Common use of Normal Work Cycle Clause in Contracts

Normal Work Cycle. The telecommunicator’s schedule is based on five (5) days on, two (2) days off, followed by five (5) days on, three (3) days off. Telecommunicators shall bid each October, by seniority, for shifts that will begin the following January. The Police Chief or his designee will appoint personnel to shift vacancies that occur any other times during the year. Such a re-assignment may be required for training purposes to ensure proper staffing or to prevent conflicts of interest that diminish job performance. The Department will have the sole authority to assign probationary employees to any shift regardless of the impact to shift bidding. The normal work cycle for telecommunicators covered by this Agreement shall be assigned by the Police Chief or his designee. Forty-eight (48) hour notice shall be given if conditions permit, for change of work cycle. Excluding a Village emergency, telecommunicators who have only one day off in their block of scheduled days off due to working overtime for staffing shortages, shall not be ordered in on their only day off unless all other overtime assignment methods have been exhausted. Generally, when Department personnel represented under this Agreement are assigned to employment-related training by the Department, the provisions of Article VIII, Section 4, 5, and will not apply. The training day will be an eight-hour day with an unpaid one-half hour lunch period. Travel time will be calculated based on travel to the point of training and from the point of training to the Lake Zurich Police Department that results in an excess of eight and one-half (8.5) hours when combined with the time actively engaged in the training assignment. If an employee voluntarily drives from their residence, he will not be entitled to travel pay unless the employee was directed to use their personal vehicle due to the unavailability of a Department-owned vehicle and will be reimbursed for mileage. When taking a Lake Zurich vehicle, travel time shall start when the employee departs from the Police Department and ends when the employee returns to the Police Department. In cases where Department employees are assigned to scheduled training on a regularly scheduled duty day over four hours, but less than eight hours, employees will not be required to report for duty during the remaining time to achieve an eight and one-half hour work day. When attending training on a regularly scheduled day off, employees will receive overtime pay for the actual hours worked less a one-half hour unpaid lunch. However, if an employee reports for a training course that is subsequently canceled for unforeseen reasons, the employee must immediately contact his supervisor and advise that the training course was canceled. The employee will be required to report for their regularly scheduled tour of duty to satisfy the work cycle requirement. In this case, the employee will be entitled to travel time or call-in pay (2-hours) whichever is greater.

Normal Work Cycle. The telecommunicator’s schedule is based on five (5) days on, two (2) days off, followed by five (5) days on, three (3) days off. Telecommunicators shall bid each OctoberNovemberOctober, by seniority, for shifts that will begin the following January. The Police Chief or his designee will appoint personnel to shift vacancies that occur any other times during the year. Such a re-assignment may be required for training purposes to ensure proper staffing or to prevent conflicts of interest that diminish job performance. The Department will have the sole authority to assign probationary employees to any shift regardless of the impact to shift bidding. The normal work cycle for telecommunicators covered by this Agreement shall be assigned by the Police Chief or his designee. Forty-eight (48) hour notice shall be given if conditions permit, for change of work cycle. Excluding a Village emergency, telecommunicators who have only one day off in their block of scheduled days off due to working overtime for staffing shortages, shall not be ordered in on their only day off unless all other overtime assignment methods have been exhausted. Generally, when Department personnel represented under this Agreement are assigned to employment-related training by the Department, the provisions of Article VIII, Section 4, 5, and will not apply. The training day will be an eight-hour day with an unpaid one-half hour lunch period. Travel time will be calculated based on travel to the point of training and from the point of training to the Lake Zurich Police Department that results in an excess of eight and one-half (8.5) hours when combined with the time actively engaged in the training assignment. If an employee voluntarily drives from their residence, he will not be entitled to travel pay unless the employee was directed to use their personal vehicle due to the unavailability of a Department-owned vehicle and will be reimbursed for mileage. When taking a Lake Zurich vehicle, travel time shall start when the employee departs from the Police Department and ends when the employee returns to the Police Department. In cases where Department employees are assigned to scheduled training on a regularly scheduled duty day over four hours, but less than eight hours, employees will not be required to report for duty during the remaining time to achieve an eight and one-half hour work day. When attending training on a regularly scheduled day off, employees will receive overtime pay for the actual hours worked less a one-half hour unpaid lunch. However, if an employee reports for a training course that is subsequently canceled for unforeseen reasons, the employee must immediately contact his supervisor and advise that the training course was canceled. The employee will be required to report for their regularly scheduled tour of duty to satisfy the work cycle requirement. In this case, the employee will be entitled to travel time or call-in pay (2-hours) whichever is greater.