Contract ✅✅ Flashcards
On January 1st of each year how many hours of vacation are reduced per member so 2 union officials can conduct union business?
2 hours
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When does the calender week begin and end?
Begins 00:00 on Sunday and ends 23:59 on Saturday.
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Does the city OR the union have the right to determine the “Size and composition of the workforce”?
City
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Under normal conditions a grievance must be presented within how many days from occurring?
30 days from when the grievant became aware (or should have become aware). Never to exceed 45 days.
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The Fire Chief has how long to respond to a grievance?
6 days.
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If the union is not satisfied with the Fire Chiefs response to a grievance, what is the next step?
The grievance is presented to the Public Safety Director.
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The Public Safety Director has how long to answer a grievance?
20 days.
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If the Public Safety Directors decision on a grievance is not acceptable to the union, what is the next step?
Grievance is submitted to arbitration.
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If, during the course of discussion, a Superior Officer realizes disciplinary action could result. The Superior Officer is required to do what?
Notify the employee that they may request the presence of a Union Rep before the discussion continues.
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A FF can work OOC as a Captian between the hours of 0800 - 2000. Such assignment shall not exceed how many hours?
4 hours.
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For an employee to not be used OOC, what should they do?
A request must be made in writing to the Fire Chief.
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Arson Bureau employees (in good standing) may purchase their service weapon upon retirement. For how much?
$1
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Are hooded sweatshirts ever allowed to be worn on duty?
No. Page 46
No employee shall receive or be paid for vacation until they have worked how many pay periods?
13 pay periods
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When must vacation be canceled?
No later than 1000 hours on the employees assigned workday preceding the workday for which the vacation is scheduled.
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Any grievance not settled through the grievance process can be be taken to who?
An arbitrator.
Court of common pleas is next.
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For the city to investigate a civilian complaint (including anonymous), it must be received by the city in how many days?
90
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If the need is Foreseeable, an employee must give the city how much notice before using FMLA?
30 days
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Each employee has the right to receive or work trades up to how many hours per calendar year?
336 hours. 14 days
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Who must approve an employee working more than the normal maximum hours of trades?
The Fire Chief.
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If an employee agrees to work a trade and fails to report for duty, who’s vacation time will be charged?
The employee originally scheduled to work the time.
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Employees who agree to work a trade and fail to report for duty for the entire 24 hour shift shall be barred from trading for how long?
1 year
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How will the number of drug vs alcohol tests be divided?
Equally.
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If a drug or alcohol test is thought to be adulterated what opportunity will the employee be offered?
If this offer is refused, what will the test be considered?
They will offered the opportunity to provide a second sample, under observation, without privacy constraints.
The test will be considered positive.
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If an employee has a 0.02 grams per 210L of breath test for alcohol what conformation test shall be done?
Blood test, above 0.04 grams per 100ml of blood shall be considered positive.
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What shall be done with an employee that reports for work or is working with an alcohol level of 0.02 - 0.039 per 210L of breath?
Sent home for the remainder of the shift & must use earned leave.
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After the last chance period an employee is subject to termination for a positive test, within how many years?
7
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The 40-hour work week consists of 5 8-hour days. What is the Canine Handlers’ work week?
35-hour work week as 5 consecutive 7-hour days (paid for 8 hours each day). The extra hour is for animal care & maintenance. (2 consecutive days off)
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When recruit FF’s are assigned to a unit, who assigns their Kelly days?
The Fire Chief.
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All time donated for union duties will be placed in a Time Bank each year totaling how many hours?
4,160 hours each year into the time bank.
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The union shall authorize aggregate days, beginning with even years, for use by union officials to attend conventions, educational meetings, or conferences totaling how many work days?
128 Work days
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What is the 2 week “pay period”?
Begins at 0800 on a Sunday and ending on the second Sunday thereafter at 07:59
Pg 4
Can time limits prescribed in the grievance process be extended for any reason?
Yes, they may be extended at any time by mutual consent of the parties.
Pg 11
Failure to answer a grievance at any step within the prescribed time limits shall be considered a _____ and it shall _____.
Shall be considered a denial of the grievance, and it shall automatically proceed to the next step.
Pg 11
When is the “Maintenance Allowance” given to uniformed employees, and how much is it?
In the first regular check following the first pay period in the amount of $1,175.
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Vacation in excess of the maximum accrual will be paid out at the end of what month?
At the end of February each year.
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Vacation leave may be taken in increments of ___ with a minimum of ___.
Increments of 1 hour with a minimum of 4 hours.
Pg 48 (F)
Vacation year shall extend from ___ to ____.
March 1st to March 1st
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Request for vacation must be received by who?
ES1
Pg 48
Requests for annual vacation must be received by what date?
February 1st
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What is the maximum amount of personnel allowed on vacation per unit day?
23 uniformed employees per day
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The staffing level must be between ___ and ____ to allow for a maximum of 23 uniformed employees.
Staffing must be between 785 and 810 excluding recruits
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Once manpower levels rise above 810, 1 additional vacation request will be permitted for every ___ additional firefighters.
45
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