Common use of Unanticipated Overtime Clause in Contracts

Unanticipated Overtime. The Company acknowledges that involuntary overtime can adversely affect the workforce and cause disruption to employees’ personal lives. The parties agree that, when possible, voluntary overtime is the preferred method of staffing overtime. Yet, the parties recognize that overtime is necessary to insure that production demands are met and there are not disruptions in the operations of the plant. The parties further recognize that in some instances involuntary overtime must be utilized in order to meet these production demands and to avoid disruptions in the operations of the plant. If involuntary overtime is necessary, the Company will: a. First attempt to have overtime filled through voluntary means; b. As the practices in the ▇▇▇▇▇ vary due to their unique operational needs, where mutually agreed upon current practices will be maintained, except in those ▇▇▇▇▇ where the lowest seniority employee is forced to work the overtime; and c. In those ▇▇▇▇▇ where the lowest seniority employee is forced to work the overtime, overtime procedures will be modified to provide for a rotation of involuntary overtime based on employees within the same classification, on the same shift, will rotate forced situations daily, low to high seniority.