Compressed Time Clause Samples

Compressed Time. (1) Employees who are eligible to select the compressed time option work their 1807.5 hours in eight (8) hour daily shifts except in July and August where the shift length is seven and one- half (7.5) hours. New employees on probation (including temporary employees) are not eligible for compressed time until five (5) months has elapsed. (2) Employees who wish to work an eight (8) hour shift for the following year shall indicate so no later than February 15 each year. The Employer shall then draw up a work schedule in consultation with the employee and/or work team based on the following: (i) The employee will normally be scheduled for one (1) working day off every other week for all months except July and August, during which it would be one (1) day in each of these two (2) months up to a maximum of twenty-two (22) days; (ii) the day off will be scheduled across all working days of the week except the one (1) day (either Tuesday or Thursday) designated as “flex and compressed free”, and the compressed day shall not be banked and can be exchanged within the same team and only if adequate coverage is maintained; (iii) the number of employees who can be absent on a compressed day on any given week day shall be determined by the Employer based on operational requirements; (iv) if urgent operational requirements necessitate the Employer changing the scheduled day, the Employer shall re-schedule the compressed day in consultation with the employee and such day shall be taken within sixty (60) days of the scheduled day; (v) the schedule will be developed on an annual basis, and shall rotate the days off through the four (4) allowable days of the week so that over the course of a year, employees get approximately the same number of Mondays and Fridays off. (3) An employee who wishes to switch from compressed time shifts to regular shifts may do so on one (1) weeks notice, but may not then switch back until the following April. (4) The Employer may remove any position from participating in the compressed time arrangements or may exclude a component from having compressed days off in July and August, because the overall job function is seriously and adversely affected. Prior to removing any position, the Employer will work with the employees to see if there is any way to modify the compressed time arrangements so that it might work. If the modifications are not feasible, or do not alleviate the problem, the Employer will advise the Union of its intention to remove t...

Compressed Time. 4-9. A schedule which, within a pay period of ten (10) workdays, includes eight (8) nine-hour days, one eight-hour day and one nonwork day.