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Section 7. Hours of Work 7.1 Standard Workweek The standard workweek for all full time employees shall consist of five (5) consecutive eight (8) hour work days. 7.2 Alternative Workweek Alternate workday or workweek periods may be authorized by the Department Head or City Manager to accommodate temporary business needs such as special scheduled events or projects, or work-related certification testing, that may require work on a weekend or different hours than the standard workweek (see section 7.1 for definition of standard workweek). Depending on the event or project, this could involve: • Altering the workweek to include a workday on Saturday and/or Sunday. In this instance, the employee's alternate day(s) off shall be scheduled at the beginning or end of the employee's remaining workweek, except under circumstances of unusual scheduling, workload, or by mutual agreement with the Department Head, when the day(s) off may be midweek. • Elongating the workday to 9 or 10 hours, and shortening the workweek. Among qualified employees, who shall be afforded equal opportunity, volunteers shall be first solicited for such duty, and three (3) days shall be allowed for this solicitation. Where insufficient volunteers exist after such solicitation, such duty shall be equally distributed among qualified employees, who shall in no case be given less than three (3) weeks notice of such duty. 7.3 Rest Periods Employees shall be entitled to take a rest period of fifteen (15) minutes for each half of a full work shift. The City may schedule the time of the rest period to reduce impact on work operations. Section 8. Overtime 8.1 Overtime Rate Full time employees who are assigned by their supervisor to work after completion of their work day shall be entitled to overtime compensation for all hours so worked, provided, however, that the overtime rate shall be computed at -11 -