Common use of Cycle Time Clause in Contracts

Cycle Time. The term “cycle time” refers to the recording of hours to account for scheduled deviation in the length of watches due to a vessel’s operational schedule. Vessel schedules do not always permit a twenty- four (24) hour day to be divided evenly into twelve (12) hour watches thereby causing employees to alternate between an equal number of short and long watches. Cycling occurs when a permanent employee working long and short watches over an eight (8) week, three hundred twenty (320) hour cycle period. The scheduled long watches of twelve and one half (12 ½) hours or less are offset by the short watches to equal three hundred and twenty (320) hours over the eight (8) week cycle period. Cycle time does not include any overtime otherwise recorded on a weekly timesheet.

Cycle Time. The T he term “cycle time” refers to the recording of hours to account for scheduled deviation d eviation in the length of watches due to a vessel’s operational schedule. Vessel schedules do not always permit a twenty- four (24) -hour day to be divided evenly into twelve (12) -hour watches thereby causing employees to alternate between an equal number of short and long watches. Cycling occurs when a permanent employee working long and short watches over an eight (8) week, three hundred twenty (320) hour cycle period. The scheduled long watches of twelve and one half (12 ½) hours or less are offset by the short watches to equal three hundred and twenty (320) hours over the eight (8) week cycle period. Cycle time does not include any overtime otherwise recorded on a weekly timesheet.