Common use of Shift Allocation Clause in Contracts

Shift Allocation. (a) If an insufficient number of employees volunteer to meet what is regarded by management as its requirements, shifts will be shared as equitably as possible by City Desk reporters with the exception of two (2) Legislature reporters, the City Hall bureau chief, the Police Beat reporter and the Principal Law Courts reporter. Those on Sports beats will work nights and weekends as required. All photographers will work shifts based on an equitable rotation agreed upon by the staff and the department head in which no one will work more than two (2) consecutive months of nights unless he/she volunteers. Regular work schedules for all reporters and photographers, except employees in the Sports department, shall be posted two (2) weeks in advance. The Company will make every effort to schedule employees so that they regularly get consecutive days off. No reporter, except those in the sports department, will work more than two (2) consecutive months of nights unless the employee volunteers. (b) Regular work schedules for all employees on the night rim shall be posted two (2) weeks in advance. In consultation with the employees, the Company agrees to make every effort to schedule employees so that they regularly get consecutive days off and all shifts will be distributed as equitably as possible. (c) When the Company determines that it is necessary to replace an employee who is unexpectedly absent, the Company will seek volunteers from immediately available employees in the same classification.