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SECTION 8 - HOURS OF WORK <br />Work Schedules <br />Working hours of City employees may vary among the different departments and may vary by <br />assignment within a department as need dictates. In general, however, the normal workday shall <br />be eight (8) hours of work and the normal work week shall be forty (40) hours of work. The <br />normal work week is defined as a forty (40) hour period worked sometime from 12:00 a.m. on <br />Wednesday morning through 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday evening. Supervisors may require their <br />employees to work overtime in situations where it is required in order to ensure the orderly and <br />efficient operation of the government. Normal office hours shall be 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., <br />Monday through Friday, unless otherwise stated by the supervisor and/or City Administrator. <br />Rest Periods <br />Employees will be allowed a ten - minute paid break approximately midway through each four - <br />hour shift. The time of the break is subject to the approval of the supervisor. Unused rest breaks <br />may not be accumulated, nor may they be used for any purpose other than a mid -shift rest period. <br />Rest breaks should he scheduled to avoid disrupting City business and taken at the site of <br />working operations. <br />Lunch Breaks <br />A. Each full -time employee is required to take a lunch break, for which there is no <br />compensation, approximately midway through an eight -hour work period. This lunch <br />break period is a minimum of one -half hour in duration and is measured from the titne <br />work is stopped until it is resumed. Lunch breaks can be up to one (1) hour in length <br />subject to approval by the supervisor and provided the normal workday is achieved. <br />B. Lunch breaks shall be scheduled by the supervisor to ensure continuity of services. <br />9 <br />6 <br />