THE SELECTION OF SHIFTS BY EMPLOYEES. (a) Following publication of the representative schedules referred to in Article 9.1.04(c), each Regular employee shall be entitled in descending order of seniority, to select his own weekly schedule of five shifts, subject only to the requirement that the legitimate business needs of the Employer be observed.
THE SELECTION OF SHIFTS BY EMPLOYEES. (a) Following publication of the representative schedules referred to in Article each Regular employee shall be entitled in descending order of sen- iority, to select his own weekly schedule of five shifts, subject only to the requirement that the legitimate needs of the Employer be observed. In selecting his weekly schedules of shifts, and when accepting supplementary shifts during the course of given work week, who has provided prior written on a Supple- mentary Employee Record of Scheduling Preferences form (the “Supplementary form”), will be entitled to split his days off for the purpose of his hours in any given work week or in order to obtain his preferred days off, and in any such circumstances the Employer will not be required to pay overtime rates or incur any other penalty. In selecting his weekly schedules of shifts, and when accepting supplementary shifts during the course of any given work week, any employee who has provid- ed prior written on a Supplementary form, will be entitled to select shifts which result in him working more than five consecutive days or more than days in a seven day period, providing that this is done only for the purpose of his hours. In any such circumstances the Employer will not be re- quired to pay overtime rates or any other penalty. Each Supplementary form shall remain in force until re- placed by another Supplementary form. No employee may in any event work more than five days within any work week as defined in paragraph herein, unless he is paid at double his straight time hourly rate. For the purposes of this Article only, “work week” means a fixed seven-day period established for scheduling purposes by the Employer, which may not be altered without the consent of the Union. The specific work weeks in effect at the date of executing this Agreement are set out in the Appendix numbered 3 which is attached to, and which forms part of the Agreement, and may not be amended without the mutual consent of both parties. Any Regular employee who has registered a pref- erence to work less than full-time hours, shall be enti- tled, in descending order of seniority, to be excused from working his weekly schedule of five shifts in any specific work week, providing that there is an employ- ee within the same department and classification avail- able to work the shift or shifts in question at normal straight-time rates. Having selected his preferred weekly schedule of shifts, a Regular employee will not be entitled to make ch...
