A. Assignment. A base station shall be assigned to each classified position in county employment and shall not be subject to change once assigned, except with mutual agreement of the affected employee. The base station assignment shall be placed on all personnel action forms. An originally assigned base station can be reassigned by the department head due to legitimate work requirements of the subject department, which change shall not become effective until six months after the date of written notice of the change to the affected employee. During the six-month window, any such employee may be required to work away from his or her base station; provided, that during said six-month window the time and expense incurred by employee in traveling beyond the employee’s customary commute to the base station will be compensated by county. After the change in the base station the employee is solely responsible for the time and costs associated with traveling to work at the designated base station. To the extent that any employee is otherwise required to live within a specified distance or within a specified response time to his or her base station, then any such residency requirement shall be deemed inoperable with regard to any employee that has his or her base station involuntarily changed as per the provisions of this section.

B. No bargaining unit employee shall be temporarily transferred without notice at least three days prior to said transfer, except in case of emergency.

C. Temporary work site and/or shift transfers shall be for a period not to exceed 30 working days unless mutually agreed between department manager and employee.

D. Transfer shall not include temporary assignment for a portion of a work day or work days to a different work location. This section shall have no effect on the county’s obligation to reimburse employees for travel on county business.

E. Notwithstanding the foregoing the county reserves the right to transfer employees in accordance with the needs of the county, if the work demands otherwise would require a reduction in force (layoff) for employees at a particular base station. No employee shall be transferred as a punitive measure. (Ord. 1046, eff. 8/3/13)