Section 22-B8400. HOURS OF WORK

 

8400.1The following policies apply:

 

(a)Excepted at designated sites, the PBC shall maintain a twenty-four (24) hours-a-day, seven (7) days-a-week, fifty-two (52) weeks-a-year operation in order to provide proper service to its patients and to the community, except at designated sites. Employees shall be assigned hours and shifts consistent with departmental needs, and whenever possible, with individual preferences. Every effort shall be made to change hours and/or schedules with two (2) weeks notice to affected employees; and

 

(b)Employees shall be in their assigned work areas during work hours. Employees leaving their work area can do so only with the approval of their manager.

 

8400.2The following rules are applicable:

 

(a)A work week for all employees shall be considered from midnight Saturday to the following midnight Saturday;

 

(b)A non-exempt employee who is granted less than a full day’s time off, and who desires a full day’s pay, must make up the difference by using accrued paid time; and

 

(c)Two fifteen (15) minute breaks are allowed each full shift and are considered time worked. One fifteen (15) minute break is allowed each employee working a full half shift. Breaks and lunch periods shall be coordinated through the department manager.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is the Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation Act of 1996, D.C. Code §§ 44-1101.01 to 44-1103.03.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 45 DCR 7353, 7372 (October 9, 1998).