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A. Any such schedule must meet all City and representative Employer payroll department policies-in-place. B. Any such schedule can be approved only if it does not negatively impact Fire Prevention Bureau customer service. • . - • . . . . • . .. • .. - • ' ., determination of the Fire Chief as Department Head.The Fire Chief shall make the final determination on the approval of alternative work schedules. C. - - . . • . -. - ' - • . •, The Fire Chief will make alternative work schedules available equally to all Local 1974 Union represented personnel. If that cannot be done, or if one team member protests the impacts of some personnel having alternative work schedules, the Fire Chief will rotate the availability of alternative work schedules by seniority,per City payroll policy, or cancel their use_ 4-t ogetneraltogether. 6.2 Exchanges of On-Duty Time (Shift Trades) Exchanges-Trades of on-duty time shall be permitted between employees of the same rank. Except as approved by the Fire Chief as provided under Section 16.7 exchanges of on duty time shall not be permitted to substitute for, extend, or supplement sick leave, long term disability or worker's There shall be no limit to the number of exchanges- trades per month:, except that trades shall not be permitted to substitute for, extend, or supplement sick leave, long-term disability or worker's compensation leave unless approved by the Fire Chief. —The employees involved in the exchange trade shall make arrangements for the pay back of time. Employees may not use trades to alter or change their work schedules except for a"mutual" as provided in Section 6.3. A member owing trades as the result of Employees who owe time to other employees following a promotion may work in their former position in order to repay the_+"previously traded time, i.e. an eEngineer may work as a Firefighter, and a Captain may work as a Firefighter or an Engineer depending on the rank from which he/she the employee was promoted. The time limit for resolving Employees must resolve owed trades is-within ninety(90)calendar days from the date of promotion. Employees, • . ., . : . • . ... . .. .. . ••--, are not considered on the payroll or working additional hours . • : .. . . . .. .. - . . .. . . under the_ FLSAFair Labor Standards Act while on-duty and working their half of the trade. However, Iif the employee who assumes responsibility for working an exchange of on duty time a trade fails to -rep ork the traded on-duty time, he/she-the originally scheduled employee will be charged vacation time equivalent to the time missed. Trades can be cancelled at any time, . . . ' ' . . - . - .. = _ ' . ... . . . . . However, .. - . . -• ., - . , .. :- the the on-duty chief officer must be notified if a trade is cancelled less than six (6) days_, •- •• •.. . - , • . . . .• . - - prior to the shift. Employees are-allowed-may cancel a maximum of six(6)trades cancellations per calendar year inside the 6 dayswith less than six(6)days' advance notice. 6.3 Shift and Station Assignments 11