Common use of Modified Work Schedules Clause in Contracts

Modified Work Schedules. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit the Employer's discretion to establish, modify or abolish modified work schedules as are consistent with the program needs of the Employer and do not violate Section A. above. Plans proposed by the Employer for the consideration of employees shall be provided to the Union prior to being provided to, and discussed with, employees. If the initial implementation of any proposed plan would result in a layoff of a permanent employee, such provision of the plan shall be negotiable. Eligible employees on modified work schedules shall only be entitled to overtime compensation for those authorized overtime hours in excess of forty (40) hours worked in a work week, or as mutually agreed upon in secondary negotiations. Whenever the Employer intends to modify or abolish all or part of a modified work schedule and such intent would have an adverse impact on an employee(s), the Employer agrees to give fourteen (14) calendar days notice, for the employee to adjust personal schedules in order to comply with such modification or abolishment. Any intended changes in modified work schedules will first be provided to the Union and will be discussed with the Union on request; however, such changes shall not be negotiable. Where the Union believes a substantial number of employees at a work site wish to consider a modified work schedule, such matter will be discussed in a Labor-Management Committee Meeting and shall be subject to secondary negotiations. An employee's request for an intermittent or reduced work schedule because of the serious health condition of the employee or the employee's spouse, parent, or child, or because of the birth, adoption or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ care placement of a child shall be as provided in Article 16 and Article 50 of this Agreement. Employees in these bargaining units shall be eligible to participate in the Voluntary Work Schedule Adjustment Program, as outlined in Appendix I. The Program shall terminate on September 18, 1999. Extension of the program beyond September 18, 1999, shall be by mutual agreement.