HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME. 17.01 The regular hours of work for full time employees shall be eight (8) hours per day, inclusive of a one half (½) hour unpaid lunch period, ten (10) days per 2 week period with a total of eighty (80) hours per 2 week period. However, the parties agree there are schedules which vary from the above. Accordingly any employee who is regularly scheduled such that her hours of work per day over a biweekly pay period total sixty (60) or more hours be considered to be a full time 17.02 Employees will be granted two (2) paid fifteen (15) minute breaks during each full shift as set out in 17.01. These breaks may be scheduled separately or as a single break according to the needs of the Employer. 17.03 Employees will be granted an unpaid one half (½) hour meal period at the midway point of the employee’s shift, or as near to the midway point as is practical. In any event, the meal period shall take place within the first five (5) hours of the employee’s shift. 17.04 If employees are required by the employer, for whatever reason, to perform duties on behalf of the Employer during the meal period or rest period, the employee shall be paid at their regular rate of pay for all time worked or given time later. 17.05 Employees who report for a full shift as set out in 17.01 for which they are scheduled, but for whom no work is available, may be assigned another job or be sent home with four (4) hours pay, unless they have received notice in advance not to report for work, or in the event that lack of work is due to circumstance outside of the control of the Employer. The Employer is not responsible for any such payment or obligation if the failure to provide notice is due to the employee not keeping the Employer apprised or her current telephone number. 17.06 In the event employees, on their own accord for their own personal convenience, arrange to exchange shifts, within a pay period, with other appropriate qualified employees, the Employer agrees to allow the employees to do so provided the employees have obtained their respective supervisor’s written approval. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Employees shall fill out the appropriate forms at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance. The Employer shall not be responsible or liable for overtime and noncompliance with any scheduling provisions that may arise or accrue as a result of this exchange of shifts. 17.07 The Employer agrees that employees will not be required to work split shifts except in cases of emergency. Employees may agree to work split shifts in the event split shifts are offered. 17.08 Employees shall not be scheduled to work more than six (6) consecutive days. 17.09 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS SCHEDULE Employees shall work Christmas or New Years on an annual rotating basis, such that an employee who worked Christmas in one year shall not work it in the following year. In order to accommodate this rotation the scheduling rules set out herein shall be relaxed for the period from December 21 to January 4 inclusive. This rotational pattern cannot be guaranteed where an employee changes status, or where an employee changes job classifications. 17.10 Full time employees will be scheduled to have every second weekend off, unless otherwise mutually agreed. 17.11 Where the Employer requires overtime work it shall use the call-list, as long as time is not of the essence, and offer overtime opportunities in each classification on a seniority basis using that list. 17.12 Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time and one half the employee’s normal rate of pay. All hours in excess of an average of eighty (80) hours biweekly (averaged over two pay periods) shall be paid at the overtime rate. 17.13 In cases where overtime is an extension of a normal work day, a fifteen (15) minute paid break will be allowed after the first two (2) hours of overtime worked. 17.14 An employee who leaves her place of work and is subsequently called back in the same day shall be paid at the appropriate rate according to Article 17.12. 17.15 In no event shall there be any pyramiding of benefits or payments under this Agreement. 17.16 The hours and days of work of each employee shall be posted two (2) weeks in advance and shall cover not less than a four (4) week period. There shall be no changes in the schedule of employees after being posted, unless by mutual agreement of the Employer and the employee affected by such change, except in the case of an emergency. 17.17 Saturday midnight shall be the start of each workweek. 17.18 Employees shall have a minimum of eleven (11) consecutive hours off between scheduled shifts. If available hours arise, e.g. call-in to relieve sick call, then the above is deemed to be waived by mutual agreement. Should an overtime situation arise the provisions of the Collective Agreement pertaining to overtime shall apply. 17.19 Part Time members of the bargaining Unit in the Nursing Department who have indicated in writing an interest in working these shifts will be assigned to work “Enhanced Shifts” in order to provide additional care to the residents of Empire Living. Members will indicate their interest on a sign-up sheet in December of each year and they will be assigned shifts in order of seniority to the extent they are available, and in accordance with this article for the following calendar year. It is understood that there is at present one enhanced shift per day. These shifts will be for a maximum of eight hours but may be for fewer hours. The shift length is the same from day to day. When a resident stops receiving enhanced service the length of the shift on each day will be reduced. Shifts are assigned to spread the work across interested staff with the senior employee receiving the most shifts and the less senior receiving a small portion ( for example – Employee ▇- ▇ shifts per week; Employee B -3 shifts: Employee C – 2 shifts). Only in the case that a resident will not agree to a particular employee providing his or her enhanced services will seniority not be the deciding factor. The Employer agrees it will assign employees to regular shifts prior to enhanced Shifts. When members work Enhanced shifts, they will be paid at their regular rate of pay that they receive while working their nursing shifts. Furthermore the work done on the Enhanced shifts will be considered as time worked for the purposes of seniority and service. The Union understands that the Employer will encourage residents to use bargaining unit staff for enhanced Shifts but the final decision as to who will deliver the care is up to the resident. If the resident chooses to use an outside agency for Enhanced Shifts this is not a violation of any Article in this collective Agreement. Employees working Enhanced shifts agree that working Enhanced shifts may require that the employee work split shifts. Hours worked in a day or in a week on Enhanced Shifts will not be considered as time worked under Article 17 for the purposes of overtime, or in determining the status of an employee as Part time or Full Time; nor are regular hours worked in Nursing counted towards any premium pay that may arise under the employment Standards Act for work on Enhanced Shifts. The union agrees that when a resident no longer requires Enhanced Shifts, or reduces the number of hours per day or per week, that this will not be considered as a layoff and that the reduction will be immediate.
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Sources: Collective Agreement
HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME. 17.01 The regular hours of work for full time employees shall be eight (8) hours per day, inclusive of a one half (½) hour unpaid lunch period, ten (10) days per 2 week period with a total of eighty (80) hours per 2 week periodCALL-OUT TIME / ON-CALL TIME / COURT TIME
Section 22.1. However, This Article is intended to define the parties agree there are schedules which vary from the above. Accordingly any employee who is regularly scheduled such that her normal hours of work per day over or per week or per period in effect at the time of execution of this Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as preventing the Employer from restructuring the normal workday or workweek for the purpose of promoting efficiency or improving services, from establishing the work schedules of employee, etc. This Article is intended to be used as the basis of computing overtime and shall not be construed as a biweekly pay period total guarantee of work per day or per week or per period.
Section 22.2. With the exception of changes of shifts, when employees are required to work more than eight (8) hours in any calendar day, or more than one hundred sixty (60160) hours within a twenty-eight (28) calendar day period, they shall receive compensation at the rate of one and one- half (1½) times their regular hourly rate for all excess hours. Overtime shall be calculated to the nearest twelve (12) minutes. An exception to the eight (8) hour provision shall be deemed accepted when the Employer and employee(s) mutually agree to do so (e.g., four [4] ten [10] hour days). The workday for all personnel assigned to non-continuous operations is exclusive of an unpaid meal period.
Section 22.3. Employees may elect, in lieu of overtime pay, to accept compensatory time. Compensatory time shall be credited at the rate of one and one-half (1½) hours off for each one
(1) hour of overtime worked. Employees may accumulate up to one hundred twenty (120) hours of compensatory time. The following rights and conditions shall exist as they pertain to compensatory time:
A. The election of overtime pay or more hours compensatory time is solely the right of the employee, and he shall so indicate his election when reporting the overtime worked;
B. In all cases, requests for compensatory time off shall be considered to be a full time
17.02 Employees will be granted two (2) paid fifteen (15) minute breaks during each full shift as set out in
17.01. These breaks may be scheduled separately approved or as a single break disapproved according to the operational needs of the Employer;
C. Requests for compensatory time off must be submitted not less than sixteen (16) hours in advance of the time requested, unless a shorter advance notice is accepted at the discretion of the supervisor;
D. Upon termination of employment, an employee will be paid for his accrued compensatory time at his current rate of pay, or his average pay over the preceding thirty-six (36) months, whichever is greater.
17.03 Employees will be granted Section 22.4. When an unpaid one half employee is called in to work before the commencement of his regularly scheduled eight (½) 8) hour meal period at the midway point of the employee’s shiftworking period, or as near when recalled to work after the midway point as is practical. In any event, the meal period shall take place within the first five conclusion of his regularly scheduled eight (5) hours of the employee’s shift.
17.04 If employees are required by the employer, for whatever reason, to perform duties on behalf of the Employer during the meal period or rest 8) hour working period, the employee shall be paid at their regular rate of pay for all time worked or given time later.
17.05 Employees who report for a full shift as set out in
17.01 for which they are scheduled, but for whom no work is available, may be assigned another job or be sent home with four (4) hours pay, unless they have received notice in advance not to report for work, or in the event that lack of work is due to circumstance outside of the control of the Employer. The Employer is not responsible for any such payment or obligation if the failure to provide notice is due to the employee not keeping the Employer apprised or her current telephone number.
17.06 In the event employees, on their own accord for their own personal convenience, arrange to exchange shifts, within a pay period, with other appropriate qualified employees, the Employer agrees to allow the employees to do so provided the employees have obtained their respective supervisor’s written approval. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Employees shall fill out the appropriate forms at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance. The Employer shall not be responsible or liable for overtime and noncompliance with any scheduling provisions that may arise or accrue as a result of this exchange of shifts.
17.07 The Employer agrees that employees will not be required to work split shifts except in cases of emergency. Employees may agree to work split shifts in the event split shifts are offered.
17.08 Employees shall not be scheduled to work more than six (6) consecutive days.
17.09 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS SCHEDULE Employees shall work Christmas or New Years on an annual rotating basis, such that an employee who worked Christmas in one year shall not work it in the following year. In order to accommodate this rotation the scheduling rules set out herein shall be relaxed for the period from December 21 to January 4 inclusive. This rotational pattern cannot be guaranteed where an employee changes status, or where an employee changes job classifications.
