on / 5 off. Where the Union and the Employer agree to implement an extended tour arrangement in accordance with the above provisions, the parties can further agree to specific scheduling language related to a “4 On/5 Off” schedule that will be negotiated locally by the Home and the Union subject to the following principles:
i) There shall be an initial trial period as negotiated by the local parties prior to the implementation of a permanent schedule.
ii) All “4 on/5 off” schedules will be done on the basis that each full- time employee will be scheduled for 1,950 hours per calendar year, unless Articles 2.02 (a) or 15.08 applies.
iii) All other scheduling issues (e.g. scheduling of paid holidays, weekends off, Christmas time off, etc.) shall be negotiated by the local parties.
on / 5 off. Extended Tour Schedule
a) 4ON/5OFF rotations are for full-time employees only
b) The 4ON/5OFF extended tour schedule may be implemented when eighty
on / 5 off. Extended Tour Schedule
a) 4ON/5OFF rotations are for full-time employees only
b) The 4ON/5OFF extended tour schedule may be implemented when eighty (80) percent of the employees on a particular unit have so indicated by secret ballot.
c) When less than eighty (80%) of the staff on a particular unit vote in favour of the 4 ON/5 OFF extended tour schedule by secret ballot, the Union may approach the Employer and ask them to consider the implementation of a combination 4 ON/5 OFF extended tour schedule, other extended tours and normal (7.5 hour) tour in a particular unit.
d) The eighty (80%) percent figure above may be varied by mutual agreement between the parties.
e) The Employer shall make space available to the Union in order to permit the Union to conduct the secret ballot vote.
f) The 4 ON/5 OFF schedule may be discontinued in any unit when: (i) fifty-one (51%) of the employees in a unit so indicate by secret ballot; or
on / 5 off. Where the Union and the Employer agree to implement an extended tour arrangement in accordance with the above provisions, the parties can further agree to specific scheduling language related to a “4 On/5 Off” schedule that will be negotiated locally by the Home and the Union subject to the following principles:
i) There shall be an initial trial period as negotiated by the local parties prior to the implementation of a permanent schedule.
ii) All “4 On/5 Off” schedules will be done on the basis that each full- time employee will be scheduled for one thousand nine hundred and fifty (1,950) hours per calendar year, unless Articles 2.02 (a) or
15.08 applies.
on / 5 off. Where the Union and the Employer agree to implement an extended tour arrangement in accordance with the above provisions, the parties can further agree to specific scheduling language related to a “4 On/5 Off” schedule that will be negotiated locally by the Home and the Union subject to the following principles:
i) There shall be an initial trial period as negotiated by the parties prior to the implementation of a permanent schedule.
ii) All “4 on/5 off” schedules will be done on the basis that each full-time employee will be scheduled for 1,950 hours per calendar year.
iii) Nurses will not be required to work more than four (4) shifts in a row. If a nurse works a fifth (5th) shift, the nurse will receive premium pay. The nurse will not receive premium payment if the fifth (5th) shift is requested by the nurse as a required additional shift to maintain full- time hours.
