Overtime Work A. Overtime pay is to be paid at the rate of one and one- half (1½) times the basic hourly straight-time rate.
B. Overtime shall be paid to employees for work performed only after eight (8) hours on duty in any one (1) service day or forty (40) hours in any one (1) service week. Nothing in this Section shall be construed by the parties or any reviewing authority to deny the payment of overtime to employees for time worked outside of their regularly scheduled work week at the request of the Employer.
C. Penalty overtime pay is to be paid at the rate of two
Payment for Working Overtime (a) For all work done outside ordinary hours, the rates of pay will be time and a half for the first two hours and double time thereafter.
(b) Except as provided in clause 8.4, in computing overtime each day’s work will stand alone.
(c) To avoid doubt, overtime provisions for shift workers are contained in clause 10.7.
Weekend Work (1) All ordinary hours of work performed between midnight on Friday and midnight on Sunday shall be paid for at the rate of time and one-half.
HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME Section 15.1 This Article is intended to define the normal hours of work per day or per week in effect at the time of execution of this Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as preventing the Employer from restructuring the normal workday or workweek as necessary to promote efficiency or improve services, or from establishing the work schedules of employees. However, nothing in this Section shall relieve the Employer of its duty to bargain the affects of such decisions on employee wages, hours, terms and other conditions of employment. This Article shall be used as the basis for computing overtime for employees who are not exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and shall not be construed as a guarantee of hours of work per day or per week.
Section 15.2 Employees may take one paid fifteen (15) minute break for every four (4) hour block worked. Employees may combine breaks to take up to one (1) sixty (60) minute paid break. Employees may not leave campus on their paid breaks.
Section 15.3 Bargaining unit employees who are not exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act will be paid one and one-half times their normal hourly rate for all hours actually worked in excess of forty (40) hours per work week. All overtime shall have prior supervisory approval, except when it is necessary for a nurse to remain on duty to protect patient safety. Only hours actually worked are counted for the purpose of computing an employee's eligibility for overtime pay. There shall be no pyramiding of hours or pay.
Section 15.4 The Board serves individuals 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. To meet this need for service to our individuals evening and weekend hours may be required of any bargaining unit employee. The Employer will establish the standard work day as beginning at 6:00 a.m. and ending at 5:59 a.m. and starting and ending times for each shift in each department. Supervisors will establish daily workschedules.
Section 15.5 Absent an emergency situation, management will notify the Union in the event management intends to institute a long-term change in the present shift times for nurses. Following notification and upon request by the Union, management will meet with the Union to discuss the reason for the change and possible alternatives.
HOURS OF WORK AND OVERTIME A. The normal work week shall be from Monday to Friday both inclusive and shall comprise five (5) days of eight (8) hours each.
B. All hours worked in excess of eight (8) hours in any day shall be paid at the rate of 1 ½ times the regular hourly rate.
C. Any work performed on Saturday shall be considered overtime and shall be paid at the rate of 1 ½ times the hourly rate of pay except as provided in “E” or except for the Tuesday/Saturday shift at the high school and middle schools.
D. All hours worked on a Sunday, shall be considered overtime, and shall be paid a rate of two (2) times the normal rate of pay, except as provided in “E” below.
E. Part-time employees must satisfy the forty (40) hour week require- ment prior to receiving overtime pay for Saturdays or Sundays.
F. Employees called to work prior to the start of their normal shift shall be paid overtime for any such time worked, but such overtime pay- ment shall not apply to any of the hours of the normal shift.
G. Whenever possible, the Board shall notify the employees of any Sat- urday or Sunday work not later than the end of the shift on Thursday of that week only if such Saturday or Sunday work is scheduled prior to the end of the shift on Thursday of that week, except in cases of emergency. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to be a guarantee of overtime if such is scheduled nor shall the right of the Board to cancel such scheduled overtime be limited. Employees who are required to work on a Saturday or a Sunday shall be xxxxxx- xxxx a minimum of four hours of work at the overtime rates provided in B and C above.
H. Overtime shall be distributed equally as practical by building and/or department among the employees qualified and capable of performing the work available. Individuals declining overtime will be required to sign off acknowledging refusal. During emergencies or when a re- placement is unavailable, working overtime may be mandatory.
