Common use of Fixed Shifts Clause in Contracts

Fixed Shifts. The Employer agrees to the practice that current employees working fixed, specific shifts, shall not be required to work during any other hours but those for which they were hired to work. In the event it becomes necessary due to operational requirements, to alter the start and stop times of an employee’s shift, the Employer shall provide fourteen (14) days’ notice of such change. The Employer shall not adjust the start and stop times by more than one hour. Where it is not possible to give fourteen (14) days’ notice, section 21.01 (ii) shall apply. The fourteen (14) days’ notice shall not apply where the Employer can establish that the change to the start and stop times results from an emergency. The employee shall not be required to change their start and stop times for longer than thirty (30) days and shall be returned to their former start and stop times at the conclusion of the temporary assignment. Notwithstanding the above, the Employer may reschedule an employee to work on a shift other than the employee's regular fixed shift for the purpose of Employer-conducted in-service education classes. Reasonable notice will be given to those employees affected by such rescheduling. The word "shift" for the purpose of this Section means when the majority of the hours scheduled falls within day, evening, or night periods. The Employer may require any employee who regularly works a fixed shift to rotate into a different shift for evaluation purposes. Employees on fixed shifts who are regularly scheduled to work a weekend or portion of a weekend shall not be entitled to weekend shift differential.