A. 
Regular work week.
1. 
The standard workweek shall consist of the period from midnight Sunday to the following midnight Sunday. The standard workday shall consist of the period midnight to midnight.
B. 
Alternate work week. Alternate work schedules may consist of workweeks other than midnight Sunday to the following midnight Sunday as approved by the director.
1. 
Employees on an alternative work schedule shall have a workweek definition of a regular recurring period of 168 hours (7 consecutive 24 hour periods).
(AO No. 79-195; AO No. 2001-121, § 2, 7-1-2001; AO No. 2011-61(S), § 9, 7-12-2011, retro eff. 7-4-2011)
A. 
Scheduling by Employer. The Municipality shall schedule all shifts.
1. 
Each regular employee shall be assigned a regular shift.
B. 
Regular shift.
1. 
Regular working hours of full-time employees shall normally consist of a five-consecutive-day schedule, eight hours a day, 40 hours a week; or a four-consecutive-day schedule, ten hours a day, 40 hours a week, unless on an approved alternate shift.
2. 
Part-time working hours shall be determined by the agency head.
C. 
Alternate shift. Alternate shifts are schedules that do not meet the definition of a regular shift.
1. 
An alternate shift includes 40-hour workweeks in which the ending or beginning of the shift may be other than midnight Sunday to the following midnight Sunday, such as, but not limited to, shifts that begin on a mid-Friday to accommodate a 9-80 schedule and end the following mid-Friday.
D. 
Flex time. Employees who meet the 40 hours a week requirement prior to the end of the employee's scheduled workweek may, with supervisory approval, be released from working the employee's remaining regularly scheduled hours without reduction to the employee's leave. Employees who take annual leave during the workweek and subsequently work additional hours in the workweek may, with supervisory approval, flex (reduce) their annual leave time taken earlier in the workweek.
(AO No. 79-195; AO No. 2001-121, § 3, 7-1-2001; AO No. 2011-61(S), § 10, 7-12-2011, retro eff. 7-4-2011)
A. 
Temporary shifting of employees' working hours to meet operational needs may be done as necessary and if approved by the agency head.
B. 
The affected employees shall be provided with 48 hours advanced notice, except in emergency situations, or when the employees waive the need for notice.
C. 
Temporary changes for more than one week in duration require one week's advance notice to employees except in emergency situations, or when the employees waive the need for notice.
D. 
Fire Department Kelly shift employees may be assigned temporarily to a 40-hour work week. When assigned to a forty-hour work week the employee shall not suffer a reduction in pay (including FLSA) or benefits. The employees' factored rate of pay will be converted to a 40-hour factored rate of pay. When the employee works overtime related to the 56-hour schedule overtime shall be paid at the 56-hour factored overtime rate. When the employee works overtime related to the 40-hour work the overtime shall be paid at the 40-hour factored overtime rate.
(AO No. 79-195; AO No. 2011-61(S), § 11, 7-12-2011, retro eff. 7-4-2011; AO No. 2016-53, § 2, 1-1-2017)
Agency heads may authorize either one-hour or one-half-hour unpaid lunch periods to meet operational staffing requirements. Such periods will normally be taken at midshift.
(AO No. 79-195)
A. 
Employees shall be notified as far in advance as practicable of changes to an employee's regular working hours and shifts.
1. 
However, the municipality shall provide the employees affected at least one week's notice of the change and, if possible, two weeks' notice, except in emergency situations or when the employees waive the need for notice.
(AO No. 79-195; AO No. 2011-61(S), § 12, 7-12-2011, retro eff. 7-4-2011)