WORK WEEKS. For rotating eights (8’s), work weeks will normally contain consecutive work days and be based on forty
WORK WEEKS. The Board recognizes the principle of the standard five-day work week. The administration will set work schedules and make professional assignments, which can be completed with such standard work weeks.
WORK WEEKS. Where Management and the Union mutually agree, compressed work weeks may be implemented during the of this agreement. One half hour meal time shall be included as part of the regularly scheduled work period for Employees on evening and night shift.
WORK WEEKS. The workweek will be Monday to Friday. Normal workday shall be ten (10) hours per day; normal workweek will be forty (40) hours per week. Days off will be determined by seniority. Normal days off will be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, or Saturday, Sunday or Monday. With mutual agreement between management and an employee, the employee may take a mid week day off in lieu of Monday or Friday. In areas of limited employee coverage it may be necessary to implement a rotating midweek day off. If a midweek day off is necessary, it will rotate between all employees in the area. Example: There are three employees assigned to Income Tax. To allow proper coverage, one employee may have to take a day off other than Monday or Friday. The midweek day off would rotate between all three employees. In this case, every third week an employee would take a midweek day off.
WORK WEEKS. Present work week schedules that are not five (5) consecutive work days that become vacant during the term of this contract will be considered to determine if the assignment can be adjusted to five (5) consecutive work days. Consultation with the union will be held for this purpose.
WORK WEEKS. The term “work” means a period during which the employee is in duty status (i.e., actually working), excluding any periods (paid or unpaid) of leave, time off, or other nonduty status. Periods of paid time off include paid holidays on which an employee does not work.
WORK WEEKS. A. Newly established work week schedules will consist of five (5) consecutive days and two (2) consecutive lay off days, if possible, taking into consideration operational requirements and the impact on other operations within the Golden office. Present work week schedules that are not five (5) consecutive work days that become vacant during the term of this contract will be considered to determine if the assignment can be adjusted to five (5) consecutive work days. Consultation with the Union will be held for this purpose.
B. In the event mail flow and patterns change or other operational reasons, by mutual agreement, after consultation the parties may agree to rotating schedules.
A. In the event of an emergency ordered by a federal, state or local authority because of flood, storm or other extreme environmental conditions, the local president shall notify the Postmaster or his designee, who shall determine the severity of the condition as it affects postal employees, and shall decide, within his authority, the necessity of granting administrative leave. Consideration shall also be given by the MSC Manager/Postmaster, within his authority, to grant administrative leave to postal employees who have already reported to work and live in the affected areas.
B. After a thorough review of local authority declarations, when postal authorities declare an emergency condition exists which endangers the well being of a craft employee, they shall take proper action to alleviate such danger.
C. In the event of an emergency, management’s first consideration is the safety of all postal employees. The decision to evacuate is a management decision based on the above principles.
D. When postal authorities issue orders to curtail or halt postal operations because of emergency conditions, the employer will advise the APWU and on-duty employees of procedures to be followed.
WORK WEEKS. For long work weeks the hours of work shall be forty (40) hours and short work weeks shall be twenty (20)hours. Work weeks of twenty (20) hours shall normally be completed in three (3) days. At the request of the employee and with the concurrence of the Employer, an employee may complete these hours of work a period of other than three (3) days. The employee or the Employer may designate, at any time, up to two (2) of the short work weeks as “floating weeks” to be scheduled at times agreed to by the employee and the Employer. The Employer shall establish, as soon as practicable, for the following year, individual schedules for employees on variable hours of work, In so doing, the Employer consult with and consider the wishes of employees. Employees shall be informed In writing of the yearly schedule before the beginning of the year in The Employer may, at any time, change the annual calendar of long and short work weeks established pursuant to clause e) above in order to meet requirements of the House of Commons. The Employer agrees to make every reasonable effort to the number and scope of changes to the calendar arising from operational requirements of the House of Commons and will consult with the local joint consultation committee prior to Implementing such changes, The Employer, after consultation with the employee, reserves the right to modify an employee’s schedule. Upon request of an employee, the Employer may modify the employee‘s schedule of variable work hours. Notwithstandingclause (e) above, the Employer may, reasonable notice to, and following meaningful with representatives of implement a continuing five (35) hour work week. The Employer or the employee reserves the right to terminate in variable hours of work within thirty (30) working days’ written notice. * There shall be no additional cash payment to the employee solely by reason of a withdrawal from a variable hours of work
