7.1 Workweek The workweek shall consist of five (5) consecutive days
of eight (8) hours per day and forty (40) hours per week. This
Article shall not restrict the extension of regular workday or
workweek on an overtime basis when such is necessary to carry on
the business of the District, except as provided for in Section 7.9, Ed.
Code 88026.
7.1.1 If the governing board of the District decides to establish a
flex schedule workweek, they shall establish such a
workweek with the concurrence of the concerned
employee(s) as ascertained through the CSEA organization.
If the flex schedule is implemented any hours in excess of
those scheduled for that day will be considered overtime as
defined in Section 7.9.
7.2 Length of Workday The length of the workday shall be designated
by the District for each classified assignment in accordance with the
provisions set forth in this agreement. Each bargaining unit
employee shall be assigned a fixed, regular, and ascertainable
minimum number of hours, which shall not be less than four (4)
hours per day nor for more than five (5) consecutive days per week.
7.3 Changes in Work Schedule Should an employee's work schedule be
changed, the supervisor and/or District shall notify CSEA and the
employee, in writing, five (5) working days before said change,
except that ten (10) working days notice shall be required where the
work schedule change is anticipated, or reasonably should be
anticipated, by the supervisor sufficiently in advance to allow the
additional notice. Should the District contemplate a permanent
change in an employee's work schedule, the District shall notify CSEA
and the employee, in writing, twenty (20) working days before the
proposed change. These notice requirements may be waived with
the concurrence of the employee and the CSEA. The District retains
the sole right to set work schedules.
days or more shall have the employee's regular assignment adjusted
upward to reflect the longer hours, effective with the next pay
period. (Ed. Code 88036)
7.6 Rest Periods
7.6.1 All bargaining unit employees shall be granted rest periods
which, insofar as practicable, shall be in the middle of each
four (4) hour work period, at the rate of fifteen (15) minutes
per four hours worked, or a total of thirty (30) minutes at
one time scheduled to the mutual convenience of the
employees and Supervisors.
Time from unused rest periods may not be used to lengthen
the lunch break or shorten the work day. Also, rest periods
may not be applied to any time owed the District that is to
be made up. The District shall not owe any compensation to
an employee who does not wish to take advantage of the
rest periods.
7.6.2 Rest periods are a part of the regular workday and shall be compensated at the regular rate of pay for the employee.
7.7 Rest Facilities The District shall make available a lunch room or rest area for general staff use.
7.8 Voting Time Off If any employee's work schedule is such that it does
not allow sufficient time to vote in any federal, state or local election
in which the employee is entitled to vote, the District shall arrange to
allow sufficient time for such voting by the employee without loss of
pay.
7.9 Overtime Except as otherwise provided herein, all required overtime
hours, as defined in this section, shall be compensated at a rate of
pay equal to time and one-half the regular rate of pay of the
employee for all work permitted. Overtime is defined to include any
time in increments of not less than fifteen (15) minutes worked in
excess of eight (8) hours worked in any one day or on any one shift
or in excess of forty (40) hours worked in any calendar week, unless
on the a flex schedule plan is in operation, whether such hours are
worked prior to the commencement of a regularly assigned starting
time or subsequent to the assigned quitting time, except as provided
in 7.1.1 above.
7.9.1 All required hours worked beyond the workweek of five (5)
consecutive days of forty (40) hours shall be compensated at
the overtime rate or compensatory time off shall be given at
the same rate.
7.9.2 All hours worked on holidays designated by this Agreement,
not regularly scheduled workdays, shall be compensated at
one and one-half (1 1/2) times the regular rate of pay, or
compensatory time off at the same rate, in addition to
normal holiday pay.
7.9.3 All overtime hours worked and paid for by outside
businesses or agencies renting facilities shall be paid in
cash.
7.9.4 Scheduled overtime shall be rotated equally among
employees within the department and classification to the
extent possible. Reasonable accommodation shall be made
for plans of the employee.
7.10 Split Shift Differential - Compensation All employees in the
bargaining unit whose assigned shift contains one or more periods of
unpaid time whose total exceeds two (2) hours shall be paid a shift
differential premium of five (5) percent above the regular rate of
pay for all hours worked.
7.11 Shift Differential - Compensation Employees whose shift extends
past 12:00 midnight will receive a 5% premium for all hours worked
after 12:00 midnight.
7.12 Compensatory Time Off Compensatory time is time off in lieu of cash compensation for hours worked in overtime status.
7.12.1 Compensatory time shall be equal in value to overtime
compensation.
7.12.2 Compensatory time off in lieu of cash compensation shall be at the option of the District.
7.12.3 An employee in the bargaining unit may request to take
compensatory time off in lieu of cash compensation for
overtime work. Such request shall be made to the
immediate supervisor at the time the overtime is assigned.
7.12.4 Compensatory time shall be taken at a time mutually
acceptable to the employee and the District.
7.12.5 Compensatory time earned should not be accumulated
beyond 160 hours, without District approval. The District
retains the right to require employees to take earned
compensatory time in excess of the 160 hours.
Compensatory time in excess of 240 hours will be paid in
cash.
7.12.6 The employee upon separation from the District, shall
receive payment in cash, paid at the regular rate of pay, for
any compensatory time earned but not yet taken.
7.13 Minimum Call-in Time Any employee called in to work at a time
when the employee is not scheduled to work shall receive a
minimum of two (2) hours pay at the appropriate rate of pay under
this agreement. In addition the employee shall receive one hour pay
to compensate for disruption. Compensation does not begin upon
notification but upon commencement of work. Compensation for
hours worked does not include travel time to the worksite.
7.14 Right of Refusal Any employee shall have the right to reject any
offer or request for call-back, on-call, or call-in time, unless such
request involves an emergency situation so designated by an
appropriate District Officer who is a non-bargaining unit supervisor.
Any employee shall also have the right to reject any offer or request
for overtime unless the overtime has been scheduled in advance
three days or involves an emergency situation so designated by an
appropriate District Officer who is a non-bargaining unit supervisor.
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