I. In the event an employee is called back to work after the conclusion of a normal work shift, the employee will be entitled to a minimum of four (4) hours pay at the overtime rate and the Board reserves the right to assign four (4) hours of work in such situations. If the call- back is for an open window or door, the payment shall be two (2) hours at the overtime rate. Failure of an employee to properly secure his/her area of responsibility shall result in disciplinary action.
J. Except in case of emergency, or in the event of performance on an assigned job, or during July and August, no seasonal or substitute employees shall perform in excess of forty (40) hours per week the duties of employees in the bargaining unit, nor shall seasonal or sub- stitute employees be hired or retained if regular permanent employees are on a temporary lay-off due to a reduction in force.
K. Employees shall be granted no more than a fifteen (15) minute coffee break in the morning.
L. When an employee is required to work in excess of ten (10) hours or more, said employee shall be granted a second one-half (1/2) hour lunch period at no loss of pay for such lunch period, and shall be granted an additional one-half (1/2) hour lunch period for each five
WORKING HOURS AND OVERTIME 8.1 The normal working day shall be 8 consecutive hours exclusive of meal period. The normal work week shall be 40 hours.
8.1.1 The Company may, where required, institute 10-hour (exclusive of meal period)/4 day per week driver positions in accordance with Article 5.2.
8.2 Warehousepersons B shall be paid a minimum of 3 hours’ pay at the straight time rate, and if required to perform work beyond 3 hours shall be paid on the minute basis for work in excess of 3 hours. Such work will be offered in order of length of Company service.
8.3 The normal work week shall be Monday to Friday with rest days Sunday and Saturday; however, due to the operational requirements of the Company, a departure to rest days of Sunday and Monday or two consecutive days during the week may, to meet operational necessity, be instituted. 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.
8.4 All hours worked in excess of 8 hours in any one day, or 40 hours in any one week, shall be paid at one and one-half times the hourly rate of pay. This does not apply to positions as outlined in Article 8.1.1.
8.4.1 All hours worked in excess of 10 hours in any one day, or 40 hours in any one week, as specified in Article 8.1.1 shall be paid at one and one-half times the hourly rate of pay.
8.5 Employees, if required to work on regularly assigned rest days, shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half time on the actual minute basis with a minimum payment of 4 hours at the pro rata hourly rate.
8.6 Where work is required by the Company to be performed on a day which is not part of any assignment, it may be performed by an available extra or unassigned employee who will otherwise not have 40 hours of work that week. Overtime shall be allocated on the basis of seniority wherever possible, in a voluntary manner, within the work classification and shifts, provided the employee is capable of performing the duties; however, upon reaching the bottom of the seniority list in that classification and shift, the junior employee(s) will be required, in reverse order, to work the overtime.
8.7 Excluding Linehaul operations, employees shall not be required to take more than 60 minutes for a meal period and, if practical, 30-minute meal period will be utilized. Lunch hour for employees holding City Tractor or Driver Representative positions will commence between the end of the third hour of the shift and the end of the sixth hour of the shift. This clause only applies to employees holding bulletin positions.
8.8 All employees working in excess of three (3) hours will receive a fifteen (15) minute paid coffee break. A fifteen (15) minute coffee break without loss of pay will commence after approximately two hours of work, or at or about the mid-point of the first half after an employee reports for duty. A second fifteen (15) minute paid coffee break shall be after six hours of work where the tour of duty is in excess of six hours. There will be a third paid15 minute break if 3 hours of overtime are completed. This break is to be taken after the second hour of overtime has been completed. These breaks shall not be cumulative.
8.9 Employees shall be allowed to elect to bank overtime in lieu of pay to maximum of 40 hours at the rate of one and one-half hours banked for every one hour worked. Overtime worked will automatically be used to replenish the bank to the maximum of 40 hours during the course of the year. Any balance of banked overtime unused will be carried over to the next year unless the employee gives notice to withdraw from the program or requests to be paid out any unused portion as indicated in 8.9.1.
