Everett Municipal Employees Local 113 AFSCME 1/13/2020

ARTICLE 8 - HOURS OF WORK AND WORKING CONDITIONS Section 1: Original Appointment Probationary Period/Promotional Probationary Period Newly hired employees shall be considered probationary employees for a period of six(6)months(or as otherwise designated by the Civil Service Commission), subject to the following: A. Said probationary period can be extended by the City for any time loss during the probationary period,up to the amount of actual time lost. B. If extenuating circumstances exist(other than set forth in A above),and the City provides the Union with documented justification for extending a probationary period, said probationary period can be extended for an additional thirty(30)calendar days. C. During the probationary period,or extended probationary period,the City may discharge any employee covered by this section of the Agreement at will,and such discharge shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions of this Agreement. Promotional Probationary Period Promotional probationary period will act as a trial service period and shall be required following a promotion or a transfer and shall be six(6)months in duration for promotion or lateral transfers subject to the following: A. An employee serving as a result of appointment through promotion who is unable to satisfactorily perform the duties of the new position or who voluntarily requests to return to his/her former position shall be reinstated in his/her former position or in one of like status and pay. B. Promotional trial service period can be extended by the City for any time loss during the probationary period,up to the amount of actual time lost. Section 2: Work Schedules A. The normal work week shall be forty(40)hours of work for all full-time employees to consist of five(5)consecutive eight(8)hour work days. The Department Head, subject to the approval of the Mayor, shall establish appropriate work shifts,specifying starting and ending times, lunch periods,and scheduled days of rest. B. The normal work week for full-time Library employees shall be forty(40)hours of work per week. Normally,the work day shall be eight(8)hours. The Library Director, subject to the approval of the Library Board with notification to the AFSCME Union, shall determine appropriate work shifts, specifying starting and ending times, lunch periods, and scheduled days of rest. C. An employee, subject to the approval of the department head or his/her designee,may receive compensable time off in lieu of overtime pay at the rate of one-and-one-half hours for each hour worked. Accrued compensatory time may be used with the approval of the employee's supervisor. The maximum accumulation of compensatory time shall be 80 hours. Any accrual over 80 hours shall be paid as overtime. 17