Christmas/New Year’s Scheduling. The master schedule from previous years will be maintained to be used in subsequent years. The Hospital will endeavour to schedule a nurse off work for five (5) consecutive days but not less than four (4) consecutive days at either Christmas or New Year’s in alternate years except in areas where nurses work Monday to Friday or unless mutually agreed to otherwise. For the purposes of this provision, job-sharers will be considered as regular part-time. Nurse(s) who work in areas which normally are not scheduled to work on weekends or paid holidays may choose to utilize banked or vacation time during the holiday closure period. Vacation requests must be made, in writing, by September 1st of each year. Notwithstanding Article O, it is understood that vacation time may be converted to banked time, provided the nurse(s) submits the conversion request by November 1st. Nurse(s) who do not choose to utilize banked or vacation time may be reassigned to anther department during the holiday closure period. The scheduling provisions in Article N will be waived between December 15th and January 15th to provide for Christmas and New Year’s scheduling. Nurses will have the opportunity to self-schedule for the period December 15th to January 15th. It is understood that the scheduling guidelines in this provision will be followed. For the purpose of self-scheduling, nurses will have until October 1st to work on the schedule. The Hospital will post the final schedule by November 1st.
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