Common use of Assigned Rest Days Clause in Contracts

Assigned Rest Days. 7.1 Unless otherwise excepted herein, a work week consists of 40 hours of 5 days of 8 hours each with 2 consecutive rest days in each 7 subject to the following modifications. The work week may be staggered in accordance with the System's operational requirements. This clause shall not be construed to create a guarantee of any number of hours or days of work not elsewhere provided for in this Agreement. 7.2 Employees' rest days are subject to change in accordance with the requirements of the service and not less than 72 hours' notice shall be given employees affected. 7.3 If owing to such change in his/her rest days off duty, an employee is required by the System to work more than five days per week, he/she will be paid overtime as per Article 7.10 for such days. 7.4 The rest days shall be consecutive as far as is possible consistent with the establishment of regular relief assignments and the avoidance of working an employee on an assigned rest day. Preference shall be given to Saturday and Sunday and then to Sunday and Monday. 7.5 In any dispute as to the necessity of departing from the pattern of two consecutive rest days or for granting rest days other than Saturday and Sunday or Sunday and Monday, it shall be incumbent on the System to show that such departure is necessary to meet operational requirements and that otherwise additional relief service or working an employee on as assigned rest day would be involved. 7.6 On positions where it is not reasonably practicable to provide regular relief each week, one rest day, for which relief is not provided, may be accumulated and granted at a later date. Such accumulation shall not exceed five days and rest days so accumulated shall be allowed consecutively when five days have been accumulated. However, the accumulation of a greater number of rest days and their allowance at longer intervals may be arranged by mutual agreement between the officers of the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.7 In the event that a situation arises which makes it impracticable to assign consecutive rest days to all employees, the following shall be followed: (a) All possible regular relief positions shall be established pursuant to Article 7.9. (b) Possible use of rest days, other than Saturday, Sunday or Monday, where these may be required under this Agreement, to be explored by the parties. (c) Accumulation of rest days under Article 7.6 shall be considered. (d) Other suitable or practicable plans which may be suggested by either of the parties shall be considered and efforts made to come to an agreement thereon. (e) If the foregoing does not solve the problem, then some of the relief or extra employees may be given non-consecutive rest days. (f) If, after all the foregoing has been done, there still remains service which can only be performed by requiring employees to work in excess of five days per week, the number of regular assignments necessary to avoid this may be made with two non-consecutive days off. (g) The least desirable solution of the problem would be to work some regular employees on the sixth or seventh days at overtime rates and thus withhold work from additional relief employees. 7.8 In naming the assigned rest days, where the hours of an assignment overlap at midnight and partially cover two calendar days, the calendar name of the day on which the assignment commences shall be used to (a) All possible regular relief assignments with five days' work per week and two consecutive rest days (subject to Article 7.7) shall be established to perform necessary relief work or to perform relief work on certain days and such types of other work on other days as may be assigned within the same classification or as mutually agreed between the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. (b) Regular relief assignments may, on different days, have different starting times, duties and work locations, provided such starting times, duties and work locations are those of the employee or employees relieved. (c) Regular swing employees shall be appointed to perform relief service on such regularly assigned rest days as may be arranged and for such service may be required to travel within reasonable limits without expense to the System other than their monthly salaries, which shall be at the rates averaging the monthly salaries of employees whom they regularly relieve. (d) When the consist of a swing assignment is changed, the swing position shall not be re-bulletined unless more than 50% of the shifts previously relieved are affected, except as may be mutually agreed between the officers of the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.10 Except as otherwise provided, employees assigned, notified or called to work on their regularly assigned rest days shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half with a minimum allowance of three hours for which three hours service may be required; except that if required to work a full day within their regularly assigned hours of duty the provisions of Articles 8.1, 8.4 and 8.5 will apply.

