Memorandum of Understanding with Unit 12 - Dpa - State of California

C. Permanent Shift ChangeA permanent shift change is defined as a change in the hours of work in a dayand/or the days of work in a week where such change shall be for a duration greaterthan thirty (30) calendar days. Permanent shift changes shall be made inaccordance with Article 17 (Reassignments and Transfers) of this agreement.For short shift changes and temporary shift changes as described above, noticerequirements shall not be required in the event that the change is necessitated by an eventthat poses immediate danger to life or property or as a result of natural disasters.7.5 Rest PeriodsAn employee will be granted a rest period not to exceed 15 minutes during each four (4)hours of his/her work shift unless there is an emergency or other operating needs precludeit. The rest period shall not exceed 30 minutes total for any day. Rest periods shall beconsidered hours worked. Rest periods not taken shall not be accumulated, used forovertime purposes, nor may they be used to "make-up" time. The State shall determine thetime when the rest period is to be taken. A rest period normally will not be granted duringthe first or last hour of the work shift. Except with the consent of the State, an employeeshall not leave his or her assigned work location.7.6 Meal PeriodsA. Unit 12 employees normally will be allowed an unpaid meal period of not less than 30minutes nor more than 60 minutes which shall be scheduled by the employee's supervisoras near as possible to the middle of the work shift. Employees on an unpaid meal periodwill not be restricted to any special area during the meal period. It shall be the responsibilityof each employee to be at the work site and prepared to begin work at the conclusion of themeal period.B. When employee’s shift includes a scheduled unpaid meal and the employee is requiredto work through any part of that period, the employee shall be paid at the appropriate hourlyrate for such meal period in the amount equivalent to the lost meal time or may be releasedfrom work an equivalent amount of time prior to the conclusion of the work shift.For purposes of this section, it is agreed that the employees who are assigned to overseethe work of public service workers will be considered to work through their meal periodwhen they are at a work site with them during the meal period and shall receive theappropriate hourly rate for such period as determined by the hours of work andcompensation section of this contract.C. Employees required to work a full shift without a scheduled meal period shall bepermitted to eat their meal while performing their duties.7.7 Overtime DistributionA. Supervisors shall endeavor to equally distribute overtime hours to all Unit 12 employeeswithin a work location. Within such work areas, the employees or the union may requestposting of a record of overtime hours offered to each employee. This record shall be keptsolely for the purpose of determining equitable distribution of overtime.50BU 12(99-01)