Common use of HOURS OF WORK AND SCHEDULED DAYS Clause in Contracts

HOURS OF WORK AND SCHEDULED DAYS. OFF (SDO)‌ 27.01 The standard hours of work for Full Time Employees will be based on their Classification and will be either seventy-five (75) or eighty (80) hours, excluding meal periods, in a fourteen (14) day period (the scheduling period). 27.02 The scheduling of the standard hours of work will have the following rules: (a) Each scheduling period will begin at 12:01 a.m. (00:01) on Monday and end at 12 midnight (24:00) on the second following Sunday. (b) The scheduling period will be divided into two (2) scheduling weeks of seven (7) days each beginning at 12:01 a.m. (00:01) Monday. (c) Employees whose standard hours of work are eighty (80) hours in a scheduling period, will normally work either ten (10) scheduled tours of eight (8) hours. Employees whose standard hours of work are seventy-five (75) hours in a scheduling period, will normally work ten (10) scheduled tours of seven and one-half (7.5) hours. Employees will not normally be scheduled to work more than five (5) consecutive tours. (d) Tours can be scheduled for a maximum of ten (10) hours with mutual agreement between the employee and their direct supervisor. (e) Longer tours, to a maximum of twelve (12) hours per tour, may be scheduled with the mutual agreement of the employee(s), their direct supervisor, Labour Relations and the Council. Such special arrangements must be committed to in writing and signed by the parties prior to implementing. These arrangements can be cancelled by any party with eight (8) weeks notice. (f) Regular Full Time Employees will receive at least one (1) unpaid scheduled day off (SDO) in each compressed work schedule. A compressed work schedule will consist of a maximum of nine (9) scheduled tours, totaling either seventy-five (75) or eighty (80) hours. Tours in a compressed work schedule may exceed the lengths specified in 27.02 c), but will not exceed ten (10) hours in length unless mutually agreed otherwise in accordance with 27.