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Section 6. Hours of Work, Shift& Station Assignments 6.1 Work Schedules The regular workweek for non-shift employees shall consist of forty(40) hours. Such hours are flexibly scheduled. The regular workweek for employees in the classification of Firefighter, Fire Engineer, and Fire Captain shall be an average fifty-six(56) hours and worked in accordance with the following chart: X= 24 hour on-duty period 0 = 24 hour off-duty period xx0000xx0000xx0000XXOOOO These schedules shall provide, however, that the Fire Chief may from time to time assign personnel to other than their regular duty periods or schedules for temporary periods of time. The parties have agreed to the 24-day FLSA duty cycle as currently administered by Pleasanton. 6.1.1 Work Schedule for Fire Prevention Personnel The normal work schedule for Local 1974 represented fire prevention positions is a Monday through Friday, 40 hour work week consisting of five consecutive eight hour days or 80 hours in a pay period. This is the same basic schedule used by the partner cities for normal office hour positions. The City payroll departments will determine the "work period" to be used under FLSA. Holidays will be per the holiday schedule set forth elsewhere in the MOU. 6.1.2 Alternative Work Schedules for Fire Prevention Personnel The partner cities and the LPFD can offer City employees, including Fire Prevention personnel, alternative work schedules. Such work schedules may be a "9/80", "4/10" or flexible start and end times of the work day. The Fire Chief will determine the availability of alternative work schedules which may include the start and end times of the work day, available flex days off, and lunch periods. Fire Prevention personnel may bid the schedules established by the Fire Chief based on seniority. Alternative work schedules can only be offered under three conditions: A. Any such schedule must meet all City and representative payroll department policies in place. B. Any such schedule can be approved only if it does not negatively impact Fire Prevention Bureau customer service. As currently allowed under both partner city's City Manager regulations, customer service impacts and alternative work schedule approval is by final determination of the Fire Chief as Department Head. C. In small work units such as Fire Prevention, the Fire Chief will make alternative work schedules available equally to all Local 1974 represented personnel. If that cannot be done, or if one team member protests the impacts of some personnel having alternative 7