Common use of SHIFT PATTERNS AND WORK SCHEDULES Clause in Contracts

SHIFT PATTERNS AND WORK SCHEDULES. 6.1 Subject to definitions 16 and 34 of the Master Agreement and the provisions of Articles 14—Hours of Work, and 15—Shift (a) Recognized work day lengths and shift patterns will be those set out in Appendix C—Work Schedules. (1) Wherever possible meal periods will be provided away from the work station within the middle two and one-half hours of the shift. (2) Where an employee has commenced their daily work assignment, in a post that provides for an unpaid meal period and they are advised that they are required to work during the meal period, they shall be compensated at overtime rates for the meal period. (3) Accordingly pursuant to the provisions of Clause 14.1 of the Master Agreement, and except as otherwise noted herein, the meal period taken away from the work station will be excluded from the total hours of work of the employee. (c) The normal meal period will not be less than one-half hour and not more than one hour provided that where the employee is receiving a paid meal period, it shall not exceed one-half hour. Lengthening of the scheduled work day will not be achieved by expanding the normal meal period except by mutual agreement. (d) Employees who are required to eat their meals at their work station shall have the meal period scheduled with pay within their work day. (e) Starting and finishing times shall be negotiated at the local level. The new schedules, once negotiated, shall be posted as per Clause 15.3 of the Master Agreement. (f) Days off before and after an employee is changed to a new shift schedule shall be scheduled to ensure that the hours worked are equal to those set out in Article 14—Hours of Work, of the Master Agreement. (g) Except where otherwise mutually agreed, where a program requires an employee to sleep on site the employee will be paid at one-half the straight time rate for the designated sleep-in period which hours will not be included in regular hours of work. (h) Each employee is required to report for duty at their work station at the commencement of their scheduled shift. (i) Where employees are employed in camps, it is agreed that subject to emergency requirements, no employee shall be required to be on the site for more than 80 consecutive hours. (j) Shifts shall be rotated on an equitable basis among the employees involved.

SHIFT PATTERNS AND WORK SCHEDULES. 6.1 Subject to definitions 16 and 34 of the Master Agreement and the provisions of Articles 14—Hours of Work, and 15—ShiftShift Work of the Master Agreement, the following provisions apply with respect to hours of work, work schedules and starting and finishing times: (a) Recognized work day lengths and shift patterns will be those set out in Appendix C—Work Schedules. (1) Wherever possible meal periods will be provided away from the work station within the middle two and one-half hours of the shift. (2) Where an employee has commenced their daily work assignment, in a post that provides for an unpaid meal period and they are advised that they are required to work during the meal period, they shall be compensated at overtime rates for the meal period. (3) Accordingly pursuant to the provisions of Clause 14.1 of the Master Agreement, and except as otherwise noted herein, the meal period taken away from the work station will be excluded from the total hours of work of the employee. (c) The normal meal period will not be less than one-half hour and not more than one hour provided that where the employee is receiving a paid meal period, it shall not exceed one-half hour. Lengthening of the scheduled work day will not be achieved by expanding the normal meal period except by mutual agreement. (d) Employees who are required to eat their meals at their work station shall have the meal period scheduled with pay within their work day. (e) Starting and finishing times shall be negotiated at the local level. The new schedules, once negotiated, shall be posted as per Clause 15.3 of the Master Agreement. (f) Days off before and after an employee is changed to a new shift schedule shall be scheduled to ensure that the hours worked are equal to those set out in Article 14—Hours of Work, of the Master Agreement. (g) Except where otherwise mutually agreed, where a program requires an employee to sleep on site the employee will be paid at one-half the straight time rate for the designated sleep-in period which hours will not be included in regular hours of work. (h) Each employee is required to report for duty at their work station at the commencement of their scheduled shift. (i) Where employees are employed in camps, it is agreed that subject to emergency requirements, no employee shall be required to be on the site for more than 80 consecutive hours. (j) Shifts shall be rotated on an equitable basis among the employees involved.