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31.02 PROPER FILLING OF AND DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL HOURS A. All call -out vacancies requiring additional hours will be filled by the off going shift. Prearranged vacancies requiring additional hours shall be offered to employees starting from the top of the appropriate classification eligibility list. The shift command shall attempt to fill prearranged vacancies at least two shifts in advance of the vacancy. In the event that prearranged vacancy cannot be filled, then it shall be filled using the current eligibility lists. B. Additional hours will be called within the classification creating the overtime first. Solo Paramedic and ALS lead are not classifications. If all employees within that rank refuse then only those employees one classification below who can work out of rank will be called. If those employees refuse, then the employee with the lowest number of occurrences as reflected on the eligibility list within the original classification causing the coverage and not on approved leave will be assigned the additional hours in a mandatory status. C. When employees are promoted to a classification, or transferred to another shift, they shall be placed at the top of the appropriate classification eligibility list. Each additional hours assignment worked in the amount of (12) twelve or more continuous hours shall be counted as an occurrence. After each occurrence, the employee shall be moved to the bottom of the eligibility list. If an employee declines to work the additional hours, they will move closer to the top of the eligibility list as additional hours are distributed. If an employee is ineligible to work the mandatory coverage assignment, they will not be charged an occurrence. Employees who, for (30) thirty consecutive calendar days or longer, are on Worker's Compensation leave, light duty assignments, FMLA, or sick leave will be removed from the eligibility list until re -instatement. Then, the employee will be placed back on the top of the eligibility list D. The Fire Chief may authorize a special event assignment when needed under special circumstances. The staffing of these events will be handled as outlined in Article 31. Mandatory assignments of (4) four hours or more pursuant to this 54