Shift Schedules and Training Clause Samples

Shift Schedules and Training. When an Employee attends a training program, the Employer may change the Employee’s scheduled hours of work to the actual number of hours spent receiving training, for each day that the Employee participates in the training program. Where the change prescribed above results in fewer or more hours than the Employee was previously scheduled to work on the day(s) in question, the “extra” or “deficit” hours shall be reduced to zero (0) by November 15th of the calendar year of the completion of the training program, without any loss of pay by the Employee or overtime payments by the Employer as follows: (a) The Employee shall be required to work a corresponding number of hours to make up for any deficit hours; or (b) The Employee shall be scheduled off duty for a corresponding number of hours to offset any extra hours. (c) Where there is mutual agreement, an Employee may receive pay at his/her basic hourly rate for extra hours in lieu of being scheduled off duty in accordance with (b), above. (d) By November 15th of the calendar year the Employee must obtain approval for the extra hours to be used/scheduled by December 31st, any such hours remaining to the Employee’s credit shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1½ x) times the Employee’s basic hourly rate. When Employees are required to attend training on a regular day off, the Employer will schedule a minimum eight (8) hour day except where the training schedule is delivered by a third party in which case the Employer will endeavor to augment the training session in order to schedule a minimum eight (8) hour day. (1) Article 14:01(4) shall not apply to Employees in ES. Due to the nature of Emergency Services the meal period will be paid as Employees need to respond to calls if necessary during their meal period. All meal periods shall be a one-half (1/2) hour (2) The first meal period shall start no sooner that four (4) hours from the start of the shift and no later than five (5) hours from the start of the shift. If Employees do not receive their first meal period within five (5) hours of the commencement of their shift they will immediately notify the on duty Platoon Superintendent If Employees do not receive their first meal period within six (6) hours of the start of the shift, they will be entitled to meal allowance specified in Article 14:04. (3) When working on twelve (12) hour shifts, the second meal period shall start no sooner than nine (9) hours from the start of the shift and no later than...