Common use of Overtime Equalization Clause in Contracts

Overtime Equalization. Whenever a need for shift coverage occurs, that need shall be presented to bargaining unit members in the following order. The need shall first be presented to part-time bargaining unit members who would not incur overtime by working the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. If no part-time bargaining unit member who would not incur overtime by working the available time accepts the overtime opportunity, it shall be presented to full-time bargaining unit members according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. If no full- time bargaining unit member agrees to the overtime, it may be offered to part-time bargaining unit members who would incur overtime by working the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. The full-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person accepts the assignment, declines or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines or everyone on the list has been called. At the next overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee where it left off on the previous need. The part-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person would incur overtime, declines, is eligible and accepts or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines, is ineligible or everyone on the list has been called. After full-time employees have been offered the overtime, the part-time employee list shall again be used with everyone on the list, regardless of overtime status, being eligible for the overtime. At the next overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee were it left off on the previous need.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Overtime Equalization. Whenever a need for shift coverage occurs, that need shall be presented to bargaining unit members in When overtime work is scheduled by the following order. The need shall first be presented to part-time bargaining unit members who would not incur overtime by working the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. If no part-time bargaining unit member who would not incur overtime by working the available time accepts the overtime opportunityCompany, it shall be presented distributed in an equalized manner amongst the employees in the classification usually performing such work. The Company retains the exclusive right to full-determine when an overtime opportunity will be performed. The Company recognizes the equity of maintaining minimum differentials in the overtime hours amongst all employees within the classification. The opportunity for overtime work shall first be offered to employees within the classification who are at work at the time bargaining unit members according of the scheduling, and thereafter to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority listemployees within the classification who are not at work at the time of the scheduling. If no full- employee volunteers for the overtime assignment, the Company has the right to offer the overtime opportunity to employees in another classification. Where the overtime opportunity is mistakenly given to an employee outside the classification because the Company did not canvas all available employees in the classification where the opportunity arose, the employee who should have received the overtime opportunity shall be paid as if he or she had worked the overtime opportunity. The with the least credited overtime hours in the classification will be offered the overtime opportunity first. An employee who is absent from work at the time bargaining unit member agrees of the scheduling will not be considered available for the overtime opportunity. Should the employee return to his or her work prior to the overtimeend of the shift in which the overtime opportunity was scheduled, it may he or she shall be offered considered for the overtime opportunity. If no employee volunteers to part-time bargaining unit members accept the overtime hours, the Company shall have the right to assign overtime to qualified employees who would incur possess the least seniority until the necessary complement is reached. If required to work mandatory overtime by working a meal ticket valued at twenty dollars ($20.00) will be provided. An employee placed on an overtime roster because of hire, recall or transfer in the available time according classification is to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority listbe charged with the average number of hours assigned the employees within the same classification. The full-time employee rotating seniority lists average number of hours shall operate as followsbe determined by totalling the number of overtime hours charged to a classification in the department roster and dividing the total number of employees on the roster that are in the classification. The list shall be initially arranged according Company has the right to senioritytake into consideration the safety aspect of scheduling overtime. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person accepts the assignment, declines or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines or everyone on the list has been called. At the next overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee where it left off on the previous need. The part-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate As long as follows. The list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person would incur overtime, declines, is eligible and accepts or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines, is ineligible or everyone on the list has been called. After full-time employees are available and willing to work the overtime as required, probationary employees will not be allowed to work overtime until they have been completed the first forty-five (45) days of employment. Thereafter, they will be available for overtime as long as the employee has acquired the skills and ability to perform the assigned duties related to their classification. Among those employees who have completed between forty-six (46) and ninety (90) days of employment with the Company and who are deemed to have the skills and ability to perform the assigned duties related to their classification, overtime shall be offered in an equalized manner amongst the overtime, employees in the part-time employee list shall again be used with everyone on the list, regardless of overtime status, being eligible for the overtimeclassification usually performing that work. At the next completion of an employee’s probationary period, they will be added to the overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee were it left off on the previous needroster.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement

