All Departments. For the first three Journeymen 1 Apprentice For the first six Journeymen 2 Apprentices
All Departments. The following uniforms and equipment shall be furnished to employees in the Department of Operations and Department of Recreation and Parks and by the City for use during pay status time:
All Departments i) Any part-time employee who has worked or is scheduled to work forty- five (45) paid hours in a pay period shall not be eligible to be scheduled or called-in for additional shifts, until all part-time employees have had the opportunity to work forty-five (45) paid hours in a pay period. Once all part-time employees have reached forty-five (45) hours, all employees not at seventy-five (75) hours shall be called for call-ins of additional shifts by seniority.
i) All employees shall be given the opportunity to be called in for extra shifts on days they are not regularly scheduled to work, in order of seniority within the classification as identified in a) above. Any shift which becomes available prior to the schedule being posted, shall be scheduled by seniority of those employees who have indicated a willingness to work additional shifts. Any shift which becomes available, after the schedule has been posted shall be filled by seniority through call-ins.
ii) In the event that no employees in the classification are available, employees from other departments who have the skill, knowledge and education required to perform the available work will be called by seniority provided:
a) They have previously worked in or been oriented to the position and
b) They have advised the department supervisor in writing of their wish to work additional shifts within that position and
c) Such call-in does not interfere with their regularly scheduled shifts.
d) Call-ins will be offered one shift at a time. Busy signals and answering machines are considered at not available unless the employee returns the call to the Home and accepts the shift before it is filled.
e) The Employee is required to provide the Employer with one (1) current telephone number to be used for the purpose of call ins.
f) The person doing the call-ins must record the time and result of all calls.
g) Call-ins resulting in overtime shall be offered by seniority within the department at the discretion of the Employer.
All Departments. An employee whose employment with the Employer terminates for any reason and who has received more vacation pay than he is entitled to based on his termination date, shall repay the Employer for all such unearned vacation pay by way of deduction from any monies owing to the employee on termination. The Union and the employees consent to the deduction of such amount from any such monies owed by the Employer.
All Departments a. The basic workweek consists of five (5) full days' work containing eight (8) hours each which may be scheduled from Sunday to Saturday inclusive. The lunch period will be one (1) hour or one-half (1/2) hour based on business need as determined by management. The decision to grant or deny a one-half (1/2) hour lunch period will not be subject to the grievance procedure.
b. Where tours of duty do not come regularly within the same hours per day or the same days per week, work time schedules shall be posted on Thursday by 12:00 noon at least three weeks in advance. Work time schedules may be changed after being posted by mutual consent of the employees involved or for the protection of service or one week prior to the event for Network event scheduling and Business Operations installation cutovers. When at employee request, schedule changes will require prior Company approval.
c. When tour changes are initiated by the Company with less than twenty-four (24) hours notice, all hours worked outside the employee's posted scheduled tour shall be paid at the overtime rate. Schedule changes initiated by the Company will be handled according to the following guidelines:
1. There will be only one schedule change per week to an employee's NS day.
2. An employee who has previously arranged his/her schedule to take care of personal business will not be subject to a schedule change for that occasion. No grievances will result from this provision.
3. Schedule changes initiated by the Company will be handled as follows:
A. Volunteers will be solicited according to the posted schedule.
B. In the event no volunteers are available, the schedule of the least senior employee in each job classification will be changed on a rotation basis.
4. Generally only established tours will be utilized for schedule changes. However, the parties agree that exceptions may occur due to service requirements, special projects, etc.
d. Overtime work is a condition of employment and employees have a responsibility to work overtime when requested to do so in order to meet service requirements. Overtime consists of all time worked in excess of a regular eight (8) hour tour or forty (40) hour week and is to be paid for at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times the applicable base rate. Employees who work three (3) hours of overtime will receive a fifteen (15) minute paid break approximately midway through the overtime period. Overtime will be offered on a rotational basis according to the work ...