Assigned Rest Days. 7.1 Unless otherwise excepted herein, a work week consists of 40 forty hours of 5 five days of 8 eight hours each with 2 two consecutive rest days in each 7 seven subject to the following modifications. The work week may be staggered in accordance with the System's operational requirements. This clause shall not be construed to create a guarantee of any number of hours or days of work not elsewhere provided for in this Agreement. 7.2 . Employees' rest days are subject to change in accordance with the requirements of the service and not less than 72 seventy-two hours' notice shall be given employees affected. 7.3 . If owing to such change in his/her rest days off duty, an employee is required by the System to work more than five days per week, he/she will be paid overtime as per Article 7.10 for such days. 7.4 . The rest days shall be consecutive as far as is possible consistent with the establishment of regular relief assignments and the avoidance of working an employee on an assigned rest day. Preference shall be given to Saturday and Sunday and then to Sunday and Monday. 7.5 . In any dispute as to the necessity of departing from the pattern of two consecutive rest days or for granting rest days other than Saturday and Sunday or Sunday and Monday, it shall be incumbent on the System to show that such departure is necessary to meet operational requirements and that otherwise additional relief service or working an employee on as assigned rest day would be involved. 7.6 . On positions where it is not reasonably practicable to provide regular relief each week, one rest day, for which relief is not provided, may be accumulated and granted at a later date. Such accumulation shall not exceed five days and rest days so accumulated shall be allowed consecutively when five days have been accumulated. However, the accumulation of a greater number of rest days and their allowance at longer intervals may be arranged by mutual agreement between the officers of the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.7 Asst. Division President. Positions on which rest days are to be accumulated shall be so bulletined. In the event that a situation arises which makes it impracticable to assign consecutive rest days to all employees, employees the following procedure shall be followed: (a) All possible regular relief positions shall be established pursuant to Article 7.9. (b) Possible use of rest days, other than Saturday, Sunday or Monday, where these may be required under this Agreement, to be explored by the parties. (c) . Accumulation of rest days under Article 7.6 shall be considered. (d) . Other suitable or practicable plans which may be suggested by either of the parties shall be considered and efforts made to come to an agreement thereon. (e) If the foregoing does not solve the problem, then some of the relief or extra employees may be given non-consecutive rest days. (f) If, after all the foregoing has been done, there still remains service which can only be performed by requiring employees to work in excess of five days per week, the number of regular assignments necessary to avoid this may be made with two non-consecutive days off. (g) The least desirable solution of the problem would be to work some regular employees on the sixth or seventh days at overtime rates and thus withhold work from additional relief employees. 7.8 In naming the assigned rest days, where the hours of an assignment overlap at midnight and partially cover two calendar days, the calendar name of the day on which the assignment commences shall be used to (a) All possible regular relief assignments with five days' work per week and two consecutive rest days (subject to Article 7.7) shall be established to perform necessary relief work or to perform relief work on certain days and such types of other work on other days as may be assigned within the same classification or as mutually agreed between the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. (b) Regular relief assignments may, on different days, have different starting times, duties and work locations, provided such starting times, duties and work locations are those of the employee or employees relieved. (c) Regular swing employees shall be appointed to perform relief service on such regularly assigned rest days as may be arranged and for such service may be required to travel within reasonable limits without expense to the System other than their monthly salaries, which shall be at the rates averaging the monthly salaries of employees whom they regularly relieve. (d) When the consist of a swing assignment is changed, the swing position shall not be re-bulletined unless more than 50% of the shifts previously relieved are affected, except as may be mutually agreed between the officers of the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.10 Except as otherwise provided, employees assigned, notified or called to work on their regularly assigned rest days shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half with a minimum allowance of three hours for which three hours service may be required; except that if required to work a full day within their regularly assigned hours of duty the provisions of Articles 8.1, 8.4 and 8.5 will apply.