Overtime Equalization. Whenever a need for shift coverage occurs, that need The following rules shall apply to overtime opportunity equalization: (a) The equalization groups shall be presented by job classification of qualified employees. (b) The Department Head may designate to the supervisor in charge of the shift the responsibility of calling the bargaining unit members in based on the following orderboard computations of overtime credits. The need shall first be presented to part-time If the bargaining unit members employee is unavailable to accept the call, the supervisor in charge shall credit that member with overtime refused for the assignment requested after reasonable effort to contact and may proceed through the roster. In case of equal hours credited, the most senior employee will be offered overtime first. (c) A bargaining unit employee who would not incur is offered but refuses overtime by working assignments shall be credited on the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority listroster with the amount of hours refused. If no part-time a bargaining unit member who would employee is ordered to work overtime after refusing, he shall be credited with only the hours worked. (d) Overtime hours worked after the end of a shift for completion of an ongoing assignment emergency overtime and overtime hours resulting from off-duty court time, shall not incur be recorded nor included in overtime by working opportunity equalization calculation. (e) When the available time accepts the overtime opportunityCity requires overtime, it shall provide employees reasonable notice before scheduling it. The City shall first request qualified volunteers. If more employees are still needed, the City shall then assign the least senior qualified employee(s) to perform the work. (f) In some cases, when the task to be presented performed requires a unique skill possessed by certain employees, the City may assign overtime without regard to full-time volunteers or seniority. (g) When a bargaining unit members according member’s name comes up on the roster while the member is on vacation, compensatory time, bereavement leave, or is at an approved school, he shall not be charged on the roster for the hours he could have worked had he been available. (h) Where there are errors in the distribution of overtime opportunities, as determined by agreement between the shift ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Department Head, the City will be given the reasonable opportunity to seniority utilizing correct the error by granting to any employee who was missed the next opportunity for overtime within his overtime group. (i) Persons assigned to a rotating seniority listforty (40) hour shift such as the EMSC and the FPO, are not eligible for shift overtime assignments and will not be included in the overtime equalization rotation. If no full- time bargaining unit member agrees In the event that shift personnel are going to be forced to work persons assigned to a forty (40) hour shift such as the overtime, it may EMS / Training Coordinator and the FPO shall be offered the opportunity to part-time bargaining unit members who would incur work the shift. Overtime will be paid at a 48 hour rate provided that the overtime by working the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. The full-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top is outside of the list is contacted. If that person accepts the assignment, declines or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines or everyone on the list has been called. At the next overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee where it left off on the previous need. The part-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person would incur overtime, declines, is eligible and accepts or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines, is ineligible or everyone on the list has been called. After full-time employees have been offered the overtime, the part-time employee list shall again be used with everyone on the list, regardless of overtime status, being eligible for the overtime. At the next overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee were it left off on the previous needtheir normal work schedule.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Overtime Equalization. Whenever a need for shift coverage occurs, The parties to this agreement recognize that need shall be presented the needs of the business may require the performance of overtime work from time to bargaining unit members time and employees will co-operate in the following orderperformance of such work. The need shall first be presented Company will attempt to part-time bargaining unit members who would not incur advise employees of required overtime by working the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority listas far in advance as practicable. If no part-time bargaining unit member who would not incur overtime by working the available time accepts the overtime opportunity, it shall be presented to full-time bargaining unit members according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. If no full- time bargaining unit member agrees to the overtime, it may Overtime will be offered to part-time bargaining unit members who would incur employees in rotation by seniority within the department, areas, shift and classification. In the event there are no volunteers the Company shall assign the overtime by working reverse seniority within the Department and area to those who possess the skill and ability to perform the required work. In the event the above process does not provide sufficient workers, the overtime will be offered on an area wide basis, and failing that by senioritywithin the classification and shift. This process will be repeated on a Department wide then Plant wide basis by seniority, classification, and shift until the overtime requirement is satisfied. Failing all of the above, the Company shall post mandatory overtime. Employees absent for any reason, shall be considered not available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority for overtime purposes and shall be recorded as such on the overtime list. The full-time employee rotating seniority lists Employees who are temporarily assigned to modified work for up to weeks will not participate in overtime under this Article. When such employees are no longer assigned to modified work, they shall operate as followsbe included in the regular rotation in accordance with their seniority. The Company will maintain three (3) separate lists for overtime. List shall be overtime hours Monday through Friday; list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person accepts