Common use of HOURS OF WORK AND SCHEDULES Clause in Contracts

HOURS OF WORK AND SCHEDULES. ‌ 1. The work week for the City begins on Monday at 12:01 a.m. and ends the following Sunday at midnight. 2. The work day, starts at 12:01 a.m. and ends 24 hours later at midnight. 3. The normal work schedule shall be forty (40) hours per week consisting of five (5) days of eight (8) hours each, exclusive of a meal period. This is not intended to guarantee an employee forty (40) hours work each week. The City may release employees without pay due to reasons including, but not limited to, inclement weather or lack of work. The City will make an effort to find productive work before releasing employees without pay. 4. Work schedules are established by individual departments/divisions based upon the need to provide service to the public, and/or other City departments. 5. Employees shall receive a one (1) or one-half (2) hour meal period, without pay, each day and a fifteen (15) minute paid rest period during the first half of the work day and a second fifteen (15) minute paid rest period during the second half of the work day. Meal periods and rest periods are scheduled by departments/divisions according to the needs of the department/division. The City retains the exclusive right to control the use of City-paid break periods, and exclusive control of the use of City vehicles at all times. 6. Employees whose duties require it shall be allowed a reasonable amount of time for a personal clean-up period prior to the end of each work shift. 7. The City may, with seventy-two (72)-hour notice to the employees, temporarily modify the employee's working hours due to backlog/workload concerns. This provision is not intended to address working hours modified as a result of daylight savings hours, overtime or other established work hour changes to meet the needs of the City. This temporary modification shall not be less than one (1) week nor more than one (1) month, unless mutually agreed to by the parties. In the event of a bona fide emergency, as determined by management, shorter notification shall be allowed. Emergency modification of an employee’s work schedule shall be for a period not to exceed one week.