(a) When an employee refuses overtime and it is imperative that overtime be worked, a rolling forced overtime rotating list will be used. This list will be established by reverse seniority. Forced overtime will be filled by ordering the operator(s) who have the longest period of time from their last force. In case of a tie, the least senior operator(s) will be forced. This is a rolling list and will start over at the beginning of each calendar year, beginning first shift - January 1. Employees off on scheduled vacation days shall not be forced when other employees are available.
(b) An employee who has accepted overtime who cannot work the overtime must notify their department thirty (30) minutes before the start of the overtime, or following normal daily notice procedures if different. An employee who does not work after accepting the overtime will be charged with double the amount of overtime hours worked. An employee who fails to work accepted overtime on three (3) occasions in a six (6) month period and has not provided the advance notice, shall be removed from the overtime rotating list for six (6) months and may be reinstated thereafter under the provisions of Section 2115.76, “Overtime Rotating List”. This paragraph shall take effect thirty (30) days after distribution of the 2002 contract books.
(c) Emergency overtime is defined as a non-scheduled overtime situation which threatens the health and safety services of the citizens of Toledo. Issues involving emergency overtime regarding safety forces will be addressed in divisional agreements.