Continuous Hours of Work/Dead Time. A. Except in the case of an emergency, employees shall not work in excess of sixteen (16) continuous hours in any given twenty-four (24) hour period, including approved swaps consistent with section 11.03. After working sixteen (16) hours, employees shall have an eight (8) hour break between shifts. With the exception of camps, if the eight (8) hour break extends into the employee’s next regularly scheduled shift, the employee shall receive paid administrative time off (coded as hours worked) for the hours of the break that extend into the shift. For example, an employee assigned to a shift beginning at 0600, works a voluntary overtime to 2200 hours, and is involuntarily ordered to work until 0100 hours; the employee will be permitted a full eight (8) hour break before being required to return to their regular work; this employee would not be required to report to work until 0900 and would receive paid administrative time off from 0600 to 0900. However, the parties recognize that informational briefings of fifteen (15) minutes may be added before or after a regular shift, thus extending the sixteen (16) hours up to a maximum of sixteen (16) hours and fifteen (15) minutes. With respect to swaps, if an employee is held over pursuant to the exceptions identified in
Continuous Hours of Work/Dead Time. A. Except in the case of an emergency, employees shall not work in excess of sixteen (16) continuous hours in any given twenty-four (24) hour period. In the event employees are involuntarily ordered over, these employees are to be permitted an eight (8) hour break between shifts. For example, an employee assigned to a shift beginning at 0600, works a voluntary overtime to 2200 hours, and is involuntarily ordered to work until 0100 hours; the employee will be permitted a full eight (8) hour break before being required to return to his/her regular work. However, the parties recognize that informational briefings of fifteen
