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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 63 of 217 Section 4. First priority for breaks shall be given to providing a reasonable amount of time away from the position of operation for meals. In the event the employee is required to work during the fourth (4th) hour through the sixth (6th) hour of their shift without a minimum thirty (30) minute uninterrupted meal break, they shall be comp ensated at the rate of fifty percent (50%) of one - half of the applicable hourly rate of base pay. If the employee requests and receives the meal break during some other period they will not be eligible for the missed meal premium pay. Section 5. Since posi tion rotation and breaks may be restricted or precluded during shifts with the majority of hours between 2330 and 0630 local time, breaks/assignments to less busy positions shall be accomplished in the last two (2) hours of the shift as soon as operational conditions permit. Length of recuperative breaks on midnight shifts shall be longer than those normally provided during other shifts, to the maximum extent possible, staffing and workload permitting. ARTICLE 34 WORKING HOURS Section 1. A full - time employ ee's basic workday shall consist of eight (8) consecutive hours and the basic workweek shall consist of five (5) consecutive days except as authorized in this Article. At an employee's request, the Agency may consider non - consecutive hours and/or non - cons ecutive days off. Section 2. Employees with a regularly scheduled shift who would otherwise lose an hour of work because of the changeover to daylight savings time must be afforded an opportunity to remain on duty at the end of their normal shift to maint ain their full number of hours with normal pay. Section 3. The Agency may change an employee's shift to an administrative schedule (eight and one - half [8 1/2] hour shift including an unpaid thirty [30] minute meal period) for the purpose of administrative travel or to receive official training away from the operational environment, unless the employee is subject to operational recall. Employees will adhere to the tour of duty of the organizational segment to which they are temporarily assigned. Employees w ho are disciplined for conduct offenses or are undergoing performance related training may be reverted to an administrative workday(s) shift to ensure closer supervision. Section 4. Participants in an Alternative Work Schedules (AWS) shall be bargaining u nit employees who volunteer in writing. Section 5. In conjunction with the development of the annual basic watch schedule under Article 32, and at the request of the Union, the Parties at the local level shall negotiate AWS (Flexible Work Schedules and/or Compressed Work Schedules) provided any schedule agreed to by the Parties would not have an adverse Agency impact or result in any incurred overtime entitlements. a. Adverse Agency impact is defined as: (1) a reduction of the level of productivity of the Agenc y; (2) a diminished level of service furnished to the public by the Agency; or

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