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Section 2. Fixed Night Shift. The night shift shall be fixed and vacancies in such fixed shift shall
be posted. If there are no eligible bidders for fixed night shift vacancies, the Appointing Authority
shall fill the vacancy pursuant to Article 12, Section 7 or may request volunteers from among
Capitol Security employees not on fixed nights. If one or more employees volunteer for the
reassignment, the most senior volunteer, based on Class Seniority, shall be reassigned to the
vacancy. If there are no volunteers, the least senior employee, based on Class Seniority not on
fixed nights, shall be reassigned to the vacancy.
Employees permanently assigned to a fixed night shift may be temporarily scheduled to work other
shifts for the purpose of training, staff development, information meetings, or jury duty.
Employees working other than fixed night shifts may be temporarily rescheduled to work the night
shift. If it is necessary to make such a reassignment, the Appointing Authority shall request
volunteers from among employees who are working other than fixed nights. If one or more
employees volunteer for the reassignment, the most senior volunteer based on Class Seniority,
shall be scheduled to work the night shift. If there are no volunteers, the least senior, based on
Class Seniority, shall be scheduled to work the night shift.
Article 5 of the Master Agreement shall be supplemented and/or modified as follows:
Section 1. Alternate Work Schedules.
All Units
Alternate Work Schedules
A. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to establish a voluntary alternate work schedule for all
employees in the Department of Public Safety. Each DPS Division or Section has the option of
implementing this program. For purposes of this Article, the work week shall be Wednesday
through Tuesday.
B. Alternate Work Schedule Request. The alternate work schedule shall allow an employee to
request modification of his/her current work schedule to the following schedule: scheduled to work
nine (9) consecutive hours four (4) days per week and scheduled to work one (1) four (4) hour day
per week as designated by the Appointing Authority. Consecutive hours of work shall exclude the
normal unpaid lunch period. The employee shall request participation in this program in writing to
his/her immediate supervisor no later than seven (7) days prior to the starting date of the program.
Once the program is in effect, an employee may request to revert back to his/her original schedule
by providing a fourteen (14) calendar day notice to his/her immediate supervisor. Changes can
only be made at the beginning of the work week.
The Employer retains the right to deny individual requests under this program, and with fourteen
(14) calendar days notice, to end an individual's participation in the alternate scheduling program
where it would adversely affect the operation of the group. The Employer's decision in this regard
is not subject to the grievance procedure in Article 17 of the Master Agreement. An employee may
appeal their supervisor's decision in this regard to his/her Division Head or designee. If it is
necessary to limit the number of participants within a group, the Employer shall approve the
request(s) from the employee(s) with the most Department Seniority within the group.
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