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ARTICLE 16 HOURS OF WORK 16.1 The work week shall consist of a consecutive seven day period. The work day shall consist of a twenty-four hour period beginning at 12:00 midnight. Regularly scheduled working hours and days off of employees covered by this agreement shall not be indiscriminately changed by the County. Changes shall be made by reason of operational necessity and/or efficiency. Such changes require at least five working days notice to the affected employees except in the case of valid public necessity, such as equipment failure, unanticipated employee absences, and the like. Employees' regular work schedules shall contain two consecutive days off. The County will not change the employees' normal work schedule within a work week to avoid overtime in that work week. 16.2 Lunch of thirty (30) minutes and breaks of fifteen (15) minutes shall be scheduled by the department head/designee unless circumstances prohibit such break or lunch. Whenever consistent with the efficient operation such lunch period shall be approximately at the mid-point of the employees' work day. Whenever consistent with efficient operation breaks may be scheduled by the department head/designee within the approximate mid-point of both the first and last half of the employees' work day; however, nothing herein should be construed as preventing the County from providing staggered lunch and break times. 16.3 Part-time golf course employees shall receive a lunch of twenty (20) minutes at or near the mid-point of their assigned shift. 16.4 It is acknowledged by the parties that setting regularly scheduled working hours as described in Article 16, HOURS OF WORK, for employees in the Golf Course Clubhouse unit-#418-236, is difficult because of the irregular flow of golfers on a daily basis. It is agreed that employees' working hours may be changed daily to respond to the above, in accordance with the following procedure: A. All employees who are scheduled to work on a given day will report for work at the appropriate time, whether or not they feel there may be work to perform, unless an employee has contacted the supervisor before the shift starts and received authorization not to work that day. B. Employees who do report will be guaranteed work for half their scheduled hours that day (maybe performing duties other than normal). The selection of employees to leave work will be determined as follows: 1. Ask for volunteers 2. Selection from part time employees on a seniority basis first, then 3. Select from remaining employees on a seniority basis 18