Common use of Standby Duty Clause in Contracts

Standby Duty. Standby duty is defined as an employee status of being immediately ready and able to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptable. All changes must be pre-approved by the workgroup supervisor and the employee taking stand-by duty is required to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. c. Employees assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be the employees regular work day, the employee shall receive two (2) hours straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The two (2) hours straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within eight (8) hours of beginning standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while on stand-by duty. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements of the standby duty assignment, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may be grounds for disciplinary action in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Standby Duty. ‌ A. Weekend and Special Standby In order to minimize the length of any unforeseen power outage and/or reduce the response time for any maintenance service, the following standby provisions shall be utilized. The classifications subject to standby duty under this provision are: Journey Lineworker, Service Lineworker, Line Working Supervisor and, on a voluntary basis only, Electrical Maintenance Technician, Substation and Meter Supervisor, and System Operator. On a quarterly basis, a sign-up sheet will be posted for employees to select the weekend(s) they wish to take standby duty. Any weekends not filled in on a voluntary basis will be filled by management using the names of employees with the least amount of recorded short-notice call out hours. The weekend standby duty period begins at 2000 Friday through 0400 Monday. Employees will be provided a cell phone upon request when assigned to standby duty or they may use their personal phone. It is defined as the employee’s responsibility to confirm the phone they chose to use is working, sufficiently charged, has sufficient reception at all times, and that AMP has the correct phone number at which the employee can be reached during standby duty. Employees on standby are expected to immediately answer all calls from AMP. If an employee status misses a call it is expected they will call back within ten minutes of being immediately ready receiving the call. The employee assigned to standby duty will be provided a cell phone or pager and able does not have to remain at home, but must be available for contact and fit to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with If the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptable. All changes must be pre-approved contacted by System Dispatch or management to respond, the workgroup supervisor worker will leave their location promptly and the employee taking stand-by duty is required report to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hourswork. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. c. Employees assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be the employees regular work day, the employee shall receive two (2) hours at the straight time rate of pay for each per eight (8) hours designated in shift of Standby Duty. An employee assigned to standby duty statuswho is called back shall receive both standby pay and call back compensation in accordance with the pay provision of Section 11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out for time worked. The AMP reserves the right to limit the number of consecutive standby duty periods an employee is scheduled to work. Employees assigned to standby duty may concurrently sign up for pre-arranged overtime during the standby duty timeframe subject to the terms of the attached side letter. (Appendix “F”) When the standby duty employee is called out, and the call out requires a crew of three or more, the standby duty employee will remain on duty until relieved by the short- notice call out crew. If it is necessary for the standby duty employee to be part of a short-notice call out crew, every effort will be made by System Control to find a qualified replacement so that the standby duty employee can be relieved from the situation and be available to respond to additional calls, AMP may designate other days as requiring standby duty shifts for which the same provisions above would apply. Compensation for such shifts shall be paid at the rate of two (2) hours at the straight time rate of pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within per eight (8) hours shift of beginning Standby Duty. B. Holiday Standby Duty Employees, who are assigned standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while duty on stand-by duty. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements one of the ten (10) Holidays recognized in this MOU, shall receive three (3) hours at the straight time rate of pay per eight (8) hour shift. Any employee called out during standby duty assignmentperiod, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may will be grounds for disciplinary action compensated in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per pay provisions of Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty These payments are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job siteHoliday Pay.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Memorandum of Understanding

