EMPLOYEE FLEXIBILITY. At the time a new employee is hired, he/she will be asked by the Employer how many hours per week he/she wants to work. Based on that, the employee shall be designated either a full-time or part-time employee. The Employer will exercise its best efforts to assign the employee the requested hours, but shall not require the employee to work more than the requested hours. Once an employee commits to work a certain number of hours per week, then he/she will be required to accept client assignments up to that number of hours. Current employees who wish to increase or decrease their weekly hours must submit the request in writing to the Employer at least two weeks in advance. Requests shall be granted based on provisions of this Agreement and shall not interfere with the Employer’s ability to provide services.
EMPLOYEE FLEXIBILITY. The Parties agree to the following Principle and Guidelines for implementing and maintaining Employee Flexibility as set out in Article 38.
EMPLOYEE FLEXIBILITY. In order to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness of all quarrying operations, it is essential that multi-skilled quarry workers can be employed to meet operational requirements at various sites. At all times, both parties must recognise that quarry workers may need to be mobile to help out at other plants. In particular: - to cover for sickness, annual leave, etc. - call outs - special assignments at another plant (breakdowns, use of special skills etc.) The intention here is, those employees working in the northern area would only be asked to travel to another northern area plant. Likewise those working in the southern area would only be asked to travel to plants in the southern area. Employees will not be required to travel for a period greater than six (6) continuous weeks. Xxxxxx shall pay a traveling allowance to employees who use their private vehicle in the above circumstances at the rate of: • motor cycle – 17c per km or part thereof; or • motor car – 28c per km or part thereof. This payment shall only apply for the distance in excess of that which the employee would reasonably travel between his or her usual pace of residence and the usual place of employment to compensate those employees that may be required to assist at other operations.
EMPLOYEE FLEXIBILITY. At the time a new employee is hired, he/she will be asked how many hours per week and which days of the week he/she wants to work. The Employer will exercise its best efforts to assign the employee the requested hours on days the employee indicates they are available to work, but shall not require the employee to work more than the requested hours. Once an employee commits to working a certain number of hours per week, he/she will be required to accept client assignments up to that number of hours. Current employees who wish to increase or decrease their weekly hours must submit the request in writing to the Employer at least two (2) weeks in advance. Requests shall be granted based on provisions of this Agreement and shall not interfere with the Employer’s ability to provide services.
EMPLOYEE FLEXIBILITY. 38.01 Operators will perform the tasks for which they have the capabilities in their departments. Maintenance employees will perform any work or task for which they have the capabilities, regardless of trade. The Company will provide the necessary training so that the proposed changes can be implemented progressively and safely. Employee Flexibility will be administered in accordance with Appendix “L”.
EMPLOYEE FLEXIBILITY. 2.1 The Company recognises the flexible work practices of its employees. In this regard, a multi-skilled workforce is necessary to support flexibility of jobs and duties in accordance with employee skills and competencies. In doing so, the company recognises and accepts the need for training in the broadening of skills of all employees bound by this agreement to accommodate such flexibility.
2.2 Flexible work practices are required to enhance employee job security and to maximise investment efficiency by providing flexible workforce arrangements, such that market and customer demand fluctuations can be accommodated.
2.3 Employees will be expected to perform any duty in which they have received appropriate training and in which they are capable of performing in a safe and competent fashion.
2.4 A number of flexible work practices have been agreed by the fitters and electricians and recognised by the Company as contributing to its improved productive performance. Employees will co-operate in the acquisition of necessary skills to enable them to perform such tasks. Flexible work practices will be performed to the level of employee's training, expertise and classification.
EMPLOYEE FLEXIBILITY. 2.2.1 The employees will continue to provide a high level of flexibility in order to assist in the fulfillment of production requirements in unforeseen circumstances, such as breakdowns. This flexibility includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Occasionally working overtime at short notice due to breakdown or other unforeseen circumstances.
(b) Occasionally staggering meal breaks when production has fallen behind schedule, to assist in achieving scheduled production outputs. This flexibility will only be required of employees when adequate crewing levels are available.
(c) Working on weekends and rostered days off in order to fulfill production requirements.
EMPLOYEE FLEXIBILITY. The parties agree that where necessary, employees can move between the Mine and the Power Station provided they have the necessary skills and competence to undertake the work required. The parties agree to the utilisation of experienced full time trades employees in Supervisory roles during Major Statutory Outages.
EMPLOYEE FLEXIBILITY. 3.1.1 The Company and an Employee covered by this Agreement may agree to make an individual flexibility arrangement to vary the effect of terms of the Agreement if:
(a) the Agreement deals with one or more of the following matters:
(i) arrangements about when work is performed;
(ii) overtime rates;
(iii) penalty rates;
(iv) allowances;
(v) leave loading; and
(b) the arrangement meets the genuine needs of the Company and Employee in relation to 1 or more of the matters mentioned in paragraph (a); and
(c) the arrangement is genuinely agreed to by the Company and Employee.
3.1.2 The Company must ensure that the terms of the individual flexibility arrangement:
(a) are about permitted matters under section 172 of the FW Act; and
(b) are not unlawful terms under section 194 of the FW Act; and
(c) result in the Employee being better off overall than the Employee would be if no arrangement was made.
3.1.3 The Company must ensure that the individual flexibility arrangement:
(a) is in writing; and
(b) includes the name of the Company and Employee; and
(c) is signed by the Company and Employee and if the Employee is under eighteen (18) years of age, signed by a parent or guardian of the Employee; and
(d) includes details of:
(i) the terms of the Agreement that will be varied by the arrangement; and
(ii) how the arrangement will vary the effect of the terms; and
(iii) how the Employee will be better off overall in relation to the terms and conditions of his or her employment as a result of the arrangement; and
(e) states the day on which the arrangement commences.
3.1.4 The Company must give the Employee a copy of the individual flexibility arrangement within fourteen (14) days after it is agreed to.
3.1.5 The Company or Employee may terminate the individual flexibility arrangement:
(a) by giving no more than twenty-eight (28) days written notice to the other party to the arrangement; or
(b) if the Company and Employee agree in writing - at any time.
(c) if the individual flexibility arrangement is terminated, the Employee will revert to being covered by this agreement in its entirety.
EMPLOYEE FLEXIBILITY. 27.1 To maintain the viability of the facilities it is agreed that all Employees will work to the full range of their skills and will undertake such training as is required to enable them to be deployed across the operations to meet the needs of the business. The acquisition, maintenance and application of skills will be rewarded through the career path progression. Underpinning this flexibility will be the joint commitment to ongoing training and skills development (see clause 23 – Training and Skill Development) and the principle that Employees will perform tasks where it is Safe, Efficient, Legal and Logical (SELL).
27.2 Under the SELL principle the only determining factor of who may undertake a task is whether it is Safe, Efficient, Legal and Logical; traditional demarcation lines are no longer recognised.
27.3 The SELL principle will not be used to circumvent legal requirements such as licensing. Where a licence is required only appropriately qualified Employees will perform the task.
27.4 Qualified trades Employees will cooperate and assist in training others to perform tasks within the scope of this principle.
