Common use of Mechanical Breakdown Clause in Contracts

Mechanical Breakdown. When employees are made idle by a mechanical breakdown or by any other cause, and such employees are requested to remain at their posts or at the plant, they shall be paid their regular hourly rate. Pieceworkers affected by similar circumstances shall be compensated at the hourly rate for time so lost. However, if a disruption, mechanical or otherwise, is going to be longer than one half hour, the Employer shall have the prerogative of requesting that employees leave their post or the plant, but to return at a specific time so as to complete the regularly scheduled shift. Employees shall have the option of whether or not they wish to return to work in these circumstances, and in the event they choose to exercise this option, they shall only be paid for time so worked. When the Employer requires employees to work through their coffee break and then sends the employees home for the balance of the shift, the employees shall be paid for break period they missed. The Employer may at its discretion reschedule lunch and coffee breaks during a mechanical breakdown.

Mechanical Breakdown. When employees are made idle by a mechanical breakdown or by any other cause, and such employees are requested to remain at their posts or at the plant, they shall be paid their regular hourly rate. Pieceworkers affected by similar circumstances shall be compensated at the hourly rate for time so lost. However, if a disruption, mechanical or otherwise, is going to be longer than one half (½) hour, the Employer shall have the prerogative of requesting that employees leave their post or the plant, but to return at a specific time so as to complete the regularly scheduled shift. Employees shall have the option of whether or not they wish to return to work in these circumstances, and in the event they choose to exercise this option, they shall only be paid for time so worked. When the Employer requires employees to work through their coffee break and then sends the employees home for the balance of the shift, the employees shall be paid for the break period they missed. The Employer may at its discretion reschedule lunch and coffee breaks during a mechanical breakdown.