Standby Callout. Section 9.01 Employees with the necessary skills may be required to remain in contact with the Company outside of scheduled work hours by use of a Company provided pager or other communications device. Section 9.02 The Company shall seek volunteers to be considered for standby duty. Standby duty shall be rotated among the volunteers with the necessary skills and qualifications. If there is an insufficient number of volunteers who possess the necessary skills, the Company may assign standby duty to employees who have the skills required. Section 9.03 Standby duty may be assigned for a calendar week or for a weekend (close of business Friday until the opening of business on Monday). Employees on standby duty for a calendar week shall be paid the gross sum of $250 for a regular seven (7) day period and the gross sum of $275 for a seven (7) day period where a holiday intervenes. Employees on standby duty for a weekend shall be paid an amount equal to four (4) hours of pay at his/her straight time rate. Section 9.04 When an employee on standby duty is required to leave his/her off duty location and immediately reports to work at the designated report location or customer site, the employee shall be paid at the applicable overtime rate from the time he/she leaves his/her residence until the time he/she returns to his/her residence, provided the assignment is not contiguous with his/her scheduled work tour, at which time the employee shall then be paid at the applicable overtime rate from the time the employee leaves his/her residence until the start of the normal work tour. Section 9.05 If the employee on standby receives a case of trouble and the employee is able to fix the trouble without leaving his/her residence, the employee shall be compensated at the applicable overtime rate for all time so worked. There shall be a minimum of one-half (1/2) hour pay for such time worked. Section 9.06 When another employee is required to substitute for an employee assigned standby duty, the assigned standby duty employee shall make the necessary arrangements for his/her replacement.
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