Hours of Work and Meal Periods. All shop employees are expected to be ready at their work station to work at the beginning of each work period. Mechanics will not be required to report for duty at remote locations without being paid. All employees shall be assigned eight (8) consecutive hours per day, exclusive of meal period for five (5) days per week. All employees shall be assigned one (1) hour as a meal assignment. If an employee works his full assigned meal period, he shall be paid time and one half his hourly rate and be granted one half hour to eat at the first opportunity without loss of pay. If an employee works only part of his assigned meal period, he may be paid for all time worked at regular time or take his time off as a meal period. All employees shall be granted two (2) rest periods of fifteen (15) minutes, one (1) in the first half and one in the second half of his assignment, unless otherwise agreed by the Union and the Company. Five (5) minutes will be allowed for washing up and removing coveralls, at the end of the day's work. Five (5) minutes washing time w i l l be allowed at lunch time. The normal hours of operation for garage employees will be eight (8) hours per day, five (5) days per week exclusive of statutory holidays. A fixed work schedule shall be posted every six months at December and June except for Bus Wash attendants, who's work will be posted once a year at December. The schedule as posted cannot be changed to absorb overtime. Any change after the posting of the shift schedule that is necessary for operational requirements shall not be posted until agreed to between the National Representative of the Union and the General Manager or his designate. All positions shall be declared vacant and bulletined in order to allow all employees to choose their assignment in accordance with their qualifications and seniority. Time worked by an employee continuous with before or after his regular assigned hours shall be considered overtime and shall be paid for at one and one half times his rate of pay. The overtime rate shall only apply for time worked in excess of eight (8) hours in a day. All overtime is voluntary but in an emergency the most junior qualified employee must accept the overtime. hours at one and one half times the hourly rate for each call in one (1) day. The Company will make reasonable effort to notify employees three hours prior to the ending of their shift of contemplated overtime assignments.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Hours of Work and Meal Periods. All shop employees are expected to be ready at their work station to commence work at the beginning of each work period. Mechanics will not be required to report for duty at remote locations without being paid. All employees shall be assigned eight (8) consecutive hours per day, exclusive of meal period for five (5) days per week. All employees shall be assigned one (1) hour as a meal period between the fourth (4th) and the sixth (6th) hours of his assignment. If an employee works his full assigned meal period, he shall be paid time and one half his hourly rate and be granted one half hour to eat at the first opportunity without loss of pay. If an employee works only part of his assigned meal period, he may be paid for all time worked at regular time or take his time off as a meal period. All employees shall be granted two (2) rest periods of fifteen (15) minutes, one (1) in the first half and one (1) in the second half of his assignment, unless otherwise agreed by the Union and the Company. Five (5) minutes will be allowed for washing up and removing coveralls, at the end of the day's work. Five (5) minutes washing time w i l l will be allowed at lunch time. The normal hours of operation for garage employees will be eight (8) hours per day, five (5) days per week exclusive of statutory holidays. A fixed work schedule shall be posted every six (6) months at December and June except for Bus Wash attendants, who's work will be posted once a year at December. The schedule as posted cannot be changed to absorb overtime. Any change after the posting of the shift schedule that is necessary for operational requirements shall not be posted until agreed to between the National Representative of the Union and the General Manager or his designate. All positions shall be declared vacant and bulletined in order to allow all employees to choose their assignment in accordance with their qualifications and seniority. Time worked by an employee continuous with before or after his regular assigned hours shall be considered overtime and shall be paid for at one and one half times his rate of pay. The overtime rate shall only apply for time worked in excess of eight (8) hours in a day. All overtime is voluntary but in an emergency the most junior qualified employee must accept the overtime. hours at one and one half times the hourly rate for each call in one (1) day. The Company will make reasonable effort to notify employees three hours prior to the ending of their shift of contemplated overtime assignments.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Hours of Work and Meal Periods. All shop employees are expected to be ready Except as otherwise provided, eight consecutive hours, exclusive of meal period, shall constitute a day's work. The working hours for day duty will commence at their work station or between a.m. and a.m. When conditions make it necessary to work more than one shift, the hours of duty may be arranged to conform with the requirements; provided that not more than eight consecutive hours, exclusive of meal period, will constitute a day's work and that the first shift will commence at or between a.m. and a.m. Where mutually agreed between representatives of the railway and the employees, working hours may be otherwise arranged to meet local requirements. The meal period will be between the ending of the fourth hour and the beginning of each the seventh hour after starting work, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon. If the period is not accorded within such time limit and is worked, it will be paid for at pro rata rate and twenty minutes will be allowed for meal, without deduction in pay, at the first opportunity. When eight hours of continuous service are required in regular operations, twenty minutes will be allowed for meal commencing in the fifth hour of service without loss of pay when nature of service permit Employees' time will start and end at a designated