Common use of Scheduling Principles Clause in Contracts

Scheduling Principles. (a) For the purpose of scheduling, each calendar year will be divided into three segments, January to and including April; May to and including August; and September to and including December. All employees will be required to complete a Scheduling Availability Form documenting their availability for scheduling for each segment. (b) Employees hired during any of the above segments, shall complete the form and their availability will remain as per their form for the balance of the segment in which they were hired. (c) The availability registered on the Scheduling Availability Form, shall for each employee be binding throughout the period of four months, and shall remain in force until replaced by another Scheduling Availability Form. (d) Employees may request changes within the three binding segments by application to the Employer and the Union. Any changes must be mutually agreed to and will not be unreasonably withheld. Mutually agreed changes during the binding availability segments are not subject to the grievance procedure. (e) Any employee who fails to file a new Scheduling Availability form for the next segment shall be assumed to have registered the preferences they selected for the previous four-month period. Three weeks in advance of the new scheduling segment, the Employer will provide employees with a new Scheduling Availability Form to register their availability for the next segment period. The new Form will be due one week in advance of issuing the schedule for the first week of the next segment. (f) Employees, other than casual employees, will be expected to provide a minimum of two (2) days of availability, per scheduling segment. Those employees who do not provide a minimum of two (2) days of availability, with the exception of leave, vacation, force majeure or as otherwise protected under this agreement, will be subject to termination of employment. The Employer agrees that any employee who submits availability of less than two (2) days will be provided the opportunity to extend availability in compliance with the two (2) day minimum before termination is of effect. The Employer may permit employee to provide less than two (2) days of availability at their sole discretion. (g) The Employer will make all reasonable efforts to grant an employee’s desired two