Compensating Time Off At the time an employee is required or requested to work overtime, the employee may opt for compensating time off at the applicable overtime rate in lieu of overtime pay. If an employee opts for compensating time off in lieu of overtime pay, the time shall be taken at a time mutually agreed to by the employee and the Employer and shall be taken within 24 calendar weeks of the occurrence of the overtime. The Employer will make a reasonable effort to allow time off when requested by the employee. If such time off is not taken by the end of the 24 week period, overtime at the applicable overtime rate shall be paid on the employee's next regular paycheque.
Compensating Time Compensating time earned by an employee may be accumulated up to two hundred forty (240) hours. Except where operational needs require otherwise, employees shall be entitled to use compensating time at times of their choice. Upon mutual agreement between an employee and an agency and with approval of the Commissioner or a designee, an agency may at any time pay an employee for up to two hundred forty (240) hours of that employee's accumulated compensating time. Such payment shall be made at the employee's hourly rate of pay in effect at the time of payment.
Compensatory Time for Overtime Eligible Employees A. Compensatory Time Eligibility
Compensation for Overtime Assigned overtime is designated as those hours over the regular hours of work which are requested of the employee by management. Assigned overtime worked shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2).
Daily Overtime All employees shall be paid the applicable overtime rate of time and one-half (1-1/2) for all time worked in excess of eight (8) hours per day.
No Layoff to Compensate for Overtime Employees shall not be required to layoff during regular hours to equalize any overtime worked.
Time Off in Lieu of Overtime Employees who work overtime will not be required to take time off in regular hours to make up for overtime worked. Time off in lieu may be taken on a mutually agreed upon basis between the employee and the Hospital, such time off will be the equivalent of the premium rate the employee has earned for working overtime. The Hospital shall revert to payment of premium rate if time off is not taken within sixty (60) calendar days."
Banked Overtime (a) Compensating time off shall not be given in lieu of overtime pay unless the employee so chooses. Employees who wish to bank overtime must confirm same in writing to the Company between March 1st and March 15th and again between September 1st and September 15th of each calendar year. Employees shall be entitled to cancel their decision to bank overtime at any time. In such cases, the employee shall provide the Company with a written notice confirming same, and shall not be eligible to resume banking overtime until the following March 1st or September 1st, as the case may be. (b) Accumulated banked overtime hours shall be shown on the employee's weekly pay stub until implementation of the Workbrain System, at which point such information will be available for review through that System. (c) Banked overtime shall accumulate at the rate of one and one-half (1½) or two (2) hours of paid time off, as the case may be, for each hour of overtime worked. Employees shall only bank overtime exceeding one (1) hour. If overtime worked does not exceed one hour, such overtime shall be paid out. (d) Employees shall have the option of cashing in all or any portion of said banked overtime at any time he or she chooses. Banked overtime that is subsequently cashed in by an employee shall be paid to the employee at the regular hourly rate of pay said employee was being paid at that time. All banked overtime must be used or cashed in by the end of the calendar year in which it was earned, unless otherwise mutually agreed to between the employee concerned and the Company. Separate cheques will not be issued for banked overtime but, when paid out, the banked overtime amount will be itemized separately on the employee’s pay record. (e) Subject to the following paragraph, each employee shall decide when his or her compensating time off is to be taken except that no such time off can be taken on the working day immediately preceding and following a general holiday without the prior approval of the Company. Compensating time off shall be granted to employees on a first come first served basis. Seniority shall only apply and be the governing factor in situations where on the same day, too many employees put in a request to take compensating time off at the same time. A maximum of four (4) employees per day shall be entitled to use their banked overtime. These amounts may be increased from time to time at the discretion of the Company. (f) All banked time off requests must be submitted by the Monday of the week preceding the requested time off. The minimum amount of such time off that can be taken at any one time shall be four (4) hours. The Employer agrees to respond to the employee’s request within twenty-four (24) hours. Should no response be given by the Employer, then permission for the time off will be deemed to have been granted (g) For the purpose of using banked overtime for regularly scheduled days off (excluding shut downs), each employee shall have the ability to use a maximum of forty (40) hours while working eight (8) hour shifts and forty-eight (48) hours while working continental shifts per calendar year. All other overtime banked shall be paid out to employees upon request. Should an employee want to take off more than the maximum hours off noted above per calendar year, a written request will be submitted to the Company for consideration and will be approved at the Company’s discretion. (h) No requests for time banked time off for regularly scheduled days off, between April 15th – December 31st of each year will be approved until after the vacation planner has been finalized for the year. Once the planner has been finalized all requests will be granted on a first come first serve basis. (i) No employees will have the ability to request regularly scheduled days off (excluding shut downs) during the prime time vacation period for the use of banked overtime. (j) All employees hired after April 15, 2015 will not be eligible to bank overtime.
Overtime Overtime will begin to accrue after sixty (60) hours in a two (2) week period averaged over the scheduling period determined by the local parties. Overtime will apply if the employee works in excess of the normal daily hours. Payment for overtime is as in Article 16.01.
Overtime Meal Allowance Employees required to work more than two (2) hours overtime consecutive with a shift shall be provided with a meal by the Employer.
