Everett Firefighters Local No 46 12/30/2021

5. If an employee is exhibiting any signs or symptoms of COVID-19 during a symptom-check, that employee shall immediately don a surgical mask or fitted N95 mask(without exhalation valve preferred,masks with exhalation valve shall have the exhalation valve closed and inoperable),wash their hands,and notify their immediate supervisor. The employee shall fill out the appropriate Washington State Labor&Industries Report of Industrial Injury or Occupational Disease paperwork and contact the Department Health and Safety Officer (HSO)for further direction. 6. The City will make available the number of employees quarantined or isolated upon request. The City shall not release the names of employees who are quarantined/isolated. 7. In the event that any employee,who is a candidate for a promotional test,is quarantined/ isolated on an actual promotional test date(written or practical),that portion of the promotional test shall not occur for all candidates and the City and Union will meet to determine a later date for the test to occur. Dates of eligibility for promotional lists shall be extended by an amount of time equal to the amount of additional days required to hold the rescheduled test.The City and Union agree that a long-term actor may be assigned for a time period in excess of normal agreed to limits. 8. Division Chiefs compensatory time shall be raised from 80 hours to 100 hours to allow further flexibility for the department to assign them to immediately pressing needs. 9. Vacations may be cancelled,and the annual vacation carryover shall be raised to 481 hours. Any employees whose vacation is cancelled by EFD,will have those hours added to their vacation bank, and their individual vacation cap raised. 10. 'l he annual sick leave incentive program for the(A A will t e suspended and pay pru-ra eu as of 3/15/2020 and will return when this COVID-19 emergency declaration is over. 11.Local 46 agrees for members to be placed in assignments that would have them work out of classification for the duration of this emergency to facilitate staffing when otherwise those positions could not be filled by overtime employees.Determination for temporary working out of classification will be determined by the Assistant Chief of Operations. Permanent promotions will still occur via the normal Civil Service process. The parties agree that this COVID-19 situation is unprecedented and that many additional issues may arise as time goes on. The parties will communicate on a going forward basis and will pursue further agreements as needed to deal with the issue and others related to the current pandemic. The parties agree that this letter of understanding shall remain in effect until the Governor lifts the State of Emergency Proclamation,20-05. Dated this - day of April 2020.