Common use of Exchanging Shifts Clause in Contracts

Exchanging Shifts. (a) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c), an employee, having reached agreement with another employee in his own classification, may in writing apply for permission from his supervisor to exchange shifts with that other employee. The Employer reserves the right to approve or disapprove any such application, but providing (1) the application is submitted at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the commencement of the shift which occurs first, (2) each of the said employees possesses the necessary qualifications to perform the other employee's job, as set out in Article 11.01 of this Agreement, and (3) the other employee is the most senior of the employees who is scheduled to work on the day in question and is willing to agree to the exchange, the Employer's approval will not be unreasonably withheld. (b) In any case where, as a consequence of an exchange of shifts, a junior employee works in a given day or week more hours than a senior employee within his classification, or works on a shift that a senior employee would have preferred to work, the senior employee will have no cause to grieve the matter. (c) An exchange of shifts will not be permitted if, as a consequence one or both of the employees would qualify for a premium payment of any kind.

Exchanging Shifts. (a) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs Paragraphs (b) and (c), an employee, having reached agreement with another employee in his own classification, may in writing apply for permission from his supervisor to exchange shifts with that other employee. The Employer reserves the right to approve or disapprove any such application, but providing (1) the application is submitted at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the commencement of the shift which occurs first, (2) each of the said employees possesses the necessary qualifications to perform the other employee's job, as set out in Article 11.01 of this Agreement, and (3) the other employee is the most senior of the employees who is scheduled to work on the day in question and is willing to agree to the exchange, the Employer's approval will not be unreasonably withheld. (b) In any case where, as a consequence of an exchange of shifts, a junior employee works in a given day or week more hours than a senior employee within his classification, or works on a shift that a senior employee would have preferred to work, the senior employee will have no cause to grieve the matter. (c) An exchange of shifts will not be permitted if, as a consequence one or both of the employees would qualify for a premium payment of any kind.