Common use of Workshop Days Clause in Contracts

Workshop Days. 1. When workshops are conducted for certified staff that necessitates the closing of a given school, Food and Nutrition Services employees will be employed for a regular work day. It will be the responsibility of the Director of Food and Nutrition Services to reassign those persons who would normally be employed in the closed building to an alternate duty for that day. It should be understood that Food and Nutrition Services personnel are guaranteed employment for such a day but an employee may request the time off, without pay. 2. A workshop reduced workday option will be offered as an alternative to Food and Nutrition Services members in addition to the two (2) present options indicated above. The following procedures will govern the implementation of the workshop reduced workday option: a. The option will be offered by building site, based on seniority rank. b. The list of slots and corresponding work hours will be posted for employee consideration at leave five (5) workdays in advance of the scheduled workshop date. c. The most senior worker will be given first preference for the reduced work hour slots indicated by the manager’s workshop option offer. d. An employee may select a reduced workday through this option, but may not select an increased workday unless unusual circumstances arise and the manager has requested additional workday hours change of the employee and the employee has accepted the change. e. After an employee has been offered an opportunity to have first preference on the workshop option, he/she will be rotated to the bottom of the list. f. If an employee next on the list is absent on the day(s) the opportunity is offered and has not communicated his/her choice, the District is not obligated to contact the employee. However, the absent employee will not lose his/her place on the list. g. It is recognized that some specific skills may be required from time to time, (e.g. a cook may be needed for particular hours) which will require asking an individual who may not be next on the list to perform the specific work hours required. h. If an insufficient number of employees have opted to work the workshop reduced work hour schedule, the District will require various employees to work a full or partial workday. Therefore, various requests for excused absence without pay will be denied and some workers may be reassigned.

Workshop Days. 1. When workshops are conducted for certified certificated staff that necessitates the closing of a given school, Food and Nutrition Services Service employees will be employed for a regular work day. It will be the responsibility of the Director of Food and Nutrition Services Service to reassign those persons who would normally be employed in the closed building to an alternate duty for that day. It should be understood that Food and Nutrition Services Service personnel are guaranteed employment for such a day but an employee may request the time off, without pay. 2. A workshop reduced workday option will be offered as an alternative to Food and Nutrition Services food service members in addition to the two (2) present options indicated above. The following procedures will govern the implementation of the workshop reduced workday option: a. The option will be offered by building site, based on seniority rank. b. The list of slots and corresponding work hours will be posted for employee consideration at leave five (5) workdays in advance of the scheduled workshop date. c. The most senior worker will be given first preference for the reduced work hour slots indicated by the manager’s workshop option offer. d. An employee may select a reduced workday through this option, but may not select an increased workday unless unusual circumstances arise and the manager has requested additional workday hours change of the employee and the employee has accepted the change. e. After an employee has been offered an opportunity to have first preference on the workshop option, he/she will be rotated to the bottom of the list. f. If an employee next on the list is absent on the day(s) the opportunity is offered and has not communicated his/her choice, the District is not obligated to contact the employee. However, the absent employee will not lose his/her place on the list. g. It is recognized that some specific skills may be required from time to time, (e.g. a cook xxxx may be needed for particular hours) which will require asking an individual who may not be next on the list to perform the specific work hours required. h. If an insufficient number of employees have opted to work the workshop reduced work hour schedule, the District will require various employees to work a full or partial workday. Therefore, various requests for excused absence without pay will be denied and some workers may be reassigned.