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ARTICLE VII -SAVINGS CLAUSE This AGREEMENT is subject to the laws of the United States, the State of Minnesota, and the City of Arden Hills in the event any provision of this AGREEMENT shall be held to be contrary to law by a court of competent jurisdiction from whose final judgment or decree no appeal has been taken within the time provided, such provision shall be void. All other provisions of this AGREEMENT shall continue in full force and effect. The voided provision may be renegotiated at the request of either party. ARTICLE VIII - WORK SCHEDULES 8.1 The EMPLOYER has the sole authority in the preparation of work schedules. The normal work day for an employee shall be eight (8) hours. The normal work week shall be forty (40) hours. 8.2 Service to the public may require the establishment of regular shifts for some employees on a daily, weekly, seasonal, or annual basis other than the normal work day or week. The EMPLOYER shall give at least two (2) working days advance notice to the employees affected by the establishment of work days different from the employee's normal work day or week. The EMPLOYER will first ask for volunteers to staff these changes to the normal work week or day. If there are not enough volunteers to fill the shift change, the EMPLOYER will assign personnel to fill the shift based on seniority. Those employees with the least seniority will be assigned first until all shifts are assigned. 8.3 The employees shall be allowed one coffee break in the morning of thirty (30) minutes in duration inclusive of driving time to and from the Public Works building if required, and no coffee break in the afternoon. They shall be allowed a lunch period of thirty (30) minutes for which they will receive no pay. The thirty (30) minutes unpaid lunch break will exclude driving time to and from the work site to the City garage. This driving time will be limited to driving to and from the City garage and the work site(s); interim stops will not be permitted. It is understood that the EMPLOYER or designated representative may require that the thirty (30) minutes unpaid lunch break be taken at the work site when warranted for reasons of business necessity. 8.4 In the event that work is required because of unusual circumstances such as (but not limited to) fire, flood, snow, sleet, or breakdown of municipal equipment or facilities, no advance notice need be given. It is not required that an employee working other than the normal work day be scheduled to work more than eight (8) hours; however, each employee has an obligation to work overtime or call backs if requested unless unusual circumstances prevent the employee from so working. 8.5 Service to the public may require the establishment of regular work weeks that schedule