Common use of Shift, Work Day, and Work Week Clause in Contracts

Shift, Work Day, and Work Week. a) The shift shall consist of eight (8) hours of work, with an unpaid one-half (1/2) hour lunch period between the 3rd and 6th hour. b) The workday is a fixed and regularly recurring period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours and begins at 12:01 a.m. each calendar day. c) The workweek is a fixed and regularly recurring period of one hundred sixty-eight (168) hours (seven (7) consecutive periods of twenty-four (24) hours each) that begin at 12:01 a.m. each Sunday. The full-time work schedule in the workweek shall consist of one (1) shift of eight (8) hours during each of five (5) consecutive days and shall not exceed forty (40) hours of work. d) Trash hauling will start on or about 3:00 a.m. or as required by management. e) Dining Services Truck Drivers 1) Schedules currently in place for Truck Drivers assigned to Dining Services shall continue until such time as operational need necessitates either a permanent or temporary change. Dining Services will provide two weeks’ notice prior to a permanent change. 2) The Parties agree that no temporary schedule changes will be implemented in order to circumvent overtime. 3) Schedules for starting times shall be posted by the Thursday afternoon preceding the affected work week. 4) Dining Services may vary the starting time of a shift by a maximum of two hours on either side of the posted start time. 5) If Dining Services should need to upgrade an employee to the single “prevailing rate” position currently in place, the upgrade will be awarded to the most senior eligible employee.