Overtime Selection. It is recognized that overtime work is necessary in the industry and where practicable. excessive overtime shall be avoided. The Company recognizes and will encourage shift work. The necessity of working overtime must not be construed as license for continuous application of overtime after the regular working shift on specificjobs where it can be that alternative means would be as productive with an equal or lesser cost to the Company; i.e. adding another shift or adding more workers to an existing shift. Overtime shall be distributed fairly and impartially among qualified employees within their respective classifications. While on loan to another classification, an employee shall be considered an employee of that classification for the purpose of allocating overtime. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the loaned may work, on an overtime basis, in his regular classification when sufficient employees cannot be obtained from that overtime list. After three overtime absences within any ninety (90) day period, the employee's name shall be removed from the overtime rotation list for ninety (90) days. For all weekend and holiday overtime work, including call-outs, a list of willing employees shall be established and employees chosen, in turn, from the list (except as outlined in section and below). From the beginning of the shift Monday and up to and including the beginning of the Friday day shift (and for the afternoon shift, Monday and up to the beginning of Thursday), each employee will be required to indicate on time card (or on a supplied form, or through an electronic scanner system) whether is available for overtime on weekend or upcoming holidays, and for what shifts.'. Any employee who does not indicate whether they are available for overtime will be considered to have indicated that they are not available for overtime that weekend. Any employee who indicates that they available for overtime on a given weekend shift is obligated to work overtime on that shift if asked to do so by,the end of their shift on the regular work day before the weekend or holiday. When asked in accordance with the above, any employee refusing overtime on a given shift after indicating they available to work on that shift will be considered as being absent (as per section above) unless they are already working on one or more shifts that weekend or holiday. The Company may any absence by contacting any employee in that classification. On weekend overtime shifts, if it is necessary to work up to a of two (2) hours the subsequent shift the employee working on the job will have preference for this work. If the two (2) hours grace has been exceeded then an equal amount of employees from the rotation list will be paid all time exceeding the two hours. Where an employee indicates they are not available for overtime on a given weekend shift and their turn comes on the rotation, they will be passed over for that overtime assignment and will not be considered for another overtime assignment until their next turn in rotation. For all weekday overtime work which is continuing and beyond a regular shift the employees on that shift will have preference for the eight (8) hours of overtime work on a rotation basis (except as outlined in section and below). At the beginning of each regular weekday shift, each employee will be required to on time card (or on a supplied form, or through an electronic scanner system) whether is available for overtime following that shift. Any employee who does not indicate whether or. not they are available for overtime will be considered to have indicated that they are not available overtime. Any employee that they are available for overtime on a given day is obligated to work overtime if asked to do so at least one hour prior to the end of their shift. When asked in accordance with the above, any employee declining overtime after indicating they are available to work will be considered as being absent (as per section above). The Company may fill any absence by contacting any employee in that classification. On weekdays, if is necessary to work up to a maximum of two (2) hours into the subsequent shift the employee working on the job will have preference for this work. This two (2). hour grace period shall not be permitted if there are employeesfrom the appropriate classification working on the subsequent shift. If the two (2) hours grace has been exceeded then an equal number of employees from the rotation list will be paid all time exceeding the two hours. Where. an employee indicates they are not available for overtime, if their on the rotation, they will be passed over for that overtime assignment and will not be considered for another overtime assignment until their next turn in rotation.
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Sources: Collective Agreement
Overtime Selection. It is recognized that overtime work is necessary in the industry and where practicable. practicable excessive overtime shall be avoided. The Company recognizes and will encourage shift work. The necessity of working overtime must not be construed as license for continuous application of overtime after the regular working shift on specificjobs specific jobs where it can be demonstrated that alternative means would be as productive pro- ductive with an equal or lesser cost to the Company; i.e. adding another shift or adding more workers to an existing shift. Overtime shall be distributed fairly and impartially among qualified employees within their respective respec- tive classifications. While on loan to another classification, an employee em- ployee shall be considered an employee of that classification for the purpose of allocating overtimeover- time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the loaned em- ployee may work, on an overtime basis, in his regular classification when sufficient employees cannot be obtained from that overtime list. After three two (2) overtime absences within any ninety (90) day period, the employee's ’s name shall be removed from the overtime rotation list for ninety (90) days. If an employee has worked overtime during the weekend and is absent from work on any regular work day during the week following that overtime two (2) times in a period of ninety (90) days he/ she will be removed from the weekend overtime rotation list for a period of ninety (90)days. These absences shall not include legitimate rea- sons such as floater, hire-recall, weekly indemni- ty, pass out, leave of absence, one day vacations, legitimate medical reasons, bereavement or Jury duty. This list is illustrative and not exhaustive and the Company may consider other legitimate absences on a case by case basis. For all weekend and holiday overtime work, including in- cluding call-outs, a list of willing employees shall be established and employees chosen, in turn, from the list (except as outlined in section and below). From the beginning of the shift Monday and up to and including the beginning of the Friday day shift (and for the afternoon shift, Monday and up to the beginning of Thursday), each employee will be required to indicate on time card (or on a supplied form, or through an electronic scanner system) whether is available for overtime on the weekend or upcoming holidays, and for what shifts.'. Any employee who does not indicate whether they are available for overtime will be considered to have indicated that they are not available for overtime that weekend. Any employee who indicates that they available are avail- able for overtime on a given weekend shift is obligated obli- gated to work overtime on that shift if asked to do so by,by the end of their shift on the last regular work day before the weekend or holiday. When asked in accordance with the above, any employee refusing re- fusing overtime on a given shift after indicating they are available to work on that shift will be considered as being absent (as per section above) unless they are already working on one or more shifts that weekend or holiday. The Company may fill any absence by contacting any employee in that classification. On weekend overtime shifts, if it is necessary to work up to a maximum of two eight (2) 8) additional hours into the subsequent shift the employee working on the job will have preference for this work. If the two (2) hours grace has been exceeded then an equal amount of employees from the rotation list Article will be paid all time exceeding the two hoursapply. Where an employee indicates they are not available avail- able for overtime on a given weekend shift and their turn comes on the rotation, they will be passed over for that overtime assignment and will not be considered for another overtime assignment assign- ment until their next turn in rotation. For all weekday overtime work which is continuing continu- ing and beyond a regular shift the employees on that shift will have preference for the first eight (8) hours of overtime work on a rotation basis (except ex- cept as outlined in section and below). At the beginning of each regular weekday shift, each employee will be required to indicate on her time card (or on a supplied form, or through an electronic scanner system) whether is available for overtime following that shift. Any employee who does not indicate whether or. or not they are available for overtime will be considered to have indicated that they are not available for overtime. Any employee who indicates that they are available avail- able for overtime on a given day is obligated to work overtime if asked to do so at least one hour prior to the end of their shift. When asked in accordance ac- cordance with the above, any employee declining declin- ing overtime after indicating they are available to work will be considered as being absent (as per section above). The Company may fill any absence by contacting any employee in that classificationclas- sification. On weekdays, if it is necessary to work up to a maximum of two eight (2) 8) additional hours into the subsequent shift the employee working on the job will have preference for this work. This two (2)Article will apply. hour grace period shall not be permitted if there are employeesfrom the appropriate classification working on the subsequent shift. If the two (2) hours grace has been exceeded then an equal number of employees from the rotation list will be paid all time exceeding the two hours. Where. Where an employee indicates they are not available avail- able for overtime, if their turn comes on the rotationrota- tion, they will be passed over for that overtime assignment as- signment and will not be considered for another overtime assignment until their next turn in rotationrota- tion.
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Sources: Collective Agreement