At various times throughout the year, overtime may be mandated due to a shift staffing shortage. In the event a staff must be mandated to stay, the following guidelines apply:

1. Overtime may be mandated for the following positions: Youth Development Professional (YDPs), Assistant Supervisors, and Supervisors.

• Residential staff – will not be mandated on Saturday or Sunday nights due to having worked a 14-hour day. They may volunteer to work a weekend overnight with administrator approval. If there is no other option the administrator will come in and cover the weekend overnight shifts.

• Overnight staff – may be mandated on school days, but should be released as teachers, clinicians and administrators arrive. Overnight shift may be mandated on weekend mornings, but every effort should be made to release them by noon, even if the administrator must come in and cover.

• Day staff – is always eligible to be mandated for the subsequent residential shift.

• On-Call and overtime staff – are not subject to the mandate procedure.

2. A “rolling list” with all employees’ names (in the above categories) based on seniority will be created to determine the order in which employees will be mandated. The least senior employee will be at the top of the list. Once mandated, the employee’s name will go to the bottom of the list.

3. When possible, those staff at the top of the mandate list will be given at least 24 hours’ notice that they are now at the top of the list and expected to work the next mandated shift.

4. It is the employee’s responsibility to be present for any and all assigned overtime shifts. Failure to do so will be viewed the same as failing to show for a regular shift and will result in disciplinary action up to an including termination.