General Scheduling Provisions. (a) i) Schedules will be posted two (2) weeks in advance and cover a six
General Scheduling Provisions. The Hospital will adhere to the following in the formulation of work schedules:
(a) i) Work schedules will be posted two (2) weeks in advance to cover a six (6) week period.
General Scheduling Provisions. (a) All Schedules shall be posted no later than seventeen (17) days in advance and shall cover the same nine (9) week period. The summer schedule including July, August and the week of September which includes Labour Day will be posted by May 15th. The schedule for the Christmas/New Year’s period, up to the end of the week which includes January 15th, will be posted by November 1st. It is understood that the schedule duration may be adjusted to meet the posting requirements contained in this provision for the summer and Christmas periods.
i) Requests for time off will be submitted at least fourteen (14) days in advance of the schedule being posted. Requests will not be unreasonably denied.
ii) The Employer will post schedules as soon as possible on the day of posting, and will endeavour to post complete schedules.
(b) The first shift of the day will be the day shift, commencing at 0700.
(c) For the purpose of Article 14.15 the parties agree to a forty-eight (48) hour period between 2300 hours Friday and 2300 hours Sunday.
(d) No split shifts shall be scheduled.
(e) The Hospital agrees to pay a minimum of four (4) hours payment at straight hourly rate for ambulance escort duty when a nurse is called in on an urgent need basis to provide such escort duty.
(f) An employee who requests to work a specific tour (except the day tour) on a permanent basis shall be granted such request whenever possible. However, all such employees may be assigned to the day shift from time to time for training, development, reorientation, and evaluation purposes. If an employee working a permanent shift requests to return to rotating shifts, such request will not be unreasonably denied. If an employee leaves a permanent shift rotation for any reason, or where an employee is displaced from a permanent shift rotation in a long term layoff, the permanent shift rotation will be reverted to a rotating shift position. The Employees on the affected unit will receive ninety (90) days’ notice that their master rotations may be amended. The Hospital will attempt to revise the unit schedules with as little disruption to current master rotations as possible. Any conflicts related to choice of rotations will be settled by seniority.
(g) (Applies to nurses working both the Regular and Extended Tour) It is agreed that an employee’s availability for additional tours and/or overtime does not waive the employee’s right to premium payment provided for under this agreement.
General Scheduling Provisions. The Employer will adhere to the following in the formulation of work schedules:
a) Work schedules will be posted four (4) weeks in advance to cover a six (6) week period.
i. Schedules shall be posted as soon as possible on the day of posting.
ii. The Employer will not change a posted schedule with less than forty-eight (48) hours' notice, unless by mutual agreement.
iii. Each department will have a master schedule that will reflect baseline needs that being all full time and committed part time rotations and remaining tours. Each Unit will have a master schedule with a copy provided to the Union upon request. Each master schedule will reflect the baseline needs that being all full- time rotations and part-time committed rotations and remaining tours.
iv. The Employer will not schedule split shifts
v. Once an employee accepts an additional shift, she/he must report for that shift unless arrangements satisfactory to the Employer are made;
vi. The day shift is the first shift of the day.
b) Employees are permitted to exchange scheduled tours of duty with another employee scheduled in that Unit, provided that the exchange in tours has been submitted in writing forty eight (48) hours prior to the shift exchange, except in extenuating circumstances, co-signed by the employees involved, and approved by the manager. Such requests will not be unreasonably denied.
c) Requests for specific days and/or additional time off after the schedule has been posted will be submitted at least two (2) weeks prior to the time off being requested. The employee will receive a written response to the request within one (1) week of the date of the submitted request. Exceptional requests may be submitted to the manager and the manager will consider the request as long as it does not interfere with the efficient operation of the employer.
d) In the event that overtime is available, full-time employees will be called by seniority and equitability prior to regular part-time and casual employees. A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call or email is placed or a message left.
e) Prior to the schedule being posted:
i. Part Time "Committed Line" Positions (Part Time A) with a partial FTE commitment will be pre-scheduled. Schedules for Part-Time A employees will:
a) normally consist of up to forty-five (45) hours balanced over two week periods
b) have a predictable scheduling pattern. Note: It is recognized that not all pay periods will have the same number of shifts. When creating ...