the assignment, declines or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list for overtime hours on Saturday; and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines or everyone on the list has been called. At the next overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee where it left off on the previous need. The part-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list shall be initially arranged according for overtime hours on Sunday and paid holidays. The overtime rotation lists shall be posted on the department communicationboard and updated daily or as required. In the event of a same day call from the rotation list for Saturday or Sunday overtime, employees will not be charged for the overtime or opportunity to senioritywork it. When A committeeperson shall attend with the Supervisor when overtime is being requested. Both parties shall the rotation list where it ends. During any shift, or Sunday) should a need arisesarise for overtime of two (2) hours or less, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person would incur overtime, declines, is eligible and accepts or cannot those employees currently shall be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines, is ineligible or everyone on the list has been called. After full-time employees have been offered the overtime, the part-time employee list shall again be used with everyone on the list, regardless of overtime status, being eligible canvassed for the overtime. At Should the need arise for more than two (2) hours, the overtime will be canvassed from the next shift. Employees who post or bump to a new department, area, classification, and shift, shall be added to the overtime need, list according to their seniority. In instances where employees have not been properly offered the list shall begin with opportunity for overtime the employee were it left off on the previous need.following will apply:

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Agreement

Overtime Equalization. Whenever a need This Article is intended to provide the basis for shift coverage occurscomputing overtime. Payment of any premiums under this Agreement whether overtime or otherwise, shall not be duplicated for the same hours worked. To the extent that need hours are compensated for at an overtime rate under one provision of this Agreement, they shall not be presented to bargaining unit members counted as hours worked in determining overtime under the following ordersame or any other provisions of this Agreement. The need shall first be presented to part-time bargaining unit members who would Union agrees when overtime is scheduled that it will not incur overtime by discourage employees from working the available time according overtime. Whenever the Company requests employees to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. If no part-time bargaining unit member who would not incur overtime by working the available time accepts the overtime opportunity, it shall be presented to full-time bargaining unit members according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. If no full- time bargaining unit member agrees to the work overtime, it may employees so requested shall co-operate with the Company. The opportunity to work overtime within a department shall be offered to part-and equalized amongst employees normally engaged in the work in so far as is possible subject to the following conditions: Overtime will first be offered to with the least amount of accumulated overtime hours within the classification within the department if applicable. In the event there are insufficient volunteers for overtime as above, employees within the department who are able to perform the work will be offered the opportunity to work overtime. Scheduled opportunity for overtime not filled in accordance with A B above will be filled by employees selected on the basis of ability to perform the normal requirements of the job and where practicable the least amount of overtime hours for the purposes of equalization. All overtime hours offered, whether worked or refused, shall be recorded for purposes of overtime opportunity. Hours shall be recorded based on hours paid or hours which would have been paid had the worked the hours which were offered. Hours worked outside an employee’s home department shall be recorded as worked within the home department for equalization purposes. Overtime records shall be posted within the department and shall be updated on The Union will be given a copy of the overtime records for each department as they are updated on a weekly basis. When an employee is absent for any reason the employee forfeits any right to such distribution of overtime for period of time bargaining unit members involved in such absence. Overtime if available to employees who would incur are absent will be recorded as having the opportunity to work. Scheduled hours of overtime by working on Saturday’s, Sunday’s Holidays (Statutory) will not exceed hours in a day except in emergency situations. So far as is practicable, overtime will be equalized within a three (3) month period. In a bid or bump situation an employee transferred into a department, for equalization purposes, will assume to have the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority listaverage hours of overtime in the classification within the department. There shall be no duplication or pyramiding of overtime or premium pay. The full-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as followsCompany will not schedule overtime to avoid the recall of employees unless there would not be enough work to keep the recalled employees working for at least two (2) months. The list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, Company recognizes the person at the top desirability of the list is contacted. If that person accepts the assignment, declines or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines or everyone on the list has been called. At the next overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee where it left off on the previous need. The part-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person would incur overtime, declines, is eligible and accepts or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines, is ineligible or everyone on the list has been called. After full-time employees have been offered the overtime, the part-time employee list shall again be used with everyone on the list, regardless of overtime status, being eligible for the overtime. At the next overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee were it left off on the previous needfull work weeks.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Agreement

