2020-04 - Authorize collective bargaining agreement - correction officers

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B. Is discharged for just and proper cause. C. Is laid off for a period of more than twenty-four(24) consecutive months. D. Fails to report to work when recalled from layoff within ten (10) working days from the date on which the City sends the employee notice by registered mail to the employee's last known address as shown on the City's records. E. Is absent without leave for three (3) or more working days,unless an excuse for absence is accepted, which shall not be unreasonably denied. ARTICLE 13 HOURS OF WORK 13.01 The workday for a full-time Corrections Officer shall consist of eight (8) regularly scheduled, consecutive hours during a twenty four (24) hour period of time that begins with the start of the employee's regularly scheduled shift,which includes a thirty(30)minute lunch period. During such lunch period, with the permission of the shift commander, which will not be unreasonably denied, Corrections Officers shall be allowed to leave the building for the express purpose of obtaining a food order and for no other purpose. If transportation is necessary, it must be privately owned. The lunch period shall not be extended. Lunch is to be eaten outside of the j ail area. The workweek shall commence at 12:01 a.m., on Sunday, and end at midnight, Saturday. 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 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 hourly employee. 13.02 All employees shall be allowed not less than thirty (30) uninterrupted minutes for a scheduled lunch period, except for emergencies or other mutually agreed upon schedules. 13.03 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 to by the City. Additionally, employees working overtime shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) minute break after two (2) hours of overtime. 13.04 Notice of Shift Change Any changes in shift scheduling shall be provided at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the schedule change, except in an emergency or unscheduled absence situation. 13.05 Posting of Schedules Schedules shall be posted for the next month on the 201h of the preceding month. 13.06 Shift Selection 8