8.9.1 A request to bank overtime must be made in writing and received by the Company by March 7th of the year. Banked overtime will continue unless the Company is notified by the employee he wishes to opt out of the program. Upon written request to the Company by March 7th of each year an employee shall be entitled to be paid for all unused banked hours accumulated for the previous year. The Company will issue payment by March 31st. Banked overtime accumulation will be discontinued effective the first pay period in November until the last pay period in December inclusive each year. During this period employees will be able to withdraw banked overtime already accumulated, however all overtime worked in this period will be paid as part of the regular pay process. Banked overtime shall be secondary to annual vacations. The Company officer in charge or their designate must approve all requests, in writing, for leave to be drawn on banked time. An employee will make their request in writing 7 working days prior to the requested time off. Laid off employees will be allowed to withdraw banked time on days when no work is made available to them.
8.9.2 An employee off duty due to bona fide illness who is not claiming Short Term Disability Benefits payments will be permitted to use accumulated Banked Overtime as of the second day of their absence.
8.9.3 An employee off duty due to bone fide illness who is eligible to receive Short Term Disability benefit payments will be permitted to use accumulated Banked Overtime to offset the three- day waiting period required by the STD plan.
8.9.4 When a request to use Banked Overtime is granted, it will not be withdrawn after approval unless otherwise agreed by the employee and the supervisor.
8.9.5 Banked Overtime may be used in the event of a shortage of work occurs and the Company asks for volunteers to take a day off. Should the employee wish to use an annual vacation day or Banked Overtime Day to compensate for the days lost earnings, their request will not be denied.
Work Week and Work Day (a) (Applicable to full-time employees only) The normal or standard work week shall be an average of thirty-seven and one-half (37½) hours, with a normal or standard work day of seven and one-half (7½) hours except in those Hospitals where agreements already provide a standard or normal work week of less than thirty-seven and one-half (37½) hours per week and seven and one-half (7½) hours per day. (Those Hospitals with the lesser required hours shall reflect in the salary rates a pro-rata lesser amount compared with salaries for other Hospitals based on the ratio that the standard or normal hours of work at the Hospital concerned are to thirty-seven and one-half (37½) hours and shall appropriately reflect such hours in this Article). The length of time over which the hours of work per week are to be averaged shall be determined locally and shall be set out in the Local Provisions Appendix.
(b) (applicable to part-time employees only) The normal or standard work day shall be seven and one-half (7½) hours per day and the normal or standard full- time work week shall be an average of thirty-seven and one- half (37½) hours per week except in those hospitals where agreements already provide a normal or standard work day of less than seven and one-half hours and a normal or standard full-time work week of less than thirty-seven and one-half (37½) hours. (Those Hospitals with the lesser required hours shall reflect in the salary rates a pro-rata lesser amount compared with salaries for other Hospitals based on the ratio that the standard or normal hours work at the Hospital concerned are to thirty-seven and one-half (37½) hours and shall appropriately reflect such hours in this article.) Part-time employees shall be entitled to overtime pay at the rate of time and one-half their regular straight time hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of the normal or standard work day or in excess of the normal or standard full-time work week. The length of time over which the hours of work per week are to be averaged shall be determined locally and shall be set out in the Local Provisions Appendix.
(c) Where the Hospital and the Union agree, subject to the approval of the Ministry of Labour, other arrangements regarding hours of work may be entered into between parties on a local level with respect to tours beyond the normal or standard work day in accordance with the provisions set out in Article 25.01 of the collective agreement.
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.
Overtime Meals When employees are required to work more than two (2) hours beyond their regular work days, the Employer will provide hot meals at no cost to the employees, up to a maximum of sixteen dollars ($16.00) (receipts to be submitted) plus paid meal periods of one-half (1/2) hour at the prevailing rate and thereafter at four (4) hour intervals. Any early morning start before regular starting time is entitled to a paid meal. The breakfast limit is thirteen dollars ($13.00) (receipts to be submitted). Employees called out on overtime shall be paid for meals as above, after four (4) hours work.
PREVAILING WAGE RATES - PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDING SERVICES CONTRACTS If any portion of work being Bid is subject to the prevailing wage rate provisions of the Labor Law, the following shall apply:
