Common use of CALAMITY DAYS Clause in Contracts

CALAMITY DAYS. The Superintendent or other designated central office administrator reserves the right to require any and all full-time employees to report for work on days that the school district or a school building is closed. Those employees who are paid for a calamity day, but do not work the calamity day, shall be required to work any student make-up day scheduled by the Board without additional compensation. Nine (9) and ten (10) month employees who are required to work on a calamity day will be paid the calamity day hours worked if also required to work on a student make-up day. For the duration of this contract (until June 30, 2020), employees who are not called in to work on days when school is cancelled shall be paid for the first five (5) work days that are cancelled; after the first five (5) cancelled work days, all additional days that school is closed must be worked (made up by the employees). When an emergency exists and work is to be performed outside the regular work day, employees shall be called in to work based on the skill needed for the particular job and the availability of the employee to complete the work needed as determined by the supervisor. It is the responsibility of the Director of Human Resources to notify the LSSA President, each employee on the list, and the sheriff’s department of all essential employees by September 15th of each school year. If the Fairfield County Sheriff has declared a Level Three Emergency, all employees not identified on the above list shall not be required to report to work. In the event of a delay in the start of the school day, all bargaining unit members (with the exception of bus drivers) shall report to work at their regularly scheduled work time. In the event that school is cancelled for students, any employee who is scheduled to report to work before 8:00 a.m. will be compensated for at least 30 minutes of work, provided that the time is worked. If an employee is directed or approved by his/her supervisor to remain at work, the employee will be paid for the hours worked.

CALAMITY DAYS. The Superintendent It is agreed that when schools are closed by the administration as authorized by the Board of Education under the State Law, because of snow or other designated central office administrator reserves calamity, classified school employees shall not report for duty except as deemed necessary by the right employee's immediate supervisor. If directed to require any work, the employee shall receive their regular rate of pay for the time worked, plus their regular pay for the calamity day. Pre- planned “Teacher Enrichment Days (2 hr. delay)” which are part of the board approved district calendar, are not calamity days, therefore not subject to calamity day pay. In general, work not performed (i.e. calamity day, delay, early release, conferences, cancelled trips and etc.) does not count for overtime, but shall be paid as straight time. Whenever school is closed during the school year, due to a calamity, for more time than is allowed under the State law; all full-time twelve (l2) month employees will be required to report for work at their regular time (at the discretion of the Superintendent), and shall receive no extra compensation for reporting on such days. Classified employees, who work less than twelve (12) months, shall not be paid for calamity days that exceed the school district or a school building is closed. Those employees who are paid for a calamity day, but do not work the calamity day, shall be required to work any student make-up day scheduled time allowed by the Board without additional compensationlaw. Nine (9) and ten (10) month employees who are required to work on a calamity day will be paid the calamity day hours worked if also required to work on a student make-up day. For the duration of this contract (until June 30, 2020), employees who are not called in to work on days when school is cancelled They shall be paid at their regular rate, for the first five (5) work time worked, when the days that are cancelled; after made up. A. On the first five (5) cancelled work days, all additional days that school is closed must delayed, only employees whose shift “start time” would be worked (made up affected by the employees). When an emergency exists and work is to be performed outside the regular work day, employees shall be called in to work based on the skill needed for the particular job and the availability of the employee to complete the work needed as determined by the supervisor. It is the responsibility of the Director of Human Resources to notify the LSSA President, each employee on the lista delay, and the sheriff’s department of all essential employees by September 15th of each school year. If the Fairfield County Sheriff has declared a Level Three Emergency, all employees not identified on the above list shall not be required who are directed to report to work. In the event of a delay in the start of the school day, all bargaining unit members (with the exception of bus drivers) shall report to work at their regularly scheduled work time. In the event that school is cancelled for students, any employee who is scheduled to report to work before 8:00 a.m. will be compensated for at least 30 minutes of workor during the delay, provided that the time is worked. If an employee is directed or approved by his/her supervisor to remain at work, the employee will be paid for the hour(s) worked during the delay, plus their regular hours workedunless otherwise noted in this contract. B. Employees working a shift not impacted by the delay, or whose shift begins before a delay is called or after the delay is over will work their regular hours and receive no additional compensation.

