Time Off Between Shifts Failure to provide the minimum number of hours between the commencement of an employee's scheduled shift and the commencement of such employee's next scheduled shift shall result in payment of one and one-half (1½) times the employee's regular straight time hourly rate for only those hours which reduce the minimum hour period. Where the minimum period is reduced as a result of an approved change of shift(s) requested by the employee(s), such premium payment shall not apply. The minimum number of hours for purposes of this Article shall be determined locally and will be set out in the Local Provisions Appendix.
Hours Worked For the purpose of computing the number of hours worked, all time during which an employee is in paid status shall be construed as hours worked.
Minimum Break between Shifts (a) Where it is necessary to work extended overtime, it is agreed that no Employee shall resume or continue to work without having had ten consecutive hours off duty between the termination of the overtime and the commencement of the Employee’s ordinary work on the next day or shift.
(b) In the event that an Employee agrees to a request from site management to resume or continue to work without having had ten consecutive hours off duty, the Employee shall be paid at double ordinary time rates until the Employee is released from duty for such period.
Standard Work Week The standard work week for full-time employees covered by this Agreement shall be forty (40) hours, exclusive of the time allotted for meal periods, consisting of five (5) consecutive work days followed by two (2) consecutive days off. The week shall commence with the shift that includes 12:01 A.M. Sunday of each calendar week and end at the start of the shift that includes 12:00 midnight the following Saturday. The Employer retains the right to modify the work schedules to meet operational needs.
Compensation for Holidays Falling Within Vacation Schedule If a paid holiday falls on or is observed during an Employee's vacation period, she shall be allowed an additional vacation day with pay at a time mutually agreed upon by the Employer and the Employee.
Annual Leave Loading During a period of annual leave an employee will receive a loading of 17.5 per cent calculated on the employee’s normal hourly rate of pay and the daily fares allowance if applicable. The loading will also apply to proportionate leave on lawful termination.
WORKING HOURS AND OVERTIME 8.1 The normal working day shall be 8 consecutive hours exclusive of meal period. The normal work week shall be 40 hours.
8.1.1 The Company may, where required, institute 10-hour (exclusive of meal period)/4 day per week driver positions in accordance with Article 5.2.
8.2 Warehousepersons B shall be paid a minimum of 3 hours’ pay at the straight time rate, and if required to perform work beyond 3 hours shall be paid on the minute basis for work in excess of 3 hours. Such work will be offered in order of length of Company service.
8.3 The normal work week shall be Monday to Friday with rest days Sunday and Saturday; however, due to the operational requirements of the Company, a departure to rest days of Sunday and Monday or two consecutive days during the week may, to meet operational necessity, be instituted. Possible use of rest days other than Saturday, Sunday or Monday, where these may be required under this Agreement, to be explored by the parties.
8.4 All hours worked in excess of 8 hours in any one day, or 40 hours in any one week, shall be paid at one and one-half times the hourly rate of pay. This does not apply to positions as outlined in Article 8.1.1.
8.4.1 All hours worked in excess of 10 hours in any one day, or 40 hours in any one week, as specified in Article 8.1.1 shall be paid at one and one-half times the hourly rate of pay.
8.5 Employees, if required to work on regularly assigned rest days, shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half time on the actual minute basis with a minimum payment of 4 hours at the pro rata hourly rate.
8.6 Where work is required by the Company to be performed on a day which is not part of any assignment, it may be performed by an available extra or unassigned employee who will otherwise not have 40 hours of work that week. Overtime shall be allocated on the basis of seniority wherever possible, in a voluntary manner, within the work classification and shifts, provided the employee is capable of performing the duties; however, upon reaching the bottom of the seniority list in that classification and shift, the junior employee(s) will be required, in reverse order, to work the overtime.
8.7 Excluding Linehaul operations, employees shall not be required to take more than 60 minutes for a meal period and, if practical, 30-minute meal period will be utilized. Lunch hour for employees holding City Tractor or Driver Representative positions will commence between the end of the third hour of the shift and the end of the sixth hour of the shift. This clause only applies to employees holding bulletin positions.
8.8 All employees working in excess of three (3) hours will receive a fifteen (15) minute paid coffee break. A fifteen (15) minute coffee break without loss of pay will commence after approximately two hours of work, or at or about the mid-point of the first half after an employee reports for duty. A second fifteen (15) minute paid coffee break shall be after six hours of work where the tour of duty is in excess of six hours. There will be a third paid15 minute break if 3 hours of overtime are completed. This break is to be taken after the second hour of overtime has been completed. These breaks shall not be cumulative.
8.9 Employees shall be allowed to elect to bank overtime in lieu of pay to maximum of 40 hours at the rate of one and one-half hours banked for every one hour worked. Overtime worked will automatically be used to replenish the bank to the maximum of 40 hours during the course of the year. Any balance of banked overtime unused will be carried over to the next year unless the employee gives notice to withdraw from the program or requests to be paid out any unused portion as indicated in 8.9.1.
8.9.1 A request to bank overtime must be made in writing and received by the Company by March 7th of the year. Banked overtime will continue unless the Company is notified by the employee he wishes to opt out of the program. Upon written request to the Company by March 7th of each year an employee shall be entitled to be paid for all unused banked hours accumulated for the previous year. The Company will issue payment by March 31st. Banked overtime accumulation will be discontinued effective the first pay period in November until the last pay period in December inclusive each year. During this period employees will be able to withdraw banked overtime already accumulated, however all overtime worked in this period will be paid as part of the regular pay process. Banked overtime shall be secondary to annual vacations. The Company officer in charge or their designate must approve all requests, in writing, for leave to be drawn on banked time. An employee will make their request in writing 7 working days prior to the requested time off. Laid off employees will be allowed to withdraw banked time on days when no work is made available to them.
8.9.2 An employee off duty due to bona fide illness who is not claiming Short Term Disability Benefits payments will be permitted to use accumulated Banked Overtime as of the second day of their absence.
8.9.3 An employee off duty due to bone fide illness who is eligible to receive Short Term Disability benefit payments will be permitted to use accumulated Banked Overtime to offset the three- day waiting period required by the STD plan.
8.9.4 When a request to use Banked Overtime is granted, it will not be withdrawn after approval unless otherwise agreed by the employee and the supervisor.
8.9.5 Banked Overtime may be used in the event of a shortage of work occurs and the Company asks for volunteers to take a day off. Should the employee wish to use an annual vacation day or Banked Overtime Day to compensate for the days lost earnings, their request will not be denied.
Hour Shifts When the Employer deems it necessary to implement a twelve (12) hour work day, affected employees shall be notified pursuant to Clause 14.05. The following Clauses shall be replaced or added to the Collective Agreement where appropriate.
Holiday Falling on a Scheduled Workday An Employee who works on a designated holiday which is a scheduled workday shall be compensated at the rate of double time for hours worked, plus a day off in lieu of the holiday; except for Christmas and New Year's when the compensation shall be at the rate of double time and one-half (2½) for hours worked, plus a day off subject to this Agreement.
Vacation Selection Employees who have not selected their vacation periods by November 15th shall not be entitled later to select vacation periods by seniority. Employees who do not select all of their vacation entitlements on the calendar shall be allowed to schedule vacation at a later date, provided that this selection does not affect the scheduled vacations of other employees.
