Schedule Selection Process. Employees (other than part-time and employees within their probationary period) shall be included in the schedule selection process, beginning with their highest paid job code seniority. Once the schedule selection process is complete, these schedules shall remain in place until the next schedule pick. All employees picking a fixed bid line will have specific time(s) allotted for the selection process. It is the employee’s responsibility to make sure that they are available for their meeting(s), to phone in for the meeting(s), or have assigned another employee or a manager in writing to make their selection for them if they are on vacation or leave. If an employee is not available at their time and does not assign another employee to make their selection, the employee will be slotted to an available fixed bid line or be assigned into the flex pool. In the event an employee chooses to phone in for their fixed bid line selection, the employee must be available and ready to immediately select their bid line on the telephone once they receive the call from the Employer. If the employee is not available or does not answer the phone when the Employer calls, the employee will be given a 10 minute window of time in which to make the telephone call. If the employee does not return the telephone call to make their bid line selection within 10 minutes, the selection will continue with the next most senior employee making their selection next. Employees, who miss their original selection opportunity, will have their selection acknowledged and slotted at the time they directly talk to a manager and will not be able to bump a less senior employee who has selected a bid line they were originally interested in. Once all fixed bid lines have been selected, remaining employees will be assigned to the flex pool. Once the employee has made their fixed bid line selection, they will immediately complete the Schedule Pick Shift Selection Agreement which will be witnessed by a union staff representative, or their designate, present during the employee’s selection. When a shop xxxxxxx is the designated witness, the Employer will be reimbursed by the Union for all hours on union leave. Employees must be available to work all shifts within the work schedule they have selected or have been assigned. Employees on approved leaves of absence that have confirmed return to work dates within six months of the first day of the shift selection process are permitted to participate in the selection process in order of job code seniority. The Employer will attempt to contact the employee on leave at least two weeks prior to the scheduled selection date.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Schedule Selection Process. Employees
(other than part-time and a) Regular employees within shall select their probationary period) shall be included in the schedule selection process, beginning with their highest paid respective job code work schedules, subject to operational requirements, based on classification seniority. Once the schedule selection process is complete, these schedules shall remain in place until the next schedule pick. .
(b) All employees picking a fixed bid line will have a specific time(s) time allotted for the selection process. It is the employee’s responsibility to make sure that they are available for their meeting(s)meeting, to phone in for receive the meeting(s)call from the Employer, or have assigned another employee or a manager in writing to make their selection for them if they are on vacation or leave. If an employee is not available at their time and does not assign another employee to make their selection, the employee will temporarily be slotted assigned a flex bid line. The schedule selection will continue with the next most senior employee making their selection. When the employee who was not available at their time, becomes available, they will select from the remaining lines and will not be able to an available fixed bump a less senior employee who has selected a bid line before them. Schedule selection may not be challenged or grieved if the process in 14.2(b or c) is followed.
(c) Use of a phone for bid selection may be assigned into used. If the flex pool. In the event an employee chooses elects to phone in for select their fixed bid line selectionby phone, the employee must be available and ready to immediately select their bid line on the telephone once they receive the call from the Employer. If the employee is not available or does not answer the phone when the Employer calls, the employee will be given a 10 ten-minute window of time timeframe in which to make return the telephone call. If the employee does not return the telephone call to make their bid line selection within 10 minutes, the selection will continue with the next most senior employee making their selection next. Employees, who miss their original selection opportunity, The employee phoning in will have their selection acknowledged and slotted at the time they directly talk to a manager of their phone-in and will not be able to bump a less senior employee who has selected their bid line. Phone selection may not be challenged or grieved if the process in 14.2 (b or c) is followed.
(d) Team members, by classification seniority and any specialized skill if required, will select either a full-time fixed, a regular flex, or part-time fixed bid line. Team members may pick any bid line in which they were originally interested in. have a job code.
(1) Once all fixed bid lines have been selected, the remaining employees will must select flex bid lines.
(2) Once all flex bid lines are selected, the remaining team members must select the remaining fixed bid lines.
(3) If, at the end of the schedule pick, a bid line remains vacant, the bid line would be assigned to the flex pool. most junior classification employee.
(e) Once the employee has made their fixed selection and pending all bid line selectionlines being chosen pursuant to 14.2(d), they will immediately complete the a Schedule Pick Shift Selection Agreement which will be completed and witnessed by a an employer and union staff representative, or their designate, present during the employee’s selection. When a shop xxxxxxx is the designated witness, the Employer The union witness will be reimbursed designated by the Union for all hours on union leave. and will be without loss of pay and without interruption to the Employer’s scheduled shift selection process.
(f) Employees must be available to work all shifts within the work schedule they have selected or have been assigned. selected.
(g) Employees on approved leaves of absence that have confirmed return to work dates within of less than six months of the first day of the shift selection process are permitted to participate in the selection process in order of job code classification seniority. The Employer will attempt to contact the employee on leave at least two weeks prior to the scheduled selection date.
