Common use of Scheduling Constraints Clause in Contracts

Scheduling Constraints. 1. Employees shall not be scheduled for more than forty eight (48) hours within consecutively scheduled days without the employee’s request or consent. 2. Generally, employees shall be scheduled for no more than two (2) shift rotations or be scheduled for permanent shifts. Temporary anticipated vacancies of staff may be accommodated by equitably modifying the unit plan schedules of shift rotations for a reasonable amount of time. If no staff volunteer to modify their schedule(s), the staff will be progressively affected by inverse seniority. When it is necessary to modify shift rotations, Nursing Management will communicate these changes to the unit in writing prior to the posting of the schedule and will notify affected individuals one (1) working day prior to the schedule posting. Changes in the expected time line of the plan will also be communicated in writing. Requiring staff to modify their shift schedule shall occur no greater than three (3) consecutive months for any one individual. Under these circumstances, employees shall be scheduled for no more than two (2) of the three (3) shift rotations in a fourteen (14) day period without the employee’s request or consent. In all such instances, modifications shall be reduced to writing and signed by the employee and the Nurse Manager and a copy forwarded to the Union for review. 3. Employees who have a rotating shift schedule of Day/Night or Evening/Night shall not have more than four (4) shift switches in a four (4) week schedule, unless otherwise requested by the employee. 4. Employees shall be provided a minimum of twelve (12) consecutive hours off between scheduled shifts unless the employee requests or consents otherwise. Employees working twelve