Common use of System Emergencies Clause in Contracts

System Emergencies. During major system events when it becomes necessary for the Company to establish crew rotations (send employees home for rest break) to provide for and ensure efficient utilization of staffing resources during the system event period, the System Emergency Event Manager, or his designated authority, will declare a system emergency. Selection of employees to commence rest break shall be determined by the Line Supervisor in each respective Division as determined by crew location and outage conditions at the time of the declaration. Upon declaration of a system emergency, crews will be scheduled to work sixteen (16) hours on and eight (8) hours off. During the system emergency, all hours worked and all rest break time will be paid for at time plus one-half the employee’s base hourly rate of pay. If rest is earned under this Section, entitlement shall continue after the declared cessation of the System Emergency. This provision shall apply to any involved Line Department employee and to any non-Line Department employee(s) assisting the Line Department in service restoration activities. Upon cancellation of the system emergency, rates of pay and rest period provisions shall revert back to, and be in accordance with, Section 1 and Section 8a of this Article. For non-Field Operations employees, during a declared System Emergency, an employee called in outside his regular schedule will be compensated at the time and one-half rate for all hours worked outside his regular schedule during the System Emergency. For employees already scheduled to work during a declared System Emergency, in the event the employee is assigned to extend his work day outside of his regularly scheduled hours, those hours outside his regularly scheduled hours shall be paid at the time and one-half rate.