17.10 Full time employees will be scheduled to have every second weekend off, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
17.11 Where the Employer requires overtime work it shall use the call-list, as long as time is not of the essence, and offer overtime opportunities in each classification on a seniority basis using that list.
17.12 Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time and one half the employee’s normal rate of pay. All hours in excess of an average of eighty (80) hours biweekly (averaged over two pay periods) shall be paid at the overtime rate.
17.13 In cases where overtime is an extension of a normal work day, a fifteen (15) minute paid break will be allowed after the first two (2) hours of overtime worked.
17.14 An employee who leaves her place of work and is subsequently called back in the same day shall be paid at the appropriate rate according to Article 17.12.
17.15 In no event shall there be any pyramiding of benefits or payments under this Agreement.
17.16 The hours and days of work of each employee shall be posted two (2) weeks in advance and shall cover not less than a four (4) week period. There shall be no changes in the schedule of employees after being posted, unless by mutual agreement of the Employer and the employee affected by such change, except in the case of an emergency.
17.17 Saturday midnight shall be the start of each workweek.
17.18 Employees shall have receive a minimum of eleven (11) consecutive hours off between scheduled shifts. If available hours arise, e.g. call-in to relieve sick call, then the above is deemed to be waived by mutual agreement. Should an overtime situation arise the provisions of the Collective Agreement pertaining to overtime shall apply.
17.19 Part Time members of the bargaining Unit in the Nursing Department who have indicated in writing an interest in working these shifts will be assigned to work “Enhanced Shifts” in order to provide additional care to the residents of Empire Living. Members will indicate their interest on a sign-up sheet in December of each year and they will be assigned shifts in order of seniority to the extent they are available, and in accordance with this article for the following calendar year. It is understood that there is at present one enhanced shift per day. These shifts will be for a maximum of eight hours but may be for fewer hours. The shift length is the same from day to day. When a resident stops receiving enhanced service the length of the shift on each day will be reduced. Shifts are assigned to spread the work across interested staff with the senior employee receiving the most shifts and the less senior receiving a small portion ( for example – Employee ▇- ▇ shifts per week; Employee B -3 shifts: Employee C – 2 shifts). Only in the case that a resident will not agree to a particular employee providing his or her enhanced services will seniority not be the deciding factor. The Employer agrees it will assign employees to regular shifts prior to enhanced Shifts. When members work Enhanced shifts, they will be paid at their regular rate of pay that they receive while working their nursing shifts. Furthermore the work done on the Enhanced shifts will be considered as time worked for the purposes of seniority and service. The Union understands that the Employer will encourage residents to use bargaining unit staff for enhanced Shifts but the final decision as to who will deliver the care is up to the resident. If the resident chooses to use an outside agency for Enhanced Shifts this is not a violation of any Article in this collective Agreement. Employees working Enhanced shifts agree that working Enhanced shifts may require that the employee work split shifts. Hours worked in a day or in a week on Enhanced Shifts will not be considered as time worked under Article 17 for the purposes of overtime, or in determining the status of an employee as Part time or Full Time; nor are regular hours worked in Nursing counted towards any premium pay that may arise under the employment Standards Act for work on Enhanced Shifts. The union agrees that when a resident no longer requires Enhanced Shifts, or reduces the number of hours per day or per week, that this will not be considered as a layoff and that the reduction will be immediate.three
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME. 17.01 The regular provisions of this Article shall not be construed to be a guarantee of hours of work nor as a guarantee of working schedules. The normal scheduled hours for full full-time employees, and employees assigned to temporarily work full-time hours shall be eight not exceed seventy-five (8) hours per day75) hours, inclusive of a one half (½) hour unpaid lunch period, ten (10) days per 2 week period with a total of eighty (80) hours per 2 week period. However, the parties agree there are schedules which vary from the above. Accordingly any employee who is regularly scheduled such that her hours of work per day averaged over a biweekly pay period total sixty (60) or more hours be considered to be a full time
17.02 Employees will be granted two (2) paid fifteen week pay period as determined by the Employer. The normal scheduled hours for part-time employees, and employees assigned to temporarily work part-time hours shall not exceed any period up to and including fifty-nine (1559) minute breaks during each full shift hours, averaged over a two (2) week period as set out in
17.01determined by the Employer. These breaks may The days of work for an employee, the starting and quitting times, meal periods and rest periods shall be scheduled separately or as a single break according to determined by the needs Employer in accordance with the requirements of the Employer.
17.03 Employees will . All authorized time worked beyond seventy-five (75) hours and up to and including eighty-eight (88) hours in a two week pay period shall be granted an unpaid one half (½) hour meal period at the midway point of banked in hours to the employee’s shiftcredit, and traded for compensating time off, or as near to the midway point as is practical. In any event, the meal period shall take place within the first five (5) hours of at the employee’s shift.
17.04 If employees are required by the employer, for whatever reason, to perform duties on behalf of the Employer during the meal period or rest period, the employee shall option be paid at their the employee’s regular rate of pay for all the time so worked. All authorized time worked or given time later.
17.05 Employees who report for a full shift as set out in
17.01 for which they are scheduled, but for whom no work is available, may be assigned another job or be sent home with four beyond eight-eight (488) hours pay, unless they have received notice in advance not to report for work, or in the event that lack of work is due to circumstance outside of the control of the Employer. The Employer is not responsible for any such payment or obligation if the failure to provide notice is due to the employee not keeping the Employer apprised or her current telephone number.
17.06 In the event employees, on their own accord for their own personal convenience, arrange to exchange shifts, within a pay period, with other appropriate qualified employees, the Employer agrees to allow the employees to do so provided the employees have obtained their respective supervisor’s written approval. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Employees shall fill out the appropriate forms at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance. The Employer shall not be responsible or liable for overtime and noncompliance with any scheduling provisions that may arise or accrue as a result of this exchange of shifts.
17.07 The Employer agrees that employees will not be required to work split shifts except in cases of emergency. Employees may agree to work split shifts in the event split shifts are offered.
17.08 Employees shall not be scheduled to work more than six (6) consecutive days.
17.09 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS SCHEDULE Employees shall work Christmas or New Years on an annual rotating basis, such that an employee who worked Christmas in one year shall not work it in the following year. In order to accommodate this rotation the scheduling rules set out herein shall be relaxed for the period from December 21 to January 4 inclusive. This rotational pattern cannot be guaranteed where an employee changes status, or where an employee changes job classifications.
17.10 Full time employees will be scheduled to have every second weekend off, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
17.11 Where the Employer requires overtime work it shall use the call-list, as long as time is not of the essence, and offer overtime opportunities in each classification on a seniority basis using that list.
17.12 Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time and one half the employee’s normal rate of pay. All hours in excess of an average of eighty (80) hours biweekly (averaged over two pay periods) shall be paid at the overtime rate.
17.13 In cases where overtime is an extension of a normal work day, a fifteen (15) minute paid break will be allowed after the first two (2) week pay period shall be banked in hours to the employee‘s credit, in the ratio of overtime one and one-half (1 hours for every hour so worked.
17.14 , or at the employee‘s option, be paid for at time and one-half (1 the employee’s regular rate of pay for the time so worked. An employee who leaves requests compensating time off shall submit a written request to her place of work and is subsequently called back in the same day shall be paid at the appropriate rate according to Article 17.12.
17.15 In no event shall there be any pyramiding of benefits or payments under this Agreement.
17.16 The hours and days of work of each employee shall be posted supervisor not less than two (2) weeks in advance and shall cover not less than a four (4) week periodprior to the requested time off work. There In all cases, compensating time off shall be no changes in the schedule of employees after being posted, unless scheduled off by mutual agreement between the employee and her supervisor within the calendar year in which it was earned or it will be scheduled out, and not more than seven and one-half (37 compensating hours shall be accumulated at any one time. Employees recognize the need for overtime and agree to work overtime as assigned by the Employer. There will be no duplication of premiums under this Agreement, nor pyramiding of overtime or benefits. During the change-over from Daylight Savings Time to Eastern Standard Time or vice-versa, an employee shall be paid for their scheduled shift, notwithstanding the fact that they have worked either one hour more or one hour less. Approved supervisory deviation from the posted schedule which results from an employee initiating a change of shifts with another qualified employee shall not result costs to the Association as a result shift so changed. in any overtime or premium of the Employer and the employee affected by such change, except in the case of an emergency.
17.17 Saturday midnight shall be the start of each workweek.
17.18 Employees shall have a minimum of eleven (11) consecutive hours off between scheduled shifts. If available hours arise, e.g. call-in to relieve sick call, then the above is deemed to be waived by mutual agreement. Should an overtime situation arise the provisions of the Collective Agreement pertaining to overtime shall apply.
