Common use of Distribution of Voluntary and Mandatory Overtime Clause in Contracts

Distribution of Voluntary and Mandatory Overtime. 1. The Bucket – Overtime will first be offered to the first three (3) employees at the top of the bucket list, in order of one (1) to three (3). The bucket will be set up in reverse seniority order. Once an employee has been mandatoried for overtime, he or she has fulfilled their bucket obligation and his or her name will be moved to the bottom of the bucket list regardless of the amount of time worked prior to being relieved. In the event that an individual is mandatoried and is able to find another employee to work the entire overtime shift, the mandatoried employee will be moved to the bottom of the bucket list. Employees on the bucket list who volunteer to work on overtime shift in order to remove their name from the bucket list must work a minimum 3.5 hours to have their name removed. Employees who volunteer to work an overtime shift in order to meet their bucket obligation may not volunteer prior to the official activation of the bucket list at the start of each shift (i.e. you may not volunteer 24 hours in advance of the bucket list being activated and ask that your bucket obligation be met). Employees returning to work after an approved vacation or approved trades in conjunction with their vacation will not be in the bucket on their Monday. The bucket will rotate by date last worked.