Common use of Equal Distribution of Overtime Clause in Contracts

Equal Distribution of Overtime. The District has the right to require employees to work overtime and to designate the classification to perform overtime work. In assigning emergency call-out overtime, the District will use a rotational system, for the equal distribution of overtime work among qualified employees. a. The following shall apply in the event that, under the rotational system used by the District, an employee is inadvertently bypassed or “skipped” and not offered emergency call-out overtime work when he/she should have been offered the work: 1. The District’s current rotational system is an automated system (computer based) which contacts employees by telephone to offer employees \emergency call-out overtime work. For so long as the District continues to use an automated system, then in the event an employee is bypassed, the remedy shall be that the employee is placed at the top of the rotational list for the next cycle of calls. 2. If there is a computer failure or error or other event which causes the automated system to be non-functional, then the District shall utilize District staff to telephone employees and offer emergency call-out overtime work. The then-current seniority list shall be the rotational list used, with the most senior employee in the classification being called first. In the event an employee is bypassed, the remedy shall be that the employee is placed at the top of the rotational list for the next cycle of calls. 3. Should the District decide to not utilize an automated system to contact employees, and thereafter an employee is bypassed, the remedy shall be that the employee is provided pay for the hours and meals which would have been earned by the employee had he/she accepted the offer and completed the on-call work.

Equal Distribution of Overtime. The District has the right to require employees to work overtime and to designate the classification to perform overtime work. In assigning emergency call-out overtime, the District will use a rotational system, for the equal distribution of overtime work among qualified employees. a. The following shall apply in the event that, under the rotational system used by the District, an employee is inadvertently bypassed or “skipped” and not offered emergency call-out overtime work when he/she should have been offered the work: 1. The District’s current rotational system is an automated system (computer based) which contacts employees by telephone to offer employees \emergency call-out overtime work. For so long as the District continues to use an automated system, then in the event an employee is bypassed, the remedy shall be that the employee is placed at the top of the rotational list for the next cycle of calls. 2. If there is a computer failure or error or other event which causes the automated system to be non-functional, then the District shall utilize District staff to telephone employees and offer emergency call-out overtime work. The then-then- current seniority list shall be the rotational list used, with the most senior employee in the classification being called first. In the event an employee is bypassed, the remedy shall be that the employee is placed at the top of the rotational list for the next cycle of calls. 3. Should the District decide to not utilize an automated system to contact employees, and thereafter an employee is bypassed, the remedy shall be that the employee is provided pay for the hours and meals which would have been earned by the employee had he/she accepted the offer and completed the on-call work.