The Union alleged that the FDNY refused to bargain over the alleged workload and safety impacts of a pilot program under which EMS Supervisors are assigned to perform paramedic duties in addition to their supervisory duties. The City argued that the Union has failed to establish that the pilot program had any practical impacts. After a hearing, the Board found that the Union established that the pilot program has a practical impact on workload because it regularly requires EMS Supervisors to work overtime to complete their job duties and ordered impact bargaining. The record did not establish a safety impact. Accordingly, the petition was granted in part and denied in part.

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