Reduction in Hours (a) Reduction in hours shall be based on seniority, providing that affected employees have the qualifications to perform the work that is available and that licensing standards can be maintained.
(b) Any regular employee offered a reduction of hours shall have the right to choose layoff as per Article 13.3.
(c) Any regular employee offered a reduction of hours shall be given two (2) weeks’ notice of the reduction.
Personal Business Days Employees may use of to three (3) personal business days, one of which may be an undeclared personal business day, which will be deducted from the employee's sick bank.
A. The following statements will act as guidelines for the local administrator in giving approval to the applicant for personal business days.
B. A personal business day can be granted, but is not mandatory when there is:
(1) A religious holiday not identified in the Agreement.
(2) An appointment at a Federal, State or Local Government office after normal channels have been exhausted.
(3) An involvement in a court of law.
(4) A convocation or honors assembly involving a member of the immediate family.
(5) An appointment to arrange a final settlement or financing the purchase of a home.
(6) A need for being involved in moving from one home to another.
(7) A need to leave early to attend a conference or convention to which he/she is a delegate.
(8) An involvement in a wedding of a member of the immediate family.
(9) A desire to attend a funeral when it is not covered under the sick leave policy.
(10) A desire to be with a person who is ill and which is not covered under the sick leave policy. The above is not an exhaustive list and items may be added during the school year by the consent of both parties.
C. When there is a request for personal business day or days as indicated in Article XII, 7.B, the administrator may charge a portion of the personal business against sick leave with the remaining portion being assumed by the applicant with loss of pay.
D. Personal business days cannot be used for time immediately before or after an established holiday for additional vacation.
E. The administrator may, in unusual circumstances, grant personal business time to a person when the applicant's request is not specifically covered by the listing. The administrator, using his best judgment will take into consideration such items as length of service, attendance, involvement in school's activities and other factors which are pertinent to the case.
F. Personal business days shall be requested at least one week in advance, except in cases of emergency. Approval must be received before the employee takes the time off.
G. Requests shall be made through the Department of Maintenance and Custodial Operations.
Other Than Normal Working Hours Non-prevailing Wage Rate Projects: Work performed from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Monday to Friday, and any time Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays. The Contractor will perform Tasks during Other Than Normal Working Hours for the Unit Price set forth in the CTC multiplied by the Adjustment Factor of: 1.
Rejection During Probation
(a) The Employer may reject any probationary employee for just cause. A rejection during probation shall not be considered a dismissal for the purpose of Clause 10.
Extra Hours For the purpose of Clause 20.13, extra hours means any hours available to be worked in excess of an employee’s regular schedule. The Corporation shall determine the extra hours it requires in each circumstance, and offer such hours to employees working in that Post Office in accordance with the provisions of this Clause.
(a) On each occasion that extra hours are to be worked, opportunities to work the extra hours are to be offered to employees who notify the Postmaster beforehand of their availability, on the basis of the first opportunity to the employee who works the greatest number of regularly scheduled hours per week, last opportunity to the employee who works the least number of regularly scheduled hours per week.
(b) Where two (2) or more employees are working the same number of hours per week, the opportunity shall be first offered to the employee with the longest continuous employment in that Post Office save that an employee who was formerly full-time and whose hours were reduced in accordance with Clause 12.05(a)(i) shall have priority.
(i) In the application of this Clause, it is understood that a Part-Time Assistant shall be granted an opportunity to work extra hours provided that the extra hours do not conflict with her regular schedule, and provided she does not work more than eight (8) hours per day, or forty (40) hours per week.
(ii) Subject to Clause 20.13(c)(i) the Part-Time Assistant who is granted the first opportunity to work extra hours should, while the opportunity lasts, end up working a total number of hours that is not less than the total number of hours worked by the Part-Time Assistant who accepts the second opportunity, and so on for each subsequent opportunity granted.
(d) Where all the extra hours to be worked cannot be covered by application of the principle expressed in (a), employees may be assigned to work the extra hours that cannot be covered, and/or those hours may be covered by other means.
(e) Application of this Clause entails no obligation on the part of the Corporation for equal distribution of extra hours.
