Common use of 2D 2N Extended Tour Schedules Clause in Contracts

2D 2N Extended Tour Schedules. (a) When the Hospital and the Union agree, the 2D 2N extended tour schedule shall be instituted when eighty percent (80%) of the nurses on a particular nursing unit have so indicated by secret ballot. For nurses who indicate to their Unit Manager that they do not wish to work extended tours, the Hospital will endeavour to schedule these nurses on a normal shift rotation. (b) When less than eighty percent (80%) of the staff on a particular nursing unit vote, as outlined in Paragraph 1, in favour of the 2D 2N extended tour schedule by secret ballot, the Union may approach the Hospital and ask them to consider the implementation of a combination 2D 2N extended tour schedule, other extended tours and normal (7.5 hour) tour in a particular Unit. (c) The eighty percent (80%) figure above may be varied by mutual agreement between the parties. (d) The Hospital shall make space available to the Union in order to permit the Union to conduct the vote referred to in Paragraph (a). (e) At any meeting with the Hospital to discuss the 2D 2N schedule, a member of the Local executive should be in attendance. (f) The 2D 2N schedule may be discontinued in any unit when: i) sixty-five percent (65%) of the nurses in a unit so indicate by secret ballot; or ii) The Hospital decided to do so because of: A) adverse effects on patient care, or

2D 2N Extended Tour Schedules. (a) When the Hospital and the Union agree, the 2D 2N extended tour schedule shall be instituted when eighty percent (80%) of the nurses on a particular nursing unit have so indicated by secret ballot. For nurses who indicate to their Unit Manager that they do not wish to work extended tours, the Hospital will endeavour to schedule these nurses on a normal shift rotation. (b) When less than eighty percent (80%) of the staff on a particular nursing unit vote, as outlined in Paragraph 1, in favour of the 2D 2N extended tour schedule by secret ballot, the Union may approach the Hospital and ask them to consider the implementation of a combination 2D 2N extended tour schedule, other extended tours and normal (7.5 hour) tour in a particular Unit. (c) The eighty percent (80%) figure above may be varied by mutual agreement between the parties. (d) The Hospital shall make space available to the Union in order to permit the Union to conduct the vote referred to in Paragraph (a). (e) At any meeting with the Hospital to discuss the 2D 2N schedule, a member of the Local executive should be in attendance. (f) The 2D 2N schedule may be discontinued in any unit when: i) sixty-five percent (65%) of the nurses in a unit so indicate by secret ballot; or ii) The Hospital decided to do so because of: : A) adverse effects on patient care, or B) inability to provide a workable staffing schedule, or C) where the Hospital wishes to do so for other reasons which are neither unreasonable nor arbitrary, and