Common use of Scheduling of Hours Clause in Contracts

Scheduling of Hours. A. Staff hours are based on the number of children attending the child care program at a particular site. Because the number of children attending the program varies from day to day, fluctuations in staff hours and schedules may occur. The Board will determine the hours employees are needed to work and will post a schedule each Friday for the upcoming week. B. The Board will assign hours to employees based on job classification, seniority, qualifications, program needs, and the needs of the individual sites. C. Whenever possible, child care leaders with the highest seniority at a particular site will be given the most available hours at that site. D. Hours will be reduced when the attendance of children is lower than expected on a given day at a particular site. Whenever possible, child care leaders with the lowest seniority will have their hours reduced after child care assistants, unless a higher seniority child care leader either: 1. volunteers to have her/his hours reduced on that day, or 2. is unable to work the available hours as determined by the supervisor. E. Employees who have their hours reduced on any given day or week may be required to work on a temporary basis if needed at another site within their zone during their regularly scheduled hours. Employees shall be eligible for mileage reimbursement in accordance with the Flint Community School District’s policy regarding mileage reimbursement for miles driven to and from the alternative work site. The District shall provide transportation to those employees who are requested to work at an alternative site and lack a means of transportation to the site. F. Non-probationary employees who have had their hours reduced by more than fifty (50) percent for more than forty-five (45) working days may displace the least senior employee within the program working the same or as near the same number of hours per week and the same or as near the same number of weeks per year prior to the reduction, provided such employee has more seniority than the employee to be displaced. Employees shall not be permitted to displace other employees who work more hours per week and/or more weeks per year than they do. The Board will determine and notify the employee to be displaced. G. Employees who have no hours at their assigned sites will be considered displaced employees. These employees will be eligible to substitute at other sites that have hours available. Job assignments will be based on seniority, qualifications, program needs and the needs of the individual sites. This procedure will remain in effect during the school year, summer and during breaks. If there are concerns about a displaced employee’s ability to perform the job, a meeting will be held with the employee, administration, and the Union for resolution.

Scheduling of Hours. A. Staff hours are based on the number of children attending the child care program at a particular site. Because the number of children attending the program varies from day to day, fluctuations in staff hours hours, schedules, and schedules assignments may occur. The Board will determine the hours employees are needed to work and will post a schedule each Friday for the upcoming week. B. The Board will assign hours to employees based on job classification, seniority, qualifications, program needs, and the needs of the individual sites. C. Whenever possible, child care leaders assistants with the highest seniority at a particular site will be given the most available hours at that site. D. Hours will be reduced when the attendance of children is lower than expected on a given day at a particular site. Whenever possible, child care leaders assistants with the lowest seniority will have their hours reduced after child care assistants, first unless a higher seniority child care leader assistant either: 1. volunteers to have her/his hours reduced on that day, or 2. is unable to work the available hours as determined by the supervisor. E. Employees who have their hours reduced on any given day or week may be required to work on a temporary basis if needed at another site within their zone during their regularly scheduled hours. Employees shall be eligible for mileage reimbursement in accordance with the Flint Community School District’s policy regarding mileage reimbursement for miles driven to and from the alternative work site. The District shall provide transportation to those employees who are requested to work at an alternative site and lack a means of transportation to the site. F. Non-probationary employees who have had their hours reduced by more than fifty (50) percent for more than forty-five (45) working days may displace the least senior employee within the program working the same or as near the same number of hours per week and the same or as near the same number of weeks per year prior to the reduction, provided such employee has more seniority than the employee to be displaced. Employees shall not be permitted to displace other employees who work more hours per week and/or more weeks per year than they do. The Board will determine and notify the employee to be displaced. G. Employees who have no hours at their assigned sites will be considered displaced employees. These employees will be eligible to substitute at other sites that have hours available. Job assignments will be based on seniority, qualifications, program needs and the needs of the individual sites. This procedure will remain in effect during the school year, summer and during breaks. If there are concerns about a displaced employee’s ability to perform the job, a meeting will be held with the employee, administration, and the Union for resolution.

Scheduling of Hours. A. Staff hours are based on Except where otherwise mutually agreed to between the number of children attending the child care program at a particular site. Because the number of children attending the program varies from day to day, fluctuations in staff hours and schedules may occur. The Board will determine the hours employees are needed to work and will post a schedule each Friday for the upcoming week. B. The Board will assign hours to employees based on job classification, seniority, qualifications, program needs, and the needs of the individual sites. C. Whenever possibleemployee, child care leaders with the highest seniority at a particular site will be given the most available hours at that site. D. Hours will be reduced when the attendance of children is lower than expected on a given day at a particular site. Whenever possible, child care leaders with the lowest seniority will have their hours reduced after child care assistants, unless a higher seniority child care leader either: 1. volunteers to have her/his hours reduced on that day, or 2. is unable to work the available hours as determined by the supervisor. E. Employees who have their hours reduced on any given day or week may be required to work on a temporary basis if needed at another site within their zone during their regularly scheduled hours. Employees shift schedules shall be eligible for mileage reimbursement in accordance with the Flint Community School District’s policy regarding mileage reimbursement for miles driven to and from the alternative work site. The District shall provide transportation to those employees who are requested to work at following: an alternative site and lack a means of transportation to the site. F. Non-probationary employees who have had their hours reduced by more than fifty (50) percent for more than forty-five (45) working days may displace the least senior employee within the program working the same or as near the same number of hours per week and the same or as near the same number of weeks per year prior to the reduction, provided such employee has more seniority than the employee to be displaced. Employees shall not be permitted scheduled to displace work more than six consecutive days; the Employer will schedule employees with every second weekend off, by seniority, as far as possible; this provision does not apply when employees mutually agree to exchange shifts or when an employee accepts or requests a shift at her own discretion. an employee may exchange shifts with another employee provided that the Employer incurs no additional costs as a result of such shift changes. Shift schedules covering a four (4) week period will be posted two weeks in advance. If an employee would like to request that he be allowed to have specific days off, he may do so by submitting such to the Department Head one (1) week in advance of such posting. Once the Schedule is posted, specific days off will be allowed only under extenuating circumstances. No changes will be made except by mutual agreement of the employees involved and the Employer. In the event employees, of their own accord and for their own personal convenience, arrange to change shifts with appropriate qualified other employees, with prior approval of the Department Head, the Employer reserves the right to request signed statements from such employees and shall not be responsible or liable for any overtime rate claims and non-compliance with the above provisions that may arise or accrue as a result of the exchange of shifts. Such permission shall not be unreasonably denied. Employees who work more overtime will not be required to take time off in regular hours per week and/or more weeks per year than they doto make up for overtime worked, but may take time off equivalent to overtime by mutual agreement. The Board will determine and notify the employee to be displaced. G. Employees who have no hours at their assigned sites will be considered displaced employees. These employees will be eligible to substitute at other sites that have hours available. Job assignments will Overtime shall be based on seniority, qualifications, program needs and the needs of the individual sites. This procedure will remain in effect during the school year, summer and during breaks. If there are concerns about a displaced employee’s ability to perform the job, a meeting will be held with the employee's regular rate of pay and there shall not be any pyramiding of overtime under this Article. An employee who is absent on paid time during his scheduled work week because of sickness, administrationbereavement, and holidays, vacation, or union leave on scheduled days of work shall be considered as if he had worked during his regular scheduled hours during such absence for the Union calculation of eligibility for resolutionovertime rate.