SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 1939, AFL-CIO, CLC PART-TIME (1989-1991)

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B. Meal Period. Crossing Guards and other part-time employees who are scheduled to work and who work a minimum of seven and one-half (7-1/2) hours in a day shall be entitled to a non-paid lunch period of one-half (1/2) hour. Such non-paid lunch periods shall be scheduled at or about the midpoint of each work shift. Section 2. Maximum Hour Limits. Except for Crossing Guards, part-time employees are limited to a maximum of twenty (20) hours of work per week. Crossing Guards and other part- time employees are limited to a maximum of nine hundred and ninety-nine (999) hours per fiscal year (e.g., July 1st each year through June 30th following year). The City will provide timely notification to part-time employees prior to the attainment of their maximum annual limit of work hours, but failure to provide such notification shall not be the basis for any liability of the City. Section 3. Public Relations. The parties agree that the image of the public employee in the community must be maintained if high levels of employee morale are to be achieved. To this end, the parties agree to mutually pledge their best efforts over the life of this Agreement to continuously encourage employees to be courteous, helpful and industrious in all their public contacts and when in public view during the full duty period. Section 4. Health and Safety. The parties agree that industrial health and safety are mutual concerns of the City and of the Union. The City and the employees covered by this Agreement agree to comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws, and City of Santa Ana regulations, which pertain to health and safety, The Union agrees to encourage employees to work safely and efficiently. ARTICLE 4. COMPENSATION PLAN Section 1. Wage Rate Schedule. The wage rates for designated class titles to which Crossing Guards and other part-time employees covered by this Agreement are attached as Exhibits A and B. The wage increases will become effective with the City Council's approval of the Part-time Employees' Memorandum of Understanding. Section 2. Initial Wage Rate. The initial wage rate for new employees covered by this Agreement shall be the lowest rate assigned to the class title in the above Wage Rate Schedule to which the employee is appointed; provided, however, the appointing authority may appoint a new employee at a higher step in the applicable wage rate range assigned to the class title if there has been unusual difficulty in recruiting competent employees at the lowest rate, or the higher initial rate selected is commensurate with the education and experience of the appointee. An employee shall be entitled to advance to the next higher step, if any, in the rate range assigned to his/her class title in accordance with further provisions of this Article. Section 3. Advancement Within Ranges A. Crossing Guards and other part-time employees shall be entitled to advance from Step A to Step B after completing 1,040 hours of work, effective the first day of the pay period next following the date of completion of said number of work hours, B. Progression to successively higher steps shall be in accordance with the following schedule: • Step 13 to Step C, after completion of 1,040 hours of work at Step B; 2