Common use of Consecutive Weekends Clause in Contracts

Consecutive Weekends. The Employer will schedule each employee five (5) consecutive days off at either Christmas or New Year's on an alternating basis from year to year. In the event that nurses can be granted both Christmas and New Year’s Day off the most senior nurse, on a rotating basis, who has requested these days off shall be given the opportunity to take both off. For those employees who have been granted time off at Christmas, the Employer will endeavour to provide Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day off. For those employees who have been granted time off at New Year's, the Employer will endeavour to provide New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day off. In the event of conflict, bargaining unit seniority shall be the decisive factor. Written requests for this time off must be received by the Director of Resident Care by November 1. Christmas and New Year's time off shall be posted by November 15. Regular scheduling may be waived from the 15 of December to the 15 of January in order to accommodate the employees during this period. At the request of the employee, the five (5) consecutive days off may be scheduled during the period of December 15 to January 15 to facilitate their cultural differences replacing the days off noted above. An employee may also request to waive their entitlement to five (5) consecutive days off, provided that the Employer agrees to the request.