2022-45 - Authorize Paramedics CBA

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"tour" shall'be defined as a twenty-four (24) hour scheduled period of work. The scheduled workweek shall consist of an average of 48 hours each week over the course of the calendar year. 8.02 For purposes of this Article, "regular work hours" shall be defined as the first forty (40) hours of work in a workweek and "scheduled overtime hours" shall be defined as the additional 8 hours per week of scheduled work and constituting the remainder of the 48 hour average workweek. 8.03 Each employee shall be paid an average weekly salary that will consist of payment for forty (40) regular hours at the regular rate of pay and 8scheduled overtime hours at the rate of one and one-half (I- 1/2) times the regular hourly rate of pay. The applicable hourly rates of pay are identified in Appendix A of this Agreement. 8.04 Any non-scheduled hours actually worked in a workweek that are in excess of the scheduled 48hours per week shall be paid at the non-scheduled overtime rate as identified in Appendix A of this Agreement. 8.05 In lieu of paid overtime employees may choose to accumulate unscheduled overtime in the form of Comp time. Comp time will be banked on an hour -for -hour and %2 basis, in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act. If any employee has more than one hundred (100) hours of compensatory time in his or her comp bank as of the last pay of the year all hours over 100 will be paid in their final paycheck of the year at the rate of pay it was earned. ARTICLE 9 EDUCATIONAL CREDIT 9.01 The City shall inform employees of any employment related courses or seminars being conducted, provided that the City shall continue to have the sole discretion on approving employee requests to attend these courses or seminars. The City shall continue to pay the total cost of books and tuition for any employee achieving a grade "C" or better in any regionally accredited institution or Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) and approved employment related courses. If the employee leaves the depart- ment within four (4) years of such reimbursement, the employee shall have the full amount of tuition reim- bursement deducted from their final payout or make full reimbursement to the City. 9.02 If the department mandates the attendance of an employee to a particular course or seminar, the em- ployee shall be paid at the non-scheduled overtime rate, as identified in Appendix A of this Agreement, for class time and travel time on non-scheduled workdays, plus all expenses (tuition, lodging, meals, mileage, and other related expenses). 9.03 Anyone attending a local seminar will be entitled to travel time from the City of Lakewood to said location. Local is defined as within a fifty (50) mile radius of the City of Lakewood, which includes the City of Akron. 9.04 For purposes of this Article, a week commences on Sunday and ends on Saturday. Employees who are attending a five (5) day seminar, Monday through Friday, will be permitted the calendar day before and the. calendar day after as off time. Employees who are attending any other approved, non -local educational course shall receive eight (8) hours off plus travel time the day before. Upon completion of the training, the employee will report to their next regularly scheduled tour of duty.