Common use of Rotating Basis Clause in Contracts

Rotating Basis. (a) The Employer shall provide a rotation schedule indicating which holidays an employee is designated to be available for work. (b) Prior to February 15th of each year, employees shall notify the Employer in writing of any of their designated holidays on which they would prefer to not work. Employees may also indicate their availability to work on additional holidays. (c) Subject to Article 10, the Employer shall schedule employees for work on holidays giving preference based on seniority among designated employees available to work and then based on reverse order of seniority among designated employees who indicated they would prefer not to work. In the event there are insufficient designated employees to meet the holiday requirement, the Employer shall assign non-designated employees who have indicated a desire to work the holiday in order of seniority and then to those who have indicated a desire to not work the holiday in reverse order of seniority. (d) Provided that sufficient advance notice is given and with the approval of the Employer employees may exchange holidays off or holidays scheduled to work where operational requirements permit, and there is no increase in cost to the Employer.