Common use of Extended Work Hours Clause in Contracts

Extended Work Hours. An employee who has worked sixteen (16) hours or more in a twenty-four (24) hour period, or eight (8) hours or more overtime in the sixteen (16) hour period immediately preceding his/her basic workday, shall, upon release, be entitled to an eight (8) hour rest period before he/she returns to work. (a) If an employee is called back to work without completing his/her eight (8) hour rest period, he/she shall be compensated at the rate of one and one half (1 ½) times his/her regular rate of pay for all hours worked commencing from the time he/she reports back to work and ending when he/she is released for another eight (8) hour rest period. (b) If the rest period under this Article extends into the employee’s basic workday, the employee will be compensated for the rest hours that fall within the employee’s basic workday. If the employee’s normal lunch break or part thereof occurs during the rest period, the normal lunch period shall not be included as part of the eight (8) hour rest period. (c) Paid rest time shall not be considered as time worked for calculating overtime pay. (d) If the end of the employee’s rest period falls within two (2) hours of the end of the employee’s basic workday, the employee’s manager has sole discretion to release the employee without loss of pay for the remainder of the workday.