HOURS OF WORK i) Where employees are now working a longer daily tour, the provisions set out in this Article governing the regular hours of work on a daily tour shall be adjusted accordingly.
ii) The normal daily extended tour shall be 11.25 consecutive hours in any 24-hour period, exclusive of a total of forty-five (45) minutes of unpaid meal time. For hybrid schedules, there will be scheduled normal daily tours of seven and one-half (7½) hours and 11.25 consecutive hours per day.
iii) Employees working an extended tour shall be entitled, subject to the exigencies of resident care, to paid relief periods during the tour of a total of forty-five (45) minutes. For hybrid schedules, there will also be shifts that provide for relief periods in accordance with Article 15.02.
iv) Scheduling issues will be resolved at the local level.
v) Where the union and the employer have agreed to or agree to an extended daily tour or hybrid schedule that differs from the normal daily extended tour, the proportion of unpaid time to hours of work shall maintain the same ratio as set out in paragraph ii) and iii) of this Article.
HOURS OF WORK AND OVERTIME
3.10.1 The normal work year for school-term employees shall be approximately one hundred eighty (180) days, September to June. The normal work year for all other employees shall be twelve (12) months, September 1 through August 31. Employees will be given a written notice prior to the end of the school year whether there is a reasonable assurance of being rehired for the following school year for the purpose of qualifying/disqualifying the employee for unemployment compensation. On or prior to the first day that students report to school, employees will be given a written notice of their tentative hours and assignment (school and program) for the coming school year. This tentative notice shall not be construed as a guarantee of a specific number of hours or assignment for the school year.
3.10.2 The normal work week for all employees is Monday through Friday.
3.10.3 Each employee shall be assigned to a definite shift with designated beginning and ending times.
3.10.4 Each shift of more than five (5) hours per day shall include a thirty- (30) minute, duty-free lunch period without pay. With approval of the supervisor, an employee may decline a lunch period for a shift between five and six hours per day. Employees working at least four (4) hours but less than six (6) hours per day shall receive one fifteen- (15) minute paid rest period at the option of the employee. Employees working at least six (6) hours per day shall receive two fifteen (15) minute paid rest periods at the option of the employee.
3.10.5 Overtime shall be divided among employees within each job title as reflected in Appendix A. Overtime shall first be offered to the employee who is qualified to do the activity having the greatest job-title seniority. If all employees within the affected job title refuse the overtime following a second offer, the least- seniored employee who is qualified to perform the work may then be required by the employer to perform the overtime work. All overtime must have prior approval of the employee’s administrative supervisor. If the employee is called back to work after having left a District work site at the end of the shift, the employee shall be entitled to a minimum of two (2) hours’ pay.
3.10.6 All hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours a week shall be compensated at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times the employee's regular hourly pay.
3.10.7 Employees shall not work outside their regular work schedules without prior authorization from an administrative supervisor. All time worked outside a regular schedule must be documented with authorization confirmed by an administrator supervisor. If authorized, an employee may request compensatory time in lieu of additional pay. If approved by the employee’s administrative supervisor, such authorization and the dates and times the compensatory time will be taken shall be promptly documented in writing prior to working beyond the regular work schedule. All compensatory time must be taken within the same fiscal year, or it will be cashed out. Compensatory time will accrue at the same rate as if the time were paid (e.g. hour for hour for work up to forty (40) hours in a week, and one and one-half (1 ½) hours for each hour of work in excess of forty (40) hours in a week.
3.10.8 Employees who are not already regularly scheduled to be working during the District’s “opening week” activity shall be scheduled to work a half-day before the school year during the “opening week” in exchange for being released a half-day on the day before Thanksgiving. This time is available for collaboration, professional development, or other activities designed to meet the needs of students. Such employees who have compensatory time remaining after the half-day of compensatory time on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving will work with their supervisor for approval to either use the excess compensatory time toward leave during ACE or other non-student learning time, or receive extra hours pay for the remaining time. For other employees, on the early release day before Thanksgiving, each employee has four options:
(1) the employee and his or her administrative supervisor may make a prior agreement to schedule compensatory time on such early-release days under the conditions described in Section 3.10.7 above; (2) the employee may work his or her regular schedule if the employee and supervisor have a prior agreement that work is available; (3) the employee may take unpaid leave (as an exception to the usual practice); or (4) the employee may use personal leave for the portion of the day that students are released. These same options are available for all employees for the early release on the last day of school.
3.10.9 When schools are closed early for inclement weather or other emergency, employees shall be permitted to leave immediately after duties are completed or the employee has been dismissed by an administrator. In such situations, an employee shall be paid for actual hours worked or a minimum of three (3) hours’ whichever is more (unless the employee’s shift is less than three (3) hours in which case the employee shall be paid for the full shift). When there is a change in the school opening schedule or cancellation for inclement weather or other emergencies, employees are to be notified either by phone or other electronic means by 6:00 a.
HOURS OF WORK AND SCHEDULING 15.01 The normal hours of work for an employee are not a guarantee of work per day or per week, or a guarantee of days of work per week. The normal hours of work shall be seven and one-half (7-1/2) hours per day, and seventy-five (75) hours in any bi-weekly period.
15.02 The normal daily shift shall consist of seven and one-half (7 ½) consecutive hours, exclusive of a one-half (1/2) hour unpaid meal period. For employees working the night shift, this one-half (1/2) hour will be paid. Employees shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) minute paid break during each half of the normal daily shift, at a time designated by the Employer. An employee may combine her rest periods in order to have one (1) thirty (30) minute break, providing she has prior approval from the Director of Nursing. When a meal period is interrupted requiring an employee to attend to a work related problem, then the balance of the unused meal period will be taken within two (2) hours of the interruption. If the employee is unable to reschedule such time, she shall be paid time and one-half (1½) her regular straight time hourly rate for all time worked in excess of her normal daily hours, in accordance with Article 16.01.
15.03 Employees required for reporting purposes shall remain at work for a period of up to fifteen (15) minutes which shall be unpaid. Should the reporting time extend beyond fifteen (15) minutes however, the entire period shall be considered overtime for the purposes of payment.
15.04 Requests for change in posted work schedules must be submitted in writing and co-signed by the employee willing to exchange days off or shifts and are subject to the discretion of the Administrator or her designate. In any event, it is understood that such a change initiated by the employee and approved by the Employer shall not result in overtime compensation or payment or any other claims on the Employer by any employee under the terms of this Agreement.
15.05 Where there is a change to Daylight Savings from Standard Time or vice-versa, an employee who is scheduled and works a full shift shall be paid for the actual hours worked at her regular straight time hourly rate.
15.06 There shall be no split shifts.
(a) There shall be a minimum of sixteen (16) hours off between changes of shift unless mutually agreed otherwise.
(b) An employee shall not be required to work more than seven (7) consecutive days without days off, unless mutually agreed to by the employee and the Employer.
(a) Any employee who is working a permanent shift as of December 31, 1996 shall not be transferred to another shift without their consent.
(b) Where possible, the employee will not be scheduled to work more than two