Common use of Christmas/New Years Time Off Clause in Contracts

Christmas/New Years Time Off. Employees will be scheduled five (5) consecutive days (120 hours) off at either Christmas or New Year’s unless the nurse requests otherwise and the Hospital agrees except in areas which are not normally required to work weekends and paid holidays. The scheduling of Christmas or New Year’s off will be alternated from year to year so that an employee who has Christmas off in one year will have New Year’s off in the next year and vice versa. In the event that both employees were off on the same holiday in the previous year, seniority shall be the governing factor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nurses may request their preference on the posted request sheet for Christmas or New Year’s off. The alternating time off will take precedence over the specific requests. Scheduling regulations will not operate for the pre-scheduling purposes except for G-2 (c) the week prior to and the weeks including the pay period that Christmas and New Year’s fall for a total of 3 weeks to ensure that an employee receives five

Christmas/New Years Time Off. Employees will be scheduled five (5) consecutive days (120 hours) off at either Christmas or New Year’s unless the nurse requests otherwise and the Hospital agrees except in areas which are not normally required to work weekends and paid holidays. The scheduling of Christmas or New Year’s off will be alternated from year to year so that an employee who has Christmas off in one year will have New Year’s off in the next year and vice versa. In the event that both employees were off on the same holiday in the previous year, seniority shall be the governing factor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nurses may request their preference on the posted request sheet for Christmas or New Year’s off. The alternating time off will take precedence over the specific requests. Scheduling regulations will not operate for the pre-scheduling purposes except for G-2 (c) the week prior to and the weeks including the pay period that Christmas and New Year’s fall for a total of 3 weeks to ensure that an employee receives fivefive (5) consecutive days off. The Union and the Hospital will meet during the first week of November to discuss and review the Christmas schedule. Time off at Christmas shall include December 24, 25, 26. Time off at New Year’s shall include December 31, January 1, 2.