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This ARTICLE is intended only to define the normal hours of work. Nothing herein shall be construed as a guarantee of hours of work per day or per week. 8.1 The sole authority in work schedules is the EMPLOYER. The normal work day for an EMPLOYEE shall be eight(8)hours. The normal work week shall be forty (40) hours, Monday through Friday. The normal work week for premium pay purposes shall begin at 12:01 a.m.,Saturday.EMPLOYEES shall be given a two week posted or written notice of exceptions or changes in the normal work week start time.In the event that work is required because of unusual circumstances such as,but not limited to,fire,flood,snow,sleet or breakdown of municipal equipment or facilities,no advance notice need be given. 8.2 In order to provide service to the public, the EMPLOYER may require the establishment of shifts for some EMPLOYEES on a daily, weekly, seasonal or annual basis other than the normal work day or work week. 8.3 Each EMPLOYEE has an obligation to work overtime or callbacks if requested. Overtime will first be offered by the EMPLOYER on a voluntary basis. Employees who are on vacation leave that has been requested and approved according to normal department procedures are not obligated to respond to callbacks. 8.4 Every regular EMPLOYEE shall be granted a thirty (30) minute lunch break without pay. Also, every regular EMPLOYEE, when working under conditions where a break period is practicable, shall be granted a fifteen (15) minute break period with pay in each half of the EMPLOYEE'S shift. -Each department head shall schedule rest periods so as not to interfere with work requirements. 8.5 EMPLOYEES who are not exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), working in excess of forty(40)hours within the work week,shall be compensated for such over-time at the rate of one and one-half(1-1/2)times the EMPLOYEE'S regular rate of pay in accordance to FLSA. The formula used for payment herein shall be the same regardless of operation of equipment uEn T EO Of ether rates 1 As an alternative to compensation at premium rates for time worked in excess of forty(40)hours within the work week,the EMPLOYEE may request compensatory time earned-&ff in lieu of over-time pay. C-eompensatory time earned--&€f to an EMPLOYEE,to be taken at a later date,but not within the same workweek, which shall be computed at one and one-half(1-1/2) the time worked in excess of forty(40)hours within a work week. For the purposes of calculating overtime,an employee using paid holidays,vacation leave,sick leave- or compensatory time--earned-off is considered to be working. 8.6 Neither compensation for over-time nor accumulation of compensatory time earned will be granted unless the work is performed at the direction of,or with the prior written approval of,the EMPLOYEE'S supervisor. 8.7 Neither compensation at over-time rates nor accumulation of compensatory time learned will be paid for time not worked except as provided in this section. Time LFormatted:Right,Right: 0" 11 `"