HOURS OF WORK AND SHIFT PROVISIONS Sample Clauses

HOURS OF WORK AND SHIFT PROVISIONS. 19.6.1 The parties accept that critical requirements for effective service provision by the organisation are flexible work conditions and hours of work to meet its needs particularly considering resident care levels, funding for which is commensurate with the assessed level of resident care to be provided. 19.6.2 The maximum daily ordinary hours may, by mutual agreement, be increased to 10 Total hours of each shift worked will not exceed 10 hours. 19.6.3 Minimum Engagement / Shift Length will be three (3) hours. 20 PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 20.1 Prescribed public holidays in this Agreement are as follows: New Year’s Day;
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HOURS OF WORK AND SHIFT PROVISIONS. 6.6.1 The parties accept that critical requirements for effective service provision by the organisation are flexible work conditions and hours of work to meet its needs particularly considering resident care levels, funding for which is commensurate with the assessed level of resident care to be provided. 6.6.2 The maximum daily ordinary hours may, by mutual agreement, be increased to 10 Total hours of each shift worked will not exceed 10 hours. 6.6.3 Minimum Engagement / Shift Length will be three (3) hours. 6.6.4 Standard 10 Hour Night Shifts (i) Subject to subclause (iv) hereunder, standard 10 hour night shifts will be progressively introduced during the life of this Agreement commencing from 1 July 2006. The implementation of standard 10 hour night shifts will be phased-in from the above date on the basis of a minimum of 50% during 2006/07, (subject to sub-clause iv) with the balance to be introduced in 2007/08. (ii) Night shift lengths of less than the 10-hour standard may be agreed by a majority of nurses/midwives in any particular xxxx or discrete work area following a ballot of such nurses/midwives. (iii) If, due to staff changes or if the majority of nurses/midwives subsequently wish to revert to the 10 hour standard, the roster will revert to include the 10-hour night shift within the ensuing 12 week period. (iv) The ability of any xxxx or discrete work area to introduce, from 1 July 2006, the standard 10 hour night shift will depend upon sufficient staffing numbers (with appropriate skill mix) being available at that xxxx or work area to be able to maintain such standard shift arrangement without incurring overtime or using casual/“agency” staff (other than normal overtime or incidental use of casual/agency staff to cover absences on leave, etc). However once introduced, the 10-hour night duty will be maintained, subject to the provisions of 6.6.4(ii) above. (v) Some of the additional shift “overlap” time created by the introduction of (vi) For those Nurse/Midwifes working shifts of greater than 10 hours, nothing in this Agreement requires the reduction of such shifts, and that any changes to these shifts would require consultation at the local level with affected nursing staff and their representatives. (vii) Shift lengths of greater than 10 hours may continue to be introduced in accordance with the consultation provisions of this Agreement.
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HOURS OF WORK AND SHIFT PROVISIONS. 6.7.1 The parties accept that critical requirements for effective service provision by the organisation are flexible work conditions and hours of work to meet its needs. 6.7.2 The maximum daily ordinary hours may, by mutual agreement, be increased to 10 total hours. Each shift worked will not exceed 10 hours. 6.7.3 Minimum engagement for all employees (whether full-time, part-time or casual) will be three hours. 6.7.4 Shift lengths shall only change from existing arrangements where there is genuine agreement between the employer and employee. 6.7.5 After discussion and consultation with the employer and the employee’s representative, which may be the union, employees may agree to alter shift lengths within the above parameters. 6.7.6 Any changes to shift configurations will take into consideration individual facility requirements, recognition of the implications for staff rostering and the maintenance of a high standard of client/resident care. 6.7.7 ‘Split shifts’ shall not be implemented during the life of the Agreement. A split shift comprises of two or more separate periods of duty. A meal break taken in accordance with clause 6.5 does not split a shift.
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HOURS OF WORK AND SHIFT PROVISIONS. Shift Allowances, Penalties and Overtime Rates
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HOURS OF WORK AND SHIFT PROVISIONS. 5.1.1. The parties accept that critical requirements for effective service delivery by the employer are flexible working conditions and hours of work to meet its needs particularly considering that funding for resident care is commensurate with the assessed level of care to be provided. 5.1.2. The maximum daily ordinary hours may, by mutual agreement, be increased to 12 (twelve) hours. The total hours of each shift worked will not exceed 12 (twelve) hours. 5.1.3. The minimum engagement/shift length shall be 3 hours (excluding meetings and training sessions). 5.1.4. Meal breaks to be structured as a minimum of 30 minutes and a maximum of one hour in duration as determined by the employer.
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  • HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME Section 15.1 This Article is intended to define the normal hours of work per day or per week in effect at the time of execution of this Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as preventing the Employer from restructuring the normal workday or workweek as necessary to promote efficiency or improve services, or from establishing the work schedules of employees. However, nothing in this Section shall relieve the Employer of its duty to bargain the affects of such decisions on employee wages, hours, terms and other conditions of employment. This Article shall be used as the basis for computing overtime for employees who are not exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and shall not be construed as a guarantee of hours of work per day or per week. Section 15.2 Employees may take one paid fifteen (15) minute break for every four (4) hour block worked. Employees may combine breaks to take up to one (1) sixty (60) minute paid break. Employees may not leave campus on their paid breaks. Section 15.3 Bargaining unit employees who are not exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act will be paid one and one-half times their normal hourly rate for all hours actually worked in excess of forty (40) hours per work week. All overtime shall have prior supervisory approval, except when it is necessary for a nurse to remain on duty to protect patient safety. Only hours actually worked are counted for the purpose of computing an employee's eligibility for overtime pay. There shall be no pyramiding of hours or pay. Section 15.4 The Board serves individuals 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. To meet this need for service to our individuals evening and weekend hours may be required of any bargaining unit employee. The Employer will establish the standard work day as beginning at 6:00 a.m. and ending at 5:59 a.m. and starting and ending times for each shift in each department. Supervisors will establish daily workschedules. Section 15.5 Absent an emergency situation, management will notify the Union in the event management intends to institute a long-term change in the present shift times for nurses. Following notification and upon request by the Union, management will meet with the Union to discuss the reason for the change and possible alternatives.

  • – HOURS OF WORK & SCHEDULING 15.01 The normal hours of work for an employee are not a guarantee of work per day or per week, or a guarantee of days of work per week. The normal hours of work shall be seven and one-half (7½) hours per day, and seventy-five (75) hours in any bi-weekly period. 15.02 The normal daily shift shall consist of seven and one-half (7½) consecutive hours, exclusive of a one-half (½) hour unpaid meal period. Employees shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) minute paid break during each half of the normal daily shift, at a time designated by the Employer. 15.03 Employees required for reporting purposes shall remain at work for a period of up to fifteen (15) minutes which shall be unpaid. Should the reporting time extend beyond fifteen (15) minutes however, the entire period shall be considered overtime for the purposes of payment. 15.04 Requests for change in posted work schedules must be submitted in writing and co-signed by the employee willing to exchange days off or shifts and are subject to the discretion of the Administrator or her designate. In any event, it is understood that such a change initiated by the employee and approved by the Employer shall not result in overtime compensation or payment or any other claims on the Employer by any employee under the terms of this Agreement. 15.05 Where there is a change to Daylight Savings from Standard Time or vice-versa, an employee who is scheduled and works a full shift shall be paid for a seven and one-half (7½) hour shift rather than the actual hours worked. 15.06 In the event that a meal period is interrupted requiring an employee to attend to a work related problem, then the balance of the unused meal period will be taken within two (2) hours of the interruption. If the employee is unable to reschedule such time, she shall be paid time and one-half (1½) her regular straight time hourly rate for all time worked in excess of her normal daily hours, in accordance with Article 16.01.

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