Common use of Low Need Days Clause in Contracts

Low Need Days. In the event that the Employer determines a need to reduce the number of employees scheduled or the number of hours on a particular shift because of changes in staffing needs, the following procedure will be utilized: A. Voluntary absent days or reduced hours will be requested from employees on the affected shift in accordance with staffing patterns established for that shift by the Employer. Employees will be allowed to take voluntary absent days in order of seniority. B. If the needed reduction is not accomplished by (A) above, mandatory low need days will be assigned to least senior employee on the shift (day, evening, night) where the low need is necessary, so long as qualified personnel remain to perform the needed work. If the least senior employee has had 24 hours of mandatory low need time (for employees with 8 hour shifts) or 30 hours (for employees with 10 hour shifts) during the calendar year, the low need will be assigned to the next least senior employee. If all the employees on the shift where the low need is necessary have reached the threshold in the previous paragraph, the least senior employee on the shift will receive the low need, so long as qualified personnel remain to perform the needed work. Casual, per diem, and temporary pharmacists (residents not included) will be low needed first, so long as qualified personnel remain to perform the needed work. Pharmacy residents will not be used to back-fill shifts for which a regularly scheduled pharmacist has been assigned a mandatory low need day. A pharmacist who is assigned a mandatory low need day will be given at least 90 minutes’ notice before the beginning of the low need time. Employees will have the choice to use vacation or take a benefit/no-pay day.