17.19 Part Time members of the bargaining Unit in the Nursing Department who have indicated in writing an interest in working these shifts will be assigned to work “Enhanced Shifts” in order to provide additional care to the residents of Empire Living. Members will indicate their interest on a sign-up sheet in December of each year and they will be assigned shifts in order of seniority to the extent they are available, and in accordance with this article for the following calendar year. It is understood that there is at present one enhanced shift per day. These shifts will be for a maximum of eight hours but may be for fewer hours. The shift length is the same from day to day. When a resident stops receiving enhanced service the length of the shift on each day will be reduced. Shifts are assigned to spread the work across interested staff with the senior employee receiving the most shifts and the less senior receiving a small portion ( for example – Employee ▇- ▇ shifts per week; Employee B -3 shifts: Employee C – 2 shifts). Only in the case that a resident will not agree to a particular employee providing his or her enhanced services will seniority not be the deciding factor. The Employer agrees it will assign employees to regular shifts prior to enhanced Shifts. When members work Enhanced shifts, they will be paid at their regular rate of pay that they receive while working their nursing shifts. Furthermore the work done on the Enhanced shifts will be considered as time worked for the purposes of seniority and service. The Union understands that the Employer will encourage residents to use bargaining unit staff for enhanced Shifts but the final decision as to who will deliver the care is up to the resident. If the resident chooses to use an outside agency for Enhanced Shifts this is not a violation of any Article in this collective Agreement. Employees working Enhanced shifts agree that working Enhanced shifts may require that the employee work split shifts. Hours worked in a day or in a week on Enhanced Shifts will not be considered as time worked under Article 17 for the purposes of overtime, or in determining the status of an employee as Part time or Full Time; nor are regular hours worked in Nursing counted towards any premium pay that may arise under the employment Standards Act for work on Enhanced Shifts. The union agrees that when a resident no longer requires Enhanced Shifts, or reduces the number of hours per day or per week, that this will not be considered as a layoff and that the reduction will be immediate.the
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Sources: Collective Agreement
HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME. 17.01 The regular normal hours of work for full time employees shall be eight (8) hours per day, inclusive of a one half (½1/2) hour unpaid paid lunch period, ten (10) days per 2 week period with a total of eighty (80) or 80 hours per 2 week period. However, However the parties agree there are schedules which vary from the above. Accordingly any employee who This is regularly scheduled such that her not a guarantee of hours of work per day over a biweekly or per pay period total sixty (60) or more hours be considered to be a full timeperiod.
17.02 Employees shall receive a paid ½ hour lunch break for shifts in excess of 5 hours and shall receive a 15 minute rest break in each half of an 8 hour scheduled shifts. Shift of less than 8 hours will be granted two (2) paid fifteen (15) minute breaks during each full shift as set out in
17.01. These breaks may be scheduled separately or as a single have the rest break according to the needs of the Employerpro rated.
17.03 Employees will be granted an unpaid one half (½) hour meal period at the midway point of the employee’s shift, or as near to the midway point as is practical. In any event, the meal period shall take place within the first five (5) hours of the employee’s shift.
17.04 If employees are required by the employer, employer for whatever reason, to perform duties on behalf of the Employer employer during the meal period or rest period, the employee shall be paid at have their regular rate of pay for all time worked or given time laterbreak rescheduled.
17.05 17.04 Employees who report for a full shift as set out in
in 17.01 for which they are scheduled, but for whom no work is available, may be assigned another job or be sent home with four (4) hours pay, unless they have received notice in advance not to report for work, or in the event that lack of work is due to circumstance outside of the control of the Employer. The Employer is not responsible for any such payment or obligation if the failure to provide notice is due to the employee not keeping the Employer apprised or her current telephone number.
17.06 17.05 In the event employees, on their own accord for their own personal convenience, arrange to exchange change shifts, within a pay period, with other appropriate qualified employees, the Employer agrees to allow the employees to do so provided the employees have obtained their respective supervisor’s 's written approval. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Employees shall fill out the appropriate forms at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance. The Employer shall not be responsible or liable for overtime and noncompliance with any scheduling provisions that may arise or accrue as a result of this exchange of shifts.
17.07 The Employer agrees that employees will not be required to work split shifts except in cases of emergency. Employees may agree to work split shifts in the event split shifts are offered.
17.08 Employees shall not be scheduled to work more than six (6) consecutive days.
17.09 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS SCHEDULE Employees shall work Christmas or New Years on an annual rotating basis, such that an employee who worked Christmas in one year shall not work it in the following year. In order to accommodate this rotation the scheduling rules set out herein shall be relaxed for the period from December 21 to January 4 inclusive. This rotational pattern cannot be guaranteed where an employee changes status, or where an employee changes job classifications.
17.10 Full time employees will be scheduled to have every second weekend off, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
17.11 Where the Employer requires overtime work it shall use the call-list, as long as time is not of the essence, and offer overtime opportunities in each classification on a seniority basis using that list.
17.12 Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time and one half the employee’s normal rate of pay. All hours in excess of an average of eighty (80) hours biweekly (averaged over two pay periods) shall be paid at the overtime rate.
17.13 In cases where overtime is an extension of a normal work day, a fifteen (15) minute paid break will be allowed after the first two (2) hours of overtime worked.
17.14 An employee who leaves her place of work and is subsequently called back in the same day shall be paid at the appropriate rate according to Article 17.12.
17.15 In no event shall there be any pyramiding of benefits or payments under this Agreement.
17.16 The hours and days of work of each employee shall be posted two (2) weeks in advance and shall cover not less than a four (4) week period. There shall be no changes in the schedule of employees after being posted, unless by mutual agreement of the Employer and the employee affected by such change, except in the case of an emergency.
17.17 Saturday midnight shall be the start of each workweek.
17.18 Employees shall have a minimum of eleven (11) consecutive hours off between scheduled shifts. If available hours arise, e.g. call-in to relieve sick call, then the above is deemed to be waived by mutual agreement. Should an overtime situation arise the provisions of the Collective Agreement pertaining to overtime shall apply.
17.19 Part Time members of the bargaining Unit in the Nursing Department who have indicated in writing an interest in working these shifts will be assigned to work “Enhanced Shifts” in order to provide additional care to the residents of Empire Living. Members will indicate their interest on a sign-up sheet in December of each year and they will be assigned shifts in order of seniority to the extent they are available, and in accordance with this article for the following calendar year. It is understood that there is at present one enhanced shift per day. These shifts will be for a maximum of eight hours but may be for fewer hours. The shift length is the same from day to day. When a resident stops receiving enhanced service the length of the shift on each day will be reduced. Shifts are assigned to spread the work across interested staff with the senior employee receiving the most shifts and the less senior receiving a small portion ( for example – Employee ▇- ▇ shifts per week; Employee B -3 shifts: Employee C – 2 shifts). Only in the case that a resident will not agree to a particular employee providing his or her enhanced services will seniority not be the deciding factor. The Employer agrees it will assign employees to regular shifts prior to enhanced Shifts. When members work Enhanced shifts, they will be paid at their regular rate of pay that they receive while working their nursing shifts. Furthermore the work done on the Enhanced shifts will be considered as time worked for the purposes of seniority and service. The Union understands that the Employer will encourage residents to use bargaining unit staff for enhanced Shifts but the final decision as to who will deliver the care is up to the resident. If the resident chooses to use an outside agency for Enhanced Shifts this is not a violation of any Article in this collective Agreement. Employees working Enhanced shifts agree that working Enhanced shifts may require that the employee work split shifts. Hours worked in a day or in a week on Enhanced Shifts will not be considered as time worked under Article 17 for the purposes of overtime, or in determining the status of an employee as Part time or Full Time; nor are regular hours worked in Nursing counted towards any premium pay that may arise under the employment Standards Act for work on Enhanced Shifts. The union agrees that when a resident no longer requires Enhanced Shifts, or reduces the number of hours per day or per week, that this will not be considered as a layoff and that the reduction will be immediate.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Agreement
HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME. 17.01 18.01 Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a guarantee of hours per day or days per week.
18.02 The regular normal shift for a full-time employee shall be seven and one-half (7 ½) hours worked. The parties recognize that there are daily shifts of work that are of shorter duration than seven and one-half (7 ½) hours and that these shifts do not constitute a violation of any provision of the collective agreement.
18.03 Overtime at the rate of one and one-half times (1½x) the employe regular straight time hours rate of pay will be paid for full time employees all worked over eighty-eight (88) hours bi- weekly, exclusive of unpaid meal periods, provided that the overtime has been authorized in advance by the Department Manager or designate. Effective January 26, 2022, overtime at the rate of one and one-half times (1½ x) the seventy-five (75) hours bi-weekly, exclusive of unpaid meal periods, provided that the overtime has been authorized in advance by the Department Manager or designate. There will be no pyramiding of overtime rates under this Agreement.
18.04 Employees shall be eight entitled to a thirty (8) hours per day, inclusive of a one half (½) hour unpaid lunch period, ten (10) days per 2 week period with a total of eighty (80) hours per 2 week period. However, the parties agree there are schedules which vary from the above. Accordingly any employee who is regularly scheduled such that her hours of work per day over a biweekly pay period total sixty (60) or more hours be considered to be a full time
17.02 Employees will be granted two (2) paid fifteen (1530) minute breaks during each full shift as set out in
17.01. These breaks may be scheduled separately or as a single break according to the needs of the Employer.
17.03 Employees will be granted an unpaid one half (½) hour meal period at the midway point for shifts of the employee’s shift, or as near to the midway point as is practical. In any event, the meal period shall take place within the first longer than five (5) hours duration, to be taken at a time designated by the Employer. In the event that a meal period is interrupted requiring an employee to attend to a work-related problem or issue during their meal period, then the balance of the employee’s unused meal period that they missed will be provided later in the shift.
17.04 If (a) All employees are required shall be entitled to a paid rest period of fifteen (15) consecutive minutes for each three and three-quarter (3 ¾) hours worked, to be taken at a time(s) designated by the employer, for whatever reason, to perform duties on behalf of the Employer during the meal period or rest period, the employee Employer.
(b) Shifts shall be paid at their regular rate of pay for all time worked or given time later.
17.05 Employees who report for a full shift as set out in
17.01 for which they are scheduled, but for whom scheduled so that no work is available, may be assigned another job or be sent home with four (4) hours pay, unless they have received notice in advance not to report for work, or in the event that lack of work is due to circumstance outside of the control of the Employer. The Employer is not responsible for any such payment or obligation if the failure to provide notice is due to the employee not keeping the Employer apprised or her current telephone number.
17.06 In the event employees, on their own accord for their own personal convenience, arrange to exchange shifts, within a pay period, with other appropriate qualified employees, the Employer agrees to allow the employees to do so provided the employees have obtained their respective supervisor’s written approval. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Employees shall fill out the appropriate forms at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance. The Employer shall not be responsible or liable for overtime and noncompliance with any scheduling provisions that may arise or accrue as a result of this exchange of shifts.
17.07 The Employer agrees that employees will not be required to work split shifts except in cases of emergency. Employees may agree to work split shifts in the event split shifts are offered.
17.08 Employees shall not be scheduled to work more than six (6) consecutive daysdays unless mutually agreed. The Employer will schedule full-time employees off one (1) weekend out of two (2) and will schedule part-time employees off one (1) weekend out of three (3), except:
(i) with the consent of the employee to schedule otherwise;
(ii) where an employee accepts or requests additional weekend work at her discretion. It is understood and agreed that employees may choose to accept additional shifts and such acceptance is not a violation of this Article.
17.09 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS SCHEDULE Employees shall 18.06 The Union recognizes that the Employer's obligation to residents will make overtime work Christmas or New Years on an annual rotating basisnecessary from time to time. Therefore, such that an the employee who worked Christmas in one year shall not work is expected to cooperate with the Employer by working overtime when it is assigned.
18.07 In circumstances where the Employer elects to offer overtime, the overtime will be offered to employees in the following yearmanner;
(a) by seniority to qualified employees who work in the classification where the work is required;
(b) by seniority to qualified employees who work in the bargaining unit;
(c) if sufficient qualified employees do not volunteer to enable the employer to maintain the scheduled service, the employer may require by reverse order of seniority, the qualified employees on shift within the affected classification, to work in excess of their scheduled shift. In order to accommodate this rotation the scheduling rules set out herein shall be relaxed for the period from December 21 to January 4 inclusive. This rotational pattern cannot be guaranteed where an employee changes status, or where an employee changes job classifications.
17.10 Full time employees will be Hours worked over and above their scheduled to have every second weekend off, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
17.11 Where the Employer requires overtime work it shall use the call-list, as long as time is not of the essence, and offer overtime opportunities in each classification on a seniority basis using that list.
17.12 Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time one and one half the employee’s normal rate of pay. All hours (1½ qualify for overtime in excess of an average of eighty accordance with Article 18.03.
18.08 An employee who reports for work at their assigned starting time or is called into work their schedule and who works less than four (804) hours biweekly (averaged over two pay periods) on any day because work is not available, shall be paid for at least four (4) hours straight time; but this clause does not apply when the overtime rateEmployer is unable to provide work for the employee because of fire, lightning, power failure, storms or like causes of work stoppage beyond the control of the Employer. This clause also does not apply where the employee has been previously notified by the Employer, either esidence at least one hour before the assigned starting time, not to report to work. The Employer shall not incur any obligation under this clause where the employee has failed to keep the Employer informed of her current address and telephone number.
17.13 In cases where overtime is 18.09 The scheduled hours of work for an extension employee, the starting and quitting times each day and the time and duration of a normal work day, a fifteen (15) minute paid break lunch period and time of rest periods will be allowed after determined by the first two (2) hours of overtime workedEmployer in accordance with its requirements.
17.14 An employee who leaves her place (a) Shift schedules of work and is subsequently called back in the same day shall be paid at the appropriate rate according to Article 17.12.
17.15 In no event shall there be any pyramiding of benefits or payments under this Agreement.
17.16 The hours and days of work of each employee shall four (4) week duration will be posted two (2) weeks in advance and shall cover not less than a four (4) week periodadvance. There shall be no changes in Once the shift schedule of employees after being is posted, unless by mutual agreement of the Employer and the employee affected by such change, except in the case of an emergency.
17.17 Saturday midnight shall be the start of each workweek.
17.18 Employees shall have a minimum of eleven (11) consecutive hours off between scheduled shifts. If available hours arise, e.g. call-in to relieve sick call, then the above is deemed to be waived by mutual agreement. Should an overtime situation arise the provisions of the Collective Agreement pertaining to overtime shall apply.
17.19 Part Time members of the bargaining Unit in the Nursing Department who have indicated in writing an interest in working these shifts will be assigned to work “Enhanced Shifts” in order to provide additional care to the residents of Empire Living. Members will indicate their interest on a sign-up sheet in December of each year and they will be assigned shifts in order of seniority to the extent they are available, and in accordance with this article for the following calendar year. It is understood that there is at present one enhanced shift per day. These shifts will be for a maximum of eight hours but may be for fewer hours. The shift length is the same from day to day. When a resident stops receiving enhanced service the length of the shift on each day will be reduced. Shifts are assigned to spread the work across interested staff with the senior employee receiving the most shifts and the less senior receiving a small portion ( for example – Employee ▇- ▇ shifts per week; Employee B -3 shifts: Employee C – 2 shifts). Only in the case that a resident will not agree to a particular employee providing his or her enhanced services will seniority not be the deciding factor. The Employer agrees it will assign employees to regular shifts prior to enhanced Shifts. When members work Enhanced shifts, they will be paid at their regular rate of pay that they receive while working their nursing shifts. Furthermore the work done on the Enhanced shifts will be considered as time worked for the purposes of seniority and service. The Union understands that the Employer will encourage residents to use bargaining unit staff for enhanced Shifts but the final decision as to who will deliver the care is up to the resident. If the resident chooses to use an outside agency for Enhanced Shifts this is not a violation of any Article in this collective Agreement. Employees working Enhanced shifts agree that working Enhanced shifts may require that the employee work split shifts. Hours worked in a day or in a week on Enhanced Shifts will not be considered as time worked under Article 17 for the purposes of overtime, or in determining the status of an employee as Part time or Full Time; nor are regular hours worked in Nursing counted towards any premium pay that may arise under the employment Standards Act for work on Enhanced Shifts. The union agrees that when a resident no longer requires Enhanced Shifts, or reduces the number of hours per day or per week, that this will not be considered as a layoff and that the reduction will be immediate.changed without two
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Sources: Collective Agreement
HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME. 17.01 The regular Employer does not guarantee to provide employment or work for normal hours of work or for full time any other hours. The following provisions designating regular hours over the Employer's schedule shall not be construed to be. a guarantee of the hours of work to be done during each tour schedule. Where the Hospital and the Union agree, subject to the of the Ministry of Labour, other arrangements regarding hours of work may be entered into between parties on a local level with respect to tours beyond the normal or standard work day accordance with the provisions set out in Article of the collective agreement. The regular work cycle for all employees shall be eight not more than seventy-five (8) hours per day, inclusive of a one half (½) hour unpaid lunch period, ten (10) days per 2 week period with a total of eighty (8075) hours per 2 week period. However, the parties agree there are schedules which vary from the above. Accordingly any employee who is regularly scheduled such that her hours of work per day over a biweekly pay period total sixty (60) or more hours be considered to be a full time
17.02 Employees will be granted two (2) paid week pay period exclusive of Employees shall be entitled, subject to the exigencies of patient care, to relief periods during the shift on the basis of fifteen (15) minute breaks during minutes for each full shift as set out in
17.01halfshift. These breaks may be scheduled separately or as a single break according to the needs Authorized worked in excess of the Employer.
17.03 Employees will be granted an unpaid one seven and one-half (½) hour meal period at the midway point of the employee’s shift, or as near to the midway point as is practical. In any event, the meal period shall take place within the first 7 hours per day seventy-five (575) hours of the employee’s shift.
17.04 If employees are required by the employer, for whatever reason, to perform duties on behalf of the Employer during the meal period or rest period, the employee shall be paid at their regular rate of pay for all time worked or given time later.
17.05 Employees who report for in a full shift as set out in
17.01 for which they are scheduled, but for whom no work is available, may be assigned another job or be sent home with four two (42) hours pay, unless they have received notice in advance not to report for work, or in the event that lack of work is due to circumstance outside of the control of the Employer. The Employer is not responsible for any such payment or obligation if the failure to provide notice is due to the employee not keeping the Employer apprised or her current telephone number.
17.06 In the event employees, on their own accord for their own personal convenience, arrange to exchange shifts, within a week pay period, with other appropriate qualified employees, the Employer agrees to allow the employees to do so provided the employees have obtained their respective supervisor’s written approval. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Employees shall fill out the appropriate forms at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance. The Employer shall not be responsible or liable for overtime and noncompliance with any scheduling provisions that may arise or accrue as a result of this exchange of shifts.
17.07 The Employer agrees that employees will not be required to work split shifts except in cases of emergency. Employees may agree to work split shifts in the event split shifts are offered.
17.08 Employees shall not be scheduled to work more than six (6) consecutive days.
17.09 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS SCHEDULE Employees shall work Christmas or New Years on an annual rotating basis, such that an employee who worked Christmas in one year shall not work it in the following year. In order to accommodate this rotation the scheduling rules set out herein shall be relaxed for the period from December 21 to January 4 inclusive. This rotational pattern cannot be guaranteed where an employee changes status, or where an employee changes job classifications.
17.10 Full time employees will be scheduled to have every second weekend off, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
17.11 Where the Employer requires overtime work it shall use the call-list, as long as time is not of the essence, and offer overtime opportunities in each classification on a seniority basis using that list.
17.12 Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time and one one-half the regular straight time hourly rate, provided however, that time necessary assigned work on an irregular basis to a maximum of (15) minutes shall be and shall not be counted as overtime. an employee has worked and accumulated approved overtime hours (other than hours related to paid holidays) up to a of the equivalent of three (3) day's accumulation, then such employee shall have the of electing payment at the applicable overtime rate or time off equivalent to the applicable overtime rate (i.e., where applicable rate is one and one-half times, then time off shall be at one and one-half times). Where an employee chooses the latter option, such off must be taken within the succeeding sixty (60) days of occurrence of the overtime at a agreeableto the Hospital and the employee’s normal , or payment in accordance the option shall be made. If an employee is authorized to work, during the lunch break, due to the requirements of patient care, he be paid time and his regular straight time hourly rate of pay. All hours for all time worked in excess of an average of eighty (80) hours biweekly (averaged over two pay periods) shall be paid at the overtime rate.
17.13 In cases where overtime is an extension of a normal his daily hours. An employee who continues to work day, a fifteen (15) minute paid break will be allowed after the first more than two (2) hours of overtime worked.
17.14 An employee who leaves her place immediately following his scheduled hours of work and is subsequently called back in the same day work, shall be paid provided with a meal voucher valued at the appropriate rate according to Article 17.12.
17.15 In no event shall there be any pyramiding of benefits or payments under this Agreement.
17.16 The hours and days of work of each employee shall be posted two (2) weeks in advance and shall cover not less than a four (4) week period. There shall be no changes in the schedule of employees after being posted, unless by mutual agreement of the Employer and the employee affected by such change, except in the case of an emergency.
17.17 Saturday midnight shall be the start of each workweek.
17.18 Employees shall have a minimum of eleven (11) consecutive hours off between scheduled shifts. If available hours arise, e.g. call-in to relieve sick call, then the above is deemed to be waived by mutual agreement. Should an overtime situation arise the provisions of the Collective Agreement pertaining to overtime shall apply.
17.19 Part Time members of the bargaining Unit in the Nursing Department who have indicated in writing an interest in working these shifts will be assigned to work “Enhanced Shifts” in order to provide additional care to the residents of Empire Living. Members will indicate their interest on a sign-up sheet in December of each year and they will be assigned shifts in order of seniority to the extent they are available, and in accordance with this article for the following calendar year. It is understood that there is at present one enhanced shift per day. These shifts will be for a maximum of eight four dollars ($4.00) or four dollars ($4.00) if the Hospital is unable to provide a meal voucher. Failure to provide sixteen (16) hours but may be between the commencement of an employee’s scheduled shift the commencement of such employee’s next scheduled shift shall result in payment of one and one-half (1 times the employee’s regular straighttime hourly rate for fewer hoursonly those hours which the sixteen (16) hour period. The shift length Where the (1 6) hour period is as a result of an approved change of requested by the same from day to daysuch premium payment shall not apply. When a resident stops receiving enhanced service Where an employee’s is changed by the length Hospital with less than twenty-four (24) hours notice, she shall receive and one-half (1 of her regular straight time hourly rate for all hours worked on her next shift. Notwithstanding the shift on each day will be reduced. Shifts are assigned to spread the work across interested staff with the senior employee receiving the most shifts and the less senior receiving a small portion ( for example – Employee ▇- ▇ shifts per week; Employee B -3 shifts: Employee C – 2 shifts). Only in the case that a resident will not agree to a particular employee providing his or her enhanced services will seniority not be the deciding factor. The Employer agrees it will assign employees to regular shifts prior to enhanced Shifts. When members work Enhanced shiftsforegoing, they will be paid at their regular rate of pay that they receive while working their nursing shifts. Furthermore the work done on the Enhanced shifts will be considered as time worked for the purposes of seniority and service. The Union understands that the Employer will encourage residents to use bargaining unit staff for enhanced Shifts but the final decision as to who will deliver the care is up to the resident. If the resident chooses to use an outside agency for Enhanced Shifts this is not a violation of any Article in this collective Agreement. Employees working Enhanced shifts agree that working Enhanced shifts may require that the employee work split shifts. Hours worked in a day or in a week on Enhanced Shifts overtime will not be considered as time worked under Article 17 paid for the purposes of overtime, or in determining the status of an employee as Part time or Full Time; nor are regular hours worked in Nursing counted towards any premium pay that may arise under the employment Standards Act for work on Enhanced Shifts. The union agrees that when during a resident no longer requires Enhanced Shifts, or reduces the number of hours per day or per week, that this will not be considered twenty-four (24) hour period as a layoff result of the changeover to Daylight Saving Time and that the reduction will be immediatevice versa.
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Sources: Collective Agreement
HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME. 17.01 The regular hours of work for full time employees shall be eight (8) hours per day, inclusive of a one half (½1/2) hour unpaid lunch period, ten (10) days per 2 week period with a total of eighty (80) hours per 2 week period. However, the parties agree there are schedules which vary from the above. Accordingly any employee who is regularly scheduled such that her hours of work per day over a biweekly pay period total sixty (60) or more hours be considered to be a full time.
17.02 Employees will be granted two (2) a paid fifteen (15) minute breaks break without loss of pay during each half of each full shift as set out in
17.01. These breaks may be scheduled separately or in 17.01 as a single break according near to the needs midpoint of the Employerhalf shift as is practical. Part time employee’s breaks will be prorated to their scheduled hours worked.
17.03 Employees will be granted an unpaid one half (½1/2) hour meal period at the midway point of the employee’s shift, or as near to the midway point as is practical. In any event, the meal period shall take place within the first five (5) hours of the employee’s shift.
17.04 If employees are required by the employer, for whatever reason, to perform duties on behalf of the Employer during the meal period or rest period, the employee shall be paid at their regular rate of pay for all time worked or given time later.
17.05 Employees who report for a full shift as set out in
in 17.01 for which they are scheduled, but for whom no work is available, may be assigned another job or be sent home with four three (43) hours pay, unless they have received notice in advance not to report for work, or in the event that lack of work is due to circumstance outside of the control of the Employer. The Employer is not responsible for any such payment or obligation if the failure to provide notice is due to the employee not keeping the Employer apprised or of her current telephone number.
17.06 17.05 In the event employees, on their own accord for their own personal convenience, arrange to exchange change shifts, within a pay period, with other appropriate qualified employees, the Employer agrees to allow the employees to do so provided the employees have obtained their respective supervisor’s written approval. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Employees shall fill out the appropriate forms at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance. The Employer shall not be responsible or liable for overtime and noncompliance with any scheduling provisions that may arise or accrue as a result of this exchange of shifts.
17.07 (a) The Employer agrees that employees will not no employee shall be required to work a split shifts except in cases of emergency. Employees may agree to work split shifts in the event split shifts are offeredshift.
17.08 (b) The Employer will not schedule doubles or allow shifts to be mutually agreed to unless there is an emergency.
17.07 Employees shall not be scheduled to work more than six (6) consecutive days.
17.09 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS SCHEDULE Employees shall work Christmas or New Years on an annual rotating basis, such that an employee who worked Christmas in one year shall not work it in the following year. In order to accommodate this rotation the scheduling rules set out herein shall be relaxed for the period from December 21 to January 4 inclusive. This rotational pattern cannot be guaranteed where an employee changes status, or where an employee changes job classifications.
17.10 Full time employees will be scheduled to have every second weekend off, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
17.11 Where the Employer requires overtime work it shall use the call-list, as long as time is not of the essence, and offer overtime opportunities in each classification on a seniority basis using that list.
17.12 Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time and one half the employee’s normal rate of pay. All hours in excess of an average of eighty (80) hours biweekly (averaged over two pay periods) shall be paid at the overtime rate.
17.13 In cases where overtime is an extension of a normal work day, a fifteen (15) minute paid break will be allowed after the first two (2) hours of overtime worked.
17.14 An employee who leaves her place of work and is subsequently called back in the same day shall be paid at the appropriate rate according to Article 17.12.
17.15 In no event shall there be any pyramiding of benefits or payments under this Agreement.
17.16 The hours and days of work of each employee shall be posted two (2) weeks in advance and shall cover not less than a four (4) week period. There shall be no changes in the schedule of employees after being posted, unless by mutual agreement of the Employer and the employee affected by such change, except in the case of an emergency.
17.17 Saturday midnight shall be the start of each workweek.
17.18 Employees shall have a minimum of eleven (11) consecutive hours off between scheduled shifts. If available hours arise, e.g. call-in to relieve sick call, then the above is deemed to be waived by mutual agreement. Should an overtime situation arise the provisions of the Collective Agreement pertaining to overtime shall apply.
17.19 Part Time members of the bargaining Unit in the Nursing Department who have indicated in writing an interest in working these shifts will be assigned to work “Enhanced Shifts” in order to provide additional care to the residents of Empire Living. Members will indicate their interest on a sign-up sheet in December of each year and they will be assigned shifts in order of seniority to the extent they are available, and in accordance with this article for the following calendar year. It is understood that there is at present one enhanced shift per day. These shifts will be for a maximum of eight hours but may be for fewer hours. The shift length is the same from day to day. When a resident stops receiving enhanced service the length of the shift on each day will be reduced. Shifts are assigned to spread the work across interested staff with the senior employee receiving the most shifts and the less senior receiving a small portion ( for example – Employee ▇- ▇ shifts per week; Employee B -3 shifts: Employee C – 2 shifts). Only in the case that a resident will not agree to a particular employee providing his or her enhanced services will seniority not be the deciding factor. The Employer agrees it will assign employees to regular shifts prior to enhanced Shifts. When members work Enhanced shifts, they will be paid at their regular rate of pay that they receive while working their nursing shifts. Furthermore the work done on the Enhanced shifts will be considered as time worked for the purposes of seniority and service. The Union understands that the Employer will encourage residents to use bargaining unit staff for enhanced Shifts but the final decision as to who will deliver the care is up to the resident. If the resident chooses to use an outside agency for Enhanced Shifts this is not a violation of any Article in this collective Agreement. Employees working Enhanced shifts agree that working Enhanced shifts may require that the employee work split shifts. Hours worked in a day or in a week on Enhanced Shifts will not be considered as time worked under Article 17 for the purposes of overtime, or in determining the status of an employee as Part time or Full Time; nor are regular hours worked in Nursing counted towards any premium pay that may arise under the employment Standards Act for work on Enhanced Shifts. The union agrees that when a resident no longer requires Enhanced Shifts, or reduces the number of hours per day or per week, that this will not be considered as a layoff and that the reduction will be immediate.six
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Sources: Collective Agreement
HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME. 17.01 The regular A. Hours of Work and Overtime
B. When budgeted funds are available, the District will pay time and one-half for any hours of work for full time employees shall be worked over eight (8) hours per in one (1) day, inclusive of a one half (½) hour unpaid lunch period, ten (10) days per 2 week period with a total of eighty (80) hours per 2 week period. HoweverWhen budgeted funds are not available, the parties employer and employee may agree there are schedules which vary from the above. Accordingly any employee who is regularly scheduled such that her hours of work per day over a biweekly pay period total sixty (60) or more hours be considered to be a full time
17.02 Employees will be granted two (2) paid fifteen (15) minute breaks during each full shift as set out in
17.01. These breaks may be scheduled separately or as a single break according to the needs in advance of the Employer.
17.03 Employees will be granted an unpaid one half (½) hour meal period at the midway point performance of the employee’s shift, or as near work to the midway point as is practical. In any event, the meal period shall take place within the first five (5) hours of the employee’s shift.
17.04 If employees are required by the employer, for whatever reason, to perform duties on behalf of the Employer during the meal period or rest period, compensate the employee shall be paid at their regular rate of pay for all in time worked or given time later.
17.05 Employees who report for a full shift as set out in
17.01 for which they are scheduled, but for whom no work is available, may be assigned another job or be sent home with four (4) hours pay, unless they have received notice in advance not to report for work, or in the event that lack of work is due to circumstance outside of the control of the Employer. The Employer is not responsible for any such payment or obligation if the failure to provide notice is due to the employee not keeping the Employer apprised or her current telephone number.
17.06 In the event employees, on their own accord for their own personal convenience, arrange to exchange shifts, within a pay period, with other appropriate qualified employees, the Employer agrees to allow the employees to do so provided the employees have obtained their respective supervisor’s written approval. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Employees shall fill out the appropriate forms at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance. The Employer shall not be responsible or liable for overtime and noncompliance with any scheduling provisions that may arise or accrue as a result of this exchange of shifts.
17.07 The Employer agrees that employees will not be required to work split shifts except in cases of emergency. Employees may agree to work split shifts in the event split shifts are offered.
17.08 Employees shall not be scheduled to work more than six (6) consecutive days.
17.09 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS SCHEDULE Employees shall work Christmas or New Years on an annual rotating basis, such that an employee who worked Christmas in one year shall not work it in the following year. In order to accommodate this rotation the scheduling rules set out herein shall be relaxed for the period from December 21 to January 4 inclusive. This rotational pattern cannot be guaranteed where an employee changes status, or where an employee changes job classifications.
17.10 Full time employees will be scheduled to have every second weekend off, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
17.11 Where the Employer requires overtime work it shall use the call-list, as long as time is not of the essence, and offer overtime opportunities in each classification on a seniority basis using that list.
17.12 Overtime shall be paid off at the rate of one and one-half hours for each hour worked.
C. The maximum accrual of compensatory time and is one half hundred twenty (120) hours (eighty [80] hours of straight time) for hours worked. All hours worked in excess of these limits must be paid in cash at the employee’s normal overtime rate. If payment is received upon termination of employment, then the unused compensatory time must be compensated at a straight time rate equal to the employee's average regular rate within the prior three (3) years, or the final regular rate, whichever is higher.
D. If an employee of paythe District has accrued compensatory time and requests use of that time, the District will permit such use within a reasonable period after making the request if use of the compensatory time does not unduly disrupt the operations of the District. All hours in excess If an employee's work schedule does not permit use of an average of eighty (80) hours biweekly (averaged over two pay periods) shall such time, the employee is to be paid wages rather than time off. When funds are available and, at the overtime ratedistrict’s discretion, unused comp time may be paid in wages at the end of the year.
17.13 In cases where overtime is an extension of a normal work day, E. Employees shall receive a fifteen (15) minute rest period as close to the middle of each four (4) hour work period as possible.
F. A non-paid break will meal period of thirty (30) minutes or longer shall be allowed after the first employee has worked no longer than five (5) hours and one (1) minute.
G. Employees called back to work after having completed a regular shift shall be guaranteed a minimum of two (2) hours hours' pay at the regular scheduled rate of overtime workedpay.
17.14 An employee who leaves her place of work and is subsequently called back in H. The District has the same day shall be paid at the appropriate rate according right to Article 17.12.
17.15 In no event shall there be any pyramiding of benefits or payments under this Agreement.
17.16 The hours and days of work of each employee shall be posted two (2) weeks in advance and shall cover not less than a four (4) week period. There shall be no changes in the schedule of employees after being posted, unless by mutual agreement of the Employer and the employee affected by such change, except in the case of an emergency.
17.17 Saturday midnight shall be the start of each workweek.
17.18 Employees shall have a minimum of eleven (11) consecutive hours off between scheduled shifts. If available hours arise, e.g. call-in to relieve sick call, then the above is deemed to be waived by mutual agreement. Should an overtime situation arise the provisions of the Collective Agreement pertaining to overtime shall apply.
17.19 Part Time members of the bargaining Unit in the Nursing Department who have indicated in writing an interest in working these shifts will be assigned to work “Enhanced Shifts” in order to provide additional care to the residents of Empire Living. Members will indicate their interest on a sign-up sheet in December of each year and they will be assigned shifts in order of seniority to the extent they are available, and in accordance with this article for the following calendar year. It is understood that there is at present one enhanced shift per day. These shifts will be for a maximum of eight hours but may be for fewer hours. The shift length is the same from day to day. When a resident stops receiving enhanced service the length of the shift on each day will be reduced. Shifts are assigned to spread the work across interested staff with the senior employee receiving the most shifts and the less senior receiving a small portion ( for example – Employee ▇- ▇ shifts per week; Employee B -3 shifts: Employee C – 2 shifts). Only in the case that a resident will not agree to a particular employee providing his or her enhanced services will seniority not be the deciding factor. The Employer agrees it will assign employees to regular shifts prior to enhanced Shifts. When members work Enhanced shifts, they will be paid at their regular rate of pay that they receive while working their nursing shifts. Furthermore the work done on the Enhanced shifts will be considered as time worked for the purposes of seniority and service. The Union understands that the Employer will encourage residents to use bargaining unit staff for enhanced Shifts but the final decision as to who will deliver the care is up to the resident. If the resident chooses to use an outside agency for Enhanced Shifts this is not a violation of any Article in this collective Agreement. Employees working Enhanced shifts agree that working Enhanced shifts may require that the employee work split shifts. Hours worked in a day or in a week on Enhanced Shifts will not be considered as time worked under Article 17 for the purposes of overtime, or in determining the status of an employee as Part time or Full Time; nor are regular hours worked in Nursing counted towards any premium pay that may arise under the employment Standards Act for work on Enhanced Shifts. The union agrees that when a resident no longer requires Enhanced Shifts, or reduces increase the number of hours per day or per weekdays an employee is expected to work during a school year, that this will not be considered as a layoff and that the reduction will be immediatelong as every employee is compensated for their time at their existing rate of pay.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Negotiated Agreement
HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME. 17.01 The regular provisions of this Article shall not be construed to be a guarantee of hours of work nor as a guarantee of working schedules. The normal scheduled hours for full full-time employees, and employees assigned to temporarily work full-time hours shall be eight not exceed seventy-five (8) hours per day75) hours, inclusive of a one half (½) hour unpaid lunch period, ten (10) days per 2 week period with a total of eighty (80) hours per 2 week period. However, the parties agree there are schedules which vary from the above. Accordingly any employee who is regularly scheduled such that her hours of work per day averaged over a biweekly pay period total sixty (60) or more hours be considered to be a full time
17.02 Employees will be granted two (2) paid fifteen (15) minute breaks during each full shift week pay period as set out in
17.01. These breaks may be scheduled separately or as a single break according to the needs of determined by the Employer.
17.03 Employees will be granted . The normal scheduled hours for part-time employees, and employees assigned to temporarily work part-time hours shall not exceed any period up to and including fifty-nine (59) hours, averaged over a two (2) week period as determined by the Employer. The days of work for an unpaid one half (½) hour meal period at the midway point of the employee’s shift, or as near to the midway point as is practical. In any event, the starting and quitting times, meal period periods and rest periods shall take place within the first five (5) hours of the employee’s shift.
17.04 If employees are required be determined by the employer, for whatever reason, to perform duties on behalf of Employer in accordance with the Employer during the meal period or rest period, the employee shall be paid at their regular rate of pay for all time worked or given time later.
17.05 Employees who report for a full shift as set out in
17.01 for which they are scheduled, but for whom no work is available, may be assigned another job or be sent home with four (4) hours pay, unless they have received notice in advance not to report for work, or in the event that lack of work is due to circumstance outside of the control requirements of the Employer. The Employer is not responsible for any such payment or obligation if the failure to provide notice is due to the employee not keeping the Employer apprised or her current telephone number.
17.06 In the event employees, on their own accord for their own personal convenience, arrange to exchange shifts, within a pay period, with other appropriate qualified employees, the Employer agrees to allow the employees to do so provided the employees have obtained their respective supervisor’s written approval. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Employees shall fill out the appropriate forms at least All authorized time worked beyond seventy-two five (7275) hours and up to and including eighty-eight (88) hours in advance. The Employer shall not be responsible or liable for overtime and noncompliance with any scheduling provisions that may arise or accrue as a result of this exchange of shifts.
17.07 The Employer agrees that employees will not be required to work split shifts except in cases of emergency. Employees may agree to work split shifts in the event split shifts are offered.
17.08 Employees shall not be scheduled to work more than six (6) consecutive days.
17.09 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS SCHEDULE Employees shall work Christmas or New Years on an annual rotating basis, such that an employee who worked Christmas in one year shall not work it in the following year. In order to accommodate this rotation the scheduling rules set out herein two week pay period shall be relaxed banked in hours to the employee's credit, and traded for compensating time off, or at the option be paid the of pay for the period from December 21 to January 4 inclusive. This rotational pattern cannot be guaranteed where an employee changes status, or where an employee changes job classifications.
17.10 Full time employees will be scheduled to have every second weekend off, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
17.11 Where the Employer requires overtime work it shall use the call-list, as long as time is not of the essence, and offer overtime opportunities in each classification on a seniority basis using that list.
17.12 Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time and one half the employee’s normal rate of payso worked. All authorized time worked beyond eight-eight (88) hours in excess of an average of eighty (80) hours biweekly (averaged over two pay periods) shall be paid at the overtime rate.
17.13 In cases where overtime is an extension of a normal work day, a fifteen (15) minute paid break will be allowed after the first two (2) week pay period shall be banked in hours to the credit, in the ratio of overtime one and one-half (1 hours the time so worked.
17.14 . An employee who leaves requests compensating time off shall submit a written request to her place of work and is subsequently called back in the same day shall be paid at the appropriate rate according to Article 17.12.
17.15 In no event shall there be any pyramiding of benefits or payments under this Agreement.
17.16 The hours and days of work of each employee shall be posted supervisor not less than two (2) weeks in advance and shall cover not less than a four (4) week periodprior to the requested time off work. There In all cases, compensating time off shall be no changes in the schedule of employees after being posted, unless scheduled off by mutual agreement between the employee and her supervisor within the calendar year in which it was earned or it will be scheduled out, and not more than seven and one-half (37 compensating hours shall be accumulated at any one time. There will be no duplication of premiums under this Agreement, nor pyramiding of overtime or benefits. During the change-over from Daylight Savings Time to Eastern Standard Time or vice-versa, an employee shall be paid for their scheduled shift, notwithstanding the fact that they have worked either one hour more or one hour less. Approved supervisory deviation from the posted schedule which results from an employee initiating a change of shifts with another qualified employee shall not result in any overtime or premium costs to the Association as a result of the Employer and the employee affected by such change, except in the case of an emergency.
17.17 Saturday midnight shall be the start of each workweek.
17.18 Employees shall have a minimum of eleven (11) consecutive regular hours off between scheduled shifts. If available hours arise, e.g. call-in to relieve sick call, then the above is deemed to be waived by mutual agreement. Should an overtime situation arise the provisions of the Collective Agreement pertaining to overtime shall apply.
17.19 Part Time members of the bargaining Unit in the Nursing Department who have indicated in writing an interest in working these shifts will be assigned to work “Enhanced Shifts” in order to provide additional care to the residents of Empire Living. Members will indicate their interest on a sign-up sheet in December of each year and they will be assigned shifts in order of seniority to the extent they are available, and in accordance with this article for the following calendar year. It is understood that there is at present one enhanced shift per day. These shifts will be for a maximum of eight hours but may be for fewer hours. The shift length is the same from day to day. When a resident stops receiving enhanced service the length of the shift on each day will be reduced. Shifts are assigned to spread the work across interested staff with the senior employee receiving the most shifts and the less senior receiving a small portion ( for example – Employee ▇- ▇ shifts per week; Employee B -3 shifts: Employee C – 2 shifts). Only in the case that a resident will not agree to a particular employee providing his or her enhanced services will seniority not be the deciding factor. The Employer agrees it will assign employees to regular shifts prior to enhanced Shifts. When members work Enhanced shifts, they will be paid at their regular rate of pay that they receive while working their nursing shifts. Furthermore the work done on the Enhanced shifts will be considered as time worked for the purposes of seniority and service. The Union understands that the Employer will encourage residents to use bargaining unit staff for enhanced Shifts but the final decision as to who will deliver the care is up to the resident. If the resident chooses to use an outside agency for Enhanced Shifts this is not a violation of any Article in this collective Agreement. Employees working Enhanced shifts agree that working Enhanced shifts may require that the employee work split shifts. Hours worked in a day or in a week on Enhanced Shifts will not be considered as time worked under Article 17 for the purposes of overtime, or in determining the status of an employee as Part time or Full Time; nor are regular hours worked in Nursing counted towards any premium pay that may arise under the employment Standards Act for work on Enhanced Shifts. The union agrees that when a resident no longer requires Enhanced Shifts, or reduces the number of hours per day or per week, that this will not be considered as a layoff and that the reduction will be immediateso changed.
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Sources: Collective Agreement
HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME. 17.01 The regular provisions of this Article shall not be construed to be a guarantee of hours of work nor as a guarantee of working schedules. The normal scheduled hours for full full-time employees, and employees assigned to temporarily work full-time hours shall be eight not exceed seventy-five (8) hours per day75) hours, inclusive of a one half (½) hour unpaid lunch period, ten (10) days per 2 week period with a total of eighty (80) hours per 2 week period. However, the parties agree there are schedules which vary from the above. Accordingly any employee who is regularly scheduled such that her hours of work per day averaged over a biweekly pay period total sixty (60) or more hours be considered to be a full time
17.02 Employees will be granted two (2) paid fifteen week pay period as determined by the Employer. The normal scheduled hours for part-time employees, and employees assigned to temporarily work part-time hours shall not exceed any period up to and including fifty-nine (1559) minute breaks during each full shift hours, averaged over a two (2) week period as set out in
17.01determined by the Employer. These breaks may The days of work for an employee, the starting and quitting times, meal periods and rest periods shall be scheduled separately or as a single break according to determined by the needs Employer in accordance with the requirements of the Employer.
17.03 Employees will . All authorized time worked beyond seventy-five (75) hours and up to and including eighty-eight (88) hours in a two week pay shall be granted an unpaid one half (½) hour meal period at the midway point of banked in hours to the employee’s shiftcredit, and traded for compensating time off. All authorized time worked beyond eight-eight (88) hours in a two (2) week pay period shall be banked in hours to the employee's credit, in the ratio of one and one-half (1 hours for every hour so worked, or as near to at the midway point as is practical. In any eventoption, the meal period shall take place within the first five be paid for at time and one-half (5) hours of 1 the employee’s shift.
17.04 If employees are required by the employer, for whatever reason, to perform duties on behalf of the Employer during the meal period or rest period, the employee shall be paid at their 's regular rate of pay for all the time worked or given time later.
17.05 Employees who report for a full shift as set out in
17.01 for which they are scheduled, but for whom no work is available, may be assigned another job or be sent home with four (4) hours pay, unless they have received notice in advance not to report for work, or in the event that lack of work is due to circumstance outside of the control of the Employerso worked. The Employer is not responsible for any such payment or obligation if the failure to provide notice is due to the employee not keeping the Employer apprised or her current telephone number.
17.06 In the event employees, on their own accord for their own personal convenience, arrange to exchange shifts, within a pay period, with other appropriate qualified employees, the Employer agrees to allow the employees to do so provided the employees have obtained their respective supervisor’s written approval. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Employees shall fill out the appropriate forms at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance. The Employer shall not be responsible or liable for overtime and noncompliance with any scheduling provisions that may arise or accrue as a result of this exchange of shifts.
17.07 The Employer agrees that employees will not be required to work split shifts except in cases of emergency. Employees may agree to work split shifts in the event split shifts are offered.
17.08 Employees shall not be scheduled to work more than six (6) consecutive days.
17.09 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS SCHEDULE Employees shall work Christmas or New Years on an annual rotating basis, such that an employee who worked Christmas in one year shall not work it in the following year. In order to accommodate this rotation the scheduling rules set out herein shall be relaxed for the period from December 21 to January 4 inclusive. This rotational pattern cannot be guaranteed where an employee changes status, or where an employee changes job classifications.
17.10 Full time employees will be scheduled to have every second weekend off, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
17.11 Where the Employer requires overtime work it shall use the call-list, as long as time is not of the essence, and offer overtime opportunities in each classification on a seniority basis using that list.
17.12 Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time and one half the employee’s normal rate of pay. All hours in excess of an average of eighty (80) hours biweekly (averaged over two pay periods) shall be paid at the overtime rate.
17.13 In cases where overtime is an extension of a normal work day, a fifteen (15) minute paid break will be allowed after the first two (2) hours of overtime worked.
17.14 An employee who leaves requests compensating time off shall submit a written request to her place of work and is subsequently called back in the same day shall be paid at the appropriate rate according to Article 17.12.
17.15 In no event shall there be any pyramiding of benefits or payments under this Agreement.
17.16 The hours and days of work of each employee shall be posted supervisor not less than two (2) weeks prior to the requested time off work. In all cases, compensating time off shall be scheduled off by mutual agreement between the employee and her supervisor within the calendar year in advance which it was earned or will be scheduled out, and not more than thirty- seven and one-half (37 %) compensating hours shall cover be accumulated at any one time. Employees recognize the need for overtime and agree to work overtime as assigned by the Employer. There will be no duplication of premiums under this Agreement, nor pyramiding of overtime or benefits. During the change-over from Daylight Savings Time to Eastern Standard Time or vice-versa, an employee shall be paid for their scheduled shift, notwithstanding the fact that they have worked either one hour more or one hour less. Approved supervisory deviation from the posted schedule which results from an employee initiating a change of shifts with another qualified employee shall not less than result in any overtime or premium costs to the Association as a four result of the regular hours of the shift so changed. Insofar as the regular operation of the Association will scheduling full time and part time shifts the Employer will endeavour to try and arrange schedules so as to provide at least one (41) weekend off in each three (3) week period. There This standard shall not apply where: Such weekend work was performed by employee to satisfy specific days off requested by such employee; or Such employee has requested weekend work or was advised at the time of hire or when the job was posted that the regular schedule normally requires continuous weekend work; or Such weekend is worked as a result of supervisory approved exchange of shifts with another employee; A weekend shall be no changes in the schedule of employees after being posted, unless by mutual agreement of the Employer and the employee affected by such change, except in the case of an emergency.
17.17 Saturday midnight shall be the start of each workweek.
17.18 Employees shall have a minimum of eleven (11) defined as consecutive hours off between scheduled shifts. If available hours arise, e.g. call-in to relieve sick call, then the above is deemed to be waived by mutual agreement. Should an overtime situation arise the provisions of the Collective Agreement pertaining to overtime shall apply.
17.19 Part Time members of the bargaining Unit in the Nursing Department who have indicated in writing an interest in working these shifts will be assigned to work “Enhanced Shifts” in order to provide additional care to the residents of Empire Living. Members will indicate their interest on a sign-up sheet in December of each year and they will be assigned shifts in order of seniority to the extent they are available, and in accordance with this article for the following calendar year. It is understood that there is at present one enhanced shift per day. These shifts will be for a maximum of eight hours but may be for fewer hours. The shift length is the same from day to day. When a resident stops receiving enhanced service the length of the shift on each day will be reduced. Shifts are assigned to spread the work across interested staff with the senior employee receiving the most shifts and the less senior receiving a small portion ( for example – Employee ▇- ▇ shifts per week; Employee B -3 shifts: Employee C – 2 shifts). Only in the case that a resident will not agree to a particular employee providing his or her enhanced services will seniority not be the deciding factor. The Employer agrees it will assign employees to regular shifts prior to enhanced Shifts. When members work Enhanced shifts, they will be paid at their regular rate of pay that they receive while working their nursing shifts. Furthermore the work done on the Enhanced shifts will be considered as time worked for the purposes of seniority and service. The Union understands that the Employer will encourage residents to use bargaining unit staff for enhanced Shifts but the final decision as to who will deliver the care is up to the resident. If the resident chooses to use an outside agency for Enhanced Shifts this is not a violation of any Article in this collective Agreement. Employees working Enhanced shifts agree that working Enhanced shifts may require that the employee work split shifts. Hours worked in a day or in a week on Enhanced Shifts will not be considered as time worked under Article 17 for the purposes of overtime, or in determining the status of an employee as Part time or Full Time; nor are regular hours worked in Nursing counted towards any premium pay that may arise under the employment Standards Act for work on Enhanced Shifts. The union agrees that when a resident no longer requires Enhanced Shifts, or reduces the number of hours per day or per week, that this will not be considered as a layoff and that the reduction will be immediate.between
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Sources: Collective Agreement
HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME. 17.01 The regular hours A. Hours of work for full time employees Work and Overtime Overtime shall be those hours worked (not including leave, vacation or holidays) in excess of eight (8) hours per day or forty (40) hours per week. In the event the District alters the work schedule to a 10-hour day, inclusive four (4) days per week, overtime shall be considered in excess of a one half (½) hour unpaid lunch period, ten (10) days per 2 week period with a total of eighty (80) hours per 2 week periodday. HoweverNothing in this article or any part of this Agreement shall be construed as a guarantee of hours of work. The overtime rate shall be one and one-half (1 1/2) times the employee's regular hourly rate. Further, any and all overtime will be by mutual agreement between the employer and the employee.
B. When budgeted funds are available, the parties District will pay time and one-half for any hours worked over eight (8) in one (1) day. When budgeted funds are not available, the employer and employee may agree there are schedules which vary from the above. Accordingly any employee who is regularly scheduled such that her hours of work per day over a biweekly pay period total sixty (60) or more hours be considered to be a full time
17.02 Employees will be granted two (2) paid fifteen (15) minute breaks during each full shift as set out in
17.01. These breaks may be scheduled separately or as a single break according to the needs in advance of the Employer.
17.03 Employees will be granted an unpaid one half (½) hour meal period at the midway point performance of the employee’s shift, or as near work to the midway point as is practical. In any event, the meal period shall take place within the first five (5) hours of the employee’s shift.
17.04 If employees are required by the employer, for whatever reason, to perform duties on behalf of the Employer during the meal period or rest period, compensate the employee shall be paid at their regular rate of pay for all in time worked or given time later.
17.05 Employees who report for a full shift as set out in
17.01 for which they are scheduled, but for whom no work is available, may be assigned another job or be sent home with four (4) hours pay, unless they have received notice in advance not to report for work, or in the event that lack of work is due to circumstance outside of the control of the Employer. The Employer is not responsible for any such payment or obligation if the failure to provide notice is due to the employee not keeping the Employer apprised or her current telephone number.
17.06 In the event employees, on their own accord for their own personal convenience, arrange to exchange shifts, within a pay period, with other appropriate qualified employees, the Employer agrees to allow the employees to do so provided the employees have obtained their respective supervisor’s written approval. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Employees shall fill out the appropriate forms at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance. The Employer shall not be responsible or liable for overtime and noncompliance with any scheduling provisions that may arise or accrue as a result of this exchange of shifts.
17.07 The Employer agrees that employees will not be required to work split shifts except in cases of emergency. Employees may agree to work split shifts in the event split shifts are offered.
17.08 Employees shall not be scheduled to work more than six (6) consecutive days.
17.09 CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS SCHEDULE Employees shall work Christmas or New Years on an annual rotating basis, such that an employee who worked Christmas in one year shall not work it in the following year. In order to accommodate this rotation the scheduling rules set out herein shall be relaxed for the period from December 21 to January 4 inclusive. This rotational pattern cannot be guaranteed where an employee changes status, or where an employee changes job classifications.
17.10 Full time employees will be scheduled to have every second weekend off, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
17.11 Where the Employer requires overtime work it shall use the call-list, as long as time is not of the essence, and offer overtime opportunities in each classification on a seniority basis using that list.
17.12 Overtime shall be paid off at the rate of one and one-half hours for each hour worked.
C. The maximum accrual of compensatory time and is one half hundred twenty (120) hours (eighty [80] hours of straight time) for hours worked. All hours worked in excess of these limits must be paid in cash at the employee’s normal overtime rate. If payment is received upon termination of employment, then the unused compensatory time must be compensated at a straight time rate equal to the employee's average regular rate within the prior three (3) years, or the final regular rate, whichever is higher.
D. If an employee of paythe District has accrued compensatory time and requests use of that time, the District will permit such use within a reasonable period after making the request if use of the compensatory time does not unduly disrupt the operations of the District. All hours If an employee's work schedule does not permit use of such time, the employee is to be paid wages rather than time off. When funds are available and, at the district’s discretion, unused comp time may be paid in excess wages at the end of an average of eighty (80) hours biweekly (averaged over two pay periods) the year.
E. Employees called back to work by building principals, after having completed a regular shift shall be paid at the overtime rate.
17.13 In cases where overtime is an extension guaranteed a minimum of a normal work day, a fifteen (15) minute paid break will be allowed after the first two (2) hours pay at the regular scheduled rate of overtime workedpay.
17.14 An employee who leaves her place of work and is subsequently called back in F. The District has the same day shall be paid at the appropriate rate according right to Article 17.12.
17.15 In no event shall there be any pyramiding of benefits or payments under this Agreement.
17.16 The hours and days of work of each employee shall be posted two (2) weeks in advance and shall cover not less than a four (4) week period. There shall be no changes in the schedule of employees after being posted, unless by mutual agreement of the Employer and the employee affected by such change, except in the case of an emergency.
17.17 Saturday midnight shall be the start of each workweek.
17.18 Employees shall have a minimum of eleven (11) consecutive hours off between scheduled shifts. If available hours arise, e.g. call-in to relieve sick call, then the above is deemed to be waived by mutual agreement. Should an overtime situation arise the provisions of the Collective Agreement pertaining to overtime shall apply.
17.19 Part Time members of the bargaining Unit in the Nursing Department who have indicated in writing an interest in working these shifts will be assigned to work “Enhanced Shifts” in order to provide additional care to the residents of Empire Living. Members will indicate their interest on a sign-up sheet in December of each year and they will be assigned shifts in order of seniority to the extent they are available, and in accordance with this article for the following calendar year. It is understood that there is at present one enhanced shift per day. These shifts will be for a maximum of eight hours but may be for fewer hours. The shift length is the same from day to day. When a resident stops receiving enhanced service the length of the shift on each day will be reduced. Shifts are assigned to spread the work across interested staff with the senior employee receiving the most shifts and the less senior receiving a small portion ( for example – Employee ▇- ▇ shifts per week; Employee B -3 shifts: Employee C – 2 shifts). Only in the case that a resident will not agree to a particular employee providing his or her enhanced services will seniority not be the deciding factor. The Employer agrees it will assign employees to regular shifts prior to enhanced Shifts. When members work Enhanced shifts, they will be paid at their regular rate of pay that they receive while working their nursing shifts. Furthermore the work done on the Enhanced shifts will be considered as time worked for the purposes of seniority and service. The Union understands that the Employer will encourage residents to use bargaining unit staff for enhanced Shifts but the final decision as to who will deliver the care is up to the resident. If the resident chooses to use an outside agency for Enhanced Shifts this is not a violation of any Article in this collective Agreement. Employees working Enhanced shifts agree that working Enhanced shifts may require that the employee work split shifts. Hours worked in a day or in a week on Enhanced Shifts will not be considered as time worked under Article 17 for the purposes of overtime, or in determining the status of an employee as Part time or Full Time; nor are regular hours worked in Nursing counted towards any premium pay that may arise under the employment Standards Act for work on Enhanced Shifts. The union agrees that when a resident no longer requires Enhanced Shifts, or reduces increase the number of hours per day or per weekdays an employee is expected to work during a school year, that this will not be considered as a layoff and that the reduction will be immediatelong as every employee is compensated for their time at their existing rate of pay.
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Sources: Negotiated Agreement