Common use of Canine Pay Clause in Contracts

Canine Pay. ‌ The City and the Association agree that a reasonable estimate of the time spent in the off-duty care and maintenance of the dog is 45 minutes per day. Time spent commuting from a canine officer’s home to work at the beginning or end of a regularly assigned shift shall not be considered as time worked for purposes of compensation. A. On regularly scheduled workdays, canine officers will be permitted to arrive to work 45 minutes late per day as compensation for off-duty time maintaining the dog. On those regularly assigned work days when a canine handler is absent or on paid leave (i.e., compensatory time off, vacation day, etc.), the employee will be required to utilize nine (9) hours and 15 minutes from the appropriate paid leave account. B. In addition, on regularly scheduled days off, canine handlers shall be paid for 45 minutes at one and one-half times the officer’s regular rate of pay, as compensation for maintaining the dog. Therefore, each week, canine handlers shall receive two (2) hours and 15 minutes of premium overtime in cash or compensatory time off, at the employee’s option. C. In the event that the canine handler is required to spend an extraordinary amount of time in the care and maintenance of the employee’s animal, the handler shall obtain supervisor approval and shall be compensated for those additional maintenance activities above and beyond the normal care and maintenance of the animal. D. Employees assigned as canine handlers shall receive assignment pay of 5% above base pay. E. Whenever a canine is retired from active duty, the canine handler last having the canine shall have the option to purchase the dog for $1 pursuant to the applicable canine policy and purchasing agreement.

Canine Pay. ‌ The City and the Association agree that a reasonable estimate of the time spent in the off-duty care and maintenance of the dog is 45 minutes per day. Time spent commuting from a canine officer’s home to work at the beginning or end of or a regularly assigned shift shall not be considered as time worked for purposes of compensation. A. On regularly scheduled workdays, canine officers will be permitted to arrive to work 45 minutes late per day as compensation for off-duty time maintaining the dog. On those regularly assigned work days when a canine handler is absent or on paid leave (i.e., compensatory time off, vacation day, etc.), the employee will be required to utilize nine (9) hours and 15 minutes from the appropriate paid leave account. B. In addition, on regularly scheduled days off, canine handlers shall be paid for 45 minutes at one and one-half times the officer’s regular rate of pay, as compensation for maintaining the dog. Therefore, each week, canine handlers shall receive two (2) hours and 15 minutes of premium overtime in cash or compensatory time off, at the employee’s option. C. In the event that the canine handler is required to spend an extraordinary amount of time in the care and maintenance of the employee’s animal, the handler shall obtain supervisor approval and shall be compensated for those additional maintenance activities above and beyond the normal care and maintenance of the animal. D. Employees assigned as canine handlers shall receive assignment pay of 5% above base pay. E. Whenever a canine is retired from active duty, the canine handler last having the canine dog shall have the option to purchase the dog for $1 pursuant to the applicable canine policy and purchasing agreement.

Canine Pay. ‌ The City and the Association agree that a reasonable estimate of the time spent in the off-duty care and maintenance of the dog is 45 minutes per day. Time spent commuting from a canine officer’s home to work at the beginning or end of or a regularly assigned shift shall not be considered as time worked for purposes of compensation. A. On regularly scheduled workdays, canine officers will be permitted to arrive to work 45 minutes late per day as compensation for off-duty time maintaining the dog. On those regularly assigned work days when a canine handler is absent or on paid leave (i.e., compensatory time off, vacation day, etc.), the employee will be required to utilize nine (9) hours and 15 minutes from the appropriate paid leave account. B. In addition, on regularly scheduled days off, canine handlers shall be paid for 45 minutes at one and one-half times the officer’s regular rate of pay, as compensation for maintaining the dog. Therefore, each week, canine handlers shall receive two (2) hours and 15 minutes of premium overtime in cash or compensatory time off, at the employee’s option. C. In the event that the canine handler is required to spend an extraordinary amount of time in the care and maintenance of the employee’s his or her animal, the handler shall obtain supervisor approval and shall be compensated for those additional maintenance activities above and beyond the normal care and maintenance of the animal. D. Employees assigned as canine handlers shall receive assignment pay of 5% above base pay. E. Whenever a canine is retired from active duty, the canine handler last having the canine dog shall have the option to purchase the dog for $1 pursuant to the applicable canine policy and purchasing agreement.