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5 <br />ARTICLE III <br />3.0 ATTENDANCE, WORKDAY, WORKWEEK & WORK SCHEDULE <br />3.1 Attendance. Employees shall be in attendance at their work during hours prescribed by <br />the Police Chief or their designee(s) and shall not absent themselves during prescribed <br />hours without authorization from the Police Chief or their designee. Employees shall not <br />be required to submit a Leave of Absence Request for absences of two (2) hours or less. <br />3.2 Alternative Work Schedules. <br />A. All employees, except those Police Lieutenants assigned as Watch Commanders <br />or assigned to positions designated by the Police Chief as special exemptions, <br />shall be permitted, at the employee’s option, to work a 4/10 work schedule. Each <br />workday shall consist of ten (10) hours of work and thirty (30) minutes unpaid <br />mealtime. Said schedule shall be set by the Police Chief and subject to annual <br />review by the Police Chief. <br />B. All employees (except those Police Lieutenants assigned as Watch Commanders) <br />not assigned to the 4/10 work schedule shall work a 9/80 work schedule. <br />Employees assigned to the 207(k) 9/80 work schedule shall work either five (5) <br />nine-hour workdays in the first seven (7) day span and three (3) nine-hour and one <br />(1) eight-hour workdays in the second seven (7) day span, or alternatively three <br />(3) nine-hour workdays and one (1) eight-hour workday in the first seven (7) day <br />span and five (5) nine-hour workdays in the second seven (7) day span. Each nine <br />(9) hour workday shall consist of nine (9) hours of work and thirty (30) minutes <br />unpaid mealtime. The eight (8) hour workday shall consist of eight (8) hours of <br />work and thirty (30) minutes of unpaid mealtime. <br />C. Police Lieutenants assigned to the Field Operations Division as Watch <br />Commanders will continue to be assigned to a 3/12 – 4/12 work schedule. The <br />minimum work day for these employees will consist of eleven (11) hours and <br />thirty (30) minutes of work, with thirty (30) additional minutes for meals. A <br />minimum work period shall consist of two (2) consecutive weeks, with three (3) <br />shifts of eleven (11) hours and thirty (30) minutes in one (1) week and four (4) <br />shifts of eleven (11) hours and thirty (30) minutes in the second week. <br />D. For purposes of computing holiday, vacation, and sick leave accruals, an eight (8) <br />hour day shall be the basis for computation.