Offering of Additional Shifts Sample Clauses

Offering of Additional Shifts. (a) Additional shifts that become available after the schedule is posted will be offered by seniority to regular part-time nurses as per the declared availability. The Employer will contact by phone or electronically all such nurses in order of seniority until a nurse tentatively agrees to the shift. A nurse with greater seniority will have two hours from the call to the more junior nurse, to claim the shift. If a senior nurse fails to respond within two hours of messages left for the nurse, the shift will be confirmed with the nurse who accepted and agrees to be scheduled for the shift. If a more senior nurse claims the shift, the more junior nurse will be advised as soon as possible, but no later than the end of the two hour period. (b) For any additional shifts that become available with less than seventy-two

Offering of Additional Shifts. (a) Additional shifts that become available after the schedule is posted will be offered by seniority to regular part-time nurses as per the declared availability. The Employer will contact by phone or electronically all such nurses in order of seniority until a nurse tentatively agrees to the shift. A nurse with greater seniority will have two hours from the call to the more junior nurse, to claim the shift. If a senior nurse fails to respond within two hours of messages left for the nurse, the shift will be confirmed with the nurse who accepted and agrees to be scheduled for the shift. If a more senior nurse claims the shift, the more junior nurse will be advised as soon as possible, but no later than the end of the two hour period. (b) For any additional shifts that become available with less than seventy-two (72) hours’ notice, nurses will be called in order of seniority, until a nurse accepts the shift. (c) No known additional shifts will be left to the last minute in order to be scheduled with less than seventy-two (72) hours. (d) Time of call and the expected response time will be left with the nurse’s answering machine if personal contact cannot be established. Such call will be properly recorded by the caller. (e) Should the Hospital obtain technology that would support a more efficient practice of offering shifts, such new technology and associated practices will be implemented in consultation and agreement with the Union and such agreement shall not be unreasonably denied.

Offering of Additional Shifts. ‌ (a) Regular employees, not on layoff, shall have priority to additional shifts in their classification for which they possess the skills, abilities, experience and qualifications. Additional shift assignments cannot conflict with their regular position, create overtime payments without approval of the Employer, or otherwise conflict with the provisions of this agreement. (b) Regular employees exercising rights under Article 13 (b), Layoff and Recall, shall have second priority to regular employees not on layoff, in the assignment of additional shifts in the order of seniority within their job classification for which they have the skills, abilities, qualifications and experience to perform. (c) If the additional shift is not filled pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) in this clause, the shift will be offered to casual employees which have the skills, abilities, qualifications and experience in the job classification by order of seniority. (d) If less than 24 hours' notice is given by an employee who is unable to work a shift, the Employer reserves the right to fill the shift at its discretion.