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through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and a four (4) hour day, 7:00 a.m. to <br />11:00 a.m., on Friday. <br /> <br /> An employee who uses sick leave, vacation, and compensatory time shall be <br />charged nine (9) hours during the Summer Work Schedule. Holiday and <br />bereavement leave is credited at eight (8) hours during this schedule. Employees <br />shall use one (1) hour of vacation or compensatory time to account for the nine <br />(9) hour day or get supervisor approval to work one additional hour during a <br />holiday/bereavement week to complete their 40-hour work week. <br /> <br />12.5 All employees scheduled to work six or more hours per shift are required to take a <br />half-hour, unpaid meal break. Employees shall receive one (1) unpaid thirty (30) <br />minute meal break near the middle of their shift and one paid fifteen (15) minute <br />a.m. break and one paid fifteen minute p.m. break per eight (8) or nine (9) hour <br />shift. With the approval of their supervisor, employees may combine break time <br />with their unpaid meal break. Employees must take an a.m. and a p.m. break of at <br />least five (5) minutes each. <br /> <br />12.6 Fire calls during working hours. An employee will be allowed to respond to fire <br />calls as approved and determined by his/her department director, based on the <br />work assignments and responsibilities of the employee. <br /> <br /> Employees responding to fire calls during regular work hours will be <br />compensated at the same rate as his/her regular city position with no additional <br />firefighter pay compensation. <br /> <br /> While off duty from his/her regular position and on vacation or compensatory <br />time employees will receive firefighter pay when responding. <br /> <br />12.7 Fire calls during non-work hours. Employees will receive their normal firefighter <br />compensation for fire calls and training that do not occur during the regular work <br />hours of the regular position. <br /> <br /> Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Employees will be paid <br />overtime in accordance with the FLSA. Actual time worked will be used for <br />determining overtime payment, with no consideration to the one-hour minimum <br />call out pay provision for firefighter pay. By advance mutual agreement, overtime <br />earned for performance of fire department activities may be paid at one and one- <br />half times the employee’s firefighter pay rate. <br /> <br /> <br />ARTICLE 13 – OVERTIME PAY <br />Hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours within a seven (7) day period will be <br />compensated at one and one-half (1½) times the employee's regular base pay rate. Paid <br />holidays, bereavement leave, and sick leave shall be the only non-work days with compensation <br />considered for purposes of computing overtime compensation. The Employer will not <br />change the employees work schedule for the sole purpose of avoiding overtime <br />compensation. <br />10 <br /> <br /> <br />