Common use of Scheduling of Earned Days Off Clause in Contracts

Scheduling of Earned Days Off. The Employer will provide the Union with at least 60 days’ notice before implementing this clause. Notwithstanding any existing hours of work agreement, where an employee’s work schedule provides an earned day off, such scheduled earned days off shall be balanced, as determined by the Employer, throughout the days of the work week in the work unit for all new employees to improve service delivery when recommended by management and approved by an Assistant Deputy Minister or equivalent. New employees are all of those employees, including existing bargaining unit employees, hired in the work unit after the notice is given. Scheduling of earned days off for new employees defined above will be determined by service seniority. Once scheduled, an employee's earned day off will not be changed without mutual agreement with the employee.