Temporary Reduced Schedule Clause Samples
Temporary Reduced Schedule. If an Employee returns to work from a medical leave on a reduced schedule than he/she was working prior to his/her medical leave or an Employee must work a reduced schedule because of illness, injury, or temporary disability, the Employee shall be considered to be on a partial medical leave and the counting of time on medical leave shall be the amount of time that the Employee’s schedule is reduced.
Temporary Reduced Schedule. The Parties agree that beginning on September 7, 2020, employees in the bargaining unit may, with the approval of their manager and Department Director or designee, choose to temporarily reduce their work schedules from 20 to 40% through June 30, 2021, provided that such reduction in hours meets the operational needs of the department and does not create overtime costs.
A. Employees may end the temporary reduced schedule any time, so long as savings of 80 hours (or prorated hours for less than 1.0 FTE) are met prior to ending the reduction. Employees ending a temporary reduced schedule will give two weeks’ advance notice to their manager of the end date. The change will be effective the Monday of the following work week. In instances where the employee was unable to give two weeks’ advance notice, the end day must be mutually agreed upon by the employee and manager. Requests will not be unreasonably denied.
B. Metro will provide a report to AFSCME of all employees who elect this option that includes the approved reduction of hours from their original FTE designation.
C. Any employee who elects to reduce their schedule, per the terms outlined below, will not be required to participate in the furlough hours described in Section 1 of this agreement so long as such schedule reduction amounts to nothing less than 80 hours of reduced work time or prorated for employees currently in a position less than 1.0