Common use of VDT OPERATORS Clause in Contracts

VDT OPERATORS. A full-time employee who operates a Video Display Terminal full time who is pregnant and is experiencing significant discomfort at her work station may request reassignment to other work. Such request shall be granted in full or in part when there is comparable work available, and in accordance with the needs of the employee's department. When it is not feasible to accommodate the employee, she shall be entitled to a leave without pay upon a doctor's certification that such leave is necessary. Under most circumstances, she will be returned to the same or similar position. Grievances concerning leaves of absence will be arbitrable; grievances concerning assignment will be processed exclusively under Article 8, Section 15. Full-time employees who operate VDTs on a full time basis shall be eligible for the cost of eyeglasses each year should there be a change in vision requiring new glasses. The rate at which the employee will be reimbursed is as described in Article 39.

VDT OPERATORS. ‌ A full-time employee who operates a Video Display Terminal full time who is pregnant and is experiencing significant discomfort at her work station may request reassignment to other work. Such request shall be granted in full or in part when there is comparable work available, and in accordance with the needs of the employee's department. When it is not feasible to accommodate the employee, she shall be entitled to a leave without pay upon a doctor's certification that such leave is necessary. Under most circumstances, she will be returned to the same or similar position. Grievances concerning leaves of absence will be arbitrable; grievances concerning assignment will be processed exclusively under Article 8, Section 15. Full-time employees who operate VDTs on a full time basis shall be eligible for the cost of eyeglasses each year should there be a change in vision requiring new glasses. The rate at which the employee will be reimbursed is as described in Article 39.