Standby duty responsibilities.
Seattle Mun. Code § 4.21.020
in effect4.21.020 - Standby duty responsibilities.
An eligible employee on standby duty must remain contactable through some communications device (such as by carrying a pager) and be in a state of readiness to direct and/or participate in any City response to an emergency or other problem, through telephone response or personal appearance at some predetermined location, within fifteen (15) minutes after communication contact is made by the employing unit. The appointing authority may establish time parameters within which the employee assigned to standby duty must report to such work location when the occasion requires the employee's presence.
(Ord. 117321, § 1, 1994: Ord. 112666 § 1(part), 1986.)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT4PE_CH4.21STDU_4.21.020STDUREFetched: 11/1/2026
