Distribution of Standby, Overtime and Additional Hours. The Employer will distribute standby duty, overtime, and additional hours in a rotational sequence established by seniority among those qualified employees in any one classification concerned at any one location who have volunteered to be on the standby or overtime list. The Employer will maintain lists of those employees requesting standby, additional hours, and overtime. If no one on the list volunteers to work the overtime or take the standby and no other qualified employee volunteers, it will be assigned on a rotational basis by reverse seniority to those qualified employees in the unit. While the assignment of additional hours shall not require the employer to split the additional hours among two (2) or more employees, it may be considered as an option. The assignment of additional hours shall not require the employer to pay overtime as a result of such assignments or to change the employee’s normally assigned work schedule. Nothing will preclude the parties from using alternate scheduling options mutually agreed upon within the boundaries of the contract. Distribution under this section, and all other sections that require equitable distribution (including but not limited to holidays and vacation), shall include all qualified bargaining unit employees, whether or not they are regularly assigned to the bench. It is recognized that some of these employees will need to undertake refresher training to ensure coverage in critical areas and the parties agree, under the auspices of the laboratory steering committees, to provide such training no later than February 28, 2001. The term "rotational sequence" in Section 6.04 shall mean that the next employee in the seniority rotation shall receive the next additional hours or overtime opportunity, "opportunity" defined as a grouping of hours totaling four (4) or more by shift by payroll day. However, for purposes of distributing voluntary overtime, standby, additional hours and holidays, nothing shall prevent the parties from adopting alternate distribution methods by local agreement at individual facilities. However, if local agreement cannot be reached, then Section 6.04 as written, with the above definition of "rotational sequence," shall apply.
Distribution of Standby, Overtime and Additional Hours. The Hospital will distribute standby duty, overtime, and additional hours in a rotational sequence on a day-by-day basis, established by seniority among those qualified employees in any one contract classification concerned, who have volunteered to be on standby or work overtime. If no one volunteers to work the overtime, take the standby or additional hours, they will be assigned on a rotational day-by-day assignment basis, by reverse seniority. Per Diem employees shall only be offered overtime and additional hours after Full Time and Part Time employees have been offered overtime and additional hours in any one contract classification. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted in such a way as to compel the employer to offer premium pay prior to exhausting non-premium options.
