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1 <br /> invited to participate in all safety committee meetings. <br /> 7.4 Work Schedules/Working Conditions <br /> The Contractor shall utilize reasonable work schedules and shift assignments <br /> that provide adequate working conditions. The primary concern is patient care, <br /> and the Contractor shall utilize management principles that ensure that field <br /> personnel working extended shifts, part-time jobs, voluntary overtime, or <br /> mandatory overtime, are not exhausted to an extent that may impair judgment or <br /> motor skills. <br /> Because of the wide variety of management practices utilized throughout the <br /> industry, no specific requirements or restrictions regarding work schedules and <br /> working conditions shall apply. The City reserves the right to view schedules <br /> prior to implementation and to review them at any time. <br /> If events warrant such action,the City may require revision of the established work schedule to <br /> address rest periods for extended shifts and standards limiting the use of back-to-back shifts and <br /> mandatory overtime, as deemed necessary to protect patients from the possibility of error caused <br /> by exhaustion of field personnel. <br /> 7.5 Compensation and Fringe Benefits <br /> The Contractor shall provide its employees with compensation and fringe benefits to promote a <br /> professional and motivated work force. The combined compensation and fringe benefit program <br /> for field personnel, on-site management, and EMS dispatch personnel should provide a financial <br /> benefit to those personnel that is, at least, substantially equivalent to the average rate of <br /> compensation for similar private sector field personnel in similar sized and cost-of-living areas of <br /> the United States. These specific wage or salary packages should be structured so that the overall <br /> combination of wages,benefits, shift schedules,working conditions, and factors related to job <br /> satisfaction will work to reduce employee turnover. Other employee incentives such as retirement <br /> savings programs are encouraged. <br /> 7.6 New Employee Recruitment, Screening, and Orientation Program <br /> The Contractor shall operate an aggressive, stringent, and comprehensive program of initial and <br /> ongoing personnel recruitment, screening, and orientation designed to attract, select, and <br /> thoroughly orient,prior to field or EMS dispatch placement, individuals who are among the <br /> industry's most qualified candidates for EMS employment. <br /> The recruitment, selection and retention of high quality on-site management personnel are <br /> paramount to the success of this program. Therefore, Contractor is highly encouraged to_select <br /> such personnel carefully. <br /> The Contractor will provide a reasonable opportunity for the work force of the previous provider <br /> 12 of 34 1 2 <br />