3.60.020 Shifts.
A. Established Shift. The following types of regular shifts are authorized:
1. A regular shift (e.g., 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) that generally applies to all employees of a department, division, section or work unit except as specified below, wherein employees get one hour or one half-hour off without pay generally during the middle of the shift unless they are scheduled without a meal period in accordance with WMC 3.60.040(B).
2. A regular shift (e.g., 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) that generally applies to all employees of a department, division, section or work unit except as specified below, wherein employees get one hour off without pay generally during the middle of the shift.
3. A regular shift (e.g., 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) that generally applies to police officers wherein the entire shift is compensated and a paid lunch break is generally taken in the middle of the shift.
4. Regular shifts of all city employees must be approved in advance by the mayor.
B. Flex Time. A designated period (e.g., 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) during which employees may choose their own eight-hour or 10-hour schedule, with the approval of the department head and the mayor.
C. Job Sharing. Job sharing occurs when two or more part-time employees share one full-time position in which the combination of hours worked by the employees does not exceed the hours of work for the position if the position were held by one full-time employee. Job sharing may be done during a given shift or days of the work week. Schedules must be approved by the department head. (Ord. 03-33(SUB)(AM) § 2, 2003)