Safety Release Leave Clause Samples
Safety Release Leave. A. An employee who is required by the County to work a total of non-continuous sixteen (16) or more hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period of time and who is required by the County to work in the next contiguous twenty-four (24) hour period of time shall be offered the opportunity for at least eight (8) hours off duty before being required to return to active duty status.
B. Prior to working a total of non-continuous sixteen (16) or more hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period of time, the employee shall make the on-duty shift sergeant/supervisor aware that the employee believes their current work assignment may result in the employee working a total of non-continuous sixteen (16) or more hours in the twenty-four (24) hour period of time and such work may result in safety release leave.
C. In order to effectuate how safety release leave is to be provided, the following example demonstrates how the employee will be compensated:
1. A Graveyard shift employee works 1900 to 0700 (12 hours worked). The Graveyard shift employee is then required to be in court from 0830-1230 (4 hours worked). A total of 16 hours was worked within a 24-hour period of time.
2. To ensure that the employee gets 8 hours off duty from 1230-2030, the employee is not due back to work until 2030 and the employee will be compensated for their regular work hours from 1900 to 2030 as safety release leave by the employee choosing to use any of their accrued paid leave except sick leave or ▇▇▇▇▇ time leave, and the employee will work from 2030 until 0700.
D. If an employee in such a situation chooses not to take safety release time out of his or her leave balance and is assigned safety release time by the shift sergeant, that safety release time shall be paid by the County at the straight time rate.
Safety Release Leave. A. An employee who is required by the County to work sixteen (16) or more hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period of time and who is required by the County to work in the next contiguous twenty-four (24) hour period of time shall be offered the opportunity for at least eight (8) hours off duty before being required to return to active duty status.
B. Prior to working sixteen (16) or more hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period of time, the employee shall make the on-duty shift sergeant/supervisor aware that the employee believes their current work assignment may result in the employee working sixteen (16) or more hours in the twenty-four (24) hour period of time and such work may result in safety release leave.
C. In order to effectuate how safety release leave is to be provided, the following example demonstrates how the employee will be compensated:
1. A Graveyard shift employee works 1900 to 0700 (12 hours worked). The Graveyard shift employee is then required to be in court from 0830-1230 (4 hours worked). A total of 16 hours was worked within a 24-hour period of time.
2. To ensure that the employee gets 8 hours off duty from 1230-2030, the employee is not due back to work until 2030 and the employee will be compensated for their regular work hours from 1900 to 2030 as safety release leave by the employee choosing to use any of their accrued paid leave except sick leave or ▇▇▇▇▇ time leave, and the employee will work from 2030 until 0700.
D. If an employee in such a situation chooses not to take safety release time out of his or her leave balance and is assigned safety release time by the shift sergeant, that safety release time shall be paid by the County at the straight time rate.