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regular, scheduled work shift shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) minute paid rest period. Employees <br />may only be required to drive a maximum of fourteen (14) consecutive hours. Upon completion of <br />fourteen (14) hours, the employee shall he entitled to a rest period of eight (8) continuous hours, <br />during which time the employee shall not be required to work. However, following twelve (12) <br />continuous hours of driving, an employee may request to be relieved and, unless working under <br />emergency conditions, the employee's request shall be honored. <br />Any employee required by the City to leave work after sixteen (16) consecutive hours shall be <br />entitled to a rest period of eight (8) continuous hours, during which time the employee shall not be <br />required to work. Employees shall have the option of using vacation time or sick leave to cover rest <br />periods, as referenced in this article, that occur during the employees, regular work hours. The <br />application of sick hours, in these instances, shall not count against an employee's attendance record, <br />attendance bonus, nor shall it accrue toward absenteeism. <br />13.05 Where two (2) or more employees are qualified to do the job whose hours are being changed, <br />the City shall request volunteers by seniority. If no employee volunteers then, if practical, the least <br />senior employee shall be required to make the change. <br />13.06 The winter second and third shifts shall be offered to the Division of Streets and Forestry <br />employees who volunteer and who are certified under the salting and plowing guidelines. The <br />qualified list shall be posted for fifteen (15) days prior to the season. <br />13.07 If an insufficient number of qualified employees volunteer, the City shall assign this work to <br />the least senior qualified employee and one (1) group leader per shift in the Division of Streets and <br />Forestry. <br />13.08 Shift Operators and Plant Attendants at the Wastewater Treatment Plant may trade shifts <br />with other employees in their own classifications so long as they trade for: 1) a shift in the same <br />twenty-four (24) hour period; 2) within the same pay period; and 3) so long as the trade does not <br />cause them to work sixteen (16) consecutive hours. <br />13.09 Effective with the ratification of this contract all new bargaining unit employees must sign up <br />for direct deposit upon hire. All current bargaining unit employees must sign up for direct deposit <br />within 60 days of the ratification of this contract. <br />ARTICLE 14 OVERTIME - PREMIUM PAY <br />14.01 All employees shall receive time and one-half (1-1/2) their regular rate of pay for all hours <br />worked in excess of forty (40) hours in any one (1) workweek, and for all full-time employees all <br />hours worked in excess of eight (8) hours in any continuous twenty-four (24) hour period, beginning <br />with the commencement of the employee's shift. <br />14.02 All employees shall receive time and one-half (1-1/2) their regular rate of pay for all hours <br />worked on Saturday, Sunday or any holiday as defined herein or in the ordinances, except those <br />employees who are working on a rotating shift, and those employees normally scheduled to work on <br />Saturday, Sunday and holidays. All employees who are required to work on Thanksgiving, <br />14 <br />