Wage Schedules The Parties shall, upon completing a wage adjustment calculation, forthwith prepare, publish, post and distribute a wage schedule resulting therefrom. The final determination of the wage schedules shall be issued no later than the 7th day of March or September, for the May and November adjustments, respectively.
Time Schedule 4.1. A project schedule is included in Appendix A.
4.2. Any delay of services or change in sequence of tasks must be approved in writing by Delaware.
4.3. In the event that Vendor fails to complete the project or any phase thereof within the time specified in the Contract, or with such additional time as may be granted in writing by Delaware, or fails to prosecute the work, or any separable part thereof, with such diligence as will insure its completion within the time specified in this Agreement or any extensions thereof, Delaware shall suspend the payments scheduled as set forth in Appendix A.
Outage Schedules The Connecting Transmission Owner shall post scheduled outages of its transmission facilities on the NYISO OASIS. Developer shall submit its planned maintenance schedules for the Large Generating Facility to Connecting Transmission Owner and NYISO for a minimum of a rolling thirty-six month period. Developer shall update its planned maintenance schedules as necessary. NYISO may direct, or the Connecting Transmission Owner may request, Developer to reschedule its maintenance as necessary to maintain the reliability of the New York State Transmission System. Compensation to Developer for any additional direct costs that the Developer incurs as a result of rescheduling maintenance, including any additional overtime, breaking of maintenance contracts or other costs above and beyond the cost the Developer would have incurred absent the request to reschedule maintenance, shall be in accordance with the ISO OATT. Developer will not be eligible to receive compensation, if during the twelve (12) months prior to the date of the scheduled maintenance, the Developer had modified its schedule of maintenance activities other than at the direction of the NYISO or request of the Connecting Transmission Owner.
Voltage Schedules Once the Developer has synchronized the Large Generating Facility with the New York State Transmission System, NYISO shall require Developer to operate the Large Generating Facility to produce or absorb reactive power within the design capability of the Large Generating Facility set forth in Article 9.5.1 (Power Factor Design Criteria). NYISO’s voltage schedules shall treat all sources of reactive power in the New York Control Area in an equitable and not unduly discriminatory manner. NYISO shall exercise Reasonable Efforts to provide Developer with such schedules in accordance with NYISO procedures, and may make changes to such schedules as necessary to maintain the reliability of the New York State Transmission System. Developer shall operate the Large Generating Facility to maintain the specified output voltage or power factor at the Point of Interconnection within the design capability of the Large Generating Facility set forth in Article 9.5.1 (Power Factor Design Criteria) as directed by the Connecting Transmission Owner’s System Operator or the NYISO. If Developer is unable to maintain the specified voltage or power factor, it shall promptly notify NYISO.
Shift Schedules 1501 Shift schedules for a minimum of a four (4) week period shall be posted at least two (2) weeks in advance of the beginning of the scheduled period. Shifts within the minimum four (4) week period shall not be altered after posting except by mutual agreement between the nurse(s) concerned and the Employer. Requests for specific days off duty shall be submitted in writing at least two (2) weeks prior to posting and granted, if possible in the judgment of the Employer. 1502 Requests for interchanges in posted shifts or a portion thereof shall also be submitted in writing, co-signed by the nurse willing to exchange shifts with the applicant. Where reasonably possible, interchanges in posted shifts are to be completed within the posted shift schedule. It is understood that any change in shifts or days off initiated by the nurses and approved by the Employer shall not result in overtime costs to the Employer. 1503 Night shift shall be considered as the first shift of each calendar day. 1504 Master rotations for each nursing unit shall be planned by the Employer in meaningful consultation with the nurse(s) concerned. The process for meaningful consultation shall include: Employer proposes a master rotation including the Employer established criteria and provides to Nurses concerned Nurses are provided reasonable time to submit feedback and/or an alternate master rotation for consideration. The amended or new master rotation is provided to Nurses for review. Nurses are provided with a reasonable time to submit feedback. At each step of the consultation process the Union will be provided with the new or revised master rotation to ensure contract compliance. Employer has the sole discretion to select the new master rotation and provides rationale for the selection. Master Rotations shall, unless otherwise mutually agreed between the nurse(s) concerned and the Employer, observe the conditions listed hereinafter:
(a) a minimum of fifteen hours (15) off between assigned shifts.
(b) (i) a minimum of forty-seven (47) hours off at one time, or
Flexible Work Schedules (a) Flexible Work Schedules (FWS) are schedules for which an employee may vary the length of their workday and/or workweek. For FWS, the term Basic Work Requirement means the number of hours, excluding overtime hours, which an employee is required to work or is required to account for by leave or otherwise. The administrative workweek for those on a Flexible Schedule is a period of 7 consecutive days beginning on Sunday. A flexible or compressed work schedule is a scheduled tour of duty and all work performed by an employee within the basic work requirement is considered regularly scheduled work for premium pay and hours of duty purposes (5 CFR § 610.111 (d)). Scheduled hours may vary from pay period to pay period, week-to-week, and day-to-day. An employee’s tour of duty and established work schedule will be recorded in the header of the Paycheck record.
