Agmt14 Servie Employees International Union SEIU MOU 2014-2017

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C. The City and the Union agree that the availability of alternate/flexible work schedules is a valuable benefit to workers in that they promote job satisfaction while also reducing traffic congestion and air pollution. The use of alternate/flexible schedules is encouraged where it can be accommodated without impairing departmental operations or service to the public. D. The City may authorize an alternate work schedule (other than five eight-hour days) or a flexible schedule(various work start and end times within a scheduled work shift) requested by a worker or workgroup based on the operating needs of the specific department or work unit. E. City Hall Closure The City reserves the right to close City Hall and other departments approximately between the Christmas and New Year holidays. Workers in departments affected by the closure may use Vacation, Compensatory Time Off, and Administrative Leave, Personal Business Leave or unpaid leave on the closure days. Any worker who desires to work on a closure day will be permitted to do so unless the employee's supervisor cannot identify appropriate work, location and supervision. The City will notify the Union of a City department closure by June 1st. F. Library Employee Workweek: For Library employees assigned to a regular schedule of thirty-eight (38) hours per workweek, the following fringe benefits will be prorated at a rate of 0.95: 1. Vacation 2. Sick Leave 3. Personal Business Leave, and 4. Holidays For the purpose of the following fringe benefits, Library employees assigned to a regular schedule of thirty-eight(38) hours per workweek shall be treated as full time employees: 1. Cafeteria Plan Allowance 2. Bereavement Leave, and 3. The calculation of service years for the purpose of seniority determination and retiree health benefits 16.2 Overtime 16.2.1 Overtime is to be paid after forty (40) hours in paid status in one (1) work week, and for work performed in excess of eight (8) consecutive hours in one (1) day (exclusive of lunch period), except as provided in Article 16.2.2 below. 16.2.2 A worker who is assigned to a shift consisting of more than eight (8) consecutive hours (exclusive of lunch period) shall be entitled to overtime after forty (40) hours in paid status in one (1) work week. Workers in positions exempt from the FLSA who are assigned to work a shift of more than eight (8) consecutive hours per day (exclusive of lunch period) shall be entitled to overtime if they are in paid status more than eighty(80)hours in a biweekly pay period. 16.2.3 Workers required to work in excess of the regularly scheduled hours of work shall be compensated for such overtime service at the rate of one and one-half(1-1/2) times the worker's regular straight- time rate. The foregoing shall apply to the first shift in excess of five (5) consecutive shifts that a worker may be required to work as result of a change in shift schedule. 25