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Section 18

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  1. Shortened workday schedules or heat days in lieu thereof for employees who have traditionally enjoyed shortened workday schedules or heat days in lieu thereof shall begin on July 1 and terminate on Labor Day. Employees who are entitled to receive heat days in lieu of shortened workdays shall receive three (3) such days.
  2. Shortened workday schedules and heat days in lieu thereof shall be abolished for employees who work in air-conditioned facilities and for outdoor and field employees. However, outdoor and field employees who traditionally enjoyed such benefits and who are required to return to an office location before the end of the workday shall be entitled to the same summer schedules enjoyed by office employees at such location on such day.
  3. Outdoor and field employees include, but are not limited to, law enforcement personnel, Traffic Enforcement Agents, Traffic Device Maintainers, Motor Vehicle Operators, Inspectors, Engineers, Assessors, Appraisers, Investigators, Quality Control Specialists and Public Health Nurses. Homemakers and employees in equivalent titles, who are assigned to work in clients' homes which are not air-conditioned and who traditionally enjoyed shortened workday schedules or heat days in lieu thereof, shall continue to be so entitled.
  4. No shortened workday schedules or heat days in lieu thereof, shall be granted to any employee until the employee has completed one year of service.
  5. Employees who work shortened workday schedules as described in this Section are entitled to the meal allowances set forth in Section 8 of Article IV, provided that such employees work a minimum of three (3) hours beyond the shortened workday schedule. An employee who qualifies for a meal allowance pursuant to this subsection shall not count the first hour worked after the shortened workday schedule in computing the amount of the meal allowance to which the employee is entitled.

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