Normal Hours. (a) The normal hours of work for full-time nurses covered by this Agreement shall be thirty-seven and one-half (37½) hours per week and seven and one-half (7½) hours per day. (b) Any full-time nurse required to work on Saturday as part of her/his regular scheduled hours shall receive four (4) consecutive hours off during that week. The requirement to work Saturday will be distributed as equally as possible. (c) When a nurse is required to work Saturday or Sunday she/he shall be paid the greater of four (4) hours at her/his regular rate or for the hours actually worked. (d) Notwithstanding the limits on normal hours set out above, the following exceptions shall apply: i) if the demands of space, workload, doctors' scheduling or other demands of operation require an extension of normal hours, the Employer reserves the right to change normal hours after consultation with the Union. (e) At least one-half (1/2) hour unpaid time will be allowed for lunch and one-half (1/2) hour unpaid time will be allowed for dinner when possible when a nurse is required to work the evening shift. (f) A fifteen (15) minute rest period shall be allowed mornings and afternoons. The time allowance from the workstation shall not exceed fifteen (15) minutes.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Normal Hours. (a) The normal hours of work for full-time nurses covered by this Agreement shall be thirty-seven and one-half (37½) hours per week and seven and one-half (7½) hours per day.
(b) Any full-time nurse required to work on Saturday as part of her/his regular scheduled hours shall receive four (4) consecutive hours off during that week. The requirement to work Saturday will be distributed as equally as possible.
(c) When a nurse is required to work Saturday or Sunday Sunday, she/he shall be paid the greater of four (4) hours at her/his regular rate or for the hours actually worked.
(d) Notwithstanding the limits on normal hours set out above, the following exceptions shall apply:
i) if the demands of space, workload, doctors' scheduling scheduling, or other demands of operation require an extension of normal hours, the Employer reserves the right to change normal hours after consultation with the Union.
(e) At least one-half (1/2) hour unpaid time will be allowed for lunch and one-half (1/2) hour unpaid time will be allowed for dinner when possible possible, when a nurse is required to work the evening shift.
(f) A fifteen (15) minute rest period shall be allowed mornings and afternoons. The time allowance from the workstation shall not exceed fifteen (15) minutes.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Normal Hours. (a) The normal hours of work for full-time nurses covered by this Agreement shall be thirty-seven and one-half (37½) hours per week and seven and one-half (7½) hours per day.
(b) Any full-time nurse required to work on Saturday as part of her/his their regular scheduled hours shall receive four (4) consecutive hours off during that week. The requirement to work Saturday will be distributed as equally as possible.
(c) When a nurse is required to work Saturday or Sunday she/he Sunday, they shall be paid the greater of four (4) hours at her/his their regular rate or for the hours actually worked.
(d) Notwithstanding the limits on normal hours set out above, the following exceptions shall apply:
i) if the demands of space, workload, doctors' scheduling scheduling, or other demands of operation require an extension of normal hours, the Employer reserves the right to change normal hours after consultation with the Union.
(e) At least one-half (1/2) hour unpaid time will be allowed for lunch and one-half (1/2) hour unpaid time will be allowed for dinner dinner, when possible possible, when a nurse is required to work the evening shift.
(f) A fifteen (15) minute rest period shall be allowed mornings and afternoons. The time allowance from the workstation shall not exceed fifteen (15) minutes.
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Samples: Collective Agreement