Standby Duty. A. Weekend and Special Standby In order to minimize the length of any unforeseen power outage and/or reduce the response time for any maintenance service, the following standby provisions shall be utilized. The classifications subject to standby duty under this provision are: Journey Lineworker, Service Lineworker, Line Working Supervisor and, on a voluntary basis only, Electrical Maintenance Technician, Substation and Meter Supervisor, and System Operator. On a quarterly basis, a sign-up sheet will be posted for employees to select the weekend(s) they wish to take standby duty. Any weekends not filled in on a voluntary basis will be filled by management using the names of employees with the least amount of recorded short-notice call out hours. The weekend standby duty period begins at 2000 Friday through 0400 Monday. Employees will be provided a cell phone upon request when assigned to standby duty or they may use their personal phone. It is defined as the employee’s responsibility to confirm the phone they chose to use is working, sufficiently charged, has sufficient reception at all times, and that AMP has the correct phone number at which the employee can be reached during standby duty. Employees on standby are expected to immediately answer all calls from AMP. If an employee status misses a call it is expected they will call back within ten minutes of being immediately ready receiving the call. The employee assigned to standby duty will be provided a cell phone or pager and able does not have to remain at home, but must be available for contact and fit to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with If the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptable. All changes must be pre-approved contacted by System Dispatch or management to respond, the workgroup supervisor worker will leave their location promptly and the employee taking stand-by duty is required report to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hourswork. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. c. Employees assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be the employees regular work day, the employee shall receive two (2) hours at the straight time rate of pay for each per eight (8) hours designated in shift of Standby Duty. An employee assigned to standby duty statuswho is called back shall receive both standby pay and call back compensation in accordance with the pay provision of Section 11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out for time worked. The AMP reserves the right to limit the number of consecutive standby duty periods an employee is scheduled to work. Employees assigned to standby duty may concurrently sign up for pre-arranged overtime during the standby duty timeframe subject to the terms of the attached side letter. (Appendix “F”) When the standby duty employee is called out, and the call out requires a crew of three or more, the standby duty employee will remain on duty until relieved by the short- notice call out crew. If it is necessary for the standby duty employee to be part of a short-notice call out crew, every effort will be made by System Control to find a qualified replacement so that the standby duty employee can be relieved from the situation and be available to respond to additional calls, AMP may designate other days as requiring standby duty shifts for which the same provisions above would apply. Compensation for such shifts shall be paid at the rate of two (2) hours at the straight time rate of pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within per eight (8) hours shift of beginning Standby Duty. B. Holiday Standby Duty Employees, who are assigned standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while duty on stand-by duty. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements one of the ten (10) Holidays recognized in this MOU, shall receive three (3) hours at the straight time rate of pay per eight (8) hour shift. Any employee called out during standby duty assignmentperiod, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may will be grounds for disciplinary action compensated in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per pay provisions of Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty These payments are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job siteHoliday Pay.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Memorandum of Understanding

Standby Duty. A. Weekend and Special Standby In order to minimize the length of any unforeseen power outage and/or reduce the response time for any maintenance service, the following standby provisions shall be utilized. The classifications subject to standby duty is defined as an under this provision are: Journey Lineworker, Service Lineworker, Line Working Supervisor and, on a voluntary basis only, Electrical Maintenance Technician. On a quarterly basis, a sign-up sheet will be posted for employees to select the weekend(s) they wish to take standby duty. Any weekends not filled in on a voluntary basis will be filled by management using the names of employees with the least amount of recorded short-notice call out hours. The weekend standby duty period begins at 0201 Saturday through 0200 Monday. The employee status of being immediately ready assigned to standby duty will be provided a cell phone or pager and able does not have to remain at home, but must be available for contact and fit to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with If the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptablecontacted by System Dispatch or management to respond, the worker will leave their location promptly and report to work. All changes must be pre-approved by the workgroup supervisor and the employee taking stand-by duty is required to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one and one-half (111/2) hour hours at the straight time rate of pay for each per eight (8) hours designated in shift of Standby Duty. An employee assigned to standby duty statuswho is called back shall receive both standby pay and call back compensation in accordance with the pay provision of Section 11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out for time worked. The AMP reserves the right to limit the number of consecutive standby duty periods an employee is scheduled to work. AMP may designate other days as requiring standby duty shifts for which the same provisions above would apply. Compensation for such shifts shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (111/2) hour hours at the straight time rate of pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than per eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtimehours shift of Standby Duty. c. Employees B. Holiday Standby Duty Employees, who are assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be one of the employees regular work dayten (10) Holidays recognized in this MOU, the employee shall receive two three (23) hours at the straight time rate of pay for each per eight (8) hours designated in hour shift. Any employee called out during standby duty status. The two (2) hours straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to period, will be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within eight (8) hours of beginning standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while on stand-by duty. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements of the standby duty assignment, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may be grounds for disciplinary action in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per pay provisions of Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty These payments are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job siteHoliday Pay.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Memorandum of Understanding

