SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 721 (SEIU) (2017-2018)

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C, Early Morning Street Crews, A Street Maintenance employee who is assigned to traffic painting or downtown cleanup crews who is continuously and regularly assigned to a schedule of work which requires that he or she actually work at least fifty percent (50%) of his or her normal daily work shift between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., will be paid a shift differential for his or her entire work shift at a rate set ten (10) salary rate ranges (approximately 5%) higher than his or her then current base monthly salary step. D. Standby Pay. Employees who are released from active duty but who are required by their department to leave notice where they can be reached and be available to return to active duty when required by the department at any time other than their regularly scheduled working hours, shall be said to be on standby duty. Employees shall receive four hundred fifty dollars ($450) per week when assigned to be on standby duty. Employees who "trade" days will have that time deducted from their pay on a prorated daily rate based on a seven (7) clay week. Employees who cover the day shall be paid at the daily rate. All trades must be approved by the Supervisor or Manager. Water Production, Water Maintenance, Public Works Maintenance, Building Maintenance, Information Technology Department and staff shall be required to serve on standby duty and receive standby pay as defined above. The City's preference will be to accomplish the above through volunteers; however, qualified employees may be directed to be on standby if the number of volunteers is insufficient. In addition to Standby Pay, if an employee is able to handle the incident by phone or other electronic means without reporting to duty, he or she shall be entitled to overtime pay at the rate of 15 minutes or actual time spent per incident whichever is greater, paid at time and one-half (T 1/2) per incident. Additional Standby Pay programs may be implemented with the approval of the Department Head and City Manager. 5.5 Temporary Upgrade Assignment Pay. In order to provide an equitable method of compensating employees who are assigned temporarily to a vacant, full-titne, budgeted, highor-level position the following shall apply: A. General Guidelines, Temporary Upgrade Assignments shall be limited to the temporary filling of vacant, full-time, budgeted positions due to the termination, promotion or authorized long-term absence of the incumbent. A temporarily vacant position need not be a position without an incumbent. W.