Overtime Equalization. Whenever a need for shift coverage occurs, that need The purpose of this section is to equalize the overtime hours among qualified employees by Section. The employees shall be presented to bargaining unit members in the following order. The need shall first be presented to part-time bargaining unit members who would not incur overtime by working the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. If no part-time bargaining unit member who would not incur overtime by working the available time accepts charged on the overtime opportunityequalization list in black with all overtime hours paid. Employees on such list who refuse offered overtime shall be charged with all hours he/she could have been paid in red. Time recorded on the overtime equalization list shall include all time an employee works outside of their regularly scheduled shift. During the first week of January, each section shall establish a roster by classification (Home List) of employees for overtime assignments. A second roster (B- List) shall also be established at the same time for overtime assignments for qualified employees outside their classification. Employees shall be placed on the list in seniority order initially. Those employees who want overtime assignments shall sign the roster; then as an overtime assignment occurs, it shall be presented first offered to full-time bargaining unit members according the first employee on the list who is qualified to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority listperform the work. If no full- time bargaining unit member agrees to In the event that the employee refuses or cannot work the overtime, it may be offered to part-time bargaining unit members who would incur the Employer shall offer the overtime by working the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. The full-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person accepts the assignment, declines or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of next qualified employee on the list list, and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue so forth, until the assignment is filled. In the event that no one wants to or is able to work the assignment, everyone from within the classification, the Employer may then offer the assignment to a qualified employee from within that section using the same type of overtime list by seniority. In the event no employee within the Section (as defined in Article 10, Section 5) is able to work the assignment, management can offer the assignment to any qualified unit personnel. All overtime worked will be charged to the employee's home list for the equalization purposes. Should there be no volunteers for the assignment, the employee with the least number of overtime hours on the list declines or everyone on the list has been called. At the next overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee where it left off on the previous need. The part-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list shall job classification will be initially arranged according required to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person would incur overtime, declines, is eligible and accepts or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines, is ineligible or everyone on the list has been called. After full-time employees have been offered the overtime, the part-time employee list shall again be used with everyone on the list, regardless of overtime status, being eligible for work the overtime. At Management will make reasonable effort to distribute overtime assignments equally when choosing someone outside the next section. If for some reason, no employees voluntarily sign up for overtime, or in the event that no person in that job classification is available who signed the voluntary overtime needroster, then the overtime will be assigned to the least senior qualified employee in the job classification. Any overtime of less than one (1) hour will not affect the overtime roster. In the event of a transfer to another Section or reinstatement to the overtime list, the list employee, if he/she desires, shall begin with have his/her name placed in the center of the overtime roster. The same procedure shall apply if the employee were it left off is returned to his/her former Section. New overtime equalization lists shall be established on the previous need.first work day in January for the duration of this Contract. An updated overtime equalization list and supervisor call sheet shall be posted weekly. Should an employee desire to have his/her name removed from the equalization list, such employee may not request to have his/her name reinstated until three (3) months after the date of the employee 's most recent request to have his/her name removed from the overtime equalization list. Between planting and harvesting seasons the eight

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Overtime Equalization. Whenever a need Where an employee has been credited with an incorrect number of hours (higher or lower) for shift coverage occursthe purpose of overtime equalization, it is the responsibility of the employee to notify the Supervisor (Supervisor) in writing that need shall the employee feels the hours are incorrect, what the correct hours should be presented to bargaining unit members in and why before the following ordersignup deadline as established by the Company. The need shall first Supervisor (Supervisor) will investigate and any corrections will be presented taken into account when selecting the appropriate employees to part-time bargaining unit members who would not incur overtime by working the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. If no part-time bargaining unit member who would not incur overtime by working the available time accepts the overtime opportunity, it shall be presented to full-time bargaining unit members according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. If no full- time bargaining unit member agrees to the overtime, it may be offered to part-time bargaining unit members who would incur overtime by working the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. The full-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person accepts the assignment, declines or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines or everyone on the list has been called. At the next overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee where it left off on the previous need. The part-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person would incur overtime, declines, is eligible and accepts or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines, is ineligible or everyone on the list has been called. After full-time employees have been offered the overtime, the