Common use of Relief Employee Clause in Contracts

Relief Employee. An employee who is assigned to work on an intermittent and sporadic basis without the guarantee of hours of work or a set work schedule, and who provides coverage during periods of Employer need due to vacation, sick, or other employee leaves of absence, provides staff for short-term projects and/or provides short-term supplementing of existing staffing levels (e.g., patient volume fluctuations). Relief employees are entitled to the same benefits afforded part-time employees, including the utilization of seniority in all relevant articles. a. Relief employees must be available to work at least four (4) days per pay period as determined according to the Employer’s needs. If a relief employee fails to meet this minimum obligation in four (4) separate pay periods within a calendar year, the employee will be deemed to have voluntarily resigned. b. Relief employees may be required to work holidays, weekends or variable shifts consistent with operational need. Such requirements will be identified in the employee’s offer letter. Variable shift requirements will also be identified on the job posting. c. During an initial period of disability, a relief employee is permitted to exhaust his or sick leave through utilization in order to become eligible for short term disability benefits.

Relief Employee. An employee who is assigned to work on an intermittent and sporadic basis without the guarantee of hours of work or a set work schedule, and who provides coverage during periods of Employer need due to vacation, sick, or other employee leaves of absence, provides staff for short-term projects and/or provides short-term supplementing of existing staffing levels (e.g., patient volume fluctuations). Relief employees are entitled to the same benefits afforded part-time employees, including the utilization of seniority in all relevant articles. a. Relief employees must be available to work at least four (4) days per pay period as determined according to the Employer’s needs. If a relief employee fails to meet this minimum obligation in four (4) separate pay periods within a calendar year, the employee will be deemed to have voluntarily resigned. b. Relief employees may be required to work holidays, weekends or variable shifts consistent with operational need. Such requirements will be identified in the employee’s offer letter. Variable shift requirements will also be identified on the job posting.the c. During an initial period of disability, a relief employee is permitted to exhaust his or their sick leave through utilization in order to become eligible for short term disability benefits.