Standby Duty. A. Weekend and Special Standby In order to minimize the length of any unforeseen power outage and/or reduce the response time for any maintenance service, the following standby provisions shall be utilized. The classifications subject to standby duty is defined as an under this provision are: Journey Lineworker, Service Lineworker, Line Working Supervisor and, on a voluntary basis only, Electrical Maintenance Technician and System Operator. On a quarterly basis, a sign-up sheet will be posted for employees to select the weekend(s) they wish to take standby duty. Any weekends not filled in on a voluntary basis will be filled by management using the names of employees with the least amount of recorded short-notice call out hours. The weekend standby duty period begins at 0201 Saturday2000 Friday through 0200 0400 Monday. The employee status of being immediately ready assigned to standby duty will be provided a cell phone or pager and able does not have to remain at home, but must be available for contact and fit to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with If the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptablecontacted by System Dispatch or management to respond, the worker will leave their location promptly and report to work. All changes must be pre-approved by the workgroup supervisor and the employee taking stand-by duty is required to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one and one-half (111/2)two (2) hour hours at the straight time rate of pay for each per eight (8) hours designated in shift of Standby Duty. An employee assigned to standby duty statuswho is called back shall receive both standby pay and call back compensation in accordance with the pay provision of Section 11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out for time worked. The AMP reserves the right to limit the number of consecutive standby duty periods an employee is scheduled to work. AMP may designate other days as requiring standby duty shifts for which the same provisions above would apply. Compensation for such shifts shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (111/2)two (2) hour hours at the straight time rate of pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than per eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtimehours shift of Standby Duty. c. Employees B. Holiday Standby Duty Employees, who are assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be one of the employees regular work dayten (10) Holidays recognized in this MOU, the employee shall receive two three (23) hours at the straight time rate of pay for each per eight (8) hours designated in hour shift. Any employee called out during standby duty status. The two (2) hours straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to period, will be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within eight (8) hours of beginning standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while on stand-by duty. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements of the standby duty assignment, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may be grounds for disciplinary action in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per pay provisions of Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty These payments are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job siteHoliday Pay.

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Sources: Memorandum of Understanding

Standby Duty. Standby duty is defined as an employee status of being immediately ready and able to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptable. All changes must be pre-approved by the workgroup supervisor and the employee taking stand-by duty is required to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. c. Employees assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be the employees regular work day, the employee shall receive two (2) hours straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The two (2) hours straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within eight (8) hours of beginning standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while on stand-by duty. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements of the standby duty assignment, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may be grounds for disciplinary action in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- after-hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four for (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight ten (8) 10) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight ten (8) 10) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their his/her compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their his/her job site.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Standby Duty. 58.1 A Line Mechanic will be assigned to standby duty.ANAHEIM may assign to standby duty employees in any classification represented by the UNION to ensure operational effectiveness and appropriate emergency response. 58.1.1 The Standby Line Mechanics may perform all duties within their classification. 58.1.2 Standby Line Mechanics will not be assigned to planned overtime. 58.2 A journey level or higher Transmission & Distribution water employee will be assigned to standby duty.An employee assigned to standby duty is defined as an employee status for purposes of being immediately ready and able on call to report to work and being available by phone or handle emergency situations arising at times other required/approved electronic device than during non-scheduled normal working hours shall be guaranteed three (3) hours of work. The provisions pay at his/her regular hourly rate of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptable. All changes must be pre-approved by the workgroup supervisor and the employee taking stand-by duty is required to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated calendar day of such standby duty, except as provided in ARTICLE 58.2.2. 58.2.1 Only journey-level or higher employees shall be assigned to standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay except that ANAHEIM may, for the purpose of familiarization and training, assign trainees to standby duty provided that during any callout, the trainee is accompanied by a journey-level or higher employee on standby. 58.2.2 Employees assigned to standby who are assigned to drive a City vehicle to and from home shall be prorated compensated for any portion actual travel time at the overtime rate up to a maximum of hours of standby duty less than eight forty-five (8) hours. Employees may choose to 45) minutes each way and shall be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. c. Employees assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be the employees regular work day, the employee shall receive guaranteed two (2) hours straight of pay at his/her regular hourly rate of pay for each eight calendar day of such standby duty. 58.3 A journey level or higher Water Production employee will be assigned to standby duty.ANAHEIM shall notify UNION at least two (8) hours designated 2) weeks prior to implementing or significantly modifying standby provisions in a work unit. 58.4 A journey level or higher Utilities Systems Operator may be assigned to standby duty status. The as determined necessary by ANAHEIM. 58.5 An employee assigned to standby duty for purposes of being on call to handle emergency situations arising at times other than during normal working hours shall be guaranteed two (2) hours straight time of pay shall be prorated for any portion at his/her regular hourly rate of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within eight (8) hours of beginning standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while on stand-by duty. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements of the standby duty assignment, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may be grounds for disciplinary action in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in calendar day of such standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of duty. 58.6 Employees assigned to standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to will be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as for actual travel time at the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition overtime rate when driving City vehicles to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions and from home up to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions a maximum of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job siteforty-five (45) minutes each way.

