Temporary Reduction Of Hours. (a) A permanent full-time or part-time Employee, may request to temporarily reduce her hours of work for a period of up to one year provided they are not on probation or trial, or in a temporary position. The request may be approved subject to operational considerations. An extension of up to one additional year may be granted. Upon mutual agreement between the Employee and the Employer, further extensions may be granted. The Employee will revert to their previous hours of work upon completion of the approved period.
(b) Any employee wishing to make such request shall do so in writing to the Employer, giving at least twenty-eight (28) days notice prior to the time at which reduction is requested. The Employer shall provide the Employee with written reasons if a request for a reduction of hours is denied.
(c) Either the Employer or the Employee may, with twenty-eight
Temporary Reduction Of Hours. (a) A permanent full-time Employee, not on probation or trial, may request to temporarily reduce her hours of work for a period of up to one year. The request may be approved subject to operational considerations. An extension of up to one additional year may be granted. The Employee will revert to full-time upon completion of the approved period.
(b) The provisions of Article 17.01 will otherwise apply.
Temporary Reduction Of Hours. (a) A permanent full-time or part-time Employee, not on probation or trial, may request to temporarily reduce her hours of work for a period of up to one year. The request may be approved subject to operational considerations. An extension of up to one additional year may be granted. Upon mutual agreement between the Employee and the Employer, further extensions may be granted. The Employee will revert to their previous hours of work upon completion of the approved period.
(b) Any employee wishing to make such request shall do so in writing to the Employer, giving at least twenty- eight (28) days notice prior to the time at which reduction is requested. The Employer shall provide the Employee with written reasons if a request for a reduction of hours is denied.
(c) Either the Employer or the Employee may, with twenty- eight (28) days notice in writing, end a temporary reduction of hours prior to its original expiry. Where the Employer elects that the Employee return to their previous hours of work prior to the expiration of the approved reduction, written rationale will be provided by the Employer.
(d) Article 21.03 Temporary Vacancies shall apply where the reduced hours have been filled temporarily.
(e) Any Employee choosing to reduce her hours in this way will have the benefits of this agreement and be
(f) Where two or more Employees have applied for a reduction in hours and operational considerations would not permit both or all of them to reduce their hours of work, selection shall be based on seniority.
Temporary Reduction Of Hours. If a temporary reduction in hours is necessary, the Employer shall reduce hours in the following manner:
1. The Employer shall first ask for volunteers who wish to reduce their hours within the affected job role at the affected health center. If there are multiple volunteers, then the Employer will accept volunteers in the following order:
(1) Employees scheduled to work or working outside their home health center in seniority order starting with the most senior; (2) Travelers scheduled to work or working at the affected health center in seniority order starting with the most senior; and (3) home health center employees in rotating seniority order, starting the rotation with the most senior employee scheduled to work or working the shift(s) and progressing to the least senior employee scheduled to work or working the shift(s).
2. If there are no volunteers, the Employer will reduce hours within the affected job role at the affected health center in the following order:
(1) Employees scheduled to work or working outside their home health center in seniority order starting with the least senior;
(2) Travelers scheduled to work or working at the affected health center in seniority order starting with least senior; and (3) home health center employees in rotating seniority order, starting the rotation with the least senior employee working or scheduled to work the shift(s) and progressing to the most senior employee working or scheduled to work the shift(s).
3. Bargaining Unit Employees who volunteer to temporarily reduce their hours or who have had their hours temporarily reduced have the option of using paid annual leave, if the Bargaining Unit Employee has accrued paid annual leave. If the Bargaining Unit Employee chooses not to use available paid annual leave, then the Bargaining Unit Employee will not be paid for time not worked.
4. Prior to temporarily reducing hours, the Employer shall give affected employees as much notice as practicable.
Temporary Reduction Of Hours. If a temporary surplus of Nurses in a department exists, and after the Hospital has attempted to assign the surplus Nurses to other departments where they are qualified to work, the following reduction of hours (ROH) procedure in order of appearance shall be utilized for each shift provided that skill mix requirements are met:
