SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 721 (SEIU) (2010-2013)

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It is the intent of the parties that no additional paid time off shall be gained or lost as a result of the implementation of either the 4/10, the 3/11.5 plus 115.5, or the 9/80 work schedules. The City reserves the right to abandon either the 4/10, the 3/11.5 plus 1/5.5, or the 9/80 work schedules for these employees if, in the opinion of the concerned Department Head and the City Manager, either the 4/10, the 3/11.5 plus 1/5.5, or the 9/80 work schedules has not produced the desired results. If this right is exercised, however, the City and SEI J shall meet and confer in good faith prior to abandoning any of these work schedules. D. Any employee having been authorized to work the 9/80 work schedule who subsequently encounters a personal hardship with his/her work hours may request an accommodation from his/her Department Head. A "hardship request" will be limited to an employee's authorized hours of work. An accommodation will be considered only after the employee has exhausted all other personal options to resolve the hardship. If the employee is unable to resolve his/her problem, the employee may request an accommodation from their Department Head by submitting a hardship claim. The Department Head may authorize an accommodation after reviewing said claim or assign a manager to investigate and recommend a resolution of the hardship claim. The recommendation of the manager will be limited to the following: 1. Approve an appropriate flex schedule that does not disrupt the department ability to deliver its services or create disruption in the work unit. 2. Disapprove the employee's proposed solution to resolve the hardship. 3. Reassign the employee to a 5/40 work schedule. The Department Head may accept any one of the manager's recommendations or advance his own to resolve the hardship. E. The Water Production staff will work an eight (8) hour day shift covering Monday through Friday. Employees will be required to take a 30 minute unpaid lunch break during the shift. 3.3 Employee Furloughs. Beginning October 2010 and ending in February 2012, employees covered by this agreement shall take twenty (20) eight-hour unpaid furlough days totaling 160 hours. Employees covered by this agreement shall furlough one day a month except two additional days shall be taken in December of 2010 and one additional day shall be taken in December 2011. Furloughing shall be on a set day agreeable to the City and union. However, for those departments or divisions identified by the City as having a business necessity, the furlough schedule shall be based on those operational needs. Employees in departments or divisions with special needs may bank furlough hours which shall be taken at the discretion of the employees with the approval of their 10