Emergent Event Compensation Sample Clauses

Emergent Event Compensation. Emergent event compensation refers to all work performed due to a work schedule change with less than twenty-four (24) hours’ notice and falling outside of the employee's regular shift. Emergent event compensation hours shall be at a rate of one and one-half (1-1/2) times an employee's base hourly rate throughout a twenty-four (24) hour period which commenced at the beginning of the employee's regular shift. Emergent event compensation hours shall be counted as regular hours paid at time-and-a-half and not overtime hours. a. Generally, emergent events will produce three (3) shifts: regular, swing, and graveyard. During the first twenty-four (24) hour period, swing shift and graveyard shift will be compensated at time-and-a-half, with any appropriate additional pay. At the end of the first twenty-four (24) hours, all shifts will be compensated at the base hourly rate, with any appropriate additional pay. It is in the interest of the City and the Union that an employee work eight (8) hours in one (1) day and forty (40) hours in one (1) week. An employee is not guaranteed to work any time past forty (40) hours in a single work week, even if they would normally be scheduled to work. During an emergent event an employee may be scheduled for forty