part-time employee list shall again be used with everyone on the list, regardless of overtime status, being eligible for work the overtime. At If the next hours credited are found to be incorrect, and, if they are not revised before the actual overtime needshift is worked, the list shall begin employee who was wrongly denied the opportunity to work overtime will be paid the time in question at the applicable rate. Errors in credited hours identified by an employee and brought to the attention of the Supervisor (Supervisor) after the signup deadline will be adjusted the following week. August 23, 1999 Subject: Advances Against Disability Income The Company and the Union agree that where an employee has filed for Weekly Indemnity or W.S.I.B. benefits, and have not received payment within 2 weeks after filing the claim, at the employees request, the Company will advance the employee a maximum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) per week for a maximum period not to exceed the date on which the claim is paid, or, if disallowed, the date on which the employee was advised that their claim has been disallowed. In order to receive this advance, the employee must agree to assign their Weekly Indemnity, W.S.I.B. or Employment Insurance benefit payments to the Company, or make other arrangements suitable to the Company for repayment of the advance, until the full advance is repaid. The employee must also sign a waiver that would allow the Company to deduct this advance from their pay upon return to work, in the event that their benefits are denied or that they have not otherwise repaid the advance. Where the advance is repaid through deductions from the employees pay, the deductions will commence with the employee were it left off on first pay received after return to work, and the previous need.maximum weekly deduction will be $90.00 per week until the full advance is repaid. November 29th, 1996 SUBJECT: Benefits for Common-law Spouse It is agreed between the parties that the common-law spouses/same sex partner of any seniority employees will be eligible to be treated as dependents for all group insurance purposes, once the common-law/same sex relationship can be shown to have existed for more than one year. October 3, 2002

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Overtime Equalization. Whenever a need for shift coverage occurs, that need The purpose of this section is to equalize the overtime hours among qualified employees by Section. The employees shall be presented to bargaining unit members in the following order. The need shall first be presented to part-time bargaining unit members who would not incur overtime by working the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. If no part-time bargaining unit member who would not incur overtime by working the available time accepts charged on the overtime opportunityequalization list in black with all overtime hours paid. Employees on such list who refuse offered overtime shall be charged with all hours he/she could have been paid in red. Time recorded on the overtime equalization list shall include all time an employee works outside of their regularly scheduled shift. Each Section shall establish a roster by classification of employees for overtime assignments. Employees shall be placed on the list in seniority order initially. Those employees who want overtime assignments shall sign the roster; then as an overtime assignment occurs, it shall be presented first offered to full-time bargaining unit members according the first employee on the list who is qualified to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority listperform the work. If no full- time bargaining unit member agrees to In the event that the employee refuses or cannot work the overtime, it may be offered to part-time bargaining unit members who would incur the Employer shall offer the overtime by working the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. The full-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person accepts the assignment, declines or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of next qualified employee on the list list, and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue so forth, until the assignment is filled. In the event that no one wants to or is able to work the assignment, everyone from within the classification, the Employer may then offer the assignment to a qualified employee from within that section using the same type of overtime list by seniority. In the event no employee within the Section (as defined in Article 10, Section 5) is able to work the assignment, management can offer the assignment to any qualified unit personnel. All overtime worked will be charged to the employee’s home list for the equalization purposes. Should there be no volunteers for the assignment, the employee with the least number of overtime hours on the list declines job classification will be required to work the overtime. Management will make reasonable effort to distribute overtime assignments equally when choosing someone outside the section. If for some reason, no employees voluntarily sign up for over- time, or everyone in the event that no person in that job classification is available who signed the voluntary overtime roster, then the overtime will be assigned to the least senior qualified employee in the job classification. Any overtime of less than one (1) hour will not affect the overtime roster. In the event of a transfer to another Section or reinstatement to the overtime list, the employee, if he/she desires, shall have his/her name placed in the center of the overtime roster. The same procedure shall apply if the employee is returned to his/her former Section. New overtime equalization lists shall be established on the list has been calledfirst work day in January for the duration of this Contract. At Should an employee desire to have his/her name removed from the next equalization list, such employee may not request to have his/her name reinstated until three (3) months after the date of the employee's most recent request to have his/her name removed from the overtime need, equalization list. Between planting and harvesting seasons the list shall begin with the employee where it left off on the previous need. The part-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list eight (8) hour maximum for overtime assignments shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When waived for farm operators; but each overtime assignment shall still remain a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person would incur overtime, declines, is eligible and accepts or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines, is ineligible or everyone on the