RES 19-1059 - Laserfiche WebLink

Employees are not considered on the payroll or working additional hours under the Fair Labor Standards Act while on-duty and working their half of the trade. However, if the employee who assumes responsibility for working a trade fails to work the traded on-duty time,the originally scheduled employee will be charged vacation time equivalent to the time missed. Trades can be cancelled at any time.However,the on-duty chief officer must be notified if a trade is cancelled less than six(6)days prior to the shift. Employees may cancel a maximum of six(6)trades per calendar year with less than six(6)days' advance notice. 6.3 Shift and Station Assignments Assignment to a specific shift and/or station shall be made through the bid system. Bids shall be made in descending order of rank beginning with the rank of captain. Within each rank, bids shall be made by seniority. Shift and/or station openings shall be announced via an Information Bulletin to all members and filled through the bidding procedure described in the department policy. Station bidding shall be on a rank for rank basis, in descending order of rank seniority. A "Mutual" is an agreement between two individuals of the same rank to trade Station and/or shift assignments for a specific period of time. Mutuals are not permanent. Mutuals can be between individuals on the same shift or on different shifts. The individuals involved may set the time frame of the "Mutual", however no mutual shall exceed twelve(12)months from the initial date. At the end of the twelve months both individuals will return to their original assignments.Both individuals must physically be able to meet their assigned Station requirements, i.e., if one of the individuals is unable to return to work within the first one-year period due to any reason, the "Mutual" is considered null and void. Individuals must be qualified for the position of the person with whom they are requesting the "Mutual". All "Mutuals" shall be submitted in writing to the Deputy Chief of Operations. Employees assigned as paramedics may only change assignments with other employees assigned as paramedics. Mutuals shall be considered trades between the employees involved. Only one mutual between parties will be allowed for the specific period of time. Members will not be allowed to participate in more than one mutual at a time. Assignments properly bid will be permanent unless openings occur. All openings will be bid department wide using the department policy. In the event a station opens or closes, or there is a change in the deployment model, all affected personnel shall have the ability to re-bid following the department policy. The Fire Chief, and/or designee,may administratively reassign shift/station assignments which result in a displacement for up to 20 shifts per occurrence to meet Department needs. This shall not apply to probationary employees or to administrative moves not resulting in displacement of another employee. 9