Common use of Production Department Clause in Contracts

Production Department. All time worked in excess of eight and a half (8.5) hours in any one (1) day or in excess of forty-two and a half (42.5) hours within five (5) shifts in any one (1) work week shall be paid for at the rate of time and one-half (1½) the employee's regular hourly rate of pay. Employees who work additional shifts over and above the aforementioned five shifts in a work week (i.e. a 6th or 7th shift) shall be paid for all time actually worked during such additional shifts at the rate of time and one-half (1½) the employee's regular hourly rate of pay; however, the half-hour paid meal breaks during such shifts shall be paid at the employee’s regular hourly rate of pay.