Assigned Rest Days. 7.1 Unless otherwise excepted herein, a work week consists of 40 hours of 5 days of 8 hours each with 2 consecutive rest days in each 7 subject to the following modifications. The work week may be staggered in accordance with the System's operational requirements. This clause shall not be construed to create a guarantee of any number of hours or days of work not elsewhere provided for in this Agreement. 7.2 . Employees' rest days are subject to change in accordance with the requirements of the service and not less than 72 hours' notice shall be given employees affected. 7.3 . If owing to such change in his/her rest days off duty, an employee is required by the System to work more than five days per week, he/she will be paid overtime as per Article 7.10 for such days. 7.4 . The rest days shall be consecutive as far as is possible consistent with the establishment of regular relief assignments and the avoidance of working an employee on an assigned rest day. Preference shall be given to Saturday and Sunday and then to Sunday and Monday. 7.5 . In any dispute as to the necessity of departing from the pattern of two consecutive rest days or for granting rest days other than Saturday and Sunday or Sunday and Monday, it shall be incumbent on the System to show that such departure is necessary to meet operational requirements and that otherwise additional relief service or working an employee on as assigned rest day would be involved. 7.6 . On positions where it is not reasonably practicable to provide regular relief each week, one rest day, for which relief is not provided, may be accumulated and granted at a later date. Such accumulation shall not exceed five days and rest days so accumulated shall be allowed consecutively when five days have been accumulated. However, the accumulation of a greater number of rest days and their allowance at longer intervals may be arranged by mutual agreement between the officers of the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.7 . Positions on which rest days are to be accumulated shall be so bulletined. In the event that a situation arises which makes it impracticable to assign consecutive rest days to all employees, the following shall be followed: (a) All possible regular relief positions shall be established pursuant to Article 7.9. (b) Possible use of rest days, other than Saturday, Sunday or Monday, where these may be required under this Agreement, to be explored by the parties. (c) . Accumulation of rest days under Article 7.6 shall be considered. (d) . Other suitable or practicable plans which may be suggested by either of the parties shall be considered and efforts made to come to an agreement thereon. (e) If the foregoing does not solve the problem, then some of the relief or extra employees may be given non-consecutive rest days. (f) If, after all the foregoing has been done, there still remains service which can only be performed by requiring employees to work in excess of five days per week, the number of regular assignments necessary to avoid this may be made with two non-consecutive days off. (g) The least desirable solution of the problem would be to work some regular employees on the sixth or seventh days at overtime rates and thus withhold work from additional relief employees. 7.8 In naming the assigned rest days, where the hours of an assignment overlap at midnight and partially cover two calendar days, the calendar name of the day on which the assignment commences shall be used to (a) All possible regular relief assignments with five days' work per week and two consecutive rest days (subject to Article 7.7) shall be established to perform necessary relief work or to perform relief work on certain days and such types of other work on other days as may be assigned within the same classification or as mutually agreed between the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. (b) Regular relief assignments may, on different days, have different starting times, duties and work locations, provided such starting times, duties and work locations are those of the employee or employees relieved. (c) Regular swing employees shall be appointed to perform relief service on such regularly assigned rest days as may be arranged and for such service may be required to travel within reasonable limits without expense to the System other than their monthly salaries, which shall be at the rates averaging the monthly salaries of employees whom they regularly relieve. (d) When the consist of a swing assignment is changed, the swing position shall not be re-bulletined unless more than 50% of the shifts previously relieved are affected, except as may be mutually agreed between the officers of the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.10 Except as otherwise provided, employees assigned, notified or called to work on their regularly assigned rest days shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half with a minimum allowance of three hours for which three hours service may be required; except that if required to work a full day within their regularly assigned hours of duty the provisions of Articles 8.1, 8.4 and 8.5 will apply.

