Common use of General Scheduling Provisions Clause in Contracts

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 schedules, the employer, shall make best efforts to balance the number of shifts over the master schedule rotation. ii. All other regular part-time employees will be referred to as part-time B (regular part-time), and will be scheduled up to their forty five (45) hour commitment by seniority and availability after part-time A have been scheduled to their committed line rotation. iii. Once all regular part-time employees on the unit have been scheduled up to their commitment, extra tours will be offered to regular part time employees (both Part time A and B) in the department on an equitable basis starting with the most senior employee available.

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- 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 schedules, the employer, shall make best efforts to balance the number of shifts over the master schedule rotation. ii. All other regular part-time employees will be referred to as part-time B (regular part-time), and will be scheduled up to their forty five (45) hour commitment by seniority and availability after part-time A have been scheduled to their committed line rotation. iii. Once all regular part-time employees on the unit have been scheduled up to their commitment, extra tours will be offered to regular part time employees (both Part time A and B) in the department on an equitable basis starting with the most senior employee available. iv. Any remaining shifts after iii) above will then be offered to casual employees on an equitable basis. After the schedule is posted: v. Shifts that become available for any reason after the schedule has been posted will first be offered on the basis of seniority to regular part-time employees (both Part Time A and B) in the department that have not been scheduled up to their commitment; vi. When all regular part time employees are scheduled up to their commitment and there are further available shifts, these additional shifts will be offered up to full time hours within a pay period to regular part-time employees in the unit based on their seniority in the following order: • Regular part-time • Job Sharers • Casual vii. Employees are to provide one email address or phone number if they wish to be contacted. It is understood that a period of time as set out below will be provided to the employee to respond to the email or phone call, with respect to an offer of an additional shift. A shift commencing within 72 hours of the email or phone call will be offered to the first respondent. Individual emails will be sent in order of seniority. A shift commencing 72 hours or more from the initial request will be offered to the most senior employee to respond within 24 hours of the email. Group emails may be utilized.