Shift Distribution Clause Samples

Shift Distribution. The Scheduling of shift Distribution shall be in accordance with the following: a) Shift Distribution in the bargaining unit shall be offered to full-time employees first, based on the Employees ability, seniority and availability. If no Full-Time employee is available or declines to work, part-time employees are to be called in based on their ability, seniority and availability. b) For the purpose of calling in employees to fill-in shifts, if the Employer is unable to communicate directly with the employee, the Employer shall have the right to proceed to the next name on the seniority list. c) Should an Employee decline the overtime opportunity, or should the Employee not be available at the time of a call, or should the Employee work the overtime opportunity, the Employee’s name shall be moved to the bottom of the list. The next overtime opportunity will be offered to the Employee whose name is now at the top of the list. d) The Employer will keep a list(s) in the bargaining unit, which shall include the names of Full-time Employees, Part-time Employees who are qualified to perform the work of each classification and log sheet that a telephone call has been placed with the time. It is understood such list shall be readily available for all Employee to see. e) After exhausting the call-in list, the Employer shall offer the work to any employee who is available.

Shift Distribution. I. To maximize equity and balance of the shift scheduling, management will take into consideration census, acuity, client needs, staffing mix (experience and skills) and health and safety of the staff and clients. II. Shifts will be offered first to part time and then to casual staff based on the submission of their availability 4 weeks prior to the posted schedule. III. A seniority list for part time and a seniority list for casual staff will be maintained and available to reference for shift distribution. IV. Initial shift distribution will apply to any shift vacancy in the master schedule. a. Based on seniority and submitted availability, management will endeavor to offer all part time and casual staff a minimum of one shift per posted schedule. b. A system of shift offering based on the submission of availability will then be used that rolls from one member to another through the part time employees based on seniority, repetitively until their availability has been exhausted or they reach their maximum hours as per Article 3.02. c. Then a system of shift offering based on the submission of availability will then be used that rolls from one member to another through the casual employees based on seniority repetitively until their availability has been exhausted or they reach their maximum hours as per Article 3.03. V. Shift Distribution which applies to unassigned vacancies in the posted schedule, including but not limited to, sick calls or any other type of unplanned leave: a. Shifts will be offered to part time and casual staff prior to agency staff being scheduled. b. Part time and casual staff will be offered the opportunity to claim unassigned shifts. The order of offering of shifts will be based on seniority starting with the first part time or casual member who was not contacted for the previously offered shift. c. Shifts will be accepted on a first response, first allocated basis up to seventy-two (72) hours prior to the date and time of the vacant shift. d. Should the shift be vacant seventy-two (72) hours prior to the date and time of the shift, agency staff will be contacted to fill the shift. VI. Once assigned a ▇▇▇▇▇ House staff cannot be bumped from the shift. ▇▇▇▇▇ House staff may bump assigned agency staff with not less than forty-eight (48) hours of notice. VII. An offering of a shift/hours will be deemed to have been made when a call is made or an email is sent to the employee. VIII. Once assigned, the ▇▇▇▇▇ House staff is responsible ...

Shift Distribution. Each regular part-time nurse will be assigned work available on the schedule up to their commitment per pay period by seniority on their unit. The remaining shifts shall be offered equally on the basis of seniority. Once the schedule is posted and all regular part-time nurses are at commitment, extra or unscheduled shifts will be offered as follows on the basis of seniority up to (75) hours: Regular part-time home unit Regular part-time secondary unit Casual part-time Full-time nurses will only be offered additional shifts when part-time nurses are not available at regular or premium pay. Casual nurses shall not be shifts on the posted schedule. Mutual shift exchange is defined as trading of an agreed upon shift between two (2) nurses after the schedule is posted. Nurses may be allowed to trade days off on their own, providing that such request is submitted in writing to the Hospital (48) hours in advance of the change and mutually signed by the nurses involved in the change and approved by the Manager. Such mutual exchange of a tour of duty shall not result in overtime compensation to either of the nurses. Such approval will not be unreasonably withheld. A nurse will be advised in writing within (24) hours of the reason for such denial. Leave of Absence (LOA) is defined as a request for time off without pay. Vacation (VAC) is defined as an earned benefit and considered to be paid time off for the purpose of requesting time off. TIL is defined as earned time banked by the nurse. A violation of the protocol for offering additional opportunities shall be dealt with in the following manner: