Common use of Alternative Work Week Clause in Contracts

Alternative Work Week. a. The Employer may implement ten 10 and twelve 12-hour shifts in any unit provided that two-thirds (2/3) of the affected classification of employees working in that unit vote by secret ballot election in favor of these shifts. b. Should any group of employees petition to work either ten (10) or twelve (12) hour shifts, the Employer shall consider the request. Upon request from the Union, the Employer shall meet with the Union at a mutually agreeable time within ten (10) days of the petition to discuss the request. If the Employer does not grant the petition under this process, no further petition may be submitted by the affected classification for a period of twelve (12) months. c. Should the Employer grant the request, the secret ballot election shall be scheduled within thirty (30) days of such determination. Where alternate workweek schedules are to be instituted, the Employer shall have sixty-days (60) days after the vote to adjust the schedules. This period may be extended by mutual agreement. No dispute arising under this section shall be grievable or arbitrable.