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Sources: Memorandum of Understanding

Standby Duty. A. Weekend and Special Standby In order to minimize the length of any unforeseen power outage and/or reduce the response time for any maintenance service, the following standby provisions shall be utilized. The classifications subject to standby duty is defined as an under this provision are: Journey Lineworker, Service Lineworker, Line Working Supervisor and, on a voluntary basis only, Electrical Maintenance Technician and System Operator. On a quarterly basis, a sign-up sheet will be posted for employees to select the weekend(s) they wish to take standby duty. Any weekends not filled in on a voluntary basis will be filled by management using the names of employees with the least amount of recorded short-notice call out hours. The weekend standby duty period begins at 2000 Friday through 0400 Monday. The employee status of being immediately ready assigned to standby duty will be provided a cell phone or pager and able does not have to remain at home, but must be available for contact and fit to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with If the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptable. All changes must be pre-approved contacted by System Dispatch or management to respond, the workgroup supervisor worker will leave their location promptly and the employee taking stand-by duty is required report to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hourswork. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. c. Employees assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be the employees regular work day, the employee shall receive two (2) hours at the straight time rate of pay for each per eight (8) hours designated in shift of Standby Duty. An employee assigned to standby duty statuswho is called back shall receive both standby pay and call back compensation in accordance with the pay provision of Section 11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out for time worked. The AMP reserves the right to limit the number of consecutive standby duty periods an employee is scheduled to work. AMP may designate other days as requiring standby duty shifts for which the same provisions above would apply. Compensation for such shifts shall be paid at the rate of two (2) hours at the straight time rate of pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within per eight (8) hours shift of beginning Standby Duty. B. Holiday Standby Duty Employees, who are assigned standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while duty on stand-by duty. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements one of the ten (10) Holidays recognized in this MOU, shall receive three (3) hours at the straight time rate of pay per eight (8) hour shift. Any employee called out during standby duty assignmentperiod, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may will be grounds for disciplinary action compensated in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per pay provisions of Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty These payments are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job siteHoliday Pay.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Memorandum of Understanding

