Common use of On-Call Assignments Clause in Contracts

On-Call Assignments. 1. All Sanitary Inspectors employed as Registered Environmental Health Specialists (“REHS”) within the unit will be scheduled for on-call assignments on a yearly reverse-seniority basis throughout each calendar year. The on-call scheduled week will run from Friday to Friday, including weekends and holidays. If a Friday has been designated as a County holiday, the transfer will be conducted on Thursday, before the end of the work day. 2. The On-Call list for the upcoming year will be generated by management with the approval of the Department Director by October 1st of each year. Based on the reverse seniority call-out described above, each REHS while actively employed, or anticipated by management to be actively employed (e.g., not on FMLA, FLA or other authorized leave) will be required to perform on-call assignments during each calendar year. This On-Call schedule will be provided to the membership of the bargaining unit. 3. By no later than November 1st of each year, prior to the on-call assignment list becoming final, any inspector wishing to change an on-call assignment may switch the assigned on-call week with another inspector who is willing to accept, and agrees to such a switch in the assignment schedule. The inspector wishing to make such change shall complete a statement as to the basis for the change, and each Inspector involved in the switch of on-call assignments shall sign a statement agreeing to exchange their on-call assignment weeks. This must be submitted to management by no later than November 1 and is subject to the approval of the Department Director or designee, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. 4. In the event that the schedule issued on October 1st has an REHS scheduled to woron the same premium holiday (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, July 4) two consecutive years in a row, that REHS may elect to work that assignment week, or may arrange a swap with another REHS, or may decline the assignment in writing to the Director, or his/her designee, within seven (7) work days from October 1st , and in the event of a declination, the assignment shall mandatorily be switched with the next active ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ on the list. The REHS may arrange a switch of that assignment with another REHS by no later than seven (7) work days from being notified by management of the switch in assignment and shall so inform the Director, or his/her designee, of same in writing, signed by both REHS and reflecting their respective agreement to the switch otherwise the contractually mandated switch shall be mandatory on the final list. 5. The final On-Call schedule for the coming year will be released to the membership of the unit by the first Monday in December of each calendar year. 6. All medical and other bona fide reasons to excuse an REHS from an on-call assignment must be submitted to management promptly once an REHS becomes aware of it. Medical excuses shall be accompanied by a physician’s note expressing the reason for the request. Other requests shall be supported by satisfactorily documentation. All such requests are subject to review and approval at the discretion of the Department Director, or his/her designee, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Inspectors will be put back into rotation once cleared to do so. 7. Precedent will be followed to deal with coverage issues not addressed above.

On-Call Assignments. 1. All Sanitary Inspectors employed as Registered Environmental Health Specialists (“REHS”) within the unit will be scheduled for on-call assignments on a yearly reverse-seniority basis throughout each calendar year. The on-call scheduled week will run from Friday to Friday, including weekends and holidays. If a Friday has been designated as a County holiday, the transfer will be conducted on Thursday, before the end of the work day. 2. The On-Call list for the upcoming year will be generated by management with the approval of the Department Director by October 1st of each year. Based on the reverse seniority call-out described above, each REHS while actively employed, or anticipated by management to be actively employed (e.g., not on FMLA, FLA or other authorized leave) will be required to perform on-call assignments during each calendar year. This On-Call schedule will be provided to the membership of the bargaining unit. 3. By no later than November 1st of each year, prior to the on-call assignment list becoming final, any inspector wishing to change an on-call assignment may switch the assigned on-call week with another inspector who is willing to accept, and agrees to such a switch in the assignment schedule. The inspector wishing to make such change shall complete a statement as to the basis for the change, and each Inspector involved in the switch of on-call assignments shall sign a statement agreeing to exchange their on-call assignment weeks. This must be submitted to management by no later than November 1 and is subject to the approval of the Department Director or designee, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. 4. In the event that the schedule issued on October 1st has an REHS scheduled to woron work on the same premium holiday (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, July 4) two consecutive years in a row, that REHS may elect to work that assignment week, or may arrange a swap with another REHS, or may decline the assignment in writing to the Director, or his/her designee, within seven (7) work days from October 1st , and in the event of a declination, the assignment shall mandatorily be switched with the next active ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ on the list. The REHS may arrange a switch of that assignment with another REHS by no later than seven (7) work days from being notified by management of the switch in assignment and shall so inform the Director, or his/her designee, of same in writing, signed by both REHS and reflecting their respective agreement to the switch otherwise the contractually mandated switch shall be mandatory on the final list. 5. The final On-Call schedule for the coming year will be released to the membership of the unit by the first Monday in December of each calendar year. 6. All medical and other bona fide reasons to excuse an REHS from an on-call assignment must be submitted to management promptly once an REHS becomes aware of it. Medical excuses shall be accompanied by a physician’s note expressing the reason for the request. Other requests shall be supported by satisfactorily documentation. All such requests are subject to review and approval at the discretion of the Department Director, or his/her designee, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Inspectors will be put back into rotation once cleared to do so. 7. Precedent will be followed to deal with coverage issues not addressed above.