ARTICLE 34
WORK WEEK

34.1:    The normal duty week for regular full-time employees of the Fire Fighting Division will be an average of fifty-six (56) hours per week. 

34.2:    The Fire Fighting Division will operate on a three-platoon system for the duration of this Agreement.  The cycle will be:  twenty-four (24) hours on duty, twenty-four (24) hours off duty, twenty-four (24) hours on duty, twenty-four (24) hours off duty, twenty-four (24) hours on duty, ninety-six (96) hours off duty, thereafter continuing on the same cycle.  The twenty-four (24) hour period on duty will start at 7:00 a.m. and end at 7:00 a.m. the following day. 

34.3     This article shall not be construed as, and is not, a guarantee of any number of hours of work per day or per week, or pay per day or per week.

34.4     The starting and quitting time of each shift may be changed to meet the operating needs of the Township, however, the Township will first confer with the Union before implementing any such changes.

34.5:    Subject to department manpower requirements as determined by the Chief, or an individual designated by the Chief to act in his absence, employees shall be permitted to voluntarily trade work or leave days, providing that two week notice is provided and approved.  Trade time may be approved with less than two (2) weeks notice at the sole discretion of the Employer.

34.6     In the event an officer trades with a firefighter, the senior firefighter shall be in charge, absent an officer, without step-up pay.

34.7     For the purpose of calculating fringe benefits, base compensation shall be redefined as regularly scheduled hours worked, as defined in this Article, times the employee's straight time rate.

 

ARTICLE 35
OVERTIME/COMP TIME

35.1:    Overtime pay shall be paid for employees of the Firefighting Division for all work in excess of an employee's regularly scheduled work day, twenty-four (24) consecutive hours, and at such other times as required by law.  Any overtime paid will be paid at one and one-half (1-1/2) times the employee's prevailing hourly rate.

 

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