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6.2 Exchanges of On-Duty Time Exchanges of on-duty time shall be permitted between employees of the same rank. Paramedics may trade with non-paramedic personnel if such trade does not drop their Battalion below paramedic minimum staffing as stated in Departmental General Orders. Except as approved by the Fire Chief as provided under Section 16.6 exchanges of on-duty time shall not be permitted to substitute for, extend, or supplement sick leave, long-term disability or worker's compensation benefits. Requests for exchanges of on-duty time shall be submitted on the proper form to employee's immediate supervisor and shall include both signatures of the people involved and their immediate supervisor. There shall be no limit to the number of exchanges per month. The employees involved in the exchange shall make arrangements for the pay back of time. 6.3 Shift and Station Assignments Assignment to a specific shift and/or station shall be made through the bid system. Bids shall be made in descending order of rank beginning with the rank of captain. Within each rank, bids shall be made by seniority. Shift and/or station openings shall be posted on all station bulletin boards and filled through the bidding procedure described in this paragraph. For the purposes of this agreement, the area protected by the Livermore Fire Department effective October 1, 1996, shall be called Battalion East. The area protected by the Pleasanton Fire Department effective October 1, 1996, will be referred to as Battalion West. Station bidding shall be on a rank for rank basis, in descending order of rank seniority. Mutuals are agreements between employees of the same rank to change assignments to specific shifts and/or stations. Employees assigned as paramedics may only change assignments with other employees assigned as paramedics. Mutuals shall be considered trades between the employees involved. There shall be no limit on the number of mutuals. Assignments properly bid by Battalion as of July 1, 1997 will be permanent unless openings occur. Thereafter all openings will be bid department wide using the bid procedure General Order. The Fire Chief can reassign shift/station assignments administratively for a finite time to meet Department needs. The duration shall be in writing at time of reassignment. Section 7. Overtime 7.1 Payment An employee who is assigned to work after completion of his/her regular shift or who is assigned to work to fill a shift or portion thereof outside his/her regular duty shift, shall be entitled to 6