HOURS OF WORK AND OVERTIME 14.01 This Article only provides the basis for the calculation of time worked and shall not be construed as a guarantee of the hours of work in a day or a week or a guarantee of days of work or otherwise.
14.02 The Employer may schedule hours of work to meet its operational needs and these may vary from employee to employee. The Employer shall endeavor to create/schedule as many forty (40) hour/week positions as possible. For clarity, Part-Time employees shall not be assigned hours of work that could otherwise be performed by an employee with less than forty (40) hours per week without the FT employee’s consent. Consistent with same, Part-Time employees shall be capped at twenty-four (24) hours/week with any/all additional hours of work being offered by seniority to those Full-Time employees with less than forty (40) hours/week prior to being offered/assigned to Part-Time positions. The above does not apply in situations where an employee has left during his/her shift for medical/personal emergency situations in which case the PT employee may be assigned to replace the absent employee for the duration of the shift. In the interest of full transparency, a composite Master Work Schedule for all employees in each respective location shall be posted in each store/work location at least one week prior to said monthly schedule taking affect. At the Union’s request, the composite Master Work Schedule and any revisions to same shall be forwarded within twenty-four (24) hours to the SEIU Local 2 Union Office via fax (000) 000-0000 or by e-mail to xxxx@xxxxxxxxx0.xx.
14.03 There shall be two (2) fifteen-minute rest periods during eight (8) hour shift each shift and a thirty (30) minute lunch period. Save for express authorization, all breaks and meals are mandatory with the exception of clerks working alone. For every four consecutive hours a clerk that works alone he/she shall be paid an additional fifteen (15) minutes of straight pay to compensate for the loss of the break time.
14.04 Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of eight (8) hours in one day or in excess of forty (40) hours in any one week. Overtime shall not be mandatory unless the Employer requires it to properly staff its facilities in which case the employee(s) with the least seniority in the classification shall be required to work.
14.05 Overtime will be divided as evenly as practicable amongst those employees normally performing the work within the classification in which the overtime is required. Every reasonable effort will be made to even out the hours amongst the forementioned employees during the life of this agreement.
14.06 There shall be a five (5) minute wash-up period before lunch and at the end of the shift.
14.07 All employees will be paid on Thursday of each week.
14.08 All work performed including money-related duties such as banking transactions, counting of float, totaling of dally receipts, etc. shall be conducted during working hours.
14.09 The Employer agrees not to create split shifts.
14.10 In the event of an error by the Employer on an employee's pay that results in an overpayment, the Employer shall discuss with the Employee a repayment plan that Is reasonable and feasible in mutual agreement with the Employee. If an employee leaves the employ of the Society of Saint Xxxxxxx xx Xxxx before the repayment is completed the Employer shall deduct the remaining amount in full from the employee's final pay.
