EXHIBIT 28 Collective Bargaining Agreements With Unions ...

APPENDIX N
ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC UNIT
Hours of Work - Department of Environmental Protection
It is understood and agreed between the parties that the provisions of Section 9 of Article 6,
Hours of Work, specifically apply to employees in the following classifications in the Department
of Environmental Protection: Conservation District Field Representative I, Conservation District
Field Representative II and Conservation Program Specialist I. The following provisions will
govern the hours of work of the employees in these classifications.
Employees assigned by the Employer to attend evening meetings or to conduct inspections
scheduled in conformity with the work hours of the regulated industry shall, at the discretion of the
Employer:
(1) Be compensated for said hours worked at the appropriate rate, or
(2) Be rescheduled for time off at the appropriate rate for said hours worked.
Rescheduled time shall be scheduled and granted at a time mutually agreed upon by
the Employer and the employee. If, after six months following the assignment
giving rise to the need for reschedule time, no mutual agreement has been reached,
the period for rescheduling shall be extended an additional 90 days. During this 90
day extension period, the Employer shall, at its discretion, either schedule the
employee for time off or shall compensate the employee for those hours for which
it does not schedule said employee off. Employees who are scheduled for time off
by the Employer pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph but who elect instead
to work during those hours shall not be entitled to further compensation for or
rescheduling of those hours.
Hours worked which are rescheduled as time off within either the week in which the
meeting or inspection is conducted or at a later date, shall not be regarded as hours worked for the
purpose of computing overtime hours.
Travel Time
Employees who are required to travel between 25 and 49 miles as measured by the shortest
regularly traveled route from their home or headquarters to a field work site shall be granted
one-half hour travel time in each direction.
Employees who are required to travel between 50 and 99 miles as measured by the shortest
regularly traveled route from their home or headquarters to a field work site shall be granted one
hour travel time in each direction.
An employee who is required to travel more than 100 miles as measured by the shortest
regularly traveled route from their home or headquarters to a field work site shall be granted an
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