C. During a period during the winter months, certain Park Department ermployees
will normally be scheduled to work a shift starting at 10:45 p.m. and will work eight (8)
consecutive hours until 6:45 am. Shift differential pay of forty (40) cents per hour will be paid
for time worked on this shift. The shift will be staffed, first, by employees desiring this shift; if
the staffing is not adequate, this shift will be filled by employees in order of reverse seniority
within the Department regardless of classification. Leave time taken by those employees during
the period when their schedule commences at 10:45 p.m. will be paid at the premium rate.
Overtime worked by those employees during the period when their schedule commences at
10:45 p.m. will be paid in accordance with Article 9, paragraph (B). This shift will be devoted to
winter maintenance of skating rinks, snow removal work and other work as assigned.
D. After a bargaining unit employee has been assigned and has worked in a
classification in a higher pay level than the employee’s regular classification, for an accumulated
period of one hundred twenty (120) hours within a twenty-four month period, the employee shall
be entitled to the pay rate of the higher paid classification while working in such classification if
the employee is assigned to and works in the higher paid classification for a minimum of eight
(8) hours in any one (1) calendar day.
E. Employees who operate the sweeper, and-Lawn_Tractor Operator-tmultiple rotary
units tractor)drives pulling the hot box or operates a vehicle required by state or federal law to be
operated by a CDL-A license and who have met the qualification period specified in paragraph
ED above, will be paid a differential of forty<40)-centsone_ dollar ($1.00) per hour above the
truck-driver rate_of the position in addition to any shift differential which may be appropriate,
while operating such equipment. A-forty-(46}-cents-per-hour premiumwill_-be-paidte any driver
reguiced-io-pril-the-het-ber
F, Equipment operators at the Solid Waste Department who hold valid Asbestos
Disposal Site Worker licenses issued by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental
Services will be paid a differential rate of $1.00 per hour when performing asbestos remediation
activities outside of normal landfill operations on City properties or projects and working within
the scope of their license.
ARTICLE 8 - WORK WEEK AND WORK SCHEDULE
A. The workweek shall consist of seven (7) consecutive twenty-four (24) hour
periods with 12:01 AM Sunday being the end of the workweek.
B. The normal work schedule shall consist of five (5) consecutive eight (8) hour
workdays.
C. Employees engaged in continuous operations are defined as being any employee
or group of employees engaged in an operation for which there is regularly scheduled
employment for twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week. The workweek for
employees engaged in continuous operations shall consist of five (5) consecutive eight (8) hour
days. The City will schedule regular working hours and regular workweeks to suit specific jobs
in continuous operations.
D, The City may establish working hours for jobs having other than normal
requirements.
