(a) An employee may refuse overtime. However, where it is imperative that overtime be worked, then a sufficient number of employees on the overtime list shall be required to work the required overtime. When it is necessary to require employees to work overtime, the employees with the least seniority within the appropriate classification shall be scheduled to work.
(b) An employee who has accepted overtime who cannot work the overtime must notify their division 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 2117.81, “Overtime Rotating List”. This paragraph shall take effect thirty (30) days after distribution of the current contract books.
(c) An employee who has accepted emergency overtime and does not report or notify the division under accepted procedures will be removed from the overtime rotating list. The employee may be reinstated by petitioning, in writing, the Division Head. When the employee is reinstated, he/she shall be charged with the maximum hours on the current overtime list at the time of reinstatement.
Emergency overtime is defined as a non-scheduled overtime situation which threatens the health and safety or service of the citizens of Toledo as determined by management.