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Variable Shift Arrangements
The Police
Regulations 1995 provide for and set out the regulations re
Variable Shift Arrangements, and allow for agreements to be
reached between the Joint Branch Board and the Chief
Constable. Any variable shift arrangements worked outside
this agreement would be contrary to the Police Regulations
1995.
It is
necessary to have an agreement between the JBB and the Chief
Constable to cover:
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The
general variation within Police Regulations relating to all
shift patterns
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More
specific items such as the actual shifts worked
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Annual
leave entitlement and compensation for duties on annual
leave and rest days
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Duration
of any agreements
General Agreement
All Variable
Shift Agreements operated by Northumbria Police must have the
agreement of both the Chief Constable and the JBB.
Should
either the Chief Constable or the JBB wish to withdraw from
the agreement, due notice, in writing, must be given. (Due
notice should be defined as one complete cycle of the shift
pattern, or a minimum of 28 days’ notice).
The total
hours worked after the complete shift cycle must not exceed 40
hours per week. The minimum duration of any shift will be 7
hours, the maximum 12 hours.
Additional Conditions
Normal
Daily Period of Duty
shall be that detailed in the duty roster
Refreshment Periods
will, subject to the exigencies of duty, be in accordance with
Schedule 3A, paragraph 1 (3)
The
Working Day will be defined in the duty roster
Duty Rosters
will be published for a 12 month period, or, where the
Variable Shift Arrangements are for a shorter period, then the
roster will be prepared for the period for which it has
effect. The roster must include the start and finish times
for each shift. It must also include details of rest days and
public holidays on which the officer may be required for duty.
A member
shall, if required to do duty on a rest day, be compensated in
accordance with police regulations.
Bank
Holidays
– if an officer is required to do duty on a day which is a
public holiday, he will be compensated in accordance with
Police Regulations
Lieu Days
– where an officer is entitled to a lieu day, this will be
taken as a day irrespective of the hourse of duty for that day
Refreshment & Subsistence Allowance
– where an officer works for 10 hours or more and is then
retained on duty, the allowance shall be paid after retention
of 1 hour
Annual Leave
– each day’s leave entitlement will be
multiplied by 8 to convert it into hours. Leave will be taken
in hours thereafter.
Any
period of hours remaining at the end of the leave year may, if
in excess of 4 hours, be classed as a day’s leave or be
carried forward into the following leave year.
Subject to local approval, officers will be allowed to carry
forward into the next leave year a period of up to 40 hours in
accordance with Police Regulations.
Recall
from Leave
– where an officer is recalled from Annual Leave he will be
compensated as follows;
If the day
recalled was a rostered rest day – 2 additional leave periods
for each of the first two recalled days, thereafter 1.5 leave
periods for each recalled day.
A leave
period to be defined as the longest rostered shift worked
under that variable shift pattern.
If the
recalled day was an Annual Leave Day – 2 times the number of
hours taken as leave for that day for the first 2 days, and
thereafter 1.5 times the number of hours for that day.
Courses
- where an officer is required to attend a Course, then his
rostered duty will become the normal hour of the Course. No
compensation will be required either way.
Any
loss of rest days will be compensated by a re-rostered rest
day, irrespective of the shift duration.
§ Acting
Ranks – the initial qualifying period for acting Sergeants
and Inspectors will be 112 hours. Any overtime worked which
attracts payment or time off in accordance with Regulation 28
will count towards the aggregate of 112 hours.
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