Standby Duty. ‌ A. Weekend and Special Standby In order to minimize the length of any unforeseen power outage and/or reduce the response time for any maintenance service, the following standby provisions shall be utilized. The classifications subject to standby duty is defined as an under this provision are: Journey Lineworker, Service Lineworker, Line Working Supervisor and, on a voluntary basis only, Electrical Maintenance Technician and System Operator. On a quarterly basis, a sign-up sheet will be posted for employees to select the weekend(s) they wish to take standby duty. Any weekends not filled in on a voluntary basis will be filled by management using the names of employees with the least amount of recorded short-notice call out hours. The weekend standby duty period begins at 2000 Friday through 0400 Monday. The employee status of being immediately ready assigned to standby duty will be provided a cell phone or pager and able does not have to remain at home, but must be available for contact and fit to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with If the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptable. All changes must be pre-approved contacted by System Dispatch or management to respond, the workgroup supervisor worker will leave their location promptly and the employee taking stand-by duty is required report to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hourswork. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. c. Employees assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be the employees regular work day, the employee shall receive two (2) hours at the straight time rate of pay for each per eight (8) hours designated in shift of Standby Duty. An employee assigned to standby duty statuswho is called back shall receive both standby pay and call back compensation in accordance with the pay provision of Section 11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out for time worked. The AMP reserves the right to limit the number of consecutive standby duty periods an employee is scheduled to work. AMP may designate other days as requiring standby duty shifts for which the same provisions above would apply. Compensation for such shifts shall be paid at the rate of two (2) hours at the straight time rate of pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within per eight (8) hours shift of beginning Standby Duty. B. Holiday Standby Duty Employees, who are assigned standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while duty on stand-by duty. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements one of the ten (10) Holidays recognized in this MOU, shall receive three (3) hours at the straight time rate of pay per eight (8) hour shift. Any employee called out during standby duty assignmentperiod, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may will be grounds for disciplinary action compensated in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per pay provisions of Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty These payments are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job siteHoliday Pay.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Memorandum of Understanding

Standby Duty. ‌ A. Weekend and Special Standby In order to minimize the length of any unforeseen power outage and/or reduce the response time for any maintenance service, the following standby provisions shall be utilized. The classifications subject to standby duty is defined as an under this provision are: Journey Lineworker, Service Lineworker, Line Working Supervisor and, on a voluntary basis only, Electrical Maintenance Technician. On a quarterly basis, a sign-up sheet will be posted for employees to select the weekend(s) they wish to take standby duty. Any weekends not filled in on a voluntary basis will be filled by management using the names of employees with the least amount of recorded short-notice call out hours. The weekend standby duty period begins at 0201 Saturday through 0200 Monday. The employee status of being immediately ready assigned to standby duty will be provided a cell phone or pager and able does not have to remain at home, but must be available for contact and fit to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with If the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptablecontacted by System Dispatch or management to respond, the worker will leave their location promptly and report to work. All changes must be pre-approved by the workgroup supervisor and the employee taking stand-by duty is required to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour at the straight time rate of pay for each per eight (8) hours designated in shift of Standby Duty. An employee assigned to standby duty statuswho is called back shall receive both standby pay and call back compensation in accordance with the pay provision of Section 11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out for time worked. The AMP reserves the right to limit the number of consecutive standby duty periods an employee is scheduled to work. AMP may designate other days as requiring standby duty shifts for which the same provisions above would apply. Compensation for such shifts shall be paid at the rate of one (1) hour at the straight time rate of pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than per eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtimehours shift of Standby Duty. c. Employees B. Holiday Standby Duty Employees, who are assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be one of the employees regular work dayten (10) Holidays recognized in this MOU, the employee shall receive two (2) hours at the straight time rate of pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The two (2) hours straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within eight (8) hours of beginning standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while on stand-by dutyhour shift. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements of the Any employee called out during standby duty assignmentperiod, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may will be grounds for disciplinary action compensated in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per pay provisions of Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty These payments are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job siteHoliday Pay.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Memorandum of Understanding

