Common use of Replacement Staffing Clause in Contracts

Replacement Staffing. When a WCB or Non Occupational Illness or injury creates a staffing vacancy on an approved apparatus the Employer shall fill the position(s) with staff at the special rate of straight time provided that there is not an opportunity to reassign a staff member on other assignments to fill the vacancy. Straight Time staffing shall not be utilized for the purpose of supplementing staffing above approved levels or to back-fill shortages caused by reasons other than WCB and Non Occupational Illness and injury or to back-fill partial shifts. When replacement staffing is utilized to fill this type of vacancy it will be compensated on a “shift is a shift” basis of twelve (12) hours. In the event that part way through a shift the need to fill a vacancy through straight time staffing is no longer required, compensation will be at the rate of time and one half (11/2) for the period worked with a minimum of three (3) hours to be paid. In this case the employee’s position on both the call-back and replacement staffing list will not be changed. In the event that the replacement staffing shift is cancelled prior to the start of the shift and after the firefighter is in the work place compensation will be for two (2) hours at time and one half (11/2). Straight Time staffing is non-mandatory on the part of the member.

Replacement Staffing. When a WCB or Non Occupational Illness or injury creates a staffing vacancy on an approved apparatus the Employer shall fill the position(s) with staff at the special rate of straight time provided that there is not an opportunity to reassign a staff member on other assignments to fill the vacancy. Straight Time staffing shall not be utilized for the purpose of supplementing staffing above approved levels or to back-fill back‐fill shortages caused by reasons other than WCB and Non Occupational Illness and injury or to back-fill back‐fill partial shifts. When replacement staffing is utilized to fill this type of vacancy it will be compensated on a “shift is a shift” basis of twelve (12) hours. In the event that part way through a shift the need to fill a vacancy through straight time staffing is no longer required, compensation will be at the rate of time and one half (11/2) for the period worked with a minimum of three (3) hours to be paid. In this case the employee’s position on both the call-back callback and replacement staffing list will not be changed. In the event that the replacement staffing shift is cancelled prior to the start of the shift and after the firefighter is in the work place compensation will be for two (2) hours at time and one half (11/2). Straight Time staffing is non-mandatory non‐mandatory on the part of the member.