PAX Centurion - November / December 2013

Page 12 • PAX CENTURION • November/December 2013 617-989-BPPA (2772) SSTPOs will be part of a centralized unit assigned back to the districts provided, however, that they will be eligible for paid details and non-SST overtime throughArea F. The SST unit will have a separate overtime list for SST assignments. The department shall assign overtime arising in the SST unit to SSTPOs consistent with the purposes of the unit as defined in this subsection. Current SSTPOs who wish to remain on a SST need to apply for a vacancy. If selected, he/she shall be detailed to his/her present assignment and shift. Equipment and uniforms for SSTPOs will be provided without affecting officers’ current uniform allowances. City’s Holiday Proposal Denied. Union Release Time The following language will be added to the end of Article IV, Section 2: Officers covered by Section 2 shall not be compensated in any matter for Section 2 covered activities performed on a regularly scheduled day off or vacation day, or other leave days, except for meetings attended by: agents of the city, arbitrators, mediators, representatives of labor relations and labor and employment agencies who request their attendance. Officers attending such meetings on a non- working day when the activity cannot be rescheduled shall receive a minimum of 4 hours compensatory time, and after that shall receive compensatory time on an hour for hour basis. Injured on Duty Status The City withdrew its proposal on this issue. Compensatory Time Revisions Add to Article IX (“Hours of Work and Overtime”) a new Section 7 entitled “Compensatory Time” to provide as follows: 1. Accrual of Compensatory Time: Members of the BPPA may only earn compensatory time in lieu of overtime for service performed in the following categories: A. Officer Initiated Out of Turn Service: i. “Officer Initiated Out of Turn Service” shall be defined as an out of turn tour of duty which is substituted for a regularly scheduled tour of duty by mutual agreement between the Department and the employee. ii. An officer may be allowed to swap tours of duty outside his/ her regularly assigned shift (day tour for night tour, etc.). The out of turn tour must be worked prior to the regularly scheduled tour of duty being taken off. iii. When an officer requests to work an out of turn tour of duty, the officer must specifically designate the regularly scheduled tour(s) of duty he/she intends to take off. Such tour(s) must be within the same Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) pay period The Award based on Arbitrator’s ruling From Award on page 11 as the day the officer “worked in.” iv. Upon receiving a written request to work an out of turn tour of duty, signed by the affected officers), the commanding officer may allow the swapping of a tour of duty as described herein. The commanding officer’s discretion is paramount in these cases and his/her decision is not subject toArticle VI (“Grievance Procedure andArbitration”). v. An officer is not entitled to a guaranteed minimum number of hours for “Officer Initiated Out of Turn Service.”All time will be calculated based on actual hours worked. Accrued time must be used in full shift increments and the bargaining unit member must have sufficient accrued time for each shift he/she “works out.” B. Officers Performing CertainAdministrative Functions: Time andAttendance Clerks, Detail Clerks, and Chief Clerks performing certain administrative functions pursuant toArticle XVI, Section 24 of the collective bargaining agreement may, at the discretion of the Captain, earn compensatory time for service he/she performs on behalf of another officer performing the same administrative functions. Such officers shall accrue said compensatory time on a straight time (“hour for hour”) basis unless overtime compensation is required pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). C. Training: An officer is entitled to earn compensatory time in accordance withArticle IX (“Hours of Work and Overtime”), Section 3(F) (‘Training”). D. Overtime Service on a Vacation Day: An officer who is called in for overtime service during his/her vacation shall receive, in addition to the overtime compensation otherwise provided under Article IX, Section 4(A) of the collective bargaining agreement, a compensatory day off for each such day of vacation on which he/she performs overtime service. E. Department Meetings: By mutual agreement between the Department and the employee an officer (or officers), other than Community Service Officers, may attend a meeting other than on the officer’s regular tour of duty, without regard to the “low man” principle, if there is a special need for sending the selected officer(s) to the meeting or event, i.e. sending an officer familiar with crime in a particular location. The selected officer(s) shall accrue compensatory time on a straight time (“hour for hour”) basis for attending the meeting or event unless overtime compensation is required pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). F. VoluntaryAssignments: By mutual agreement between the Department and the employee, the Department shall have the right to grant compensatory time in lieu of pay for the following voluntary assignments: i. Award ceremonies ii. Funeral escorts/wakes iii. Gaelic Column iv. Honor Guard