(h) Designated days of rest and work schedules that become available during the year after the selection process will be available at the next schedule selection process in order of classification seniority.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Schedule Selection Process. Employees (other than part-time and In each classification, regular employees within will select their probationary period) shall be included work schedule, in order of classification seniority, in June of each year. During the selection process schedule selection process, an employee may drop one or more shifts they select within a block schedule pursuant to 15.12(a)(5). Dropped shifts will then be offered to employees in order of their classification seniority beginning with the employee w ith the greatest classification seniority. Regular employees shall select their highest paid job code seniorityrespective schedules, subject to operational requirements, based on classification seniority within each classification. The allocation of shifts w ithin a line will be limited to a break of at least eight hours from the end of one shift and the start of the next shift. Once the schedule selection process is complete, these schedules shall remain in place until the next schedule pickfrom September to September each year. All employees picking a fixed bid line will have specific time(s) allotted for the selection process. It is the employee’s responsibility to make sure that they are available for their meeting(s), to phone in for the meeting(s), or have assigned another employee or a manager in writing to make their selection for them if they are on vacation or leave. If an employee is not available at their time and does not assign another employee to make their selection, the employee will be slotted to an available fixed bid line or be assigned into the flex pool. In the event an employee chooses to phone in for their fixed bid line selection, the employee must be available and ready to immediately select their bid line on the telephone once they receive the call from the Employer. If the employee is not available or does not answer the phone when the Employer calls, the employee will be given a 10 minute window of time in which to make the telephone call. If the employee does not return the telephone call to make their bid line selection within 10 minutes, the Schedule selection will continue take place on a mutually agreed upon date with the next most senior employee making their selection next. Employees, who miss their original selection opportunity, will have their selection acknowledged and slotted at the time they directly talk to a designated manager and will not be able to bump a less senior employee who has selected a bid line they were originally interested in. Once all fixed bid lines have been selected, remaining employees will be assigned to the flex pool. Once the employee has made their fixed bid line selection, they will immediately complete the Schedule Pick Shift Selection Agreement which will be witnessed by a union staff representative, or their designate, present during the employee’s selection. When a shop xxxxxxx is the designated witness, the Employer will be reimbursed by the Union for all hours on union leaverepresentative. Employees must be available and prepared to work all shifts within the work schedule they have selected or have been assignedmake their selection on that date. Employees on approved leaves of absence that have confirmed return to work dates within six months of the first day of the shift selection process are permitted to Whenever possible, employees shall participate in person. If an employee must participate by phone, the Employer shall provide access to scheduling options prior to an employee's choice of shift. During the selection process process, an employee may drop one or more shifts they select within a block schedule. Dropped shifts will then be offered to employees in order of job code seniority. The Employer will attempt to contact their classification seniority beginning with the employee with the greatest classification seniority . moved to (5) with edits Regular employees shall select their respective schedules, subject to operational requirements, based on leave at least two weeks classification seniority within each classification. Once the schedule selection process is complete, these schedules shall remain in place from September to September each year. Schedule selection will take place on a mutually agreed upon date with a designated manager and the designated union representative. Employees must be available and prepared to make their selection on that date. Whenever possible, employees shall participate in person. If an employee must participate by phone, the Employer shall provide access to scheduling options prior to the scheduled selection datean employee's choice of shift.
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Samples: Ratification Document
Schedule Selection Process. Employees (other than part-time and a) Regular employees within shall select their probationary period) shall be included in the schedule selection processrespective work schedules, beginning with their highest paid subject to operational requirements, based on job code seniorityseniority within each job code. Once the schedule selection process is complete, these schedules shall remain in place until the next schedule pick. .
(b) All employees picking a fixed bid line will have a specific time(s) time allotted for the selection process. It is the employee’s responsibility to make sure that they are available for their meeting(s)meeting, to phone in for receive the meeting(s)call from the employer, or have assigned another employee or a manager in writing to make their selection for them if they are on vacation or leave. If an employee is not available at their time and does not assign another employee to make their selection, the employee will be slotted to an available fixed bid line or automatically be assigned into the a flex poolbid line.
(c) Use of a phone for bid selection will be for rare and exceptional circumstances. In the event an the employee chooses receives approval to phone in for select their fixed bid line selectionby phone, the employee must be available and ready to immediately select their bid line on the telephone once they receive the call from the Employer. If the employee is not available or does not answer the phone when the Employer calls, the employee will be given a 10 ten-minute window of time timeframe in which to make return the telephone call. If the employee does not return the telephone call to make their bid line selection within 10 ten minutes, the selection will continue with the next most senior employee making their selection next. Employees, who miss their original selection opportunity, The employee phoning in will have their selection acknowledged and slotted at the time they directly talk to a manager of their phone-in and will not be able to bump a less senior employee who has selected a their bid line they were originally interested inline. Phone selection cannot be challenged or grieved.
(d) Once all fixed bid lines have been selected, remaining employees team members will be assigned to flex bid lines. Once all flex bidlines are selected, the flex poolremaining employees must select the remaining fixed bidlines. Flex bid lines may not be scheduled with consecutive or specific days off or start times but where possible will be based on seniority.
(e) Once the employee has made their fixed bid line selection, they will immediately complete the Schedule Pick Shift Selection Agreement which will be witnessed by a union staff representative, or their designate, present during the employee’s selection. When a shop xxxxxxx is the designated witness, the Employer will be reimbursed by the Union for all hours on union Union leave. .
(f) Employees must be available to work all shifts within the work schedule they have selected or have been assigned. selected.
(g) Employees on approved leaves of absence that have confirmed return to work dates within of less than six months of the first day of the shift selection process are permitted to participate in the selection process in order of job code seniorityseniority as set out in Subsection (d) above. The Employer will attempt to contact the employee on leave at least two weeks prior to the scheduled selection date.
(h) After the selection process, regular part-time employees may notify the Employer of which additional days of the week they are available to work by completing and submitting an Availability Form. This information will also be used for the purposes set out in Clause 14.6
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Samples: Collective Agreement