Common use of Declaration of Availability Clause in Contracts

Declaration of Availability. Part-time employees shall declare their availability three (3) times per year and shall be required to work according to their Declaration of Availability: (1) the last Sunday in December (2) the first Sunday in June (3) the third Sunday in August New Schedules will be effective: (1) the first Sunday in January (2) the last Sunday in June‌ (3) the first Sunday in September In addition to the above, Employees may increase their availability between November 15th and the end of the year. The Employer may consider additional individual requests to change availability subject to business requirements as well as the current overall availability of the employees in the department. Anytime employees may declare themselves unavailable for a period of up to eight (8) consecutive hours and still be considered available anytime for scheduling purposes. The eight (8) hour period must fall between 00:00 hrs. Monday and 12:00 hrs. Thursday and be in the same block of time each week. All employees exercising this option must do so at the time they declare their availability. The employer reserves the right to limit the number of eight (8) hour consecutive hour blocks that may be declared during any particular time or day within a given department. All restricted part-time employees must be available to work during at least two (2) six (6) hour blocks, on two (2) separate days, consistent with shifts in their department. The Employer will make “Declaration of Availability” forms readily available to part-time employees. Employees who require a change in availability will submit, in person, a completed form to the Employer and the employee will be given a signed copy of the form at the time of submission. Provided the request is submitted Saturday by noon, the change will be reflected at the earliest, on the schedule posted by the following Thursday. New employees shall be required to complete a “Declaration of Availability” form on or before their first day of work. An employee must not restrict themselves to the point that they are not available for normal scheduled shifts within the department.

Declaration of Availability. Part(a) The parties agree that part-time employees shall declare their availability three (3) times per year and in the calendar year; (i) January 1st (ii) May 1st (iii) September 1st Secondary students shall have the option of declaring their availability on the third Sunday in June instead of May 1st. Part-time employees shall be required to work schedules according to their the above Declaration of Availability:. No changes to the availability shall be permitted except as indicated above, or under circumstances beyond the control of the employee including the circumstance where an unrestricted employee is required to change their availability due to a conflict arising under Article 17.18 (c). (1b) The Company shall provide Declaration of Availability forms to any employee wishing to change his availability in accordance with the last Sunday dates, prior to said dates. Such forms shall be completed by the employee and returned to their Supervisor. Failure to provide the Supervisor with a Declaration of Availability on the specified dates, shall result in December (2) the first Sunday in June (3) the third Sunday in August New Schedules will be effective: (1) the first Sunday in January (2) the last Sunday in June‌ (3) the first Sunday in September In addition to the above, Employees may increase their availability between November 15th and the end continuance of the year. The Employer may consider additional individual requests to change availability subject to business requirements as well as the current overall availability of the employees in the department. Anytime employees may declare themselves unavailable for a period of up to eight (8) consecutive hours and still be considered available anytime for scheduling purposes. The eight (8) hour period must fall between 00:00 hrs. Monday and 12:00 hrs. Thursday and be in the same block of time each week. All employees exercising this option must do so at the time they declare their availability. The employer reserves the right to limit the number of eight (8) hour consecutive hour blocks that may be declared during any particular time or day within a given department. All restricted part-time employees must be available to work during at least two (2) six (6) hour blocks, on two (2) separate days, consistent with shifts in their department. The Employer will make “previous Declaration of Availability” forms readily available to part-time employees. Employees who require a change in availability will submit, in person, a completed form to the Employer and the employee will be given a signed copy of the form at the time of submission. Provided the request is submitted Saturday by noon, the change will be reflected at the earliest, on the schedule posted by the following Thursday. New employees shall be required to complete a “Declaration of Availability” form on or before Availability forms at the time of completion of their first day application for employment. Copies of work. An employee must not restrict themselves all Declaration of Availability forms shall be forwarded to the point that they Union Office. (c) Unrestricted employees are not employees who are fully available for normal scheduled shifts within five (5) days per week. However, no more than twenty (20%) percent of all unrestricted part-time employees in any one department shall have the departmentsame day restricted. Seniority by department shall govern where more than twenty (20%) percent of the unrestricted employees in a department desire the same day off. All new employees hired after August 24, 1992 must be available to work Saturday.