Time trade policy - Fire Engineering Training Community2024-03-29T15:59:31Zhttps://community.fireengineering.com/forum/topic/show?id=1219672%3ATopic%3A249712&feed=yes&xn_auth=no-We allow shift trading. The…tag:community.fireengineering.com,2011-01-10:1219672:Comment:2498132011-01-10T20:05:43.239ZMichael Bricault (ret)https://community.fireengineering.com/profile/FfrMichaelBricault
-We allow shift trading. The mutual exchange of a tour of duty must be executed within 60 days. If the firefighter is unable to complete the shift trade for whatever reason, he is responsible for the shift. That means that he must find someone to fill the slot; ie a third trade (he now owes two guys a shift each) or he is required to use sick hours. Worst case is that he's responsible to the city for the monetary value of the city running an overtime to cover the shift.
-We allow shift trading. The mutual exchange of a tour of duty must be executed within 60 days. If the firefighter is unable to complete the shift trade for whatever reason, he is responsible for the shift. That means that he must find someone to fill the slot; ie a third trade (he now owes two guys a shift each) or he is required to use sick hours. Worst case is that he's responsible to the city for the monetary value of the city running an overtime to cover the shift. John,
Thank you for the quick…tag:community.fireengineering.com,2011-01-10:1219672:Comment:2495072011-01-10T19:49:51.461ZEric Bunkofskehttps://community.fireengineering.com/profile/EricBunkofske
<p>John,</p>
<p>Thank you for the quick response. It does help.</p>
<p>Thanks again</p>
<p>Eric Bunkofske<br></br><br></br><cite>John K. Murphy said:</cite></p>
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<p>John,</p>
<p>Thank you for the quick response. It does help.</p>
<p>Thanks again</p>
<p>Eric Bunkofske<br/><br/><cite>John K. Murphy said:</cite></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">31.1<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> Employees of equal skill or rank shall have the option to trade shifts or portions of shifts. Shift trades are an agreement between employees done on a voluntary basis. The employee participating in a shift trade shall be entitled to all benefits afforded to on duty employees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.1.2<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Shift trades are intended to incur no cost to the Department.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.1.3<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Shift trade hours shall not constitute hours for calculating FLSA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.1.5<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The employees, with the concurrence of the Battalion Chief, shall be responsible for arranging and carrying out a shift trade.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">31.2<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> All shift trade documentation, with appropriate signatures, shall be completed before the trade using the agreed upon form or electronic process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> The Battalion Chief shall approve such shift trades.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.2.1<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Once the shift trade documentation or electronic process is completed and approved by the Battalion, the shift then becomes the responsibility of the employee accepting the trade.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.2.2<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">An employee who agrees to a shift trade and subsequently fails to complete the trade shall be held responsible for the hours agreed to, as follows:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">An employee who fails to report for an agreed upon shift trade shall be charged the equivalent incurred cost of the Department for replacement out of their vacation bank in hours (i.e., overtime replacement 24 hours equates to 36 hours vacation) at a rate of 1 1/2 hours for each hour not worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> If no overtime is incurred, then the employee will be charged vacation leave at the regular rate.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.2.2.2<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">An employee who calls in sick prior to an agreed upon shift trade shall be charged the equivalent incurred cost of the department for replacement out of their sick leave bank of hours (i.e. overtime replacement of 24 hours equates to 36 hours sick leave) at the rate of 1-1/2 hours for each hour not worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> If no overtime is incurred, then the employee will be charged sick leave at the regular rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> An employee without sufficient sick leave to cover the equivalent cost shall have the commensurate hours taken from their vacation bank.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> A trade shall be cancelled if the employee responsible to cover the trade has a disability or approved FMLA leave, is unable to cover the trade and the scheduled trade is greater than two shifts days in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> The employee responsible may find another employee to work the trade using the agreed upon process.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.2.3<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">An employee responsible to cover a shift trade that is out on a disability or approved FMLA less than 30 days prior to the agree upon trade and is unable to complete the trade, shall maintain the option to cover the agreed upon trade with another trade or be charged the equivalent cost out of vacation bank hours.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">of a shift trade obligation and leaves work, sick leave will be charged to that individual as described in Article 18 – Sick Leave.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.4<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Shift trades during bereavement leave will be counted as shifts off as outlined in Article 19 of this Agreement.</span></p>
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31.1 Employe…tag:community.fireengineering.com,2011-01-10:1219672:Comment:2498102011-01-10T19:45:42.432ZJohn K. Murphyhttps://community.fireengineering.com/profile/JohnKMurphy
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">31.1<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> Employees of equal skill or rank shall have the option to trade shifts or portions of shifts. Shift trades are an agreement between employees done on a voluntary basis. The employee participating in a shift trade shall be entitled to all benefits afforded to on duty employees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.1.5<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The employees, with the concurrence of the Battalion Chief, shall be responsible for arranging and carrying out a shift trade.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">31.2<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> All shift trade documentation, with appropriate signatures, shall be completed before the trade using the agreed upon form or electronic process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> The Battalion Chief shall approve such shift trades.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.2.1<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Once the shift trade documentation or electronic process is completed and approved by the Battalion, the shift then becomes the responsibility of the employee accepting the trade.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">An employee who fails to report for an agreed upon shift trade shall be charged the equivalent incurred cost of the Department for replacement out of their vacation bank in hours (i.e., overtime replacement 24 hours equates to 36 hours vacation) at a rate of 1 1/2 hours for each hour not worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> If no overtime is incurred, then the employee will be charged vacation leave at the regular rate.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.2.2.2<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">An employee who calls in sick prior to an agreed upon shift trade shall be charged the equivalent incurred cost of the department for replacement out of their sick leave bank of hours (i.e. overtime replacement of 24 hours equates to 36 hours sick leave) at the rate of 1-1/2 hours for each hour not worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> If no overtime is incurred, then the employee will be charged sick leave at the regular rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> An employee without sufficient sick leave to cover the equivalent cost shall have the commensurate hours taken from their vacation bank.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> A trade shall be cancelled if the employee responsible to cover the trade has a disability or approved FMLA leave, is unable to cover the trade and the scheduled trade is greater than two shifts days in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> The employee responsible may find another employee to work the trade using the agreed upon process.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.2.3<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">An employee responsible to cover a shift trade that is out on a disability or approved FMLA less than 30 days prior to the agree upon trade and is unable to complete the trade, shall maintain the option to cover the agreed upon trade with another trade or be charged the equivalent cost out of vacation bank hours.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.4<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Shift trades during bereavement leave will be counted as shifts off as outlined in Article 19 of this Agreement.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">31.5<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> Employees may be allowed to relieve another employee serving the previous shift trade prior to the actual scheduled starting time of the oncoming shift or may holdover for up to two (2) hours without notification of the Battalion Chief.</span></p>
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