Common use of Alterations to Standard Hours of Work Clause in Contracts

Alterations to Standard Hours of Work. (a) During the term of the Collective Agreement, should the Employer wish to amend specific standard hours of work, the Employer shall discuss the matter in detail with the Union. The Parties to the Agreement shall meet with the employees affected on the Employer's time (at a mutually agreeable time) to explain the proposal. After the explanation, the Employer's representatives shall leave and the Union shall be given the opportunity to meet with the members for purposes of discussion and to conduct a secret ballot. Provided that more than 50% of the employees affected agree, the standard hours of work shall be amended on a trial basis until the end of the term of the Collective Agreement. "Employees affected" shall be defined as those employees directly affected in the work unit who are members of the bargaining unit. The Union and the Employer may jointly agree to end the trial on some other mutually agreeable date. (b) The Employer and an individual employee may mutually agree to a change in standard hours of work for that individual employee. The parties shall confirm such agreement in writing. Such agreements shall be authorized by the Union, however, the Union agrees that such authorization shall not be unreasonably withheld.

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