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I. Early Relief The practice of early shift relief shall be voluntary on behalf of each employee involved in the relief. An employee must have the approval of the watch commander prior to being allowed early relief. The employee providing the early relief shall not have his/her compensable hours increased as a result of the early relief, nor shall the employee relieved early have his/her compensable hours decreased as a result of the early relief. "Paybacks" of early relief hours are the sole obligation of the two employees involved in the early relief. Any dispute is to be resolved by the involved employees. The department is not responsible in any manner for hours owed to employees by other employees that leave the employment of the City or are assigned other duties. I Training Time Training time outside normally scheduled work hours shall be compensated pursuant to Code of Federal Regulations 29 CFR. When feasible, the Department will adjust the employee's work schedule to minimize the impact of travel and training time. An employee attending mandatory training or called in to mandatory training shall receive credit for a minimum of one hour. K. City Vehicle Use: Employees who are provided with a City vehicle to travel to and from work shall not be compensated in any manner whatsoever for such travel time in the City vehicle. No employee other than those on authorized standby duty will be allowed to take a Cityvehicle home if the distance is greater than 15 miles one way. This provision also applies in those situations where the radio must be left on and monitored. City vehicles are an extension of City buildings. There is no smoking allowed in City buildings, or in City - owned vehicles (R-10-93 and AB846). The employee is also required to wear a seat belt when driving and/or riding in City -owned vehicles. L. Call Back Pay: Call back duty occurs when an employee is ordered to return to duty on a non -regularly scheduled work shift. Call back does not occur when an employee is held over from his/her prior shift or asked to come in immediately prior to his/her regularly scheduled shift. An employee called back to duty shall be credited for actual hours worked (a minimum of one hour shall be paid). Travel time shall not be considered hours worked and shall not be compensated in any manner whatsoever. M. Court Pay: When an employee is physically called to court, while off duty, he/she shall be credited on an hour -for -hour basis for the time actually spent in court. An employee shall be credited with a minimum of one hour of the court appearance. Travel time shall not be considered hours worked and shall not be compensated in any manner whatsoever. N. Court Standby Pam An employee may leave a telephone number or wear an electronic pager so that he/she may be reached while on court standby. Such time is not considered hours worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act and will not be compensated except as set forth below. Alternatively, an employee on court standby may, with the permission of the department, report to the police facility, in uniform, for assignment while awaiting court. An employee shall be credited on an hour -for -hour basis for time actually worked while on standby. Travel time to the police facility shall not be considered hours worked and shall not be compensated in any manner whatsoever. In recognition of the City's established practice, the City shall continue to compensate employees at the rate of four hours pay at time and one-half when placed on standby by the District Attorney's Office. This payment is being made pursuant to the MOU, not pursuant to FLSA. Time compensated in the above manner shall not constitute hours worked for purposes of FLSA. Page 11 of 18 CWA MOU expires 063007 3/7/2005