Standby Duty. Standby duty is defined as an employee status of being immediately ready and able to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptable. All changes must be pre-approved by the workgroup supervisor and the employee taking stand-by duty is required to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. c. Employees assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be the employees regular work day, the employee shall receive two (2) hours straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The two (2) hours straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within eight (8) hours of beginning standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while on stand-by duty. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements of the standby duty assignment, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may be grounds for disciplinary action in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- after-hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight ten (8) 10) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight ten (8) 10) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Standby Duty. A. Weekend and Special Standby In order to minimize the length of any unforeseen power outage and/or reduce the response time for any maintenance service, the following standby provisions shall be utilized. The classifications subject to standby duty is defined as an under this provision are: Journey Lineworker, Service Lineworker, Line Working Supervisor and, on a voluntary basis only, Electrical Maintenance Technician. On a quarterly basis, a sign-up sheet will be posted for employees to select the weekend(s) they wish to take standby duty. Any weekends not filled in on a voluntary basis will be filled by management using the names of employees with the least amount of recorded short-notice call out hours. The weekend standby duty period begins at 0201 Saturday through 0200 Monday. The employee status of being immediately ready assigned to standby duty will be provided a cell phone or pager and able does not have to remain at home, but must be available for contact and fit to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with If the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptablecontacted by System Dispatch or management to respond, the worker will leave their location promptly and report to work. All changes must be pre-approved by the workgroup supervisor and the employee taking stand-by duty is required to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour at the straight time rate of pay for each per eight (8) hours designated in shift of Standby Duty. An employee assigned to standby duty statuswho is called back shall receive both standby pay and call back compensation in accordance with the pay provision of Section 11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out for time worked. The AP&T reserves the right to limit the number of consecutive standby duty periods an employee is scheduled to work. AP&T may designate other days as requiring standby duty shifts for which the same provisions above would apply. Compensation for such shifts shall be paid at the rate of one (1) hour at the straight time rate of pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than per eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtimehours shift of Standby Duty. c. B. Holiday Standby Duty Employees who are assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be one of the employees regular work dayten (10) Holidays recognized in this MOU, the employee shall receive two (2) hours at the straight time rate of pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The two (2) hours straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within eight (8) hours of beginning standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while on stand-by dutyhour shift. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements of the Any employee called out during standby duty assignmentperiod, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may will be grounds for disciplinary action compensated in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per pay provisions of Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty These payments are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job siteHoliday Pay.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Memorandum of Understanding

Standby Duty. ‌ A. Weekend and Special Standby In order to minimize the length of any unforeseen power outage and/or reduce the response time for any maintenance service, the following standby provisions shall be utilized. The classifications subject to standby duty is defined as an under this provision are: Journey Lineworker, Service Lineworker, Line Working Supervisor and, on a voluntary basis only, Electrical Maintenance Technician. On a quarterly basis, a sign-up sheet will be posted for employees to select the weekend(s) they wish to take standby duty. Any weekends not filled in on a voluntary basis will be filled by management using the names of employees with the least amount of recorded short-notice call out hours. The weekend standby duty period begins at 0201 Saturday through 0200 Monday. The employee status of being immediately ready assigned to standby duty will be provided a cell phone or pager and able does not have to remain at home, but must be available for contact and fit to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with If the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptablecontacted by System Dispatch or management to respond, the worker will leave their location promptly and report to work. All changes must be pre-approved by the workgroup supervisor and the employee taking stand-by duty is required to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour at the straight time rate of pay for each per eight (8) hours designated in shift of Standby Duty. An employee assigned to standby duty statuswho is called back shall receive both standby pay and call back compensation in accordance with the pay provision of Section 11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out for time worked. The AMP reserves the right to limit the number of consecutive standby duty periods an employee is scheduled to work. AMP may designate other days as requiring standby duty shifts for which the same provisions above would apply. Compensation for such shifts shall be paid at the rate of one (1) hour at the straight time rate of pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than per eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtimehours shift of Standby Duty. c. B. Holiday Standby Duty Employees who are assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be one of the employees regular work dayten (10) Holidays recognized in this MOU, the employee shall receive two (2) hours at the straight time rate of pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The two (2) hours straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within eight (8) hours of beginning standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while on stand-by dutyhour shift. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements of the Any employee called out during standby duty assignmentperiod, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may will be grounds for disciplinary action compensated in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per pay provisions of Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty11.4.2 Short Notice Call Out. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty These payments are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job siteHoliday Pay.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Memorandum of Understanding

