Common use of Volume Fluctuations Clause in Contracts

Volume Fluctuations. i) The Employer will endeavour to keep the number of short shift assignments (working shifts of less than the normal daily hours) to a minimum. ii) If a work schedule is for a short shift, then it will be assigned to the least senior nurse(s) schedule to work that day subject to reasonable considerations of specific client needs and travel and providing the granting of such work does not impact on mandatory continuity standards. It being understood that a casual nurse would be cancelled first in reverse order of seniority. iii) The Employer will make a reasonable effort to schedule senior nurses for full shifts. If a senior nurse is assigned to work less than a full shift, she may, subject to reasonable considerations of specific client needs and travel and providing the granting of such work does not impact on mandatory continuity standards, take visits from the work list of the least senior nurse scheduled to work that day, (up to a full day), provided she co-ordinates such with the Employer. iv) Nurses affected by the operation of this clause shall, on request, be provided with a list of assigned hours for the specific day in question. (b) Where a nurse who has a short shift or has a period of time between the end of one (1) visit and the beginning of another remains available to the Employer for reassignment, the Employer shall pay the nurse at straight time hourly time for such waiting periods. The Employer may require that the nurse report to the office to work in the office during the waiting period. The nurse will be paid for time spent working in the office, inclusive of travel time and mileage. Where mutually agreeable, the nurse may choose to either not be paid for such waiting time and take this period as a personal off duty time, or to utilize compensatory time or vacation credits to provide a full day’s pay. (c) In the event of a reduction of work in a team where a team member is being cancelled on a regular basis, the Employer agrees that such team member may be offered the opportunity to be reassigned to another team where there is a more junior nurse who is working, subject to reasonable considerations of specific client needs and travel and providing the granting of such work does not impact on mandatory continuity standards. This process will go into effect when any nurse on any team has been without work for seven (7) consecutive days or has received four (4) cancellations in a bi-weekly period. This reassignment will be considered temporary. Should the workload return to its previous level on her original team the nurse will return to her previous team.