Common use of Rotations Clause in Contracts

Rotations. This provision is not applicable to a casual nurse (except a casual nurse while in a Temporary Position). (a) The Employer and Union agree to implement shift rotations which will average (for Full-Time Nurses) ten (10) x seven and one-half (7.5) hour shifts in a bi-weekly period over the length of the rotation. Nurses shall receive four (4) days off in each two (2) week period (75 hours) which, unless mutually agreed upon otherwise, shall be given in no more than three (3) segments. Nurses shall not normally be required to work more than six (6) consecutive days between days off. (b) Except where the Employer and the Union obtain an exemption under the Labour Standards Code permitting Nurses to work seven (7) consecutive days, the Employer will schedule four (4) days off work for Full-Time Nurses in not more than three (3) segments in each fourteen (14) day period commencing with the start of the Nurse's rotation and in each Subsequent fourteen (14) calendar day period. Where an exemption from the Labour Standards Code restriction is obtained and the Employer and Full-Time Nurses mutually agree to work seven (7) consecutive days, the Employer will schedule days off work for such Nurses in not more than two