– Casual Call-in Procedure. For the purposes of Article 30, “call” may refer to call or text.
– Casual Call-in Procedure. Casuals will be called in by seniority by classification within a program. • Staff to ensure that their scheduled hours of work do not exceed forty (40) hours per week and not more than eight (8) hours per day, particularly when accepting shifts with more than one (1) program. • Staff must keep their Supervisor informed of changes to availability as soon as possible. • Staff to indicate their availability on the completed Availability form or via e-mail. • Staff to indicate their availability for the following two month periods on an Availability form (April, May), (October, November), (December, January), (February, March). • The Availability form must be updated and submitted on the second (2nd) Friday of each month preceding the beginning of any one two-month period. • For the peak period between June 15th and September 15th, staff will be required to submit an Availability form on the 2nd Friday in March. • Casual staff who fails to declare their availability for two (2) consecutive periods, she will receive a letter indicating that their availability must be declared within thirty (30) days of receiving the letter in order to remain on the casual availability list. After thirty (30) days, should the Employer not receive an updated Availability form, the Employer will send all causal employees a letter to confirm their casual employment every January and June. The initial letter will be sent via email with ten (10) days to respond. If the employee does not respond within ten (10) days the employer will send a registered letter to the last known address on file asking the employee to confirm their causal status within ten (10) days or they will be presumed to have abandoned their position. The employee will be afforded a further opportunity to rebut such presumption and demonstrate that there was reasonable grounds for not informing the Employer. When a casual employee has not worked a shift in a (12) twelve month period, they will receive a letter to the last known address indicating that their availability must be declared within thirty (30) days of receiving the letter in order to remain on the casual availability list. Should the Employer not receive an updated Availability form, the Employer will send all causal employees a letter to confirm their casual employment every January and June. The initial letter will be sent via email with ten (10) days to respond. If the employee does not respond within ten (10) days the Employer will send a registered...
– Casual Call-in Procedure a) Availability:
i. Casual employees will be available to work:
1) A minimum of three calendar days per week;
2) During the period July 1st to September 7th, casual employees will be available seven out of the nine weeks;
3) During the period December 15th to January 7th, casual employees will be available for coverage through either the Christmas or New Year’s holiday period; and
4) During spring break, as defined by the local school district, casual employees will be available one out of the two weeks.
ii. Casual employees will provide their availability to the Employer by the 7th of each month for the following calendar month. When the 7th falls on a weekend, casual employees will provide their availability the Friday before the weekend.
iii. Casual employees will inform the Employer of the most effective means of contacting them for scheduling work.
iv. If a previously submitted availability needs to be changed, prior to accepting a shift, casual employees will forward a written request to the Program Supervisor or designate as soon as possible.
– Casual Call-in Procedure. (a) Qualified casual employees shall be called in order of seniority.
(b) It is the responsibility of casual employees to ensure that the Employer is kept notified of their current mailing address, telephone number and availability.
(c) Employees are required to submit their schedule of availability by the fifth (5th) of every month for the following calendar month. When the fifth (5th) of the month falls on a weekend, availability notification is due the Friday before the weekend. These schedules will be reviewed and either approved or declined by the Employer by the thirteenth (13th) of the month. Selection of time off shall be granted in order of seniority. The schedule will be posted by the fifteenth (15th) of the month for all employees to view regardless if the month is fully covered. Posted casual seniority lists will only apply to the next month’s schedule that has not yet been called out or posted.
– Casual Call-in Procedure. (a) The Employer may notify all qualified employees on the call-out lists of available casual hours by use of technology, such as text messaging and electronic scheduling programs (i.e. the Remind application) that allow for automation and/or for all employees on the call-out lists to be contacted at the same time.
(b) The Employer will discuss their intention to introduce technology for the call out procedure with the Union.
(c) To support the transition to using a new process or to introduce technology, the employer will clearly outline the process with employees prior to implementation in all programs.
(d) The Employer will wait fifteen (15) minutes to allow time for qualified employees to respond to the notification of available casual hours.
(e) Qualified employees who are registered for casual work and respond to the notification of casual hours will be offered casual hours in order of seniority as follows:
i. Regular Full-time (top-up to maximum straight time hours)
ii. Part-time (top-up to maximum straight time hours)
– Casual Call-in Procedure. Qualified casual employees will be called in order of seniority. Casual employees will complete an availability form.
(a) Availability
1) Casual employees will provide their availability to the Employer by the seventh (7th) of each month for the following calendar month. When the seventh (7th) falls on a weekend, availability is due the Friday before the weekend.
2) Casual employees will be available:
a. A minimum of three (3) calendar days per week;
b. During the period of July 1st – September 7th. Casuals will be available seven (7) out of nine (9) weeks; and December 15th – January 7th, casuals will be available for coverage through either Christmas or New Years holiday period.
– Casual Call-in Procedure. The Employer shall consider seniority and the necessity for on-the-job orientation of new employees in the calling of casual employees. Casual assignments will be offered to casual employees so as to maintain their relative standing on the seniority list. A casual employee shall be entitled to register for work in any position in any one department for which he/she has the qualifications to perform.
– Casual Call-in Procedure.
(a) Availability
(b) A casual employee who accepts an offer of work has the same obligation to work the shift as a regular employee would.
– Casual Call-in Procedure. Causal employees must be oriented to work in a worksite. Each employee will be oriented by a Program Manager or designate.
a) Availability Casual employees will submit their availability in writing by 12 noon on the 25th day of each month to the Program Manager or designate for the following month. Casual employees must be available for a minimum of 3 shifts per month. Casual employees shall provide management with a minimum of 24 hours’ notice of a change to availability. Extenuating circumstances which alter availability must be communicated to the Program Manager in writing. Approval by the Program Manager or designate will be in writing. Casual employees must be available for a minimum of 8 statutory holidays out of 13 per calendar year. This must include one of either Christmas Day or New Years’ Day. Call outs will be conducted based on current availability. If availability is not submitted, after the employer has gone through all other options, a casual staff may receive a call to determine their availability. The Employer will send a letter via registered mail to casual employees who have not worked any shifts for three (3) months to determine if the casual employees want to remain employed. Casual employees who have not worked any shifts for six (6) months will be deemed to have resigned. An employee will be afforded the opportunity within 10 days to rebut such presumption and demonstrate that there were reasonable grounds for not working any shifts in the six (6) month period.
– Casual Call-in Procedure. The parties agree to the following guidelines at all facilities with regards to the above noted Article:
1) Employees shall be permitted to provide up to two (2) contact numbers, one primary and one secondary.
2) During normal business hours, where a vacancy is to occur within twenty-four (24) hours of the shift, the Employer will call the primary number, letting it ring a minimum of eight
