Common use of Shift Swaps Clause in Contracts

Shift Swaps. 6.20.1 Subject to approval by the appropriate supervisor, an employee may swap a shift with another employee. 6.20.2 Requests for shift swaps must meet the following conditions: (a) Requests for shift swaps will be made at least 48 hours in advance, unless there are exceptional circumstances. At the time the request is made, the employees requesting the shift swap will indicate whether they are electing to be paid in accordance with clause 6.20.3(c) below. (b) The shift swap must allow both employees adequate breaks between shifts. (c) Employees swapping shifts must be of like skill mix in order to meet the job requirements of the shifts to which they swap. (d) The shift swap must be completed within a four week period. 6.20.3 Approved shift swaps will operate on the following basis: (a) Shift swap arrangements will not restrict the Company from making changes to rosters in accordance with this Agreement. (b) Unless both of the employees participating in the shift swap elect to be paid in accordance with clause 6.20.3(c) below, they will be paid as if the shift swap had not occurred. (c) The employees participating in the shift swap may elect to be paid for working the swapped shift on the basis of their own Ordinary Hourly Rate of pay and the Shift, Public Holiday or Weekend Rates applying to the shift worked. Overtime which is continuous with a swapped shift will be treated as overtime continuous with rostered ordinary hours. For the purposes of calculating all other entitlements, including entitlements depending upon ordinary hours worked, the shift swap will be at no additional cost to the Company and the employees participating in the shift swap will be treated as if the shift swap had not occurred. 6.20.4 For the avoidance of doubt, employees are expected to work their rostered shifts in the normal course of events and shift swaps will be refused if the Company believes that excessive numbers of shift swaps are occurring or that shift swaps are interfering with production or training. 6.20.5 In special circumstances, up to two pairs of employees who are rostered to work rotating Day and Afternoon Shifts, may swap shifts (other than the shifts in the Off-cycle Periods) so that one employee in each pair works non-rotating Day Shift and the other employee in the pair works non-rotating Afternoon Shift, on a long-term basis. Such shift swap arrangements: (a) must be approved by the General Manager; (b) must satisfy clauses 6.

Shift Swaps. 6.20.1 Subject A. Employees may work substitute shifts (also known as shift swaps) subject to these provisions and with prior approval by the appropriate supervisor, an employee may swap a shift with another employeeof their Division Commander. 6.20.2 Requests for 1. Any agreement to work a substitute shift swaps is a private agreement between two consenting employees. The City will not enforce any part of the private agreement and any breach of the private agreement must meet be settled between the following conditions: (a) Requests for shift swaps will be made at least 48 hours in advance, unless there are exceptional circumstances. At two employees without any assistance from the time the request is made, the employees requesting the shift swap will indicate whether they are electing to be paid in accordance with clause 6.20.3(c) belowCity. (b) The shift swap must allow both employees adequate breaks between shifts2. Shift swaps that are likely to result in the need for overtime, or that will reduce staffing levels below anticipated need, will not be approved. (c) Employees swapping shifts must be of like skill mix 3. The two employees engaging in order to meet the job requirements of the shifts to which they swap. (d) The shift swap must be completed within a four week periodof the same rank and must be capable of performing the duties for the substituted shift. 6.20.3 Approved 4. The requesting employees must fill out the appropriate shift swap form and submit it to their Division Commander for approval. The form must indicate which employees are involved in the request and the proposed dates for the swap. Open ended shift swaps will operate on the following basis: (a) Shift swap arrangements will not restrict the Company from making changes to rosters in accordance with this Agreementbe approved. (b) Unless both 5. If the shift swap is approved, the Division Commander will enter the change into the employee’s appropriate schedule book with a notation a shift swap has occurred. This is to inform the Department who is expected to work the scheduled shift. Any employee who fails to show up, except as provided in paragraph 8 below, will be prohibited from engaging in future shift swaps for a period of six months. 6. Copies of the employees shift swap form will be returned to both participating employees. 7. Employees involved in the shift swap elect swap, regardless of whether any leave time was taken or not, will submit their ExecuTime timesheet in the same manner as if they worked their regularly scheduled shifts, not their substituted shifts. Unless an employee takes any form of leave time, no forms need to be paid submitted to Payroll. 8. An employee may use vacation or compensatory time off instead of working a substitute shift subject to all existing rules for the use of taking vacation or compensatory time off. Any employee may also, subject to existing rules, use sick leave instead of working a substitute shift. However, any employee who uses sick leave in accordance with clause 6.20.3(c) below, they lieu of working two or more scheduled substitute shifts during any 12 month period will be paid as if prohibited from participating in shift swaps for a period of 120 days. If an employee uses any form of leave time, the amount and type of leave taken will be written on the employee’s copy of their approved shift swap had not occurredform and submitted to Payroll when timesheets are due. Payroll will deduct the leave from the employee’s leave bank. (c) The employees participating in the shift swap may elect to be paid for working the swapped shift on the basis of their own Ordinary Hourly Rate of pay and the Shift, Public Holiday or Weekend Rates applying to the shift worked. Overtime which is continuous with a swapped shift will be treated as overtime continuous with rostered ordinary hours. For the purposes of calculating all other entitlements, including entitlements depending upon ordinary hours worked, the shift swap will be at no additional cost to the Company and the employees participating in the shift swap will be treated as if the shift swap had not occurred. 6.20.4 For the avoidance of doubt, employees are expected to work their rostered shifts in the normal course of events and shift swaps will be refused if the Company believes that excessive numbers of shift swaps are occurring or that shift swaps are interfering with production or training. 6.20.5 In special circumstances, up to two pairs of employees who are rostered to work rotating Day and Afternoon Shifts, may swap shifts (other than the shifts in the Off-cycle Periods) so that one employee in each pair works non-rotating Day Shift and the other employee in the pair works non-rotating Afternoon Shift, on a long-term basis. Such shift swap arrangements: (a) must be approved by the General Manager; (b) must satisfy clauses 6.