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ARTICLE III <br />3.0 WORKING CONDITIONS <br />3.1 Hours of Work. The Department Head, or his or her designee, subject to regulation and <br />control by the City Manager, shall determine the number of hours of work per day and <br />work week which any Part Time employee may be required to work, or whether such Part <br />Time employee shall work at all. <br />A. Rest Period. A paid rest period of fifteen (15) minutes duration may be granted <br />during each work period of four (4) or more hours, subject to the operational <br />needs and staffing requirements of the department during that period. <br />B. Meal Period. Part Time employees who are scheduled to work and who work a <br />minimum of six (6) hours in a day shall be entitled to a non -paid lunch period of <br />one -half (' /z) hour. Such non -paid lunch periods shall be scheduled at or about the <br />midpoint of each work shift. <br />3.2 Maximum Hour Limits. Part Time employees are limited to a maximum of twenty (20) <br />hours of work per week. <br />A. Part Time employees who are not members of the California Public Employees <br />Retirement System (CalPERS) are limited to a maximum of nine hundred and <br />ninety -nine (999) hours per fiscal year (July 1 each year through June 30 of the <br />following year). <br />B. Part time employees who are members of CalPERS may work a maximum of <br />1040 hours per fiscal year. <br />The City will provide timely notification to Part Time employees prior to the attainment <br />of their maximum annual limit of work hours, but failure to provide such notification <br />shall not be the basis for any liability of the City. <br />3.3 Public Relations. The parties agree that the image of the public employee in the <br />community must be maintained if high levels of employee morale are to be achieved. To <br />this end, the parties agree to mutually pledge their best efforts over the life of this <br />Agreement to continuously encourage employees to be courteous, helpful and industrious <br />in all their public contacts and when in public view during the full duty period. <br />3.4 Health and Safety. The parties agree that industrial health and safety are mutual concerns <br />of the City and of the Union. The City and the employees covered by this Agreement <br />agree to comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, and City of Santa Ana <br />regulations, which pertain to health and safety. The Union agrees to encourage <br />employees to work safely and efficiently. <br />