point. Except as otherwise provided, when employees are required to work periodin excess of eight hours per day they will be paid overtime on the actual minute basis at the rate of time and one-half. Mechanics than that of the emergency, and possibly another emergency which might arise subsequent to the time of the call. If, however, employees are called to commence work less than three hours before regular starting time, the time will be computed continuously with the regular day's work and the time before the regular starting time will be paid for at the rate of time and one-half time on the minute basis. Employees will not be required to report for duty at remote locations without being paidsuspend work in regular hours to equalize overtime. All Unless otherwise mutually satisfactory arrangements exist between the employees shall and their supervisor, calls will be directed first to the employee assigned eight (8) consecutive hours per day, exclusive to the territory involved. Overtime Banking Employees desiring to bank overtime may elect to do so under the following criteria: Payment will be based on the current rate of meal period for five (5) days per week. All employees shall be assigned one (1) hour as a meal assignment. If an employee works his full assigned meal period, he shall be paid time and one half his hourly rate and be granted one half hour to eat pay at the first opportunity without loss of pay. If an employee works only part of his assigned meal period, he may be paid for all time worked at regular the banked time or take his time off as a meal period. All employees shall be granted two (2) rest periods of fifteen (15) minutes, one (1) in the first half and one in the second half of his assignment, unless otherwise agreed by the Union and the Company. Five (5) minutes will be allowed for washing up and removing coveralls, at the end of the day's work. Five (5) minutes washing time w i l l be allowed at lunch time. The normal hours of operation for garage employees will be eight (8) hours per day, five (5) days per week exclusive of statutory holidays. A fixed work schedule shall be posted every six months at December and June except for Bus Wash attendants, who's work will be posted once a year at December. The schedule as posted cannot be changed to absorb overtime. Any change after the posting of the shift schedule that is necessary for operational requirements shall not be posted until agreed to between the National Representative of the Union and the General Manager or his designate. All positions shall be declared vacant and bulletined in order to allow all employees to choose their assignment in accordance with their qualifications and seniorityused. Time worked by an employee continuous with before or after his regular waiting and travelling outside of assigned hours shall be considered overtime and shall will be paid for at one pro rata rates except that time spent travelling in or on company work vehicles (including track motor cars, signal vehicles and one half employees' automobiles when authorized) will be considered as time worked. holidays specified in Article will be allowed straight time. When practicable to do so, boarding and sleeping cars will be moved at other times his rate than between the hours of pay. The overtime rate shall only apply for time worked in excess of eight (8) hours in a day. All overtime is voluntary but in an emergency the most junior qualified employee must accept the overtime. hours at one and one half times the hourly rate for each call in one (1) day. The Company will make reasonable effort to notify employees three hours prior to the ending of their shift of contemplated overtime assignments.and
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Hours of Work and Meal Periods. (a) All shop garage employees are expected to be ready at their work station to commence work at the beginning of each work period. Mechanics will not be required to report for duty at remote locations without being paid. .
(b) All garage employees shall be assigned eight (8) consecutive hours per day, exclusive of meal period for five (5) days per week. .
(c) All garage employees shall be assigned one (1) hour as a meal period between the fourth (4th) and the sixth (6th) hours of his assignment. .
(d) If an employee works his full assigned meal period, he shall be paid time and one half (1-1/2) his hourly rate and be granted one half (1/2) hour to eat at the first opportunity without loss of pay. If an employee works only part of his assigned meal period, he may be paid for all time worked at regular time or take his time off as a meal period. .
(e) All employees shall be granted two (2) rest periods of fifteen (15) minutes, one (1) in the first half (1/2) and one (1) in the second half (1/2) of his assignment, unless otherwise agreed by the Union and the Company. .
(f) Five (5) minutes will be allowed for washing up and removing coveralls, at the end of the day's work. Five (5) minutes washing time w i l l will be allowed at lunch time. .
(g) The normal hours of operation for garage employees will be eight (8) hours per day, five (5) days per week exclusive of statutory holidays. A fixed work schedule shall be posted every six (6) months at December 1 and June 1 except for Bus Wash attendants, who's ’s work will be posted once a year at December. The schedule as posted cannot be changed to absorb overtime. Any change after the posting of the shift schedule that is necessary for operational requirements shall not be posted until agreed to between the National Representative of the Union and the General Branch Manager or his designate. .
(h) All positions shall be declared vacant and bulletined in order to allow all employees to choose their assignment in accordance with their qualifications and seniority. Time worked by an employee continuous with before or after his regular assigned hours shall be considered overtime and shall be paid for at one and one half times his rate of pay. The overtime rate shall only apply for time worked in excess of eight (8) hours in a day. All overtime is voluntary but in an emergency the most junior qualified employee must accept the overtime. hours at one and one half times the hourly rate for each call in one (1) day. The Company will make reasonable effort to notify employees three hours prior to the ending of their shift of contemplated overtime assignments.
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Samples: Collective Agreement