(b) The following FWS may be approved byManagement:
(1) Variable day schedule is a type of FWS containing core hours on each workday in the week and in which a full-time employee has a basic work requirement of 40 hours in each week of the biweekly pay period, but in which an employee may vary the number of hours worked on a given workday within the week within the limits established in this article. Employees must work 5 consecutive days in each week of the pay period. For a part-time employee, the basic work requirement is the number of hours the employee must work in a week.
(2) Variable week schedule is a type of FWS containing core hours on each workday in the biweekly pay period and in which a full-time employee has a basic work requirement of i. 80 hours for the biweekly pay period, but in which an employee may vary the number of hours worked on a given workday or the number of hours each week within the limits established in this article. Employees must work 5 consecutive days in each week of the pay period. For a part-time employee, the basic work requirement is the number of hours the employee must work in a pay period.
(3) Maxiflex schedule is a type of FWS in which the employee may vary the number of hours per day and the number of days per week, accounting for at least 80 hours per pay period, including core hours. There are core hours on fewer than 10 workdays per pay period. For a part-time employee, the basic work requirement is the number of hours the employee must work in a pay period.
(4) Gliding schedule is a type of FWS in which a full-time employee has a basic work requirement of 8 hours in each day and 40 hours in each week. Employees may select a starting and stopping time each day within the established flexible hours. Employees must work 5 consecutive days in each week of the pay period.
(c) A tour of duty under a FWS means the limits set by Management within which an employee must complete their basic work requirement. Employees and their supervisor are expected to communicate regularly about when and where the employee is working and what work activities are planned.
(d) Flexible time bands are the times during the workday, workweek, or pay period within the tour of duty during which an employee covered by an FWS may choose to vary their times of arrival to and departure from the work site consistent with the duties and requirements of the position. (See 5 U.S.C. § 6122 (a)(2)). Changes to the flexible time band for a flexible schedule may be negotiated to address work requirements of the work unit.
(e) Core hours are a component of FWS, will be established with the supervisor and will ordinarily remain consistent after they are initially established. Core Hours are the time periods during the workday, workweek, or pay period that are within the tour of duty during which an employee covered by a flexible work schedule is required by the Agency to be present for work, or otherwise account for their time. Employees may request, and supervisors may grant permanent or temporary deviations from core hours on a case-by-case basis.
1) The default core hours for employees on Maxiflex schedules will be determined by the Supervisor and employee and include 3 days of the employee’s tour of duty from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., excluding a meal break.
2) The default core hours for employees on Variable Day and Variable Week schedules will be 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on each day of the tour of duty, excluding a meal break.
3) Changes to the specific clock hours designated as core hours and which days of the week are core days for the work unit may be negotiated by the Parties.
(f) Credit hours are those hours within a FWS that an employee elects to work, with supervisor approval, in excess of their basic work requirement so as to vary the length of a workweek or workday. Employees on a fixed schedule (Standard or Compressed) are not eligible to earn or use credit hours.
1) Credit hours are earned at the election of the employee and cannot be assigned. An employee may not be forced to earn credit hours. No coercion may be placed on any employee for the purpose of interfering with that employee’s right under a FWS to elect a time of arrival or departure and to work or not work credit hours (5 U.S.C. § 6132).
2) Employees must request approval from their supervisor to earn credit hours, by notifying the supervisor of their intent to earn credit hours at least 2 hours in advance, including the work they plan to perform and approximate time; however, supervisors have the right to deny the earning of credit hours if there is no assigned work that may be performed during that time. Employees and supervisors may mutually agree on alternate arrangements for exceptions to obtaining prior approval regarding the earning of credit hours on a continuing basis. In either case, the supervisor shall be informed as soon as practical that the hours wereworked.
3) Employees have the option of recording credit hours earned daily or after 80 hours.
4) Credit hours may not be earned while an employee is in training. The earning of credit hours or compensation time for travel will be in accordance with existing law and regulation.
5) The use of credit hours must be scheduled and approved in advance like any other absence from work. The employee will be released from work unless there are work-related reasons. Normally, ordinary workload will not preclude this release.
6) Credit hours may be earned and used within the same biweekly pay period, but credit hours must be earned before they can be used.
7) Credit hours may be used during core hours.
8) Employees cannot be forced to use credit hours.
9) A maximum of 24 hours may be used as a credit hour carry-over from one pay period to another with flexible work schedules. Employees on part-time tours may carry over credit hours on a prorated basis of one-fourth of their part-time tour hours.
Wage Schedule The pay rate (including increments and stated extras) as agreed to and hereinafter in this Schedule provided, shall be in effect during the term of the Agreement.
Work Schedules Workweeks and work shifts of different numbers of hours may be established by the Employer in order to meet business and customer service needs, as long as the work schedules meet federal and state laws.
