Common use of Exchanging Shifts Clause in Contracts

Exchanging Shifts. (a) Any employee, having reached agreement with another employee, may apply in writing for permission from the Manager to exchange shifts with that other employee. The employer reserves the right to approve or disapprove any such application; however, the employer’s approval will not be unreasonably withheld providing: i. The application is submitted at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the commencement of the shift which occurs first, and unless otherwise approved by management. ii. Each of the employees possesses the necessary qualifications to perform the other employee’s job. (b) In any case where, as a consequence of an exchange of shift(s), a junior employee works in a given day or week more hours than a senior employee within their classification or works on a shift that a senior employee would have preferred to work, no employee will have cause to grieve the matter. (c) An exchange of shifts will not be permitted if, as a consequence, any employees would qualify for a premium payment of any kind, unless management approves payment of the premium.