Common use of Optional Four Tens Clause in Contracts

Optional Four Tens. Upon mutual agreement between the Employer and Employee, the workweek may consist of a four day, forty-hour week, Monday through Friday, with ten (10) consecutive hours between 6:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M., exclusive of a 30 minute lunch period to commence at the midpoint of the workday. Overtime rates shall be paid after ten (10) hours per day and forty (40) hours per week. a. If the scheduled four day-ten hour workweek results in fewer than forty (40) hours of work then time and one-half (1-1/2) shall be paid on all hours worked in excess of eight (8) hours per day. The time and one-half (1-1/2) premium is based on the straight-time hourly rate plus any applicable premiums. This provision does not apply if weather or other conditions beyond the control of the Employer prevent the Employees from working a forty (40) hour week. b. The four-tens may also be worked on shifts but the Employees shall be compensated according to Section 4(B).