WORK SCHEDULES AND HOURS. Management retains the right to determine the number of hours, and start times of each shift, to be worked within each department and store. Daily scheduled shifts shall not be less than four (4) hours or more than eight (8) hours, at straight-time. Not later than ten (10) days prior to the start of any workweek, management shall post a list of shifts for each department. Non- management, employees shall be allowed to select their schedule from the posted list of shifts for which they are qualified to perform, in seniority order, within their department. Full-time employees shall select first, followed by part-time employees. No employee shall be allowed to select a schedule that will result in overtime or other penalty provisions, unless expressly authorized by management. The Employee’s selection shall be recorded on a master work schedule. Employees shall not be permitted to select a portion of a shift. Prior to the start of the selection process, management shall identify approved vacation requests on the schedule. Management may allow employees of one department to select shifts in another department. In this event, the employee must be qualified as defined herein, to perform the work of the other department. In addition, management reserves the right to assign, at its discretion, employees to, and designate the starting times of, any ordering shift. Employees must immediately make their shift selections at the time directed by management. If an employee fails to promptly select, management shall select on behalf of the employee based on the employee’s last written scheduling preference request. In this event, the employee waives all rights to grieve management’s scheduling selection. Unless otherwise approved, or as the result of a reduction in hours, no full-time employee shall select less than forty (40) hours and no part- time employee shall select less than twenty (20) hours per week. Management may require junior employees to select a specific number of shifts so as to facilitate the selection of all shifts from the list. In the event an employee is left with less than minimum hours, but has not been zeroed out, management may pull shifts in reverse seniority order from senior employees to get such employee to minimum hours, or management may elect to zero such employee out and assign any remaining hours in seniority order to senior employees. The master schedule must be completed and posted by 9:00 AM on Friday prior to the start of the next workweek. Such schedule shall not be changed by management for that workweek except where such change is predicated on circumstances beyond the control of management such as sickness, injury, leaves of absence, vacations, jury duty, funeral leave, significant fluctuations in sales volume, utility failure or Acts of God. Nothing in this section should be construed as preventing management from calling in employees for extra work outside of the posted schedule, from requiring overtime work outside of the posted schedule, or from bringing in additional employees where it appears advisable in the opinion of management. If the schedule is changed pursuant to this section, and hours are reduced, then the master schedule shall be re-bid downward, from the point of the schedule change. If hours are added, such hours shall be assigned as provided in the additional hours section of this Agreement. Part-Time Courtesy Clerks shall be scheduled for at least minimum hours, if available, at management’s discretion. For purposes of this Article; non-management positions are defined as those below the level of Department Head, Assistant Department Head and Head Clerk. Time spent by employees selecting shifts shall not be considered compensable work time, but, notwithstanding, management may permit employees to select shifts on Company time. To be considered qualified, the employee must have worked in the job assignment for a minimum of six (6) months within the last two (2) years. However, employees shall be qualified grocery/GM stocking or checking position if the employee has worked a minimum of three (3) months as a checker or xxxxxxx within the last three (3) years. Training hours, as designated by management, shall not be subject to selection by employees.
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WORK SCHEDULES AND HOURS. Management retains the right to determine the number of hours, and start times and stop time of each shift, to be worked within each department and store. Daily scheduled shifts shall not be less than four (4) hours or more than eight (8) hours, hours at straight-straight time. Not later than ten (10) days prior to the start of any workweek, management shall post a list of shifts for each department. Non- managementNon-Management, employees shall be allowed to select their schedule from the posted list of shifts for which they are qualified to perform, in seniority order, within their department. Full-time Time employees shall select first, followed by partPart-time Time employees. No employee shall be allowed to select a schedule that will result in overtime or other penalty provisionsprovision, unless expressly authorized by management. The Employeeemployee’s selection shall be recorded on a master work schedule. Employees shall not be permitted to select a portion of a shift. Prior to the start of the selection process, management shall identify approved vacation requests on the schedule. Employees may request, subject to availability, to take not more than one (1) of their personal holidays per calendar year on a specific day to be scheduled prior to the selection of shifts by other employees. Management may allow employees of one department to select shifts in another department. In this event, the employee must be qualified as defined herein, to perform the work of the other department. In addition, management reserves the right to assign, at its discretion, employees to, and designate the starting times time of, any ordering shift. Employees must immediately make their shift selections at the time directed by management. If an employee fails to promptly select, management shall select on behalf of the employee based on the employee’s last written scheduling preference request. In this event, the employee waives all rights to grieve management’s scheduling selection. Unless otherwise approved, or as the result of a reduction in hours, no fullFull-time Time employee shall select less than forty (40) hours and no part- time Part-Time employee shall select less than twenty (20) hours per week. Management may require junior employees to select a specific number of shifts so as to facilitate the selection of all shifts from the list. In the event an employee is left with less than minimum hours, but has not been zeroed out, management may pull shifts in reverse seniority order from senior employees to get such employee to minimum hours, or management may elect to zero such employee out and assign any remaining hours in seniority Seniority order to senior employees. The master Master schedule must be completed and posted by 9:00 AM am on Friday prior to the start of the next workweek. Such schedule shall not be changed by management for that particular workweek except where such change is predicated on circumstances beyond the control of management such as sickness, injury, leaves of absence, vacations, jury duty, funeral leave, significant fluctuations in sales volume, utility failure or Acts of God. Nothing in this section should be construed as