Common use of Shift Preferences Clause in Contracts

Shift Preferences. Employees may submit shift assignment preferences for the following year by submitting such preferences in writing to his supervisor before December 1 of the year proceeding the year in which such assignments are to be effective. In making shift assignments, the supervisor shall consider all such requests, and shall give consideration to the relative seniority of the Employee making requests for the same shift. The supervisor shall retain the right to make final decisions on shift assignments, provided that shift assignments shall not be made for arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory reasons. Once shift assignments are made for any given year, the supervisor shall have the right to transfer Employees to shifts other than the shifts to which they were initially assigned for reasons having to do with the operational needs of the respective Department, such as but not limited to the need for qualified Employees to fill permanent assignments, seniority imbalances among shifts, and the need for closer supervision of Employees with performance problems. An Employee shall be given as much advance notice as practicable before being transferred and shall not be transferred for arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory reasons.