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Is absent without leave for three (3) or more working days, unless a reasonable excuse for absence is shown. 12.03 Bargaining unit employees appointed to the position of supervisor on or after March 1, 1985, shall lose all bargaining unit seniority rights on the ninetieth (90~) day fOllowing their appointment. 12~04 Years of service for purposes of promotion shall be defined as years of service with the bargaining unit. For emplOyees hired after January 1, 1995, sick and vacation leave computation shall be defined as years of service only With the City of Lakewood. ARTICLE 13 HOURS OF WORK 13.01 The normal workweek for regular full-time employees shall be forty (40) hours of wOrk in five (5) days of eight (8) consecutive hours each day, exclusive of the time allotted for meals, during the period starting at 12:01 a.m. Sunday to midnight Saturday. An employee's workday begins with the commencement of his regular shift. This section shall not be construed as a guarantee of hours of work per day or per week, and the City reserves the right to establish and change hours of work, shifts and schedule of hours, provided that this section shall not be construed to give the City the right to reduce the workweek below forty (40) hours per week for any full-time, permanent, hourly employee. 13.02 In the event a change in hours of work becomes necessary, due to permanent or seasonal requirements, or. a special project agreed to between the City and the Union, the individual(s) concerned and the Union shall be advised then (10) working days prior to the change going into effect. If the Union requests, the parties shall meet and disCUss the reasons for such changes. Further, if there is a dispute as to the change, the parties will attempt to resolve the dispute. It is recognized that the changes will not be made for arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory reasons. 13.03 All employees shall be allowed not less than thirty (30) uninterrupted minutes for a scheduled lunch period, except for other mutually agreed upon schedules. 13.04 There shall be two (2) fifteen (15) minute rest periods on each shift each workday. The rest periods, to the extent practicable, will be scheduled during the middle two (2) hours of each shift, but they may not be scheduled immediately before or after the meal period, or at the start or end of a shift unless requested by the employee and agreed toby the City. Additionally, employees working overtime shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) minute break after two (2) hours of oVertime. Employees of the Division of Refuse and Recycling who are required to work overtime at the end of their regularly scheduled work shift shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) minute paid rest period. Employees may onlybe required to drive a maximum of fourteen (14) consecutive hours. Upon completion of fourteen 04) hours, the employee shall be entitled to a rest period'of eight (8) continuous hours, during which time the employee shall not be required to work. However, following twelve 02) continuous hours of driving, an employee may request to be relieved and, unless working under, emergency conditions, the. employee's request shall be 'honored. 13.05 Where two (2) or more employees are qualified to do the job whose hours are being changed, the City shall request volunteers by seniority. If no employee volunteers thc'n, if practical, the least senior employee shall be required to make the change. 9