2017-24 AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement

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(f) All off-duty employees represented by the bargaining unit in designated classifications shall respond to telephone calls from their supervisors made for the purpose of recalling employees to work for snow and ice control overtime as described herein. Calls outside of regular work hours from Public Works Department supervisors during the period of November 1 through the following March 31 shall be made when necessary, for the purpose of recalling employees to work for snow and ice control overtime. Employees shall be permitted two (2) instances of not responding to such calls without penalty during this period. Non-response to subsequent calls shall be considered"substandard work"and shall be grounds for disciplinary action, in accordance with current policies and the AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement. (g) Employees represented by the bargaining unit may make prior arrangements with their supervisors for occasional planned absences from work, which could preclude response to call- ins. In such instances, employees shall be exempt from discipline, as well as for sick-leave in instances where medical documentation, as defined by contract, is provided. (h) The City will call those employees represented by the bargaining unit in designated classifications that are on vacation, and such employees may voluntarily accept work assignments. (i) The City will provide to all affected employees a list of all telephone numbers from which the City may call. Q) If employees provide the City two (2) telephone numbers at which they can be reached, the City will call both telephone numbers when attempting to contact employees, and will leave a message at each number called, provided there is an answering machine, voice mail, or other means available for doing so. Section 4. Overtime for position classifications to which overtime is assigned other than continuous operations for water production and by persons assigned to the Information Technol- ogy(IT) Department will be served by seniority on a rotating basis. Lists will be established based on seniority and overtime will be assigned to the most senior person on the list. For purposes of voluntary 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 supervisor 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 contacted. This procedure will be used until the list is expired and then overtime assignment will rotate 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 described. 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 capabilities. In cases where all employees in the position classification are qualified all such employees will be placed on the list. For purposes of opening blocked sewers, two lists of employees qualified for and desiring such overtime may be established, one such list consisting solely of qualified Crew Chiefs and Equipment Operators to act as lead persons, and the other list to consist solely of qualified Service Workers to act as helpers. In the event that fewer than five (5) 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 five (5). In the event that fewer than five (5) names are on the lead person 13