Regular Working Week. A. The regular week will consist of any five consecutive days within seven. 100% of the senior package drivers and full-time clerks as specified below who are put to work the first full work day of a regular work week will be afforded the opportunity of working a minimum of thirty (30) hours during the week. In certain designated Centers that have the volume and operational availability to do so, an additional percentage of the most senior drivers who are put to work the first full work day of a regular work week will be afforded the opportunity of working a minimum of thirty-five (35.0) hours, during the week. In certain other designated centers, an additional percentage of the most senior drivers and full-time clerks who are put to work the first full work day of the regular work week will be afforded the opportunity of working a minimum of 40 hours a week. The guarantees shall not apply:
1. To the weeks of Christmas, New Years, and the week after Thanksgiving. It is understood that the weekly guarantees will not apply if there has been a formal warning of a catastrophic event by the government authorities.
2. To a week that involves temporary layoffs because the week has a day designated as a Puerto Rico election day, or has a non-contractual full holiday, or has a new half-holiday, not so designated as of July 31, 2002, and becomes so designated during the term of this Agreement, which results in business closures or volume reduction. The existing half-holidays as of July 31, 2002 are: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx xx Xxxxxx Natalicio de Washington Abolición de la esclavitud Natalicio de Xxxx xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx xx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Natalicio de Xxxx Xxxxxxx Descubrimiento de América Dia del Veterano Descubrimiento de P.R.
Regular Working Week. Except as otherwise provided, eight (8) consecutive hours, exclusive of the meal period, shall constitute a day's work; and forty (40) hours shall constitute a week's work.
