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who works a rotating shift rather than a fixed shift will bepaid the three percent (3%) shift differential for hoursworked regardless of time of day while in rotation status.(5) Shift Selection. Employees working in offices with multipledaily shifts shall be given an opportunity, no lessthan annually, to express their preferences regarding shiftassignment. Every effort shall be made to accommodateexpressed shift preferences. Shift assignments shall bemade in accordance with expressed preferences, seniority,ability to perform the available work and the needs of theaffected office. “Seniority” as used in this Section refers tojob classification seniority. In the event that a reductionin force or reorganization causes an employee to moveto a new job classification performing work substantiallysimilar to the prior job classification, the prior classificationseniority shall continue in the new job.(6) The Authority may “call-in” employees for work outsidetheir regular work schedule. Employees who are called infrom home for work outside their regular work scheduleshall be guaranteed a minimum of two hours pay at doubletime rates. Such employees shall be paid at double timerates for the first four hours worked under this sectionand at time and one-half rates for time worked in excessof four hours. Except for the two-hour call-in guarantee,premium rates shall apply only to work required outsidethe regular schedule. The call-in provisions contained inthis Section shall not apply to work outside the regularwork schedule that is assigned or scheduled in accordancewith the provisions of Section (8).(7) Employees requested by the Office Director, or designee,to use personal vehicles in the performance of Authoritybusiness shall be reimbursed at the then-current Authority27