Common use of On-Call Status Clause in Contracts

On-Call Status. On-call is a situation where employees are not required to remain on the EMPLOYER’s premises and are free to engage in their own pursuits and are subject only to the understanding that they carry a cellular telephone, wear a pager, or have some other means by which they may be reached 24 hours a day. When an employee is placed in “on-call” status, the time in “on call” status does not count as hours worked. A. Employees may be required to be on-call. This on-call duty will be assigned by the supervisor, department/division head, and/or elected official. This assignment will be made on mutual agreement between the employee and supervisor. The assignment will be on a rotation basis starting with the most senior qualified employee. If no qualified employee is willing to be on-call the supervisor will assign the on-call duty to the least senior qualified employee. In an effort to ensure the least senior qualified employee is not always on-call, when all qualified employees refuse call, the supervisor will assign the call on a rotation basis, beginning with the least senior, moving to the next least senior on the second on-call assignment, the third least senior on the third on-call assignment, etc. The individual assigned to call after all employees refuse, cannot refuse to take the assignment. B. The on-call employee will carry a cell phone or department/division issued pager and may have access to a vehicle, and other equipment determined necessary to perform their duties. When an employee is placed in “on-call” status, the time in “on call” status does not count as “hours worked.” For each 24 hours of on-call status provided on the days of Saturday, Sunday, regularly scheduled days off, or a holiday, the employee shall receive credit for three (3) additional hours of time in the employee’s compensatory time balance. These hours shall not be increased or multiplied by any factor. In the event that the employee is called out while in an on call status, the employee will receive call-out pay only.