Common use of Consecutive Days of Work Clause in Contracts

Consecutive Days of Work. 1. Subject to operational needs, the University shall make every effort to avoid assigning a member of the unit who works an eight (8) hour shift to work more than six (6) consecutive days. Subject to operational needs, the University shall make every effort to avoid assigning a member of the unit who works a ten (10) hour shift to work more than five (5) consecutive days. Subject to operational needs, the University shall make every effort to avoid assigning a member of the unit who works a twelve (12) hour shift to work more than four (4) consecutive days. An employee shall be paid one and one-half (1-1/2) times his/her straight time rate for all hours worked on each consecutive day of work in excess of the above until a day off is granted. 2. The consecutive days of work provisions may be waived by the employee, either at his/her request or as the result of a scheduling change requested by the employee which results in such consecutive days of work.