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ARTICLE 25 - SAFETY 25.1 Both the City and the Union shall expend every effort to see to it that work is performed with a maximum degree of safety, consistent with the requirement to conduct efficient operations. 25.2 Each worker covered by this Memorandum agrees to comply with all safety rules and regulations in effect and any subsequent rules and regulations that may be adopted. Workers further agree that they will report all accidents and safety hazards to the appropriate management official immediately. Any worker having knowledge of or who is witness to an accident shall, if requested, give full and truthful testimony as to same. 25.3 The City has established a safety program in each department and two (2) representatives of the SEIU Unit shall serve on each departmental safety committee. One representative of the SEIU Unit shall serve on the Citywide safety committee. 25.4 Workers shall not be required to operate equipment that has been deemed unsafe. ARTICLE 26 - TEMPORARY UPGRADING The City agrees that any worker who is assigned by the Supervisor to work in a higher paid classification shall receive the rate of pay at the bottom of the range of the higher classification or an increase of five percent (5%), whichever is greater, for all hours worked of four (4) hours or more in one (1) working day. A worker shall not be paid temporary upgrade pay in increments of less than four (4) hours in one (1) working day. In no event shall the worker so assigned receive more than the top of the range for the higher classification. When a temporary upgrade lasts for thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or longer, the worker's paid time off shall be compensated at the pay rate of the higher classification. Police Records Clerks and Community Service Officers will receive a temporary upgrade for any time they are required to work at dispatcher relief duties. 44