(1) An employee may decline, without penalty, any work hours that are scheduled or otherwise occur: (a) less than 9 hours after the end of the previous day's shift, or (b) during the 9 hours following the end of a shift that spanned two days. An employee may consent to work such shifts; however, consent must be provided by written communication, either for each such shift or for multiple shifts, and may be revoked by written communication at any time during employment.
(2) A Covered Employer shall compensate the employee for each instance that the employee works a shift described in subsection 9-4604(1), in the amount of forty dollars ($40) for each such shift.