Rest Between Assignments Clause Samples
The "Rest Between Assignments" clause establishes a mandatory period of rest for individuals between the completion of one assignment and the start of another. Typically, this clause specifies a minimum number of hours or days that must elapse before a person can be assigned new duties, ensuring they have adequate time to recover. Its core practical function is to protect the well-being of workers by preventing fatigue and overwork, thereby promoting safety and sustained productivity.
Rest Between Assignments on consecutive days 3.09 Wages (4*, 8, 10-hour calls)
Rest Between Assignments. (a) Technicians shall be allowed at least ten (10) hours of rest between the completion of any one (1) day’s assignment (including any overtime hours) and the beginning of the next day’s assignment. In addition to any other compensation, when a Technician begins work less than ten (10) hours after the end of his previous assignment, he shall receive penalty pay of fifty percent (50%) of the hourly rate of the applicable “5 years and over” rate for each hour, or fraction of any hour, by which such ten (10) hour rest period is reduced, except when a lesser rest period, but not less than eight (8) hours, is agreed to by the Union in order to provide a regular rotation of shifts. If the rest period is eliminated due to a continuous assignment, the Technician shall receive ten (10) hours penalty pay but in no case more than ten
Rest Between Assignments. (a) Technicians shall be allowed at least ten (10) hours of rest between the completion of any one (1) day’s assignment (including any overtime hours) and the beginning of the next day’s assignment. In addition to any other compensation, when a Technician begins work less than ten (10) hours after the end of his previous assignment, he shall receive penalty pay of fifty percent (50%) of the hourly rate of the applicable “5 years and over” rate for each hour, or fraction of any hour, by which such ten (10) hour rest period is reduced, except when a lesser rest period, but not less than eight (8) hours, is agreed to by the Union in order to provide a regular rotation of shifts. If the rest period is eliminated due to a continuous assignment, the Technician shall receive ten (10) hours penalty pay but in no case more than ten (10) hours. In the case of such continuous assignment or in the event the Technician does not receive at least five (5) hours of rest prior to the beginning of his next assignment, work during scheduled-hours following such period shall be paid at the rate of one- half (1/2) times the regular straight time hourly rate of pay to a maximum of eight (8) hours (except that for work on a day off, such rate shall apply to all hours worked), in addition to any other compensation to which such Technician may be entitled. In the event the Technician receives at least five (5) hours of rest between the completion of any one (1) day’s assignment (including any overtime hours) and the beginning of the next day’s assignment, no additional compensation shall be payable for work during scheduled hours following such period.
Rest Between Assignments. Staff and per diem employees shall be given a break of at least twelve (12) hours between the completion of an assignment (which for this purpose shall include any overtime worked) and the commencement of the next assignment. In addition to any other compensation, a staff or per diem employee shall receive a penalty of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each hour by which such twelve (12) hour break period is reduced. For purposes of calculating the penalty pay in the previous sentence only, the employee shall receive the entire ten-dollar ($10.00) penalty payment for an hour within the 12-hour break period if he or she works any portion of such hour.