CALAMITY DAYS. The Superintendent Each Employee shall be entitled to five (5) calamity days. A calamity day is defined as a day when school is not held because of weather or other designated central office administrator reserves conditions as declared by the right to require any and all full-time employees to report administration. An Employee’s day is defined as the normal work hours the Employee would have worked that day. For example: if an Employee’s standard workday was three (3) hours they would be compensated for work on the three (3) hours, which would be considered one (1) calamity day used. Any calamity days that the school district or exceeding five (5) in a school building is closed. Those employees year, Employees who are paid for work in a calamity day, but do not work the calamity daycontract year less then twelve (12) months, shall be required to work any student on make-up day scheduled by the Board days without additional compensation▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ for calamity days after day 5 will be paid if the day is made up and will be paid as part of the payroll that is associated with when the day is made up. Nine (9) and All ten (10) month employees who are required Employees may with approval from their Supervisor, elect to take leave without pay or work at their regular rate of pay. In emergencies, it may be necessary for the Superintendent or the Treasurer to require Employees to report on a calamity day days. In these cases, the Employee will be paid the calamity day overtime for those hours worked if also required to except in the case where calamity days have been fully used. Employees shall not be paid for calamity days taken in excess of five (5). Employees who work on a student make-up day. For the duration of this contract (until June 30, 2020), employees who are exclusively with students during their daily work schedule would not called in report to work on days when school is cancelled shall be paid for the first five (5) work days that students are cancelled; after the first five (5) cancelled work days, all additional days that school is closed must be worked (made up by the employees). When an emergency exists and work is to be performed outside the regular work day, employees shall be called not in to work based on the skill needed for the particular job and the availability of the employee to complete the work needed as determined by the supervisor. It is the responsibility of the Director of Human Resources to notify the LSSA President, each employee on the list, and the sheriff’s department of all essential employees by September 15th of each school year. If the Fairfield County Sheriff has declared a Level Three Emergency, all employees not identified on the above list shall not be required to report to work. In the event of a delay in the start of the school day, all bargaining unit members (with the exception of bus drivers) shall report to work at their regularly scheduled work time. In the event that school is cancelled for students, any employee who is scheduled to report to work before 8:00 a.m. will be compensated for at least 30 minutes of work, provided that the time is worked. If an employee is directed or approved by his/her attendance unless prior approval from appropriate supervisor to remain at work, the employee will be paid for the hours workedprovided.

CALAMITY DAYS. The Superintendent A calamity day shall be defined as a day when school is closed because of an act of God or other designated central office administrator reserves an emergency for such reasons as: inclement weather, flooding, mechanical failure and construction. When schools do not open for the right to require any and all full-time employees morning session because of a calamity, bargaining unit members will not be required to report for work on days that the school district or and will be paid their regular rate of pay (i.e., “calamity day pay”). For purposes of this Article, a school shall be deemed to have opened for the morning session as of that time that a first shift custodian assigned to that building is closedregularly scheduled to report to work. Those employees An exception to this would be those custodians who are paid for a calamity day, but do not work the calamity day, shall be required to report to work any student make-up day at their regularly scheduled by time for the Board without additional compensationpurpose of combatting calamity conditions and maintaining the care and safety of the building and to prepare for the opening of school. Nine (9) and ten (10) month employees Bargaining unit members who are required to work on a calamity day will be paid the calamity day hours worked if also required to work on a student make-up day. For the duration of this contract (until June 30at their regularly scheduled time shall, 2020), employees who are not called in to work on days when school is cancelled shall be paid for the first five (5) work days that are cancelled; after such calamity days, be paid at their regular rate for all hours worked in addition to their regular daily rate of pay (i.e., “calamity day pay”). After the first five (5) cancelled work calamity days, all additional days that school is closed must be worked (made up by the employees). When an emergency exists and work is to be performed outside the regular work day, employees shall be called in to work based on the skill needed for the particular job and the availability of the employee to complete the work needed as determined by the supervisor. It is the responsibility of the Director of Human Resources to notify the LSSA President, each employee on the list, and the sheriff’s department of all essential employees by September 15th of each school year. If the Fairfield County Sheriff has declared a Level Three Emergency, all employees not identified on the above list shall not be required to report to work. In the event of a delay in the start of the school day, all bargaining unit members (with the exception of bus drivers) shall report who are required to work at their regularly scheduled shall be released after a maximum of four (4) hours of work time. In the event that school is cancelled for students, any employee who is scheduled to report to work before 8:00 a.m. will be compensated for at least 30 minutes of work, provided that the time is worked. If an employee is directed or approved by his/her supervisor to remain at work, the employee will and shall be paid for the full day at their regular rate of pay. If the Superintendent determines that weather conditions are so severe that employees should not report to work, then the custodians are released from their reporting responsibilities that day and will still be compensated at their regular rate of pay. Further, if such work on a calamity day causes a Bargaining Unit Member to work more than forty (40) hours workedduring the week, in accordance with the provisions in Article 25.B.2, all work beyond the forty (40) hours will be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1.5) times their regular rate in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.