2008-81 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT PAY AND BENEFITS - AFSCME LOCAL 268, GENERAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES

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Section 4. Overtime for position classifications to which overtime is assigned other than continuous operations for water production and by persons assigned ito Management Informa- tion Services will be served by seniority on a rotating basis. Lists will�I be established based on seniority and overtime will be assigned to the most senior person on th'e list. For purposes of vo- luntary overtime only, an employee may request in writing to be omitted from the overtime list. Such employee may subsequently be reinstated to such list by request in writing. The supervi- sor will attempt to contact each person on the list in succession. If they cannot be contacted, refuse overtime duty or cannot report for duty, they will be passed and the next person con- tacted. This procedure will be used until the list is expired and then overtime assignment will ro- tate to the bottom name on the list, working upward. Those specific tasks involving overtime for which only specific individuals are qualified will be assigned to only those individuals according to seniority lists established as herein de- scribed. The determination of the qualifications of an employee for a specific task will be made by the employee's department director based on said employee's experience and observed ca- pabilities. In cases where all employees in the position classification are qualified all such em- ployees will be placed on the list. For purposes of opening blocked sewers, two lists of employees qualified for and desir- ing such overtime may be established, one such list consisting solely of qualified Crew Chiefs, MEO-II's, and Equipment Operators to act as lead persons, and the otfher list to consist solely of qualified Service Workers to act as helpers. In the event that fewer th�n four names are on the helper list, qualified Service Workers who have passed their six (6) month probationary period, and have the lowest seniority, shall be directed to be on said list, but only so many as will bring the total number of names on said list to four. In the event that fewer than four names are on the lead person list, qualified Equipment Operators with the lowest seniority may be placed on said list but only so many Equipment Operators as will bring the total number of names on said list to four; any Equipment Operator who is placed on the lead person list will be ineligible for listing on the helper list for so long as he or she remains on said lead person list. Any Equip- ment Operator who works overtime as a lead worker for the purpose of opening blocked sewers shall be paid premium pay amounting to ninety cents (.90) per hour for each hour said overtime is worked. Such premium pay will not be paid if a foreman or supenrisor is on duty for the period such foreman or supervisor is on duty. The Director of Engineering and Infrastructure will de- termine the qualifications of employees for placement on either list, and seniority will be depart- mental seniority. The most senior employee on each list will remain at the top of such list for one week then rotate to the bottom while the next most senior employee occupies the top of such list for one week, and so forth. During the week that an employee is first on such list, such em- ployee will be in on-call status pursuant to Departmental regulations a�nd will be required to ac- cept all sewer blockage overtime assigned during said period, excep� for reasons of illness or for other good cause shown. If additional employees are needed for s�id sewer calls, such em- ployees shall be called in the order that they appear on said lists. UI�on approval of the MSC Manager or designee, an employee may arrange for another employele (off the sewer or troub- leshooter seniority list) to cover for portions of their duty week. Section 5. (a) Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement, overtime shall be subject to department rules and regulations. (b) For the purposes of this article, a regular full time qualified employee, in the position classification in which overtime is needed, shall be offered overtime before a temporary em- ployee is offered same. 12