Common use of Relief Periods Clause in Contracts

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. 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 tours, Article 4 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. 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-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 2-2- 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 2-2- 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.