Standby Duty. Standby duty is defined as an employee status of being immediately ready and able to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with the City of Corvallis. Newly-hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptable. All changes must be pre-approved by the workgroup supervisor and the employee taking stand-by duty is required to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. c. Employees assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be the employees regular work day, the employee shall receive two (2) hours straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The two (2) hours straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within eight (8) hours of beginning standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while on stand-by duty. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements of the standby duty assignment, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may be grounds for disciplinary action in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- after-hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive two (2) one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) ten (10) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight ten (8) 10) hours. Standby will begin at the end of the regular shift on Friday and extend until the beginning of the shift on Monday (if there is a holiday, the beginning of the shift on Tuesday). Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby Standby duty will not be pyramided, compounded, assigned more than one weekend every twenty-eight (28) days or paid in addition to callback or overtimefour weeks. Employees will be compensated mileage based on the IRS Standard Mileage Rate. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Standby Duty. Standby duty is defined as an employee status of being immediately ready and able to report to work and being available by phone or other required/approved electronic device during non-scheduled hours of work. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site. a. Effective January 1, 2024 all All employees working in Street Maintenance, Water Distribution, Water Treatment, Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Services/Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services, Buildings, and Garage may be required to be on standby as a condition of their employment with the City of Corvallis. Newly-Newly hired employees will be added to the standby list when deemed competent to perform standby duties at the discretion of their supervisor. i. Swapping standby with another employee is acceptable. All changes must be pre-approved by the workgroup supervisor and the employee taking stand-by duty is required to meet all the requirements of the assignment. Proposed schedule adjustments shall be made to the workgroup supervisor a minimum of two weeks in advance of the first day impacted by the schedule change. This time period can be waived by mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor. b. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight ten (8) 10) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight ten (8) 10) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. c. Employees assigned standby duty on a City holiday are expected to respond when contacted. When standby duty is assigned on a City holiday that would otherwise be the employees regular work day, the employee shall receive two (2) hours straight pay for each eight ten (8) 10) hours designated in standby duty status. The two (2) hours straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight ten (8) 10) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. d. If issued a standby phone, it is the responsibility of the standby person to check the operability of the phone and to keep the phone within hearing range during all standby time. The same requirement exists for the operability for any other required/approved electronic device used for standby. The standby phones, or other devices, shall not be used for personal business. The standby person is expected to respond to all calls/inquiries immediately. The standby person must arrive onsite (onsite is defined as the Public Works Facility or the treatment plants as applicable) within one (1) hour of concluding the call. Employees specifically authorized to respond to a call remotely (e.g. e.g by computer) shall respond within fifteen (15) minutes. e. In the event a standby person is unavailable due to illness or an emergency situation, that employee’s supervisor will reassign the duty according to the written protocol of that workgroup. Standby compensation will then be prorated based on the remaining assignment period, if any. f. Employees who are on light duty or absent from work due to their own illness or bereavement leave are required to relinquish their standby assignment until they return to regular duty, unless specifically authorized by their supervisor to retain the standby assignment. g. An employee assigned stand-by duties may not consume alcohol products within eight (8) hours of beginning standby duties or become otherwise impaired or incapacitated while on stand-by duty. Failure to respond, and/or meet the requirements of the standby duty assignment, and/or failure to respond to a call in a condition able to perform work may be grounds for disciplinary action in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. h. Standby for those employees not assigned to stand-by per Section 9.10 (a): the City will schedule in advance when and where it needs employees on standby duty. The City shall have the sole authority to determine the qualifications needed for standby duty assignments, including response time. The City shall also describe any after- hours operating needs and qualifications, to the extent practical, in job descriptions for affected position classifications. Qualified employees will be given an equal opportunity to volunteer for standby duty assignment. Standby duty will be voluntary except in cases of emergencies or when the City deems urgent operational needs cannot be reasonably be met without requiring standby duty at which point the standby duty will be assigned. Departments shall be responsible, with input from their bargaining unit members, for developing written procedures to implement this section in a manner which minimizes required standby duty by any employee. No employee will be required to work more than twenty-four (24) days of standby duty per fiscal year. Voluntary standby duty is not subject to the twenty-four (24) day limitation. Employees assigned standby duty are expected to respond when contacted and shall receive one (1) hour straight pay for each eight (8) hours designated in standby duty status. The one (1) hour straight time pay shall be prorated for any portion of hours of standby duty less than eight (8) hours. Employees may choose to be compensated by payment or by accruing standby duty pay as compensatory time, as long as the employee has not reached their compensatory time cap. At no time shall standby be pyramided, compounded, or paid in addition to callback or overtime. Department Directors may allow exceptions to response time requirements as long as operational needs are met. Any such exceptions shall be designated in writing. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee required to reside at their job site.

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement