Common use of Introduction and Discontinuation Clause in Contracts

Introduction and Discontinuation. 1. Extended tours shall be introduced into any unit when: i) eighty percent (80%) of the employees in the unit so indicate by secret ballot, and ii) the Hospital agrees to implement the compressed work week. Such agreement shall not be withheld in an unreasonably arbitrary manner. 2. A compressed work week may be discontinued in any unit when: i) fifty percent (50%) of the employees in the unit so indicate by secret ballot; or ii) The Hospital because of: (a) adverse effects on patient care, (b) inability to provide a workable staffing schedule, or (c) where the Hospital wishes to do so for other reasons which are neither unreasonable nor arbitrary, states its intention to discontinue the compressed work week in the schedule. 3. When notice of discontinuation is given by either party in accordance with paragraph (2) above, then: i) the parties shall meet within two (2) weeks of the giving of notice to review the request for discontinuation; and ii) where it is determined that the compressed work week will be discontinued, affected employees shall be given sixty (60) days' notice before the schedules are so amended.