Assigned Rest Days. 7.1 Unless otherwise excepted herein, a work week consists for and shall be hours consisting of 40 hours of 5 days of 8 hours each with 2 consecutive rest days in each 7 subject to the following modifications. The work week weeks may be staggered in accordance with the SystemRailway's operational requirements. This clause shall not be construed to create a guarantee of any number of hours or days of work not elsewhere provided for in this Agreement. 7.2 Employees' . and rest days are subject to change in accordance with the requirements of the service and not less than 72 hours' notice shall be given to or affected. Requests from senior employees affected. 7.3 If that they be given preference in the assignment of rest days will be considered only when permanent changes occur in an office and only if a change is practicable, having regard for the requirements of the service, availability of relief and other pertinent factors. Where no swing are employed, Sunday will be one of the two assigned rest days. If, owing to such change in his/her rest days off duty, an employee a or is required by the System Railway to work more than five days per week, he/she will be paid overtime as per Article 7.10 for such days. 7.4 . The rest days shall be consecutive as far as is possible consistent with the establishment of regular relief assignments and the avoidance of working an employee a or on an assigned rest day. Preference shall be given to Saturday and Sunday and then to Sunday and Monday. 7.5 . In any dispute as to the necessity of departing from the pattern of two consecutive rest days or for granting rest days other than Saturday and Sunday or Sunday and Monday, it shall be incumbent on the System Railway to show that such departure is necessary to meet operational requirements and that otherwise additional relief service or working a or on an employee on as assigned rest day would be involved. 7.6 . On positions where it is not reasonably practicable to provide regular relief each week, one on a rest day, for which relief is not provided, may be accumulated and granted at a later date. Such accumulation shall not exceed five days and rest days so accumulated shall be allowed consecutively when five days have been accumulated. However, the accumulation of a greater number of rest days and their allowance at longer intervals may be arranged by mutual agreement between the officers of the System Railway and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.7 . Positions on which rest days are to be accumulated shall be so bulletined. In the event that a situation arises which makes it impracticable to assign consecutive rest days to all employees, or the following procedure shall be followed: (a) All possible regular relief positions shall be established pursuant to Article 7.9. (b) Possible use of rest days, other than Saturday, Sunday or Monday, where these may be required under this Agreement, to be explored by the parties. (c) Accumulation of rest days under Article 7.6 shall be considered. (d) Other suitable or practicable plans which may be suggested by either of the parties shall be considered and efforts made to come to an agreement thereon. (e) If the foregoing does not solve the problem, then some of the relief or extra employees may be given non-consecutive rest days. (f) If, after all the foregoing has been done, there still remains service which can only be performed by requiring employees to work in excess of five days per week, the number of regular assignments necessary to avoid this may be made with two non-consecutive days off. (g) The least desirable solution of the problem would be to work some regular employees on the sixth or seventh days at overtime rates and thus withhold work from additional relief employees. 7.8 In naming the assigned rest days, where the hours of an assignment overlap at midnight and partially cover two calendar days, the calendar name of the day on which the assignment commences shall be used to (a) All possible regular relief assignments with five days' work per week and two consecutive rest days (subject to Article 7.7) shall be established to perform necessary relief work or to perform relief work on certain days and such types of other work on other days as may be assigned within the same classification or as mutually agreed between the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. (b) Regular relief assignments may, on different days, have different starting times, duties and work locations, provided such starting times, duties and work locations are those of the employee or employees relieved. (c) Regular swing employees shall be appointed to perform relief service on such regularly assigned rest days as may be arranged and for such service may be required to travel within reasonable limits without expense to the System other than their monthly salaries, which shall be at the rates averaging the monthly salaries of employees whom they regularly relieve. (d) When the consist of a swing assignment is changed, the swing position shall not be re-bulletined unless more than 50% of the shifts previously relieved are affected, except as may be mutually agreed between the officers of the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.10 Except as otherwise provided, employees assigned, notified or called to work on their regularly assigned rest days shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half with a minimum allowance of three hours for which three hours service may be required; except that if required to work a full day within their regularly assigned hours of duty the provisions of Articles 8.1, 8.4 and 8.5 will apply.

