Common use of HOURS AND WORK SCHEDULES Clause in Contracts

HOURS AND WORK SCHEDULES. (1) All members will be assigned to an eight (8), ten (10), or twelve (12) hour day as directed by the Chief of Police. All shifts will include a paid thirty (30) minute meal break. Members are encouraged to notify their supervisor if they are unable to take a meal break. Supervisors should make an effort to ensure members have a meal break. Meal breaks may not be taken within the first and last hour of a shift without supervisor approval. (2) Based on the needs of or significant benefit to the department, the Chief of Police may apply a “5/8”, “4/10”, or “3/12” schedule to specified units outside of patrol matrix duties, either: With thirty (30) days’ notice to affected personnel, on the condition that said affected personnel who wish to remain on a 4/10 schedule will be allowed to return to a patrol shift consistent with their seniority. In addition, affected members may be considered, at management’s discretion, for transfer to another special unit with a 4/10 schedule. (3) Members who are assigned to attend training may be assigned on a 5/8 basis, to accommodate the training schedule. The department will make every effort not to schedule any member to training which will conclude immediately prior to the member’s four or five-day work period.