Common use of Forced Overtime Clause in Contracts

Forced Overtime. ‌ When an employee is on preplanned time off (scheduled at least 72 hours in advance), including vacation time, compensatory time, sick time, military time, personal leave, jury duty, bereavement leave, worker’s comp, approved unpaid leave, FMLA leave, pregnancy and parental leave, or is attending training, overtime will first be offered and filled on a volunteer basis. When necessary, if no one volunteers to fill the shift of an employee taking preplanned time off as listed above, or is attending training, the City will exercise its authority to force in the least senior regularly scheduled employee(s) on the prior shift to stay and the least senior regularly scheduled employee(s) on the following shift to report early, or if none is available, another employee by inverse order of seniority shall be forced. An employee will not be forced in for overtime coverage when an employee is on a vacation day, compensatory day, personal day, or regularly scheduled day off, except in an emergency or other situation requiring additional staffing, as determined by the Chief. A patrol officer will be forced before a sergeant. In order to ensure the safety of employees, employees should not be forced to work longer than twelve (12) consecutive hours. Employees who are scheduled to work for twelve (12) consecutive hours should be given eight (8) consecutive hours off prior to the twelve (12) shift and (8) consecutive hours off prior to their next shift, after working a twelve (12) shift, whenever practicable. In the case of a short notice call-off (less than 72 hours), if no one volunteers to fill the shift, the least senior regularly scheduled employee(s) on the prior shift will be forced to cover the shift of the employee who called off, or if none is available, another employee by inverse order of seniority shall be forced. An employee will not be forced in for overtime coverage when an employee is on a vacation day, compensatory day, personal day, or regularly scheduled day off, except in an emergency or other situation requiring additional staffing, as determined by the Chief. A patrol officer will be forced before a sergeant. In order to ensure the safety of employees, employees should not be forced to work longer than twelve (12) consecutive hours. Employees who are scheduled to work for twelve (12) consecutive hours should be given eight (8) consecutive hours off prior to the twelve (12) shift and (8) consecutive hours off prior to their next shift, after working a twelve (12) shift, whenever practicable.