Assigned Rest Days. 7.1 Unless otherwise excepted herein, a work week consists of 40 forty hours of 5 five days of 8 eight hours each with 2 two consecutive rest days in each 7 seven subject to the following modifications. The work week may be staggered in accordance with the System's ’s operational requirements. This clause shall not be construed to create a guarantee of any number of hours or days of work not elsewhere provided pro- vided for in this Agreement. 7.2 . Employees' ’ rest days are subject to change in accordance with accordancewith the requirements of requirementsof the service and not less than 72 seventy-two hours' ’ notice shall be given employees affected. 7.3 . If owing to such change in his/her rest days off duty, an employee is required by the System to work more than five days per week, he/she will be paid overtime as per Article 7.10 for such days. 7.4 . The rest days shall be consecutive as far as is possible consistent with the establishment of regular reg- ular relief assignments and the avoidance of working an employee on an assigned rest day. Preference shall be given to Saturday and Sunday and then to Sunday and Monday. 7.5 . In any dispute as to the necessity of departing from the pattern of two consecutive rest days or for granting rest days other than Saturday and Sunday or Sunday and Monday, it shall be incumbent on the System to show that such departure is necessary to meet operational requirements and that otherwise additional relief service or working an employee on as an assigned rest day would be involved. 7.6 . On positions where positionswhere it is not reasonably practicable practic- able to provide regular relief each week, one rest day, for which relief is not provided, may be accumulated accumu- lated and granted at a later date. Such accumulation shall not exceed five days and rest days so accumulated accumu- lated shall be allowed consecutively when five days have been accumulated. However, ,the accumulation of a greater number of rest days and their allowance at longer intervals may be arranged by mutual agreement mutualagree- ment between the officers of the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.7 General Chairman. Positions on which rest days are to be accumulated shall be so bulletined. In the event that a situation arises which makes it impracticable to assign consecutive rest days to all employees, the following procedure shall be followedfol- lowed: (a) All possible regular relief positions shall be established pursuant to Article 7.9. (b) Possible use of rest days, other than Saturday, Sunday or Monday, where these may be required under this Agreement, to be explored by the parties. (c) Accumulation of rest days under Article 7.6 shall be considered. (d) Other suitable or practicable plans which may be suggested by either of the parties shall be considered and efforts made to come to an agreement thereon. (e) If the foregoing does not solve the problem, then some of the relief or extra employees may be given non-consecutive rest days. (f) If, after all the foregoing has been done, there still remains service which can only be performed by requiring employees to work in excess of five days per week, the number of regular assignments necessary to avoid this may be made with two non-consecutive days off. (g) The least desirable solution of the problem would be to work some regular employees on the sixth or seventh days at overtime rates and thus withhold work from additional relief employees. 7.8 In naming the assigned rest days, where the hours of an assignment overlap at midnight and partially cover two calendar days, the calendar name of the day on which the assignment commences shall be used to (a) All possible regular relief assignments with five days' work per week and two consecutive rest days (subject to Article 7.7) shall be established to perform necessary relief work or to perform relief work on certain days and such types of other work on other days as may be assigned within the same classification or as mutually agreed between the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. (b) Regular relief assignments may, on different days, have different starting times, duties and work locations, provided such starting times, duties and work locations are those of the employee or employees relieved. (c) Regular swing employees shall be appointed to perform relief service on such regularly assigned rest days as may be arranged and for such service may be required to travel within reasonable limits without expense to the System other than their monthly salaries, which shall be at the rates averaging the monthly salaries of employees whom they regularly relieve. (d) When the consist of a swing assignment is changed, the swing position shall not be re-bulletined unless more than 50% of the shifts previously relieved are affected, except as may be mutually agreed between the officers of the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.10 Except as otherwise provided, employees assigned, notified or called to work on their regularly assigned rest days shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half with a minimum allowance of three hours for which three hours service may be required; except that if required to work a full day within their regularly assigned hours of duty the provisions of Articles 8.1, 8.4 and 8.5 will apply.

