Provisions Specific to Regular Part-time Employees. (a) Regular Part-Time Commitment
i) Regular part-time nurses will be available to be scheduled a minimum of twenty-two and one-half (22.5) hours per week or forty-five (45) hours in a two week pay period. Regular part-time nurses will be scheduled, as required, based on seniority, availability, and the operational needs of the unit, up to their commitment. Once the schedule is posted, when shifts become available, the shifts will be offered to regular part-time nurses that have not been scheduled up to their commitment of hours. It is the responsibility of regular part- time nurses to provide the Hospital with availability, in writing. The availability should be updated on a weekly basis or more often, if necessary.
ii) Available for scheduling twelve (12) months of the year unless the employee is on scheduled weeks of vacation or an approved leave of absence.
iii) Available to work on either period the Christmas period or the New Year’s period and in addition at least three (3) other holidays during the year, two (2) of which will be those that fall between the dates of May 15th and September 15th of each year.
iv) Regular part-time employees will not be required to work their full commitment in any pay period where a week of vacation is scheduled.
(b) At least forty-eight (48) hours off are to be scheduled following a period of scheduled night tours to a day shift or an evening shift.
(c) The Hospital will attempt to schedule nurses to rotate the two tours of their preference (D/E or D/N). However, for the continuance of efficient operation, the Hospital reserves the right to assign a nurse to a tour other than her/his preference, following notification, in writing, to the nurse concerned. Notwithstanding the above, an employee who wishes to rotate all three (3) shifts must put their desire in writing to the Manager or designate with a copy to the Union.
