Common use of Overtime Break Clause in Contracts

Overtime Break. When an employee is required to work overtime two (2) or more hours beyond the end of the shift, he/she, at the employee’s discretion, may take a fifteen (15) minute paid break before beginning the overtime shift. 2011-2013 SEIU Local 503, OPEU/State of Oregon CBA 30 Section 5. Subject to the operating requirements of the Agency, the employee may take accrued compensatory time off for overtime earned following approval by his/her supervisor. If the Agency is unable to schedule time off, the Agency shall pay cash for the balance of the unused compensatory time. If two (2) or more employees request the same time off, and the matter cannot be resolved by agreement of the employees concerned, the employee having the greatest length of continuous service with the Agency shall be granted time off. This option shall only be used once in every twelve (12) months by an individual employee. (See Letter of Agreement 32.1M-99-18 in Appendix A.) (OYA Youth Correctional Facilities and Camps) Section 1. This Article is intended only to provide a basis for the calculation of overtime and none of its provisions shall be construed as a guarantee of any minimum or maximum hours of work or weeks of work to any employee or to any group of employees. Section 2. The Institution shall give forty-eight (48) hours notice of overtime to be worked, except in cases of bona fide emergency, when they shall give as much notice as possible. (a) In assigning overtime work, the Institution agrees to consider any circumstances which might cause such an assignment to be an unusual burden upon the employee. When such circumstances do exist, the employee shall not be required to work unless his/her absence would cause the Institution to be unable to meet its responsibilities. (b) Overtime shall be distributed as equally as feasible among permanent employees performing the kind of work required, and currently assigned to the cottage or work unit in which the overtime is to be worked. (a) All overtime shall be first offered to volunteers within the cottage or work unit; overtime shall be assigned on a rotating basis within that cottage or work unit. The Institution shall not be required to contact employees on compensatory time, vacation, or sick leave to work overtime. In the event the employee is missed by rotation, the employee will notify his/her immediate supervisor, and through mutual agreement a make-up work period shall be assigned by the Manager or their designee. (b) Should no volunteers be found within the cottage or work unit, campus-wide volunteers who have notified the Manager or their designee in writing shall be considered. Institution-wide volunteers must report changes in their availability as they occur. Permanent employees will be offered all overtime opportunities prior to temporary employees. (c) Employees eligible for overtime except as provided under Article 32, Section 4, shall be compensated for overtime in the form of cash unless the employee elects to receive time off in lieu of cash at the time of signing his/her next overtime report following the overtime shift. Cash payment shall be subject to the Institution’s budgetary limitations and time off in lieu of cash subject to the Institution’s work requirements as provided in Article 97.2A--