Assigned Rest Days. 7.1 Unless otherwise excepted herein, a work week consists of 40 forty hours of 5 five days of 8 eight hours each with 2 two consecutive rest days in each 7 seven subject to the following modifications. The work week may be staggered in accordance with the System's operational requirements. This clause shall not be construed to create a guarantee of any number of hours or days of work not elsewhere provided for in this Agreement. 7.2 . Employees' rest days are subject to change in accordance with the requirements of the service and not less than 72 seventy-two hours' notice shall be given employees affected. 7.3 . If owing to such change in his/her rest days off duty, an employee is required by the System to work more than five days per week, he/she will be paid overtime as per Article 7.10 for such days. 7.4 . The rest days shall be consecutive as far as is possible consistent with the establishment of regular relief assignments and the avoidance of working an employee on an assigned rest day. Preference shall be given to Saturday and Sunday and then to Sunday and Monday. 7.5 . In any dispute as to the necessity of departing from the pattern of two consecutive rest days or for granting rest days other than Saturday and Sunday or Sunday and Monday, it shall be incumbent on the System to show that such departure is necessary to meet operational requirements and that otherwise additional relief service or working an employee on as assigned rest day would be involved. 7.6 . On positions where it is not reasonably practicable to provide regular relief each week, one rest day, for which relief is not provided, may be accumulated and granted at a later date. Such accumulation shall not exceed five days and rest days so accumulated shall be allowed consecutively when five days have been accumulated. However, the accumulation of a greater number of rest days and their allowance at longer intervals may be arranged by mutual agreement between the officers of the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.7 Asst. Division Vice-president. Positions on which rest days are to be accumulated shall be so bulletined. In the event that a situation arises which makes it impracticable to assign consecutive rest days to all employees, the following shall be followed: (a) All possible regular relief positions shall be established pursuant to Article 7.9. (b) Possible use of rest days, other than Saturday, Sunday or Monday, where these may be required under this Agreement, to be explored by the parties. (c) Accumulation of rest days under Article 7.6 shall be considered. (d) Other suitable or practicable plans which may be suggested by either of the parties shall be considered and efforts made to come to an agreement thereon. (e) If the foregoing does not solve the problem, then some of the relief or extra employees may be given non-consecutive rest days. (f) If, after all the foregoing has been done, there still remains service which can only be performed by requiring employees to work in excess of five days per week, the number of regular assignments necessary to avoid this may be made with two non-consecutive days off. (g) The least desirable solution of the problem would be to work some regular employees on the sixth or seventh days at overtime rates and thus withhold work from additional relief employees. 7.8 In naming the assigned rest days, where the hours of an assignment overlap at midnight and partially cover two calendar days, the calendar name of the day on which the assignment commences shall be used to (a) All possible regular relief assignments with five days' work per week and two consecutive rest days (subject to Article 7.7) shall be established to perform necessary relief work or to perform relief work on certain days and such types of other work on other days as may be assigned within the same classification or as mutually agreed between the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. (b) Regular relief assignments may, on different days, have different starting times, duties and work locations, provided such starting times, duties and work locations are those of the employee or employees relieved. (c) Regular swing employees shall be appointed to perform relief service on such regularly assigned rest days as may be arranged and for such service may be required to travel within reasonable limits without expense to the System other than their monthly salaries, which shall be at the rates averaging the monthly salaries of employees whom they regularly relieve. (d) When the consist of a swing assignment is changed, the swing position shall not be re-bulletined unless more than 50% of the shifts previously relieved are affected, except as may be mutually agreed between the officers of the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.10 Except as otherwise provided, employees assigned, notified or called to work on their regularly assigned rest days shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half with a minimum allowance of three hours for which three hours service may be required; except that if required to work a full day within their regularly assigned hours of duty the provisions of Articles 8.1, 8.4 and 8.5 will apply.

