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

2. Overtime shall be distributed as equally as practicable among employees who arequalified and available within the appropriate work site.D. CompensationCompensation for overtime work will be in accordance with Section 7.7, OvertimeCompensation.E. Overtime Meals (Replaces Section 11.2)1. The State shall provide a meal allowance of up to $7.50 or furnish a meal when arotating shift employee is required to work at least two consecutive hours prior to ortwo consecutive hours after their regular work shift.2. When required to work for extended periods of overtime, for each additionalsix-hour period, after the rotating shift employee has qualified for the first overtimemeal allowance, the employee may be reimbursed for actual meal expenses up to$7.50. No more than three overtime meals may be claimed during a 24-hour period.8.5 Holidays (Replaces Article 8)A. Each calendar year, permanent, full-time DWR employees covered by this Section shallbe entitled to at least thirteen (13) floating holidays with pay, in lieu of those pre-existingholidays listed below. Holidays shall be accrued and credited on the day of the pre-existingholiday, except for the personal holiday which shall be accrued and credited on July 1 ofeach year.B. The pre-existing holidays are: January 1, third Monday in January, February 12, the thirdMonday in February, the last Monday in May, July 4, the first Monday in September, thesecond Monday in October, November 11, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving,December 25, and one personal holiday.C. Employees shall request their holiday time off in advance in accordance with the DWRvacation/holiday scheduling policy. In the event operational needs preclude approval ofholiday time off, the employee will be compensated for all unused holiday time. Payment forunused holiday time shall be made on a lump sum hour-for-hour basis at the end of thefiscal year, based upon the employee's current salary.D. Time during which the employee is excused from work because of holiday, vacation orother paid leave shall be considered as time worked for the purposes of computingovertime.8.6 Shift Premium (Replaces Section 2.6)A. Employees in classifications covered by the DWR Rotating Shift Operations Policy whoregularly work rotating shifts shall be paid a shift differential when the shifts are scheduledduring the qualifying hours listed below and the employee works the scheduled shift.1. Rotating shift employees covered by this section shall be entitled to the RotatingShift Premium of eighty cents ($.80) per hour in addition to their regular rate of paywhen working a scheduled day, evening or night shift.2. Employees shall be entitled to an evening shift differential of forty cents ($.40) perhour when four (4) or more hours of the regularly scheduled shift fall between 6:00p.m. and midnight.55BU 12(99-01)