Extended Shifts. Section 1. Upon thirty (30) calendar days’ notice to the Union and the affected employees, the Employer may establish new shifts or modify the duration of existing shifts and alter the starting and ending times of any shift in order to meet scheduling and patient care needs. Employees and the Union will be given an opportunity to present ideas, information and suggestions pertinent to the announced change prior to implementation of the proposed change. Such discussions shall not delay the implementation of the proposed change. Section 2. Extended shifts shall be defined as those shifts that are more than the regularly scheduled eight (8) hour shift, inclusive of the thirty (30) minute unpaid meal period. Section 3. Ten (10) hour shifts will be defined as: a.) a full-time employee will be defined as one who is regularly scheduled to work three (3) nine and one half (9½) hour shifts and a nine (9) hour shift in a given work week or three (3) ten (10) hour shifts and one (1) seven and one-half (7½) hour shift per week; b.) A part-time employee will be defined as one who is regularly scheduled to work three
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