Common use of Assignment Terms Clause in Contracts

Assignment Terms. An employee who has been assigned to the Training Battalion Chief, Training Captain, Administrative Medical Services Officer, Training Lieutenant, Central Purchasing Officer, or Training Paramedic assignments shall have the right either (i) to a second two (2) year term or, (ii) if no other qualified applicants apply, to extend the term in one (1) year increments. An employee other than a Battalion Chief or an employee assigned as a Deputy Fire Marshal, who has been assigned to a position pursuant to this Section for two (2) rotations, as defined by the Department for each assignment, see Subsection G. below, shall not be eligible to apply for that same assignment for a third (3rd) consecutive rotation unless no other qualified employee applies. Battalion Chiefs shall be limited to two (2) consecutive rotations regardless of whether other qualified employees apply. The minimum term of assignment as a Deputy Fire Marshal or Hazardous Materials Team shall be five (5) years. There will be no limit to the duration of the Deputy Fire Marshal assignment or Hazardous Materials Team assignment; however, employees may be reassigned at any time on the basis of staffing needs and/or fiscal restraints. For Deputy Fire Marshals assigned to the Fire Prevention Division the following shall apply: when vacancies exist for Civil Service positions to which the employee is eligible to fill the employee shall be moved within three (3) months, provided that there is no more than one (1) transfer of the above identified Deputy Fire Marshals out of Fire Prevention per six (6) month period.