Equalization of General Overtime Clause Samples
Equalization of General Overtime
Equalization of Overtime (a) Subject to the provisions of this Section, overtime worked shall be divided as equally as possible among the employees who normally perform the work in the Department where the work is to be accomplished and within their job classification. The goal of distributing overtime as equally as possible refers to overtime distribution within a crew on an annual basis. Crew Leaders and Plant Operations Shift Coordinators shall keep daily logs and once per week update the weekly overtime sheet. Based on this update, a new weekly overtime list will be prepared and distributed on Fridays. The employer is not required to break works in progress for the purpose of equalizing distribution of overtime. For Monday through Friday crews, overtime occurring as an extension of the shift may be assigned based on agreement of the crew. Provided, however, on the Utility Worker-Fuel Handler Crew, the Commission shall not be required to break works in progress if the Crew Leader determines that the overtime is not likely to last more than three (3) hours. An employee transferring between departments will be considered to have overtime equal to the highest employee doing the same work on the date the transfer was effective. When an employee has been so excused, notation shall be made on the overtime records that the employee has been offered and has refused the number of hours which would have been worked, and those hours shall be considered as "hours worked" in the future distribution of overtime. (b) In selecting employees for scheduling or planned overtime the Commission will excuse employees who do not want the assignment, provided the required number of qualified employees are available. The option of the employees to turn down assignment to scheduled or planned overtime, provided there is enough qualified employees available, is not intended to apply to emergency overtime. (c) When additional help is needed beyond the number desiring the assignment, the additional assignments will be made in inverse order of the amount of overtime worked. Employees in this instance, must make themselves promptly available for work. (d) The following definitions shall apply for the purpose of assignment of overtime is concerned: 1) Scheduled or planned overtime shall mean work for which at least 24 hours notice has been given. 2) Emergency overtime shall mean work for which, if not accomplished, will interfere with the Commission's obligation to provide continuous operations for the health and safety of the general public. Employees do not have the option to turn down an assignment to emergency overtime. (e) Additional provisions relating to firing line: 1) A firing line worker will be considered to be on vacation, and thus not normally subject to call to fill an overtime shift, only if approved vacation, compensatory time or personal day brackets the beginning or end of scheduled days off. 2) A firing line relief person may have his/her work schedule changed at any time to cover a shift. 3) On the firing line, in the absence of a relief person, it is the responsibility of the qualified person in the classification who is lowest in overtime hours and is scheduled off to cover the uncovered shift when such shift does not interfere with his/her normal shift. (f) An employee returning from extended sick leave of more than 30 working days shall have their overtime hours adjusted to match the low employee in overtime on the crew, or maintain present number of hours, if not low.
Allocation of Overtime Subject to the operational requirements of the service, the Employer shall make every reasonable effort: (a) to allocate overtime work on a fair and equitable basis among readily available and qualified employees; and (b) where overtime is predictable, employees shall be provided with a minimum of four (4) hours notice.
General Overview 2.1.1 If RECONEX requires maintenance for its local service customers, RECONEX will initiate a request for repair (sometimes referred to as a "trouble report") by calling GTE's Customer Care Repair Center. During this call, GTE service representatives will verify that the end-user is a RECONEX customer and will then obtain the necessary information from RECONEX to process the trouble report. While the RECONEX representatives are still on the line, GTE personnel will perform an initial analysis of the problem and remote line testing for resale services. If engineered services are involved, the call will be made to the GTE SSCC for handling. If no engineering is required and the line testing reveals that the trouble can be repaired remotely, GTE personnel will correct the problem and close the trouble report while RECONEX representatives are still on the line. If on-line resolution is not possible, GTE personnel will provide RECONEX representatives a commitment time for repair, and the GTE personnel then will enter the trouble ticket into the GTE service dispatch queue. RECONEX's repair service commitment times will be within the same intervals as GTE provides to its own end users. Maintenance and repair of GTE facilities is the responsibility of GTE and will be performed at no incremental charge to RECONEX. If, as a result of a RECONEX-initiated trouble report, trouble is found to be the responsibility of RECONEX (e.g., non- network cause) GTE will charge RECONEX for trouble isolation. RECONEX will have the ability to report trouble for its end users to appropriate trouble reporting centers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. RECONEX will be assigned a customer contact center when initial service agreements are made. 2.1.2 Repair calls to the SSCC for engineered services will be processed in essentially the same manner as those by the GTE Customer Care Center. GTE personnel will analyze the problem, provide the RECONEX representative with a commitment time while they are still on the line, and then place the trouble ticket in the dispatch queue. 2.1.3 GTE then will process all RECONEX trouble reports in the dispatch queue along with GTE trouble reports in the order they were filed (first in, first out), with priority given to out-of-service conditions. If, at any time, GTE would determine that a commitment time given to RECONEX becomes in jeopardy, GTE service representatives will contact RECONEX by telephone to advise of the jeopardy condition and provide a new commitment time. 2.1.4 Trouble reports in the dispatch queue will be transmitted electronically to GTE CZT service technicians who will repair the service problems and clear the trouble reports. For cleared RECONEX trouble reports, GTE service technicians will make a telephone call to RECONEX directly to clear the trouble ticket. GTE service technicians will make the confirmation call to the telephone number provided by RECONEX. If RECONEX is unable to process the call or places the GTE technician on hold, the call will be terminated. To avoid disconnect, RECONEX may develop an answering system, such as voice mail, to handle the confirmation calls expeditiously. 2.1.5 GTE will provide electronic interface access to operation support systems functions which provide the capability to initiate, status and close a repair trouble ticket. GTE will not provide to RECONEX real time testing capability on RECONEX end user services. GTE will not provide to RECONEX an interface for network surveillance (performance monitoring). 2.1.6 GTE will resolve repair requests by or for RECONEX local service customers using GTE's existing repair system in parity with repair requests by GTE end users. GTE will respond to service requests for RECONEX using the same time parameters and procedures that GTE uses. RECONEX then would call GTE's Customer Care Center or SSCC while the customers were on hold.
Sharing of Overtime Overtime work shall be allocated equitably to qualified employees considering their availability and location.
General Leave Provisions 21.1.1 Except where explicitly noted in Article ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, the Employer may implement, modify, or eliminate the leaves of absence as outlined in this Article and consistent with all state and federal leave requirements. The Employer reserves the right to modify its Leave of Absence policies. The Employer will inform the Union of any material and substantial changes in its Leave of Absence policies prior to implementation.