R2014-74 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT PAY AND BENEFITS

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Section 4. If an employee in the fire service is temporarily assigned to perform the duties of a classified position with a higher rate of pay because a vacancy exists in said position, the employee shall be paid the wage or salary assigned to that position. This provision shall not apply to Lieutenants performing their duties in the absence of a Captain. Section 5. A Captain serving as Battalion Chief due to the temporary absence of the Battalion Chief, or Fire Inspector appointed as Acting Fire Marshal by the Fire Chief, shall receive a fifteen percent(15%) pay increment for all time so served. Section 6. (a) Fire Inspectors: A Fire Inspector shall receive a three percent (3%) pay increment in addition to that salary assigned to said position in Exhibit A hereto. (b) Lieutenants: The top step (Step G) of Lieutenant (pay grade 20) shall be 13% above the top step (Step G) of Firefighter(pay grade 18). (c) Captains: The Captain Step G shall be 10.25% above Step G of Lieutenant's salary schedule. At promotion, Captains shall be paid at Step F of the pay scale, and shall remain at such step for a period of 6 months. Section 7. Effective May 1, 2002, an employee licensed as an Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate (EMT-1) or an Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) by the State of Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) shall receive a one percent (1%) pay increment for all time that such employee is so licensed and functioning as an EMT-I. Effective January 1, 2008, an employee licensed as an EMT-I or EMT-P by the IDPH shall receive a one and one-half percent (1.5%) pay increment for the time that such employee is so licensed and functioning as an EMT-I. Effective May 1, 2009, an employee licensed as an EMT-I or EMT-P by the IDPH shall receive a 2% pay increment for the time that such employee is so licensed and functioning as an EMT-I. ARTICLE 8 HOURS OF DUTY AND OVERTIME Section 1. (a) Hours of duty of regular shift employees in the classified fire fighting service shall be established so that the average weekly hours of duty in any year other than hours during which members are necessarily summoned to or kept on duty, shall not exceed 52 hours. This shall be accomplished by scheduling a "Kelly Day" off duty every fourteenth (14th) duty shift. (b) Effective May 1, 2005, hours of duty of regular shift employees in the classified fire fighting service shall be established so that the average weekly hours of duty in any year other than hours during which members are necessarily summoned to or kept on duty, shall not exceed 51.8 hours. This shall be accomplished by scheduling a "Kelly Day" off duty every thirteenth (13th) duty shift. Duty hours of such employees shall be served by the use of three (3) shifts, each of which shall serve 24 hours on duty and be off 48 hours. A duty day shall be from 6:40 A.M. to 6:40 A.M. the following day. The regular work week of Fire Inspectors, and employees assigned as Fire Inspectors, will not exceed forty (40) hours. The work week for Fire Inspectors, and employees assigned as 11