Common use of Shift Preferences Clause in Contracts

Shift Preferences. The provisions of this Paragraph H govern filling shift vacancies for jobs in which an Agency employs employees to work more than one (1) shift. They do not apply to any other types of jobs, other circumstances, or any other vacant positions. 1. During the first two (2) weeks of January of each calendar year, employees who are employed in a job in which an Agency employs employees to work more than one (1) shift and who have successfully completed their initial probationary period may submit to their program or department head a request to be assigned to a different shift if a vacancy on a different shift for the same job arises during the year. Such employees hired after the first two (2) weeks in January may submit such a request within two (2) weeks after successfully completing their initial probationary period. Requests must be limited to the same department or program and the same work site and in the same job in which an employee is employed at the time of a request. No other requests for a change of shift assignment may be made and no others will be considered. 2. Seniority, skill, experience, disciplinary history that may be considered for imposing discipline under Article XIII, Paragraph E, and ability to perform the job on the shift an employee has requested will be taken into account in filling a shift vacancy, it being recognized by the Agencies and the Union that the capability of an employee to work on a shift that is more heavily staffed and supervised than a different shift does not necessarily give an employee the ability to work on such a different shift. In the event that skill, experience, disciplinary history that may be considered for imposing discipline under Article XIII, Paragraph E, and ability to perform the job on the requested shift are relatively equal as between employees who have requested it, then seniority shall prevail. 3. The provisions of this Paragraph H supersede the posting and notification requirements of Article XI, A as to shift vacancies where any employee qualified to request a shift change under this Paragraph has made request permitted by this paragraph. If no such request has been made, the provisions of Article XI, A shall apply. The provisions of this Paragraph H do not supersede the provisions of Paragraph G of this Article immediately above.