Forced. a need to fill a vacancy on an overtime basis which remains after the Employer has attempted to fill the vacancy on a voluntary basis, requiring the assignment of mandatory overtime. (1) The overtime will be assigned to the employee working the previous shift in the unit where the overtime is needed who has least recently been forced to work overtime. (2) If there is more than one employee who has not yet been forced to work overtime, the least senior employee shall be forced. (3) Substitute employees may not be forced to work overtime. (4) An employee will normally only be forced within the unit he/she regularly works. However, in an emergency situation, the employer may find it necessary to secure overtime help from other units. This will happen only when no other alternative exists.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement