Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part time employee is an employee who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available as follows: (a) Be available to work up to three (3) tours per week, six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available, they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their commitment of three (3) tours per week. (b) Available to work one (1) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being posted. (c) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's. (d) Casual employees are expected to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list. (e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, prior to the posting of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a). (f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b). (g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules: i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital; ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employee. iii) Tours will be offered by seniority to: a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours. b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours. c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours. d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours. iv) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours which would result in overtime premium; v) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the Hospital are made; vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (a) Employees will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to be followed by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day off.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part time employee is an employee who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available as follows:
(a) Be available to work up to three (3) tours per week, six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available, they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their commitment of three (3) tours per week.
(b) Available to work one (1) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being posted.
(c) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) Employees reporting sick will observe the following procedure:
i) Employees taking ill or suffering an accident during working hours, will notify their immediate supervisor before leaving their duties.
ii) Where an illness or accident takes place which interferes with the employee being able to work a scheduled or accepted tour assignment the employee will notify her or his immediate supervisor or designate, as soon as possible but in any event, providing at least four (4) hours personal notice unless unable to do so in extenuating circumstances.
iii) Xxxxx to resuming work, following sick leave, the employee will provide reasonable notice to her or his immediate supervisor or designate.
(f) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s the available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitmentin a unit(s), prior to the posting of the unit schedule providing that and on the basis of seniority up to and according to their commitment, if the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(fg) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(gh) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital;
ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employee.;
iii) Tours will be offered by seniority to:
a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours which would result in overtime premium;
viv) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the Hospital are made;
viv) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (a) Employees will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to be followed by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day off.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part (a) Regular Part-time employee is an employee employees who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available are covered by this Article are as follows:
i) Regular part-time employees who have accepted a Job Sharing arrangement and who are covered by Article L; and
ii) Regular part-time employees who have made a commitment to be available for work on regular predetermined basis as follows: one hundred and one and one quarter (a101.25) Be available to hours of work up to over a six (6) week schedule. fifty percent (50%) of the paid holidays including either the Christmas period or the New Year’s period. three (3) tours per week, weekends in six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available), they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their commitment of three (3) tours per week available for work for all shifts.
(b) Available to work one Regular part-time employees as defined in F-13 (1a) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work ii) above, shall be scheduled on availability starting with the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being posted.
(c) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, prior commitment and according to the posting needs of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part Unit. Regular part-time employees are scheduled as per may submit availability up to two (a2) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following months advance of the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered posted schedule for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their consideration. If a nurse has not indicated his/her availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital, he/she shall be deemed to be available for all shifts until the schedule is posted. It is understood that a Job Sharer, referred to in Article K, shall always be deemed to have been scheduled up to her/his commitment. The Hospital will first schedule all regular part-time nurses twenty-two and one-half (22.5) hours per pay period prior to scheduling up to commitment hours.
(c) If all Regular Part-time on a given unit indicate non-availability for the same day or shift and have not met their commitment thus resulting in the Employer’s inability to cover that shift, the shift will be offered to Job Sharers(when their partner is not scheduled) and then casual part-time Nurses. If JS or CPT are unable to cover, a RPT nurse from that unit will be scheduled on a rotating basis based on reverse seniority.
(d) Any regular part-time employees who have not been scheduled up to their commitment will be offered additional tours based on availability starting with seniority up to their commitment.
(e) Regular part-time employees who wish to work beyond their commitment shall be offered additional tours as they become available in the following order;
ii1. Availability starting with Seniority on their own Xxxx,
0. Availability starting with Seniority on other Units (these Nurses may only be offered shifts on this Unit once their home Unit schedule has been posted,
3. Job Sharers will be offered additional tours only when their partner is not working based on availability starting with Seniority, and
4. When regular part-time employees are not available, then casual part-time employees shall be offered shifts based on availability with seniority.
5. Job Sharers when their partner is working based on availability starting with seniority.
(f) A tour refused shift where a nurse has indicated availability is deemed to be an offer of work.
(g) For shifts ten (10) days or less, a shift will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; . For shifts more than ten (10) days out (where the Nurse has indicated availability) a call will be placed and there will be a two hour wait time allowing the Nurse to respond prior to moving on to the preferred contact number provided by the employeenext call.
iii(h) Tours Casual part-time nurses will be offered by shifts based on availability starting with seniority to:
a) where no RPT nurses are available. Shifts will be offered on a unit’s regular part fair and equitable basis amongst the units casual part-time nurses up to full time hoursnurses.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv(i) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours tours, which would result in overtime premium;premium pay.
v(j) When a A regular part part-time employee accepts an additional tourwho, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory over a six (6) month period of time, fails to meet the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, predetermined commitment referred to in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 Article F-13 (a) Employees and the availability calendar referred to in F-13 (c) above, will not be scheduled notified of such in writing by the Hospital. A copy of the written notification will be sent to work more than seven the Local Union. If after six (76) consecutive daysmonths following the date of the written notification, the employee continues to fail to meet said commitment, it is understood that employee will be followed deemed a casual employee and will be notified of such in writing by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day offthe Hospital.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part time employee is an employee who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available as follows:
(a) Be Nurses who are willing and make a commitment to be available to work up to three for five (35) tours per week, six shifts thirty-seven and one half (637 ½ hours) tours per pay period as determined by the hospitalwill be considered to be Regular Part-time. When extra tours are availableIf a nurse wants to have less of a commitment, they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their (minimum commitment of three (3) shifts twenty-two and one half (22 ½ hours) per pay period, she shall submit her request in writing to the Hospital. Her request shall not be unreasonably denied by the Hospital. All regular part-time nurses in a unit will be scheduled up to their committed tours per weekby seniority including an equitable distribution of the available day shifts, before any casual part-time nurse are utilized.
(b) Available All regular part-time nurses shall be:
i) available to work one all three (13) weekend in twoshifts, if required. The Employer will endeavour Those employees who are currently working two shifts (i.e. days/evenings, days/nights) under a previous grandfathered agreement shall continue to do so.
ii) available to work with either the nurses' submitted availability prior Christmas or the New Year’s period.
iii) available to the schedule being postedwork two (2) out of four (4) weekends, if required.
(c) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year'sAll other part-time nurses shall be considered casual part-time.
(d) Casual employees are expected When regular part-time nurses on the unit have been given the opportunity to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, the Hospital will endeavour to offer additional tours (including call-ins) to regular part-time nurses on an equitable basis on a rotational basis in order of seniority, prior to offering to casual nurses, subject to the posting of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedulesfollowing:
i) Employees Regular part-time nurses who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, indicate their availability in writing to the manner prescribed by Hospital and it will be kept on file until it is either revised or removed at the Hospital;request of the nurse.
ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employee.
iii) Tours will be offered by seniority to:
a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv) It is understood and agreed that the Hospital will not be required to offer additional tours which would result in overtime premium;
v) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he must report for premium pay and it is requested that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the nurse advise the Hospital are made;in cases where acceptance of such an offer will result in a premium pay situation.
viiii) Provided they are qualified to, employees a nurse who wishes to give away a tour will do so in accordance with the above provisions.
iv) it is understood and agreed that the assigning of additional tours arising from this Article will not result in a claim for full-time status.
(e) The Parties agree that any Part-time Nurse may submit their her/his availability, in writing, writing to work the appropriate Employer Representatives for additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (a) Employees will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to be followed by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day offthe alternate site.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part time employee is an employee who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available as follows:
(a) Be A nurse who makes a commitment to be available on a regular pre- determined basis shall be classified as a Regular Part-time nurse.
i) available to work up four (4) weekends out of eight (8)
ii) available to work days/evenings or days/nights or a combination if not possible to schedule days/evenings or days/nights.
iii) available to work at least four (4) 7.5 hour tours or three (3) extended tours per week, six (6) or a combination of tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available, they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their a total of 30 hours, every two (2) weeks (unless otherwise stated in the most recent employment offer letter)
iv) available to work as scheduled over either Christmas or New Year’s period subject to Article E-6. The commitment that a regular part-time nurse must make as specified herein is no guarantee that the nurse will be scheduled to work according to this commitment nor is it a restriction on the nurse as to the maximum time worked. Further, the simple making of three (3) tours per weeka commitment does not automatically transform a casual nurse into a regular part-time nurse.
(b) Available A Casual Part-time nurse is one who is called into work on an ad hoc basis. Casual part-time may be pre-booked up to work one (1) weekend two weeks in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with advance if all regular part-time and job-share have been offered the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being postedshift first.
(ci) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to All regular part-time nurses on the unit shall be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees scheduled up to their commitment, prior to committed hours before any casual part-time nurses on the posting of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a)unit are utilized.
ii) Where extra tours become available (fsubject to Article 10.09), the Hospital will first offer them on the basis of seniority to regular part- time nurses on the unit providing no regular part-time nurse on the unit will exceed her commitment as a result of being offered such extra tours where there are other regular part-time nurses on the unit who have not been offered their commitment of shifts.
iii) Laid off employees shall be provided first Where all regular part-time nurses on the unit have been given the opportunity to work up to their committed hours, the Hospital will then offer extra tours after all (subject to Article 10.09) to regular part-time nurses on the unit on the basis of seniority and, where no regular part-time nurse on the unit is willing to perform the available work, to casual part-time nurses on the unit on the basis of seniority.
iv) When regular part-time nurses are cancelled and the same hours of work or the majority of the same hours of work become available during the same shift, the cancelled regular part-time nurses shall be offered the hours of work according to seniority. If these nurses are no longer available or unable to accept these hours, such hours shall be offered to regular part-time nurses as above paragraphs.
v) Where part time employees are scheduled as per nurses have worked seventy-five (a75) above hours in a pay period and where the offer of additional work will thus result in premium pay, then the Employer will offer the premium paid shift (hours) to Full time nurses in accordance with seniority prior to offering the premium paid hours to part time nurses. In offering the work to part time nurses it will be offered in accordance with seniority.
vi) Work required in excess or extension of the nurse’s normal daily tour that results in overtime premium will be offered first to full time in accordance with Article 10.09(b)E-11 prior to offering those hours to part time.
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital;
ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employee.
iii) Tours will be offered by seniority to:
a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours which would result in overtime premium;
v) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (a) Employees will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to be followed by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day off.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part (a) Regular Part-time employee is an employee employees who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available are covered by this Article are as follows:
i) Regular part-time employees who have accepted a Job Sharing arrangement and who are covered by Article L; and
ii) Regular part-time employees who have made a commitment to be scheduled, based on availability, for work on a predetermined basis as follows: ▪ one hundred and one and one quarter (a101.25) Be available to hours of work up to over a six (6) week schedule. ▪ fifty percent (50%) of the paid holidays including either the Christmas period or the New Year’s period. ▪ three (3) tours per week, weekends in six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available), they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their commitment of three (3) tours per week▪ available for work for all shifts.
(b) Available Regular part-time employees as defined in F-13 (a) ii) above, shall be scheduled on availability starting with seniority, up to work one (1) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with the nurses' submitted availability prior their commitment and according to the schedule being posted.
needs of the Unit. Regular part-time employees shall submit availability up to two (c2) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater months but no less than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-weeks in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all advance of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, prior to the posting of the posted schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their consideration. If a nurse has not indicated his/her availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital, he/she shall be deemed to be available for all shifts until the schedule is posted. It is understood that a Job Xxxxxx, referred to in Article K, shall always be deemed to have been scheduled up to her/his commitment. The Hospital will first schedule all regular part-time nurses twenty-two and one-half (22.5) hours per pay period prior to scheduling up to commitment hours.
(c) If all Regular Part-time on a given unit indicate non-availability for the same day or shift and have not met their commitment thus resulting in the Employer’s inability to cover that shift, the shift will be offered to Job Sharers (when their partner is not scheduled) and then casual part-time Nurses. If JS or CPT are unable to cover, a RPT nurse from that unit will be scheduled on a rotating basis based on reverse seniority.
(d) Any regular part-time employees who have not been scheduled up to their commitment will be offered additional tours based on availability starting with the most senior up to their commitment.
(e) Regular part-time employees who wish to work beyond their commitment shall be offered additional tours as they become available in the following order;
ii1. Availability starting with Seniority on their own Unit,
2. Availability starting with Seniority on other Units (these Nurses may only be offered shifts on this Unit once their home Unit schedule has been posted,
3. Job Sharers will be offered additional tours only when their partner is not working based on availability starting with Seniority, and
4. When regular part-time employees are not available, then casual part-time employees shall be offered shifts based on availability with seniority.
5. Job Sharers when their partner is working based on availability starting with seniority.
(f) A tour refused shift where a nurse has indicated availability is deemed to be an offer of work.
(g) For shifts ten (10) days or less, a shift will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; . For shifts more than ten (10) days out (where the Nurse has indicated availability) a call will be placed and there will be a two hour wait time allowing the Nurse to respond prior to moving on to the preferred contact number provided by the employeenext call.
iii(h) Tours Casual part-time nurses will be offered by shifts based on availability starting with seniority to:
a) where no RPT nurses are available. Shifts will be offered on a unit’s regular part fair and equitable basis amongst the units casual part-time nurses up to full time hoursnurses.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv(i) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours tours, which would result in overtime premium;premium pay.
v(j) When a A regular part part-time employee accepts an additional tourwho, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory over a three (3) month period of time, fails to meet the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, predetermined commitment referred to in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 Article F-13 (a) Employees and the availability calendar referred to in F-13 (c) above, will not be scheduled notified of such in writing by the Hospital. A copy of the written notification will be sent to work more than seven the Local Union. If after three (73) consecutive daysmonths following the date of the written notification, the employee continues to fail to meet said commitment, it is understood that employee will be followed deemed a casual employee and will be notified of such in writing by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day offthe Hospital.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part time employee is an employee who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available as follows:
(a) Be A nurse who makes a commitment to be available on a regular pre- determined basis shall be classified as a Regular Part-time nurse.
i) available to work up four (4) weekends out of eight (8)
ii) available to work days/evenings or days/nights or a combination if not possible to schedule days/evenings or days/nights.
iii) available to work at least four (4) 7.5 hour tours or three (3) extended tours per week, six (6) or a combination of tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available, they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their a total of 30 hours, every two (2) weeks (unless otherwise stated in the most recent employment offer letter)
iv) available to work as scheduled over either Christmas or New Year’s period subject to Article E-6. The commitment that a regular part-time nurse must make as specified herein is no guarantee that the nurse will be scheduled to work according to this commitment nor is it a restriction on the nurse as to the maximum time worked. Further, the simple making of three (3) tours per weeka commitment does not automatically transform a casual nurse into a regular part-time nurse.
(b) Available A Casual Part-time nurse is one who is called into work on an ad hoc basis. Casual part-time may be pre-booked up to work one (1) weekend two weeks in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with advance if all regular part-time and job-share have been offered the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being postedshift first.
(ci) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to All regular part-time nurses on the unit shall be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees scheduled up to their commitment, prior to committed hours before any casual part-time nurses on the posting of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a)unit are utilized.
ii) Where extra tours become available (fsubject to Article 10.09), the Hospital will first offer them on the basis of seniority to regular part-time nurses on the unit providing no regular part- time nurse on the unit will exceed her commitment as a result of being offered such extra tours where there are other regular part-time nurses on the unit who have not been offered their commitment of shifts.
iii) Laid off employees shall be provided first Where all regular part-time nurses on the unit have been given the opportunity to work up to their committed hours, the Hospital will then offer extra tours after all (subject to Article 10.09) to regular part-time nurses on the unit on the basis of seniority and, where no regular part-time nurse on the unit is willing to perform the available work, to casual part-time nurses on the unit on the basis of seniority.
iv) When regular part-time nurses are cancelled and the same hours of work or the majority of the same hours of work become available during the same shift, the cancelled regular part-time nurses shall be offered the hours of work according to seniority. If these nurses are no longer available or unable to accept these hours, such hours shall be offered to regular part-time nurses as above paragraphs.
v) Where part time employees are scheduled as per nurses have worked seventy-five (a75) above hours in a pay period and where the offer of additional work will thus result in premium pay, then the Employer will offer the premium paid shift (hours) to Full time nurses in accordance with seniority prior to offering the premium paid hours to part time nurses. In offering the work to part time nurses it will be offered in accordance with seniority.
vi) Work required in excess or extension of the nurse’s normal daily tour that results in overtime premium will be offered first to full time in accordance with Article 10.09(b)E-11 prior to offering those hours to part time.
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital;
ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employee.
iii) Tours will be offered by seniority to:
a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours which would result in overtime premium;
v) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (a) Employees will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to be followed by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day off.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part time employee is an employee who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available as follows:
(a) Be available to work up to three (3) tours per week, six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available, they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their commitment of three (3) tours per week.
(b) Available to work one (1) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being posted.
(c) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, prior to the posting of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital;
ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call call/text is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employee. If the RN is working at the Hospital when the shift is being offered, then the Hospital will endeavour to contact them on their unit.
iii) Tours will be offered by seniority to:
a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours which would result in overtime premium;
v) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he they must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (a) Employees will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to . Four (4) days off will be followed by scheduled for full time employees for each fourteen (14) days. In any two (2) week period at least two (2) consecutive days offoff will be scheduled. The remaining two (2) days off may be split. Part time employees may request a single day off.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part (a) Regular Part-time employee is an employee employees who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available are covered by this Article are as follows:
i) Regular part-time employees who have accepted a Job Sharing arrangement and who are covered by Article L; and
ii) Regular part-time employees who have made a commitment to be available for work on regular predetermined basis as follows: ▪ one hundred and one and one quarter (a101.25) Be available to hours of work up to over a six (6) week schedule. ▪ fifty percent (50%) of the paid holidays including either the Christmas period or the New Year’s period. ▪ three (3) tours per week, weekends in six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available), they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their commitment of three (3) tours per week▪ available for work for all shifts.
(b) Available to work one Regular part-time employees as defined in F-13 (1a) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work ii) above, shall be scheduled on availability starting with the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being posted.
(c) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, prior commitment and according to the posting needs of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part Unit. Regular part-time employees are scheduled as per may submit availability up to two (a2) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following months advance of the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered posted schedule for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their consideration. If a nurse has not indicated his/her availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital, he/she shall be deemed to be available for all shifts until the schedule is posted. It is understood that a Job Xxxxxx, referred to in Article K, shall always be deemed to have been scheduled up to her/his commitment. The Hospital will first schedule all regular part-time nurses twenty-two and one-half (22.5) hours per pay period prior to scheduling up to commitment hours.
(c) If all Regular Part-time on a given unit indicate non-availability for the same day or shift and have not met their commitment thus resulting in the Employer’s inability to cover that shift, the shift will be offered to Job Sharers(when their partner is not scheduled) and then casual part-time Nurses. If JS or CPT are unable to cover, a RPT nurse from that unit will be scheduled on a rotating basis based on reverse seniority.
(d) Any regular part-time employees who have not been scheduled up to their commitment will be offered additional tours based on availability starting with seniority up to their commitment.
(e) Regular part-time employees who wish to work beyond their commitment shall be offered additional tours as they become available in the following order;
ii1. Availability starting with Seniority on their own Xxxx,
0. Availability starting with Seniority on other Units (these Nurses may only be offered shifts on this Unit once their home Unit schedule has been posted,
3. Job Sharers will be offered additional tours only when their partner is not working based on availability starting with Seniority, and
4. When regular part-time employees are not available, then casual part-time employees shall be offered shifts based on availability with seniority.
5. Job Sharers when their partner is working based on availability starting with seniority.
(f) A tour refused shift where a nurse has indicated availability is deemed to be an offer of work.
(g) For shifts ten (10) days or less, a shift will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; . For shifts more than ten (10) days out (where the Nurse has indicated availability) a call will be placed and there will be a two hour wait time allowing the Nurse to respond prior to moving on to the preferred contact number provided by the employeenext call.
iii(h) Tours Casual part-time nurses will be offered by shifts based on availability starting with seniority to:
a) where no RPT nurses are available. Shifts will be offered on a unit’s regular part fair and equitable basis amongst the units casual part-time nurses up to full time hoursnurses.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv(i) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours tours, which would result in overtime premium;premium pay.
v(j) When a A regular part part-time employee accepts an additional tourwho, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory over a six (6) month period of time, fails to meet the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, predetermined commitment referred to in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 Article F-13 (a) Employees and the availability calendar referred to in F-13 (c) above, will not be scheduled notified of such in writing by the Hospital. A copy of the written notification will be sent to work more than seven the Local Union. If after six (76) consecutive daysmonths following the date of the written notification, the employee continues to fail to meet said commitment, it is understood that employee will be followed deemed a casual employee and will be notified of such in writing by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day offthe Hospital.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part time employee is an employee who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available as follows:
(a) Be A nurse who makes a commitment to be available on a regular pre- determined basis shall be classified as a Regular Part-time nurse.
i) available to work up four (4) weekends out of eight (8)
ii) available to work days/evenings or days/nights or a combination if not possible to schedule days/evenings or days/nights.
iii) available to work at least four (4) 7.5 hour tours or three (3) extended tours per week, six (6) or a combination of tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available, they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their a total of 30 hours, every two (2) weeks (unless otherwise stated in the most recent employment offer letter)
iv) available to work as scheduled over either Christmas or New Year's period subject to Article E-6. The commitment that a regular part-time nurse must make as specified herein is no guarantee that the nurse will be scheduled to work according to this commitment nor is it a restriction on the nurse as to the maximum time worked. Further, the simple making of three (3) tours per weeka commitment does not automatically transform a casual nurse into a regular part-time nurse.
(b) Available to A Casual Part-time nurse is one who is called into work one (1) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being postedon an ad hoc basis.
(ci) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to All regular part-time nurses on the unit shall be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees scheduled up to their commitment, prior to committed hours before any casual part-time nurses on the posting of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a)unit are utilized.
ii) Where extra tours become available (fsubject to Article 10.09), the Hospital will first offer them on the basis of seniority to regular part- time nurses on the unit providing no regular part-time nurse on the unit will exceed her commitment as a result of being offered such extra tours where there are other regular part-time nurses on the unit who have not been offered their commitment of shifts.
iii) Laid off employees shall be provided first Where all regular part-time nurses on the unit have been given the opportunity to work up to their committed hours, the Hospital will then offer extra tours after all (subject to Article 10.09) to regular part-time nurses on the unit on the basis of seniority and, where no regular part-time nurse on the unit is willing to perform the available work, to casual part-time nurses on the unit on the basis of seniority.
iv) When regular part-time nurses are cancelled and the same hours of work or the majority of the same hours of work become available
v) Where part time employees are scheduled as per nurses have worked seventy-five (a75) above hours in a pay period and where the offer of additional work will thus result in premium pay, then the Employer will offer the premium paid shift (hours) to Full time nurses in accordance with seniority prior to offering the premium paid hours to part time nurses. In offering the work to part time nurses it will be offered in accordance with seniority.
vi) Work required in excess or extension of the nurse’s normal daily tour that results in overtime premium will be offered first to full time in accordance with Article 10.09(b)E-11 prior to offering those hours to part time.
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital;
ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employee.
iii) Tours will be offered by seniority to:
a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours which would result in overtime premium;
v) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (a) Employees will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to be followed by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day off.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part (a) Regular Part-time employee is an employee employees who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available are covered by this Article are as follows:
i) Regular part-time employees who have accepted a Job Sharing arrangement and who are covered by Article L; and
ii) Regular part-time employees who have made a commitment to be scheduled, based on availability, for work on a predetermined basis as follows: one hundred and one and one quarter (a101.25) Be available to hours of work up to over a six (6) week schedule. fifty percent (50%) of the paid holidays including either the Christmas period or the New Year’s period. three (3) tours per week, weekends in six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available), they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their commitment of three (3) tours per week available for work for all shifts.
(b) Available Regular part-time employees as defined in F-13 (a) ii) above, shall be scheduled on availability starting with seniority, up to work one (1) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with the nurses' submitted availability prior their commitment and according to the schedule being posted.
needs of the Unit. Regular part-time employees shall submit availability up to two (c2) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater months but no less than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-weeks in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all advance of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, prior to the posting of the posted schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their consideration. If a nurse has not indicated his/her availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital, he/she shall be deemed to be available for all shifts until the schedule is posted. It is understood that a Job Sharer, referred to in Article K, shall always be deemed to have been scheduled up to her/his commitment. The Hospital will first schedule all regular part-time nurses twenty-two and one-half (22.5) hours per pay period prior to scheduling up to commitment hours.
(c) If all Regular Part-time on a given unit indicate non-availability for the same day or shift and have not met their commitment thus resulting in the Employer’s inability to cover that shift, the shift will be offered to Job Sharers (when their partner is not scheduled) and then casual part-time Nurses. If JS or CPT are unable to cover, a RPT nurse from that unit will be scheduled on a rotating basis based on reverse seniority.
(d) Any regular part-time employees who have not been scheduled up to their commitment will be offered additional tours based on availability starting with the most senior up to their commitment.
(e) Regular part-time employees who wish to work beyond their commitment shall be offered additional tours as they become available in the following order;
ii1. Availability starting with Seniority on their own Xxxx,
0. Availability starting with Seniority on other Units (these Nurses may only be offered shifts on this Unit once their home Unit schedule has been posted,
3. Job Sharers will be offered additional tours only when their partner is not working based on availability starting with Seniority, and
4. When regular part-time employees are not available, then casual part-time employees shall be offered shifts based on availability with seniority.
5. Job Sharers when their partner is working based on availability starting with seniority.
(f) A tour refused shift where a nurse has indicated availability is deemed to be an offer of work.
(g) For shifts ten (10) days or less, a shift will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; . For shifts more than ten (10) days out (where the Nurse has indicated availability) a call will be placed and there will be a two hour wait time allowing the Nurse to respond prior to moving on to the preferred contact number provided by the employeenext call.
iii(h) Tours Casual part-time nurses will be offered by shifts based on availability starting with seniority to:
a) where no RPT nurses are available. Shifts will be offered on a unit’s regular part fair and equitable basis amongst the units casual part-time nurses up to full time hoursnurses.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv(i) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours tours, which would result in overtime premium;premium pay.
v(j) When a A regular part part-time employee accepts an additional tourwho, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory over a three (3) month period of time, fails to meet the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, predetermined commitment referred to in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 Article F-13 (a) Employees and the availability calendar referred to in F-13 (c) above, will not be scheduled notified of such in writing by the Hospital. A copy of the written notification will be sent to work more than seven the Local Union. If after three (73) consecutive daysmonths following the date of the written notification, the employee continues to fail to meet said commitment, it is understood that employee will be followed deemed a casual employee and will be notified of such in writing by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day offthe Hospital.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A (a) Regular Part-Time Employees are required to submit their availability/non-availability a minimum of two (2) weeks in advanced of the schedule being posted on the required form. If it is not submitted, then the regular part part-time employees may be scheduled up to the commitment of forty-five (45) hours based on the needs of the unit. The regular part-time employee is an employee who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall must be available as followsfor work:
(ai) Be available At least up to forty-five (45) hours per pay period, either on a predetermined basis, or otherwise as per their availability. Once posted, this commitment will no longer apply.
(ii) At least two (2) weekends off in four (4):
(iii) Available for scheduling twelve (12) months of the year unless the employee is on scheduled week(s) of vacation or an approved leave of absence.
(iv) Available to work up on either December 24, 25 or December 25, 26 when required to three work Christmas or on December 31 and January 1 when required to work New Years’, and in addition at least four (34) tours per week, six other holidays during the year.
(6v) tours per Personal leaves of absence granted under Article 11 and may result in the regular part-time employee not being scheduled the minimum part-time commitment as identified above.
(vi) Regular part-time employees will not be required to work their full commitment in any pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available, they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses where a week of vacation is scheduled in order to bring them up to their commitment of three (3) tours per weekaccordance with Article I-12.
(b) Available Part-time Scheduling
(i) All regular part-time employees in a unit shall be scheduled up to work one forty-five (145) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being postedhours per pay period by seniority.
(cii) Available Predetermined shifts shown on the master rotor and the tours available from pre-scheduled vacation and leaves of absence will first be assigned to regular part-time employees on an equitable basis in accordance with seniority.
i) Once all regular part-time employees on the unit have been scheduled for forty-five (45) hours per pay period, extra tours will then be scheduled to regular part-time employees on the unit on the basis of seniority, who have indicated their availability, up to 75 hours per pay period, on a equitable basis.
ii) No employee will be scheduled to work three (3) holidays per yeardifferent tours (days, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(dNights, Evenings) Casual employees are expected to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, prior to the posting of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital;
ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employeeweek.
iii) Tours will No employee shall be offered scheduled to work three (3) or more consecutive night tours unless requested by seniority to:
a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hoursthe employee or mutually agreed between the Employee and the Hospital.
iv) It is understood that Any remaining tours after iii) above will then be offered to casual part-time employees. Any additional tours, which become available after schedules are posted:
(iii) will first be offered on the Hospital will not be required basis of seniority to offer tours which would result in overtime premium;
v) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (a) Employees will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to be followed by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part part-time employees may request a single day off.on the unit that have not been scheduled the minimum commitment;
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part time employee is an employee who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available as follows:
(a) Be Nurses who are willing and make a commitment to be available to work up to three for five (35) tours per week, six shifts thirty-seven and one half (637 ½ hours) tours per pay period as determined by the hospitalwill be considered to be Regular Part-time. When extra tours are availableIf a nurse wants to have less of a commitment, they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their (minimum commitment of three (3) shifts twenty-two and one half (22 ½ hours) per pay period, she shall submit her request in writing to the Hospital. Her request shall not be unreasonably denied by the Hospital. All regular part-time nurses in a unit will be scheduled up to their committed tours per weekby seniority including an equitable distribution of the available day shifts, before any casual part-time nurse are utilized.
(b) Available All regular part-time nurses shall be:
i) available to work one all three (13) weekend in twoshifts, if required. The Employer will endeavour Those employees who are currently working two shifts (i.e. days/evenings, days/nights) under a previous grandfathered agreement shall continue to do so.
ii) available to work with either the nurses' submitted availability prior Christmas or the New Year’s period.
iii) available to the schedule being postedwork two (2) out of four (4) weekends, if required.
(c) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year'sAll other part-time nurses shall be considered casual part-time.
(d) Casual employees are expected When regular part-time nurses on the unit have been given the opportunity to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, the Hospital will endeavour to offer additional tours (including call-ins) to regular part-time nurses on an equitable basis on a rotational basis in order of seniority, prior to offering to casual nurses, subject to the posting of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedulesfollowing:
i) Employees Regular part-time nurses who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, indicate their availability in writing to the manner prescribed by Hospital and it will be kept on file until it is either revised or removed at the Hospital;request of the nurse.
ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employee.
iii) Tours will be offered by seniority to:
a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv) It is understood and agreed that the Hospital will not be required to offer additional tours which would result in overtime premium;
v) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he must report for premium pay and it is requested that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the nurse advise the Hospital are made;in cases where acceptance of such an offer will result in a premium pay situation.
viiii) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, in writing, a nurse who wishes to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to give away a tour will do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (athe above provisions.
iv) Employees it is understood and agreed that the assigning of additional tours arising from this Article will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to be followed by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part result in a claim for full-time employees may request a single day offstatus.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part (a) Regular Part-time employee is an employee employees who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available are covered by this Article are as follows:
i) Regular part-time employees who have accepted a Job Sharing arrangement and who are covered by Article L; and
ii) Regular part-time employees who have made a commitment to be scheduled, based on availability, for work on a predetermined basis as follows: one hundred and one and one quarter (a101.25) Be available to hours of work up to over a six (6) week schedule. fifty percent (50%) of the paid holidays including either the Christmas period or the New Year’s period. three (3) tours per week, weekends in six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available), they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their commitment of three (3) tours per weekavailable for work for all shifts.
(b) Available Regular part-time employees as defined in F-13 (a) ii) above, shall be scheduled on availability starting with seniority, up to work one (1) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with the nurses' submitted availability prior their commitment and according to the schedule being posted.
needs of the Unit. Regular part-time employees shall submit availability up to two (c2) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater months but no less than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-weeks in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all advance of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, prior to the posting of the posted schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their consideration. If a nurse has not indicated his/her availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital, he/she shall be deemed to be available for all shifts until the schedule is posted. It is understood that a Job Xxxxxx, referred to in Article K, shall always be deemed to have been scheduled up to her/his commitment. The Hospital will first schedule all regular part-time nurses twenty-two and one-half (22.5) hours per pay period prior to scheduling up to commitment hours.
(c) If all Regular Part-time on a given unit indicate non-availability for the same day or shift and have not met their commitment thus resulting in the Employer’s inability to cover that shift, the shift will be offered to Job Sharers (when their partner is not scheduled) and then casual part-time Nurses. If JS or CPT are unable to cover, a RPT nurse from that unit will be scheduled on a rotating basis based on reverse seniority.
(d) Any regular part-time employees who have not been scheduled up to their commitment will be offered additional tours based on availability starting with the most senior up to their commitment.
(e) Regular part-time employees who wish to work beyond their commitment shall be offered additional tours as they become available in the following order;
ii1. Availability starting with Seniority on their own Unit,
2. Availability starting with Seniority on other Units (these Nurses may only be offered shifts on this Unit once their home Unit schedule has been posted,
3. Job Sharers will be offered additional tours only when their partner is not working based on availability starting with Seniority, and
4. When regular part-time employees are not available, then casual part-time employees shall be offered shifts based on availability with seniority.
5. Job Sharers when their partner is working based on availability starting with seniority.
(f) A tour refused shift where a nurse has indicated availability is deemed to be an offer of work.
(g) For shifts ten (10) days or less, a shift will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; . For shifts more than ten (10) days out (where the Nurse has indicated availability) a call will be placed and there will be a two hour wait time allowing the Nurse to respond prior to moving on to the preferred contact number provided by the employeenext call.
iii(h) Tours Casual part-time nurses will be offered by shifts based on availability starting with seniority to:
a) where no RPT nurses are available. Shifts will be offered on a unit’s regular part fair and equitable basis amongst the units casual part-time nurses up to full time hoursnurses.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv(i) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours tours, which would result in overtime premium;premium pay.
v(j) When a A regular part part-time employee accepts an additional tourwho, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory over a three (3) month period of time, fails to meet the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, predetermined commitment referred to in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 Article F-13 (a) Employees and the availability calendar referred to in F-13 (c) above, will not be scheduled notified of such in writing by the Hospital. A copy of the written notification will be sent to work more than seven the Local Union. If after three (73) consecutive daysmonths following the date of the written notification, the employee continues to fail to meet said commitment, it is understood that employee will be followed deemed a casual employee and will be notified of such in writing by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day offthe Hospital.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part time employee is an employee who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available as follows:
(a) Be available to work up to three (3) tours per week, six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available, they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their commitment of three (3) tours per week.
(b) Available to work one (1) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being posted.
(c) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, prior to the posting of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital;
ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employee.
iii) Tours will be offered by seniority to:
a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours which would result in overtime premium;
v) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (a) Employees will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to be followed by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day off.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part (a) Regular Part-time employee is an employee employees who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available are covered by this Article are as follows:
i) Regular part-time employees who have accepted a Job Sharing arrangement and who are covered by Article L; and
ii) Regular part-time employees who have made a commitment to be scheduled, based on availability, for work on a predetermined basis as follows: one hundred and one and one quarter (a101.25) Be available to hours of work up to over a six (6) week schedule. fifty percent (50%) of the paid holidays including either the Christmas period or the New Year’s period. three (3) tours per week, weekends in six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available), they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their commitment of three (3) tours per weekavailable for work for all shifts.
(b) Available Regular part-time employees as defined in F-13 (a) ii) above, shall be scheduled on availability starting with seniority, up to work one (1) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with the nurses' submitted availability prior their commitment and according to the schedule being posted.
needs of the Unit. Regular part-time employees shall submit availability up to two (c2) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater months but no less than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-weeks in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all advance of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, prior to the posting of the posted schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their consideration. If a nurse has not indicated his/her availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital, he/she shall be deemed to be available for all shifts until the schedule is posted. It is understood that a Job Sharer, referred to in Article K, shall always be deemed to have been scheduled up to her/his commitment. The Hospital will first schedule all regular part-time nurses twenty-two and one-half (22.5) hours per pay period prior to scheduling up to commitment hours.
(c) If all Regular Part-time on a given unit indicate non-availability for the same day or shift and have not met their commitment thus resulting in the Employer’s inability to cover that shift, the shift will be offered to Job Sharers (when their partner is not scheduled) and then casual part-time Nurses. If JS or CPT are unable to cover, a RPT nurse from that unit will be scheduled on a rotating basis based on reverse seniority.
(d) Any regular part-time employees who have not been scheduled up to their commitment will be offered additional tours based on availability starting with the most senior up to their commitment.
(e) Regular part-time employees who wish to work beyond their commitment shall be offered additional tours as they become available in the following order;
ii1. Availability starting with Seniority on their own Xxxx,
0. Availability starting with Seniority on other Units (these Nurses may only be offered shifts on this Unit once their home Unit schedule has been posted,
3. Job Sharers will be offered additional tours only when their partner is not working based on availability starting with Seniority, and
4. When regular part-time employees are not available, then casual part-time employees shall be offered shifts based on availability with seniority.
5. Job Sharers when their partner is working based on availability starting with seniority.
(f) A tour refused shift where a nurse has indicated availability is deemed to be an offer of work.
(g) For shifts ten (10) days or less, a shift will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; . For shifts more than ten (10) days out (where the Nurse has indicated availability) a call will be placed and there will be a two hour wait time allowing the Nurse to respond prior to moving on to the preferred contact number provided by the employeenext call.
iii(h) Tours Casual part-time nurses will be offered by shifts based on availability starting with seniority to:
a) where no RPT nurses are available. Shifts will be offered on a unit’s regular part fair and equitable basis amongst the units casual part-time nurses up to full time hoursnurses.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv(i) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours tours, which would result in overtime premium;premium pay.
v(j) When a A regular part part-time employee accepts an additional tourwho, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory over a three (3) month period of time, fails to meet the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, predetermined commitment referred to in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 Article F-13 (a) Employees and the availability calendar referred to in F-13 (c) above, will not be scheduled notified of such in writing by the Hospital. A copy of the written notification will be sent to work more than seven the Local Union. If after three (73) consecutive daysmonths following the date of the written notification, the employee continues to fail to meet said commitment, it is understood that employee will be followed deemed a casual employee and will be notified of such in writing by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day offthe Hospital.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A regular part time employee is an employee who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall be available as follows:
(a) Be A nurse who makes a commitment to be available on a regular pre-determined basis shall be classified as a Regular Part-time nurse. The terms of Category "A" regular part-time commitment are:
i) available to work four (4) weekends out of eight (8)
ii) available to work days/evenings or days/nights or a combination if not possible to schedule days/evenings or days/nights
iii) available to work at least seven 7.5 hour tours, or five (5) extended tours, or a combination of tours up to a total of 52.5 hours, every two (2) weeks
iv) available to work as scheduled over either Christmas or New Year's period subject to Article E-6 * There will be no further recruitment into Category "A". Category "B" The terms of Category "B" regular part-time are:
i) available to work four (4) weekends out of eight (8)
ii) available to work days/evenings or days/nights or a combination if not possible to schedule days/evenings or days/nights.
iii) available to work at least four (4) 7.5 hour tours, or three (3) extended tours, or a combination of tours per week, six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available, they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their a total of 30 hours, every two (2) weeks (unless otherwise stated in the most recent employment offer letter)
iv) available to work as scheduled over either Christmas or New Year's period subject to Article E-6. The commitment that a Category “A” or Category “B” regular part-time nurse must make as specified herein is no guarantee that the nurse will be scheduled to work according to this commitment nor is it a restriction on the nurse as to the maximum time worked. Further, the simple making of three (3) tours per weeka commitment does not automatically transform a casual nurse into a regular part-time nurse.
(b) Available A Casual Part-time nurse is one who is called into work on an ad hoc basis. Casual part-time may be pre-booked up to work one (1) weekend two weeks in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with advance if all regular part- time and job-share have been offered the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being postedshift first.
(c) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to All Category “A” regular part-time nurses on the unit shall be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees scheduled up to their commitment, prior to committed hours before any Category “B” regular part-time nurses on the posting of unit are utilized. All Category "B" regular part-time nurses on the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees unit shall be provided scheduled up to their committed hours before any casual part-time nurses on the unit are utilized. Where extra tours become available (subject to Article 10.09), the Hospital will first offer them on the basis of seniority to regular part-time nurses on the unit providing no regular part-time nurse on the unit will exceed her commitment as a result of being offered such extra tours where there are other regular part-time nurses on the unit who have not been offered their commitment of shifts. Where all regular part-time nurses on the unit have been given the opportunity to work up to their committed hours, the Hospital will then offer extra tours after all (subject to Article 10.09) to regular part-time nurses on the unit on the basis of seniority and, where no regular part-time nurse on the unit is willing to perform the available work, to casual part-time nurses on the unit on the basis of seniority. When regular part-time nurses are cancelled and the same hours of work or the majority of the same hours of work become available during the same shift, the cancelled regular part-time nurses shall be offered the hours of work according to seniority. If these nurses are no longer available or unable to accept these hours, such hours shall be offered to regular part-time nurses as above paragraphs. Where part time employees are scheduled as per nurses have worked seventy-five (a75) above hours in a pay period and where the offer of additional work will thus result in premium pay, then the Employer will offer the premium paid shift (hours) to Full time nurses in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in seniority prior to offering extra tours the premium paid hours to regular part time nurses. In offering the work to part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital;
ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employee.
iii) Tours it will be offered by seniority to:
a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours which would result in overtime premium;
v) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (a) Employees will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to be followed by at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part time employees may request a single day offseniority.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. A All regular part part-time employee is an employee who has made a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall nurses must be available as followsto work a predetermined schedule based on the following commitment:
(ai) Be available Up to work up to three (3) tours per week, six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available, they shall be first offered to regular part number of full-time nurses equivalent hours associated with their line in order to bring them up to their commitment of three (3) tours per weekthe master rotation.
(bii) Available to work one Two (12) weekend weekends in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being postedfour (4) unless mutually agreed otherwise.
(ciii) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Either the Christmas or New Year's’s period. The Christmas period will include December 24, 25 and 26. The New Year’s period will include December 31, January 1 and 2.
(iv) Rotate between two shifts: day/evening, day/night, or evening/night shifts, unless otherwise agreed by the parties. This will not preclude a part-time nurse from, making herself available for additional tours on any shift.
(d) Casual employees are expected to Work schedules shall be available for posted at least four (4) weeks in advance of going into effect and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in shall cover a minimum period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in listweeks.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available period of two (2) consecutive tours based upon seniority, amongst off shall be scheduled between change of tours and at least twenty-four (24) hours’ time off shall be scheduled following night duty. A nurse shall have at least sixteen (16) hours off between shifts. If such circumstances do not prevail then they shall be paid at the overtime rate of pay for all of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, prior to the posting of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a)hours worked.
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all A regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital;
ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employee.
iii) Tours will be offered by seniority to:
a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part part-time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours which would result in overtime premium;
v) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (a) Employees will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to tours. Premium pay will be followed by at least two paid for all hours scheduled on an eighth (28th) consecutive days offtour and all subsequent tours.
(g) Regular part-time nurses may be scheduled additional shifts on the posted work schedule by seniority based on their availability.
(h) Casual nurses will only be offered work once all regular part-time nurses have been scheduled their commitment and given the opportunity to work up to their availability. Part time employees may request a single day offIt is understood that casuals have the option to refuse work when offered.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. i) A regular part part-time employee Employee is defined as an employee Employee who has made signs and files with the Hospital through its nursing office a written commitment, which will include the following conditions:
A) Available on a predetermined scheduled basis on a unit at a specific Campus, for at least five (5) seven and one half (7.5) hour tours per biweekly period or thirty seven and one half (37.5) hours or thirty-three and three quarter (33¾) hours per biweekly period for Employees whose hours of work consist of a combination of short, normal and/or extended tours.
B) Available for two (2) weekends in four (4).
C) Available for all tours of duty unless they have a commitment in writing to the Hospital and who shall for a permanent shift.
D) A Regular part-time Nurse must be available as follows:
(a) Be available required by the Hospital to work up eleven (11) calendar months of the year. This time must include the month of December, the week designated as March Break and the prime time period of June 15th to three (3) tours per weekSeptember 15th inclusive, six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospitalexcept for scheduled vacations. When extra tours are available, they shall Vacation time may be first offered taken in one- week segments or multiples thereof. This does not preclude a regular part-time Nurse from requesting specific days or weekends off pursuant to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to their commitment of three (3) tours per weekArticle I-1(b).
(bE) Available to for work during one (1) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with of the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being postedChristmas holiday period or New Year’s holiday period.
(cF) Available three (3) holidays per yearof Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Civic Holiday, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day and Third Monday in addition to either Christmas or New Year'sFebruary.
(dG) Casual employees are expected Prior to be available for and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) monthsposted schedule, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees excluding job sharers, have the right to request up to their commitment, prior to the posting of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital;
ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employee.
iii) Tours will be offered by seniority to:
a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours which would result in overtime premium;
v) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (a) Employees will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to be followed by at least two (2) consecutive shifts off per bi-weekly period without affecting their scheduled hours, pursuant to the scheduling regulations in article I and article J. Any additional shifts an employee is unavailable to work within that two (2) week bi-weekly period, such employee shall have their shifts prorated/reduced on requested time off in excess of two (2) days off. Part time employees may request in a single day offtwo (2) week bi-weekly period.
H) During a two (2) week biweekly commitment period in which the RPT (excluding job sharers) nurse has a scheduled period of vacation, she/he will have their scheduled hours reduced by fifty percent (50 %) of available scheduled hours.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Regular Part-Time Commitment. Category A regular part time employee is an employee who has made a commitment in writing (45 hours)
i) to the Hospital and who shall be available as follows:
(a) Be available to work up to three if required fifty-two (352) tours weeks per week, six (6) tours per pay period as determined by the hospital. When extra tours are available, they shall be first offered to regular part time nurses in order to bring them up to year minus their commitment of three (3) tours per week.
(b) Available to work one (1) weekend in two. The Employer will endeavour to work with the nurses' submitted availability prior to the schedule being posted.
(c) Available three (3) holidays per year, in addition to either Christmas or New Year's.
(d) Casual employees are expected to be available for individual vacation entitlement and accept occasional tours as requested by the hospital. Any casual employee who is not available for work and has not accepted work offered in a period of greater than six (6) months, unless they are on an approved leave of absence, may be contacted by the Employer and asked if they wish to continue their employment relationship or be removed from the casual call-in list.
(e) The Hospital agrees to equitably distribute a unit’s available tours based upon seniority, amongst all of the unit’s regular part time employees up to their commitment, prior to the posting of the schedule providing that the work is available, under Article D-2 (a).
(f) Laid off employees shall be provided first opportunity to work extra tours after all regular part time employees are scheduled as per (a) above and in accordance with Article 10.09(b).
(g) The following conditions in offering extra tours to regular part time nurses shall apply following the posting of work schedules:
i) Employees who wish to be considered for additional tours must indicate, in writing, their availability in the manner prescribed by the Hospital;
ii) A tour will be deemed to be offered whenever a call is placed; to the preferred contact number provided by the employee.
iii) Tours will be offered by seniority to:
a) a unit’s regular part time nurses up to full time hours.
b) a unit’s casual part time nurses up to full time hours.
c) any qualified regular part time nurse up to full time hours.
d) any qualified casual part time nurse up to full time hours.
iv) It is understood that the Hospital will not be required to offer tours which would result in overtime premium;
v) When a regular part time employee accepts an additional tour, she or he must report for that tour unless arrangements satisfactory to the Hospital are made;
vi) Provided they are qualified to, employees may submit their availability, in writing, to work additional tours to more than one unit, if to do so is in accordance with existing Hospital practice. D-3 (a) Employees will not be scheduled to work more than seven (7) consecutive days, to be followed by regularly rotate on at least two (2) consecutive days off. Part shifts and work extended tours as required where extended tours are established;
iii) to be prescheduled for work if the work is available for forty-five (45) hours per pay period (six 7.5 hour tours or 4 extended tours or any other combination);
iv) to be available to work Christmas or New Years as per Article D.06;
v) to be prescheduled as required to work fifty (50) percent of the remaining paid holidays except when the unit does not work paid holidays; and
vi) to be prescheduled as required to work fifty (50) percent of the weekends except when the unit does not work weekends.
vii) Regular part-time employees may request will not be required to work their full commitment in any pay period where a single day offweek of vacation is scheduled, unless mutually agreed. Regular part time nurses must be available for prescheduled work on the following basis:
i) to be available to work if required fifty-two (52) weeks per year minus their individual vacation entitlement and approved leave of absence;
ii) to regularly rotate on at least two (2) shifts and work extended tours as required where extended tours are established;
iii) to be prescheduled for work if the work is available for twenty–two and half (22.5) hours per pay period;
iv) to be available to work Christmas or New Years as per Article D.06;
v) to be prescheduled as required to work fifty (50) percent of the remaining paid holidays except when the unit does not work paid holidays; and
vi) to be prescheduled as required to work fifty (50) percent of the weekends except when the unit does not work weekends.
vii) regular part-time employees will not be required to work their full commitment in any pay period where a week of vacation is scheduled, unless mutually agreed.
viii) The number of Category B positions shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the total regular part time (not including job share) complement.
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Samples: Local Provisions Agreement
