(a) It is the intent of this section to schedule necessary overtime work as evenly as possible among the employees who have completed their original probationary period and are qualified to perform the necessary work. The seniority rotating overtime list shall be established as to job classification according to the employee's unit seniority and such list shall be kept current and posted. The list shall be followed except as otherwise provided by Divisional Agreements and current practices. The overtime rotating list will be re-established annually at the beginning of the first shift, January 1 of each year according to the aforementioned criteria. All overtime hours worked shall become part of the seniority rotating overtime list of all employees.
(b) Once established, the list shall be adhered to in the selection of employees to work overtime with the exception that: If a particular incident requires overtime to be worked contiguous to the shift in order to complete or further the progress on such incident, then the employee who has been working the incident on his/her regular shift may be allowed to continue with the same incident during the overtime period;
(c) It is also the intent of this section to facilitate overtime scheduling and call out. When an employee is requested to work and refuses such overtime assignment, the employee shall be charged with such overtime. When an employee repeatedly refuses all overtime in a rolling ninety (90) day period, they may be removed from the overtime rotating list for thirty (30) days after written notification has been given to the employee and the responsible Union Steward stating the just cause for removal. The employee may only be reinstated at the written request of the employee and responsible Union Steward, with the written request including justification for the requested reinstatement. Such reinstatement will not be unreasonably withheld. Upon reinstatement the affected employee will be charged with one hour more than the maximum amount of overtime within their job classification on the overtime rotating list.
(d) An employee can be voluntarily removed from the overtime rotating list by submitting a written request to the Bureau Head. To be reinstated to the overtime rotating list an employee must submit a request in writing and will be charged with one (1) hour more than the maximum amount of overtime within their job classification on the overtime rotating list. This does not preclude an employee from being forced for overtime.