Assigned Rest Days. 7.1 Unless otherwise excepted herein, a work week consists of 40 forty hours of 5 five days of 8 eight hours each with 2 two consecutive rest days in each 7 seven subject to the following modifications. The work week may be staggered in accordance with the System's ’s operational requirements. This clause shall not be construed to create a guarantee of any number of hours or days of work not elsewhere provided pro- vided for in this Agreement. 7.2 . Employees' ’ rest days are subject to change in accordance with the requirements of the service and not less than 72 hours' ’ notice shall be given employees affected. 7.3 . If owing to such change in his/her rest days off duty, an employee is required by the System to work more than five days per week, he/she will be paid overtime as per Article 7.10 for such days. 7.4 . The rest days shall be consecutive as far as is possible consistent with the establishment of regular reg- ular relief assignments and the avoidance of working an employee on an assigned rest day. Preference shall be given to Saturday and Sunday and then to Sunday and Monday. 7.5 . In any dispute as to the necessity of departing from the pattern of two consecutive rest days or for granting rest days other than Saturday and Sunday or Sunday and Monday, it shall be incumbent on the System to show that such departure is necessary to meet operational requirements and requirementsand that otherwise additional relief service or working an employee on as an assigned rest day would be involved. 7.6 . On positions where it is not reasonably practicable reasonablypractic- able to provide regular relief each week, one rest day, for which relief is not provided, may be accumulated accumu- lated and granted at a later date. Such accumulation shall not exceed five days and rest days so accumulated accumu- lated shall be allowed consecutively when five days have been accumulated. However, ,the accumulation of a greater number of rest days and their allowance at longer intervals may intervalsmay be arranged by mutual agreement agree- ment between the officers of the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.7 General Chairman. Positions on which rest days are to be accumulated shall be so bulletined. In the event that a situation arises which makes it impracticable to assign consecutive rest days to all employees, the following procedure shall be followedfol- lowed: (a) All possible regular relief positions shall be established pursuant to Article 7.9. (b) Possible use of rest days, other than Saturday, Sunday or Monday, where these may be required under this Agreement, to be explored by the parties. (c) Accumulation of rest days under Article 7.6 shall be considered. (d) Other suitable or practicable plans which may be suggested by either of the parties shall be considered and efforts made to come to an agreement thereon. (e) If the foregoing does not solve the problem, then some of the relief or extra employees may be given non-consecutive rest days. (f) If, after all the foregoing has been done, there still remains service which can only be performed by requiring employees to work in excess of five days per week, the number of regular assignments necessary to avoid this may be made with two non-consecutive days off. (g) The least desirable solution of the problem would be to work some regular employees on the sixth or seventh days at overtime rates and thus withhold work from additional relief employees. 7.8 In naming the assigned rest days, where the hours of an assignment overlap at midnight and partially cover two calendar days, the calendar name of the day on which the assignment commences shall be used to (a) All possible regular relief assignments with five days' work per week and two consecutive rest days (subject to Article 7.7) shall be established to perform necessary relief work or to perform relief work on certain days and such types of other work on other days as may be assigned within the same classification or as mutually agreed between the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. (b) Regular relief assignments may, on different days, have different starting times, duties and work locations, provided such starting times, duties and work locations are those of the employee or employees relieved. (c) Regular swing employees shall be appointed to perform relief service on such regularly assigned rest days as may be arranged and for such service may be required to travel within reasonable limits without expense to the System other than their monthly salaries, which shall be at the rates averaging the monthly salaries of employees whom they regularly relieve. (d) When the consist of a swing assignment is changed, the swing position shall not be re-bulletined unless more than 50% of the shifts previously relieved are affected, except as may be mutually agreed between the officers of the System and the Chief ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 7.10 Except as otherwise provided, employees assigned, notified or called to work on their regularly assigned rest days shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half with a minimum allowance of three hours for which three hours service may be required; except that if required to work a full day within their regularly assigned hours of duty the provisions of Articles 8.1, 8.4 and 8.5 will apply.