Common use of Scheduling of Hours that Become Available During the Week Clause in Contracts

Scheduling of Hours that Become Available During the Week. Where additional hours, besides those on the schedule, become available for part-time employees either because hours have been added to the schedule or because there is an unforeseen absence, the Employer shall allocate these additional work hours by order of seniority to the part-time employees in the classification concerned. If these additional hours are available for the same day, they will first be allocated among the part-time employees in the classification and department concerned who are at work at that time. With regard to the procedure for allocating additional available hours, unrestricted part-time employees are given priority over restricted part-time employees. If the number of available employees at work is insufficient in the classification where such hours become available, the Employer shall: a) Offer the work to available employees in other classifications who are at work at the time and have the required skill and ability b) Offer the work to employees in the classification who are not at work at the time the hours become available c) Schedule the work in reverse seniority within the classification to those who are at work at the time Such available hours shall be offered in accordance with the part time employee’s restrictions. If these additional hours are available for another day, they are scheduled by seniority among all the part-time employees in the classification concerned. It is understood that when scheduling additional hours, the Employer is not required to schedule an employee to the point of incurring overtime.