Agmt19 MOU Service Employes International Union Local 521

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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 An employee 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. Employees 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 Employees 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 (1.5) times the employee's regular straight - time rate. The foregoing shall apply to the first shift in excess of five (5) consecutive shifts that an employee may be required to work as result of a change in shift schedule. 16.2.4 Payment for overtime work will be either cash or compensatory time off at the employee's option. Employees may accumulate a maximum of eighty (80) hours of compensatory time off which may be used at times chosen by the employee and approved by the Department Head. For those who elect to earn compensatory time, once an employee accumulates eighty (80) hours of compensatory time off, the employee shall be compensated in cash for any overtime worked, until such time the employee reduces his or her compensatory time bank to less than eighty (80) hours. 16.2.5 An employee may elect to receive compensation in lieu of compensatory time credits for any calendar year by requesting payment in writing to the Director of Finance on or before December 1 of the previous calendar year. Payment shall be made for the number of hours as specified by the employee up to the total number of hours earned as of December 31st the following calendar year. Payment shall be made to the employee by the first pay period in February. Employees will be entitled thereafter to accrue up to eighty (80) hours again, subject to the same limitations. 16.3 Shift Differential 16.3.1 Any employee who is scheduled to work a twelve (12) hour shift that commences at or after the hour of 1:00 p.m. and requires the employee to work until or past 11:00 p.m., or any employee who is scheduled to work an eight (8) hour shift that commences at or after 3:00 p.m., and requires the employee to work until or past 11:00 p.m., shall be paid an additional five percent (5%) for each hour worked. 16.3.2 For employees who have been regularly working a shift differential -eligible shift for thirty (30) or more days immediately preceding a paid holiday, or the commencement of a vacation, or the 29