General Scheduling Provisions. (Applying to Hours of Work and Scheduling described in Article 7.01 to Article 7.06):
(a) Although meal periods are excluded in the calculation of regular hours of work, Employees required to be readily available for duty during their meal period shall be so advised in advance and paid for those meal periods at their Basic Rate of Pay.
(b) Employees recalled to duty during their meal periods or rest periods or unable to take a rest period or meal period, shall be given a full meal period or rest period later in their Shift, or, where that is not possible, be paid as follows:
(i) for a rest period at two times (2X) their Basic Rate of Pay rather than at straight time; or
(ii) for a meal period for which the Employee is entitled to be paid under Article 7.07(a), at two times (2X) their Basic Rate of Pay rather than at straight time; or
(iii) for a meal period for which the Employee is not otherwise entitled to be paid, at two times (2X) their Basic Rate of Pay.
(c) No Employee shall receive payment under Articles 7.07(a) and 7.07(b)
General Scheduling Provisions. (a) i) Schedules will be posted two (2) weeks in advance and cover a six (6) week period. The Bargaining Unit President will have access to the electronic copies of RN schedules at the time of posting.
General Scheduling Provisions i) Full-time Float Care Coordinator and all part-time Employees, other than job-sharing part-time Employees will be scheduled where needed by the Employer.
ii) There shall be no split tours.
iii) Schedules will be arranged to provide four (4) days off in each two
General Scheduling Provisions. (a) Starting times may be altered by two (2) hours, if mutually agreed to between the Company and the Union.
(b) Subject to article 8.04 (e), The Company reserves the right to change the regular schedules of employees to meet operating conditions. However, an employee will be paid one and one-half times their straight time hourly rate for the first full shift worked on the employee’s new schedule. If an employee is not given at least 24 hours notice of such changes to a new schedule, they will be paid 2 additional hours at their straight time hourly rate.
(c) An employee changed from Day and Other Shift Schedule to a Rotating Shift Schedule, or from one Rotating Shift Schedule, to another Rotating Shift Schedule, shall be governed immediately by the provisions of Article 8.
General Scheduling Provisions. (a) Starting times may be altered by two (2) hours, if mutually agreed to between the Company and the Union.
(b) Subject to article 8:04 (e), The Company reserves the right to change the regular schedules of employees to meet operating conditions. However, an employee will be paid one and one-half times their straight time hourly rate for the first full shift worked on the employee’s new schedule. If an employee is not given at least 24 hours notice of such changes to a new schedule, they will be paid 2 additional hours at their straight time hourly rate.
(c) An employee changed from Day and Other Shift Schedule to a Rotating Shift Schedule, or from one Rotating Shift Schedule, to another Rotating Shift Schedule, shall be governed immediately by the provisions of Article 8:02. Also an employee changed from Rotating Shift to a Day and Other Shift or from one Day and Other Shift schedule to another Day and Other Shift schedule shall be governed immediately by the provisions of Article 8:03.
(d) Sections 8:03 (A) 3) 4) 9) shall not apply when the change of schedule is to a "Rotating Shift" schedule as defined in 8:02 A) 1) and 2).
(e) No change of schedule premium will be paid under article 8:04 (b) when the schedule change is due to any of the following reasons:
(1) When an employee resumes their regular schedule after having worked a revised schedule for one or more shifts.
(2) When the schedule change is due to arrangements between employees, a reduction in force, approved personal leave of absence, or filling of vacancies under the Posting and Bidding Procedure.
(3) If an employee is asked to report to work before their regular shift begins, it shall not be considered a schedule change provided the employee has the opportunity of working their regular shift.
(f) It is the Company’s intent to limit the 12 hour shift relief employees to no more than three (3) consecutively scheduled work days when performing relief duties