preventing management from calling in employees for extra work outside of the posted schedule, from requiring overtime work outside of the posted schedule, or from bringing in additional employees where it appears advisable in the opinion of management. management If the schedule is changed pursuant to this section, and hours are reduced, then the master schedule shall be re-bid downward, from the point of the schedule change. If hours are added, such hours shall be assigned as provided in the additional hours section of this Agreement. Part-Time Courtesy Clerks shall be scheduled for at least minimum hours, if available, at management’s discretion. For purposes of this Article; , non-management positions are defined as those below the level of Department Head, Assistant Department Head and Head ClerkDeli Manager. Time spent by employees selecting shifts shall not be considered compensable work timework. Time, but, notwithstanding, management may permit employees to select shifts on Company time. To be considered qualified, the employee must have been previously classified as, trained for and have worked in the job assignment for a minimum of six (6) months within the last two (2) years. However, employees shall be qualified grocery/GM stocking or checking position if the employee has worked a minimum of three (3) months as a checker or xxxxxxx within the last three (3) years. Training hours, as designated by management, shall not be subject to selection by employees.. LETTER OF AGREEMENT # 10
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WORK SCHEDULES AND HOURS. Management retains the right to determine the number of hours, and start times of each shift, to be worked within each department and store. Daily scheduled shifts shall not be less than four (4) hours or more than eight (8) hours, at straight-time. Not later than ten (10) days prior to the start of any workweek, management shall post a list of shifts for each department. Non- Non-management, employees shall be allowed to select their schedule from the posted list of shifts for which they are qualified to perform, in seniority order, within their department. Full-time employees shall select first, followed by part-time employees. No employee shall be allowed to select a schedule that will result in overtime or other penalty provisions, unless expressly authorized by management. The Employee’s selection shall be recorded on a master work schedule. Employees shall not be permitted to select a portion of a shift. Prior to the start of the selection process, management shall identify approved vacation requests on the schedule. Management may allow employees of one department to select shifts in another department. In this event, the employee must be qualified as defined herein, to perform the work of the other department. In addition, management reserves the right to assign, at its discretion, employees to, and designate the starting times of, any ordering shift. Employees must immediately make their shift selections at the time directed by management. If an employee fails to promptly select, management shall select on behalf of the employee based on the employee’s last written scheduling preference request. In this event, the employee waives all rights to grieve management’s scheduling selection. Unless otherwise approved, or as the result of a reduction in hours, no full-time employee shall select less than forty (40) hours and no part- part-time employee shall select less than twenty (20) hours per week. Management may require junior employees to select a specific number of shifts so as to facilitate the selection of all shifts from the list. In the event an employee is left with less than minimum hours, but has not been zeroed out, management may pull shifts in reverse seniority order from senior employees to get such employee to minimum hours, or management may elect to zero such employee out and assign any remaining hours in seniority order to senior employees. The master schedule must be completed and posted by 9:00 AM on Friday prior to the start of the next workweek. Such schedule shall not be changed by management for that workweek except where such change is predicated on circumstances beyond the control of management such as sickness, injury, leaves of absence, vacations, jury duty, funeral leave, significant fluctuations in sales volume, utility failure or Acts of God. Nothing in this section should be construed as preventing management from calling in employees for extra work outside of the posted schedule, from requiring overtime work outside of the posted schedule, or from bringing in additional employees where it appears advisable in the opinion of management. If the schedule is changed pursuant to this section, and hours are reduced, then the master schedule shall be re-bid downward, from the point of the schedule change. If hours are added, such hours shall be assigned as provided in the additional hours section of this Agreement. Upon mutual agreement between the Union and the Company, management may establish a fixed number of 4, ten-hour work schedules for full- time employees. Such schedules shall be listed on the schedule of shifts and may be selected by any qualified employee during the selection process. It is understood that a full-time employee electing to select a ten-hour shift shall be obligated to select an entire schedule of four, ten-hour shifts. In the event no full- time employee selects the four, ten-hour schedule, then management shall retain the right to assign such schedule to the least senior, qualified full-time employee within the department and classification. The provisions of the collective bargaining agreement shall be modified as follows to accommodate the scheduling of four ten-hour work shifts: • Overtime shall be paid for all work in excess of ten (10) hours in any scheduled workday. • Payment for funeral pay shall not exceed the straight-time hour scheduled per day missed up to a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours of pay. • After eight (8) hours of work, the employee shall be entitled to a third fifteen (15) minute break. • Payment for jury duty shall not exceed eight (8) hours pay per day missed less what the employee is paid for serving on the jury. Pursuant to Section 91, the Employer may reschedule employees required to serve on jury duty, including but not limited to, restricting such employee from selecting a four, ten-hour work schedule. • Xxxx leave pay will be paid, if eligible and following the full work day absence if such applies, not to exceed the number of hours scheduled on the day missed. Part-Time Courtesy Clerks shall be scheduled for at least minimum hours, if available, at management’s discretion. For purposes of this Article; non-management positions are defined as those below the level of Department Head, Assistant Department Head and Head Clerk. Time spent by employees selecting shifts shall not be considered compensable work time, but, notwithstanding, management may permit employees to select shifts on Company time. To be considered qualified, the employee must have worked in the job assignment for a minimum of six (6) months within the last two (2) years. However, employees shall be qualified grocery/GM stocking or checking position if the employee has worked a minimum of three (3) months as a checker or xxxxxxx within the last three (3) years. Training hours, as designated by management, shall not be subject to selection by employees.
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