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of exchanges per month. The employees involved in the exchange shall make arrangements for the pay <br /> back of time. <br /> Employees, who are working on-duty as part of an exchange of time, are not considered on the payroll <br /> for hours worked purposes under the FLSA. If the employee who assumes responsibility for working an <br /> exchange of on-duty time fails to report for duty, he/she will be charged vacation time equivalent to the <br /> time he/she agreed to work. <br /> 6.3 Shift and Station Assignments <br /> Assignment to a specific shift and/or station shall be made through the bid system. Bids shall be made in <br /> descending order of rank beginning with the rank of captain. Within each rank, bids shall be made by <br /> seniority. Shift and/or station openings shall be posted on all station bulletin boards and filled through <br /> the bidding procedure described in this paragraph. <br /> Station bidding shall be on a rank for rank basis, in descending order of rank seniority. <br /> A "Mutual" is an agreement between two individuals of the same rank to trade Station and/or shift <br /> assignments for a certain amount of time. Mutuals can be between individuals on the same shift or on <br /> different shifts. The individuals involved may set the time frame of the "Mutual", however if the <br /> "Mutual" is for more than one year, both parties gain ownership of their Station assignments. Both <br /> individuals must physically be able to meet their assigned Station requirements, i.e., if one of the <br /> individuals is unable to return to work within the first one-year period due to any reason, the "Mutual" is <br /> considered null and void. Individuals must be qualified for the position of the person they are requesting <br /> the "Mutual" with. If the "Mutual" is for less than one year, both individuals will return to the original <br /> Station assignments they started from. <br /> Employees assigned as paramedics may only change assignments with other employees assigned as <br /> paramedics. Mutuals shall be considered trades between the employees involved. There shall be no <br /> limit on the number of mutuals. <br /> Assignments properly bid will be permanent unless openings occur. All openings will be bid <br /> department wide using the bid procedure General Order, Personnel-Station Bids. <br /> The Fire Chief can reassign shift/station assignments administratively for a finite time to meet <br /> Department needs. The duration shall be in writing at time of reassignment. <br /> 7 <br />