shall submit their preferences on Appendix 1 beginning on the first Wednesday in November but no later than the first Monday in December. The following first Wednesday in December shall be the selection day. The newly assigned schedule shall begin on the first Sunday in January. The Chief of Police/Designee will administer the shift bid and make assignments, as follows: A. The Chief of Police/Designee will designate the available shifts and days off. B. 1. Employees who have elected on Appendix 1 not to be contacted about their shift preferences shall have their shifts assigned in accordance with their preferences set forth on Appendix 1. C. 2. Employees who have elected on Appendix 1 to be contacted either in person or by phone about their shift preferences must be available and respond during their shift selection window in order to be eligible to alter their initial written preferences. Failing to respond within the 30-30 minute window will result in the employee’s written preferences being implemented. D. 3. When an employee’s shift preferences have been implemented, the administrator shall move on to the next senior employee in the unit. E. 4. An employee’s failure to timely submit Appendix 1 shall result in the employee being placed at the bottom of the selection list. F. 5. The results of each employee’s bid selection shall be posted by the administrator in a conspicuous location in the Police Department and reasonably contemporaneously with each selection made. G. One (1) designated union representative shall contact the membership and obtain their shift selection. One (1) additional shift bid may be conducted each year (January 1 – December 31) if necessary to realign shifts as a result of staffing changes.