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ARTICLE 13-OVERTIME <br /> Recognizing that emergencies,vacations,sickness or other unforeseen conditions may require an <br /> employee to work overtime,time-and-one-half of the employee's regular hourly rate shall be paid under <br /> any of the following conditions: <br /> 1. All work performed in excess of the regularly assigned work shift. <br /> 2. All work performed in excess of the regularly assigned work week. <br /> Bargaining unit employees are subject to being called back to work to complete a shift. Employees called <br /> back after 0800 of the same day to complete a shift shall be paid for a minimum of two(2)hours plus <br /> actual hours worked excluding travel time. <br /> In the event that an employee is awarded an overtime shift,before or after 0800,and the overtime is <br /> subsequently cancelled within 12 hours of the report time,the employee shall be paid for a minimum of <br /> two(2)hours plus actual hours worked. <br /> As per Article 14,employees called in for multiple alarm incidents shall be paid for a minimum of three <br /> (3)hours plus actual time worked from the time they report to the on-duty Battalion Chief or designee <br /> either in person or from an Everett Fire Department fire station using a City phone. <br /> All overtime,except for emergency work,mandatory education and mandatory overtime,shall be <br /> recorded on an overtime list as established by the Chief of the Department.Examples of mandatory <br /> education and overtime shall include,but not be limited to,all certification and recertifications,holdovers, <br /> and all required training.This list shall be audited by a union committee as needed,to insure that a fair <br /> and accurate recording of hours is kept.To keep parity in the overtime hours,'a differential of 24 hours <br /> shall be used.Firefighters shall be called rank for rank until they average 24 hours ahead of officers.Then <br /> the Union Auditing Committee shall submit to the Chief of the Department,in writing,that hours are not <br /> in parity and officers shall be called rank for rank,until such time as the hours are as close to even as <br /> possible.It shall be the responsibility of the Chief of the Department and the Union Committee to see that <br /> an equal amount of hours as possible shall be divided among all members who are eligible in the Fire <br /> Department. <br /> 1. If on scheduled absences,i.e.,vacation,special assignments,special offs,union officials time off, <br /> where crew shortages are not created,and the overtime is in parity,then a person on the eligibility <br /> list for that position shall be moved up in an acting capacity.If there is no person on the eligibility <br /> list for that position available,then rank for rank shall be called. <br /> 2. If no person on an eligibility list is available on a platoon,then rank for rank shall be called at the <br /> rank of the absentee. <br /> 3. In the event that an officer of the same rank cannot be located to work an overtime shift,an <br /> employee on the eligibility list for that rank shall be worked overtime. <br /> Should it become impossible to locate either an officer of the same rank or an employee on the eligibility <br /> list for that rank,an employee who is eligible by virtue of seniority to take an examination for that rank <br /> shall be worked on overtime.The list of qualified personnel to fill these,positions shall be maintained by <br /> the Chief of the Department and posted in all stations. <br /> 17 <br />