SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (POA) (7)

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Section 2. Definitions. A. Workday. Eight (8) hours of work shall constitute a regular and normal workday for all employees. The regular and normal workday for sworn, "safety-member" police personnel assigned to Traffic and Patrol shall be a tour of duty of eight and one-half (8 1/2) hours with one-half (1/2) hour for meals (Code 7 time) and for all others nine (9) hours with one (1) hour for Code 7 time, which Code 7 time shall not be considered overtime and is not otherwise compensable except as provided in the Settlement Agreement executed by the parties hereto on November 21, 1977, and including Field Operations Divisional Order No. 15, dated February 15, 1978, and attached to said Settlement Agreement as "Exhibit A." B. Minimum Workweek. The minimum workweek for all employees covered by this Agreement shall consist of forty (40) hours. C. Workweek Schedule During Schedule Changes. The City agrees to continue the following policy when scheduling days off during shift, assignment or other schedule changes: except in cases of emergency or other situations requiring days off for employees to be affected by a shift, work assignments or other schedule changes, to schedule no more and no less than five (5) regular and normal workdays, as defined in subsection A above, during any calendar week; however, and except in cases of emergency, no employee shall be scheduled to work more than five (5) consecutive days without the employee's consent. It is the intent of the parties that each employee so affected, shall receive two (2) consecutive days off whenever practical. For purposes of this Subsection, a calendar week begins at 0001 hours on Sunday and ends at 2400 hours on the following Saturday. ARTICLE IV - SALARIES Section 1. Basic Compensation Plan. There is hereby established a basic compensation plan for all members of the Santa Ana Police Officers Association who are now employed or will in the future be employed in any of the designated classifications of employment listed in this Agreement and its attachments. Section 2. Salary Schedule. The basic salary schedule, attached hereto in a matrix format as Exhibit A, and made a part hereof as though set forth in full herein, provides numerous salary rate ranges, each comprised of five (5) steps or rates of pay. The respective rate ranges are identified by a three digit number. The steps within each range are identified by the letters "A" through "E" inclusive, with the "A" step being the lowest step in the range. The purpose of each step and the length of service required for advancement to the next higher step within a particular salary rate range are set forth in Section 7 below. -2 -