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It is the intent of the parties that no additional paid time off shall be gained or lost <br />as a result of the implementation of either the 4/10, the 3/11.5 plus 1/5.5, or the <br />9180 work schedules. The City reserves the right to abandon either the 4/10, the <br />3/11.5 plus 1/5.5, or the 9/80 work schedules for these employees if, in the <br />opinion of the concerned Department Head and the City Manager, either the 4/10, <br />the 3/11.5 plus 115.5, or the 9/80 work schedules has not produced the desired <br />results. If this right is exercised, however, the City and SEIU shall meet and <br />confer in good faith prior to abandoning any of these work schedules. <br />D. Any employee having been authorized to work the 9/80 work schedule who <br />subsequently encounters a personal hardship with his/her work hours may request <br />an accommodation from his/her Department Head. A "hardship request" will be <br />limited to an employee's authorized hours of work. An accommodation will be <br />considered only after the employee has exhausted all other personal options to <br />resolve the hardship. <br />If the employee is unable to resolve his/her problem, the employee may request an <br />accommodation from their Department Head by submitting a hardship claim. The <br />Department Head may authorize an accommodation after reviewing said claim or <br />assign a manager to investigate and recommend a resolution of the hardship <br />claim. The recommendation of the manager will be limited to the following: <br />Approve an appropriate flex schedule that does not disrupt the department <br />ability to deliver its services or create disruption in the work unit. <br />2. Disapprove the employee's proposed solution to resolve the hardship. <br />3. Reassign the employee to a 5/40 work schedule. <br />The Department Head may accept any one of the manager's recommendations or <br />advance his own to resolve the hardship. <br />E. The Water Production staff will work an eight (8) hour day shift covering <br />Monday through Friday. Employees will be required to take a 30 minute unpaid <br />lunch break during the shift. <br />3.3 Employee Furlou0is. Beginning October 2010 and ending in February 2012, employees <br />covered by this agreement shall take twenty (20) eight-hour unpaid furlough days totaling <br />160 homy. Employees covered by this agreement shall furlough one day a month except <br />two additional days shall be taken in December of 2010 and one additional day shall be <br />taken in December 2011. Furloughing shall be on a set day agreeable to the City and <br />union. However, for those departments or divisions identified by the City as having a <br />business necessity, the firrlough schedule shall be based on those operational needs. <br />Employees in departments or divisions with special needs may bank firrlough hours <br />which shall be taken at the discretion of the employees with the approval of their <br />10 <br />25B-50