Shift Trades 6.16.01 Employees may arrange for another employee to work their shift subject to the Manager's approval, consistent with the following:
6.16.01.01 Other than in exceptional circumstances, advice of the trade will be provided to the Manager in writing, in advance, and will be signed by the employees involved.
6.16.01.02 The employee who works a traded shift will be paid for the time worked at his/her rate of pay.
6.16.01.03 Overtime worked prior to or following a traded shift and premium credits on a holiday, in accordance with Article 7.03 and Article 13 respectively, will be credited to the employee who worked the shift as though the shift had been the employee's scheduled shift.
6.16.01.04 All recall credits will be credited to the employee who is recalled.
6.16.01.05 All time debits will be deducted from the employee who agreed to work the shift.
6.16.01.06 Company sick leave provisions will apply to the employee who agreed to work the shift and only to the amount provided for in such regulations. All time not worked in excess of one (1) full shift during a work day shall be debited in accordance with Article 6.16.01.05.
6.16.01.07 Shift trades may only be arranged between employees working in the same location except that, at locations with thirty (30) or less full-time employees, shift trades may be arranged by employees at these locations with employees at other locations within the same base and classification. Such shift trades may be granted subject to the employees concerned being qualified to perform the work function of the other party.
6.16.01.08 An employee's ability to trade shifts is not intended to allow employees to be absent from the work place for extended periods of time nor to take alternate employment.
6.16.01.09 Partial shift trades are permitted provided that no shift is split into more than two (2) parts. No more than two (2) employees may cover a single shift. Partial
6.16.01.10 It will be the sole responsibility of the employees to ensure that the introduction of partial shift trades has absolutely no adverse operational and customer service impact.
6.16.01.11 Under no circumstances shall an employee be allowed to leave his/her assigned duties or work area until their task is completed. His/her “shift trade partner” must be present and ready to take over their next assignment. This transition needs to be seamless to the customer.
6.16.01.12 There will not be additional meal or rest periods assigned to a shift subject to a partial shift trade. Meal and rest periods will be taken as scheduled.
6.16.01.13 A minimum of one (1) hour must be worked by one of the employees involved with a partial shift trade.
6.16.01.14 Any violation of the terms set out herein will result in the immediate suspension of the “partial shift trade privileges” for the employee. Such a measure will be deemed to be of an administrative nature and will not be grievable under any circumstances except as provided below.
6.16.01.15 Notwithstanding the above, the Union may file a grievance only to allege that the violation for which the partial shift trade privileges were revoked did not occur. The Union will bear the onus of the burden of proof in such circumstances.
6.16.01.16 Rules governing such other matters as deadlines for, and approval of, partial shift trade requests will be adopted locally.
