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9 SECTION 8 - HOURS OF WORK Work Schedules Working hours of City employees may vary among the different departments and may vary by assignment within a department as need dictates. In general, however, the normal workday shall be eight (8) hours of work and the normal work week shall be forty (40) hours of work. The normal work week is defined as a forty (40) hour period worked sometime from 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning through 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday evening. Supervisors may require their employees to work overtime in situations where it is required in order to ensure the orderly and efficient operation of the government. Normal office hours shall be 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday, unless otherwise stated by the supervisor and/or City Administrator. Office staff marking their timesheets to reflect extra minutes worked outside of normal office hours, shall not be considered to be working overtime unless prior approval has been granted by the City Administrator. Rest Periods Employees will be allowed a ten-minute paid break approximately midway through each four-hour shift. The time of the break is subject to the approval of the supervisor. Unused rest breaks may not be accumulated, nor may they be used for any purpose other than a mid-shift rest period. Rest breaks should be scheduled to avoid disrupting City business and taken at the site of working operations. Lunch Breaks A. Each full-time employee is required to take a lunch break, for which there is no compensation, approximately midway through an eight-hour work period. This lunch break period is a minimum of one-half hour in duration and is measured from the time work is stopped until it is resumed. Lunch breaks can be up to one (1) hour in length subject to approval by the supervisor and provided the normal workday is achieved. B. Lunch breaks shall be scheduled by the supervisor to ensure continuity of services.