Agmt19 MOU San Mateo County Firefighters International Association of Fire Fighters Local 2400

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Employees who receive on call pay shall be required to answer their phones or return missed calls within ten (10) minutes. Employees on call shall depart for the Department within ten (10) minutes of receiving a call to return. 7.10 Acting Pay 7.10.1 The City shall, whenever practical, assign to acting positions those employees who have demonstrated their ability to perform the duties of the higher classification in accordance with the criteria for selection in the Department Lexipol Policy Manual. It is understood, that employees selected to perform the duties of a higher classification will be those who have achieved the top step of their regular classification. Acting pay assignments will include on call responsibilities of the higher classifications. Acting Fire Marshal assignments shall be for a minimum of one (1) calendar week. 7.10.2 Whenever a temporary vacancy occurs and it is determined by the City that the position should be temporarily filled, an employee may be assigned by the Fire Chief to work in the higher paid classification at a rate of pay which is ten percent (10%) above his/her adjusted hourly rate. Deputy Fire Marshals who agree to be assigned to Acting Fire Marshal shall receive the bottom step of the Fire Marshal salary or ten percent (10%) above the adjusted hourly rate, whichever is higher. 7.10.3 After a position has been temporarily vacant for fifteen (15) consecutive shifts, the City may make a temporary appointment to fill such vacancy. Temporary appointment may continue for a period of one hundred eighty (180) calendar days and may be extended by the Personnel Officer for an additional period of ninety (90) calendar days. For the purpose of Government Code section 20480, an out - of -class appointment shall not exceed a total of nine hundred sixty (960) hours in a fiscal year. 7.10.4 For purposes of this Section (7) a "vacancy" is defined as either an unfilled budgeted position whose incumbent is on paid or unpaid authorized leave, either one of which continues for fifteen (15) or more consecutive shifts. 7.11 Special Department Assignment Pay Each employee in the classification of Fire Fighter/Engineer or Fire Captain who is assigned by the Fire Chief to a forty (40) -hour workweek while working on a special department assignment shall continue to receive compensation as outlined in Section 7.5.1. Limited -duty due to an industrial disability shall be considered a special department assignment. 13