list has been called. After full-time employees have been offered the overtime, the part-time employee list shall again be used with everyone on the listonetime assignment, regardless of the duration. Collections and Irrigation Operators (working 12 hours shifts) When it is necessary to fill two (2) hours or less bordering a shift change, the employer will utilize the overtime statusequalization list to cover hours. Article 2 Section 3B (Minimum Call In) will not apply to Collections & Irrigation Operations in filling the two (2) hours or less bordering a shift change. If the employees decline, being eligible then the employer will follow the overtime equalization process. Pre-scheduled overtime will be based on the overtime equalization list of the time of scheduling and any overtime assignment which between the time of scheduling pre-scheduled overtime and any other overtime assignment will not affect the pre-scheduled overtime assignment. Pre-scheduled overtime is defined as overtime which must be scheduled in advance; for example, overtime assignments to cover week-ends and holidays. The overtime equalization list shall not be used when an employee is held over at the end of a shift to complete an assignment (of less than four (4) additional hours duration) but such time worked shall be recorded on the overtime equalization list. The Employer will be allowed to call employees on vacation, but an employee on vacation who refuses overtime will not have that refusal charged against them. The Employer will offer training to all Operations Maintenance Mechanics for the overtime. At Collection System Operator work, such training will be offered at the next overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee were it left off on the previous needEmployer’s discretion.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Overtime Equalization. Whenever a need for shift coverage occurs, that need The following rules shall apply to overtime opportunity equalization: (a) The equalization groups shall be presented by job classification of qualified employees. (b) The Department Head may designate to the supervisor in charge of the shift the responsibility of calling the bargaining unit members in based on the following orderboard computations of overtime credits. The need shall first be presented to part-time If the bargaining unit members employee is unavailable to accept the call, the supervisor in charge shall credit that member with overtime refused for the assignment requested after reasonable effort to contact and may proceed through the roster. In case of equal hours credited, the most senior employee will be offered overtime first. (c) A bargaining unit employee who would not incur is offered but refuses overtime by working assignments shall be credited on the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority listroster with the amount of hours refused. If no part-time a bargaining unit member who would employee is ordered to work overtime after refusing, he shall be credited with only the hours worked. (d) Overtime hours worked after the end of a shift for completion of an ongoing assignment emergency overtime and overtime hours resulting from off-duty court time, shall not incur be recorded nor included in overtime by working opportunity equalization calculation. (e) When the available time accepts the overtime opportunityCity requires overtime, it shall provide employees reasonable notice before scheduling it. The City shall first request qualified volunteers. If more employees are still needed, the City shall then assign the least senior qualified employee(s) to perform the work. (f) In some cases, when the task to be presented performed requires a unique skill possessed by certain employees, the City may assign overtime without regard to full-time volunteers or seniority. (g) When a bargaining unit members according member’s name comes up on the roster while the member is on vacation, compensatory time, bereavement leave, or is at an approved school, he shall not be charged on the roster for the hours he could have worked had he been available. (h) Where there are errors in the distribution of overtime opportunities, as determined by agreement between the shift ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Department Head, the City will be given the reasonable opportunity to seniority utilizing correct the error by granting to any employee who was missed the next opportunity for overtime within his overtime group. (i) Persons assigned to a rotating seniority listforty (40) hour shift such as the EMSC and the FPO, are not eligible for shift overtime assignments and will not be included in the overtime equalization rotation. In the event that shift personnel are going to be forced to work persons assigned to a forty (40) hour shift such as the EMS / Training Coordinator and the FPO shall be offered the opportunity to work the shift. Overtime will be paid at a 48-hour rate provided that the overtime is outside of their normal work schedule. (j) “Call In” Overtime for emergency purposes (e.g., active incidents such as fires, natural disasters, mass casualty incidents, etc.) will not be recorded on the equalization board if offered but not worked. If no full- time bargaining unit member agrees to the overtimecall-in overtime is worked, it may will be offered to part-time bargaining unit members who would incur overtime by working the available time according to seniority utilizing a rotating seniority list. The full-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person accepts the assignment, declines or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone recorded on the list declines or everyone on the list has been called. At the next overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee where it left off on the previous need. The part-time employee rotating seniority lists shall operate as follows. The list shall be initially arranged according to seniority. When a need arises, the person at the top of the list is contacted. If that person would incur overtime, declines, is eligible and accepts or cannot be reached, that person is moved to the bottom of the list and the next most senior person is called. This process shall continue until the assignment is filled, everyone on the list declines, is ineligible or everyone on the list has been called. After full-time employees have been offered the overtime, the part-time employee list shall again be used with everyone on the list, regardless of overtime status, being eligible for the overtime. At the next overtime need, the list shall begin with the employee were it left off on the previous needequalization board.

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement