Relief Periods. Employees will be allowed breaks within the shift without reduction in pay and without increasing the regular working hours as follows: Shift Length Breaks Up to, and including 5.5 hours 1 – 15 minute break More than 5.5 hours 2 – 15 minute breaks In addition to the above, any shift over five (5) hours will also have a half (½) hour unpaid lunch within the shift.
Relief Periods. All employees working more than three and one-half (3½) hours and up to and including five (5) hours per day shall receive one (1) ten (10) minute rest period. All employees working more than five (5) hours and up to and including six (6) hours per day shall receive one (1) fifteen (15) minute rest period. All employees working more than a six (6) hour day shall receive two (2) ten (10) minute rest periods.
Relief Periods. Employees will be allowed breaks without reduction in pay and without increasing the regular working hours as follows:
Relief Periods a. Employees, except for Operating employees, shall be as- signed or allowed one (1) fifteen (15)-minute relief pe- riod to start not less than one (1) hour from the begin- ning or end of each session when working in Company buildings unless unusual conditions develop.
b. For Operating employees, a fifteen (15)-minute relief period in each session shall be assigned or allowed in each office. Fifteen
Relief Periods. A. Employees in an inside environment shall be granted a 15 minute relief period with pay during each session. Such relief periods shall be assigned or allowed as near the mid-point of the session as feasible or practicable, but in no event shall they be assigned to start less than one hour from the beginning or end of each session unless a service emergency develops.
1. In case of Operating Room Forces of Operator Services working the Afternoon-Evening Short (6-1/2 hours) and the Evening-Night Short (6 hour) tours, one 30 minute relief period shall be assigned as near the mid-point of the tour as practicable instead of the two 15 minute periods. The above language will be met if the 30 minute relief for 6-1/2 hour tours begins no earlier than 2-1/2 hours from the start of the tour and ends no later than 2-1/2 hours from the end of the tour. For the 6-hour tours the 30 minute relief should begin no earlier than 2-1/4 hours from the start of the tour and end no later than 2-1/4 hours from the end of the tour.
B. All other employees shall be allowed appropriate relief treatment which shall be one period of 15 minutes during each session worked. The Company shall have the right to designate the time or hours during which any employee or group of employees may take such relief period. It is not the intent of the parties that the practices of the Company in the matter of granting relief periods shall be changed except in those instances where an employee or group of employees abuse or take improper advantage of rights under this Section.
C. In cases of overtime connecting work, as defined in 1.04, when an employee requests time off for a meal period such request will be granted, without pay, if practicable in view of the nature or expected duration of the overtime work. When an employee works at least the equivalent of a session, he/she will be granted a relief period, as described in “B” above, with pay.
Relief Periods. Members whose work schedule prohibits relief or refreshment during their shift shall be allowed one relief break not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes in duration without loss of pay during the first half of the shift and fifteen (15) minutes during the second half of the shift and each half shift thereafter. When working other than the regular shift, relief breaks may be taken each two (2) hours without loss of pay.
Relief Periods. All elementary teachers may have at least a ten (10) minute relief period in both the morning and afternoon each day. It shall be the teacher's responsibility, as spelled out in the School Code, to provide adequate supervision for his/her class during his/her absence during these relief periods.
Relief Periods. There will be one (1) fifteen (15) minute relief period for any four (4) hour increment of work. Relief periods shall be taken at reasonable and convenient times so as not to interfere with the Employer's operations. Relief periods may not be taken during the one-half (1/2) hour period after the start of the shift, the one-half (1/2) hour period preceding the end of the shift, or the one-half (1/2) hour period before or after the lunch period.
Relief Periods i) Relief periods as referred to in Article 13.01 (b) may be combined into one (1) relief period subject to the Clinical Director’s or designate approval. Meal and relief periods cannot be used to shorten the length of the shift.
ii) The scheduling of unpaid meal periods and paid relief periods as referred to in Article 13.01 (a) and (b) respectively shall be in accordance with the Unit's assignment in one of the following methods. Option A: 1st fifteen (15) minute break – paid, 1st thirty (30) minute break – unpaid, 2nd fifteen (15) minute break – paid, 2nd thirty (30) minute break – half paid, half unpaid; or NOTE: Scheduled breaks for 7.5 hour shifts ends after the 2nd fifteen (15) minute break. Option B: 1st thirty (30) minute break – paid, 2nd thirty (30) minute break – unpaid, 3rd thirty (30) minute break – half paid, half unpaid. NOTE: Scheduled breaks for 7.5 hour shifts ends after the 2nd thirty (30) minute break. Option C: Two (2) forty-five (45) minute breaks – 1st forty-five (45) minute break – unpaid, 2nd forty-five (45) minute break – paid. NOTE: Only applies to 11.25 hour shifts.
iii) For the purposes of payment as referred to in Article 13.01 (d), the unpaid meal period on the night shift shall be scheduled between 2300 – 0400 hours.
iv) Employees who are prevented from leaving the Hospital building during unpaid meal periods, in order to respond to emergency codes, will be paid at regular straight time hourly rate.
v) Should an employee be recalled to duty during her/his meal time, additional time off shall be provided later in the shift. Employees who carry a CODE beeper will not be required to carry the beeper during their break times.
Relief Periods. All employees shall be allowed one (1) fifteen (15) minute relief break within every four