Common use of Working time arrangements Clause in Contracts

Working time arrangements. In the 2000 settlement, the central parties agreed that for the offshore agreements, contractual holidays shall be laid to the leisure periods of the work cycle. When a 2–4 work schedule is established locally, the following conditions must be met: The parties shall agree locally on specific cooperation measures to improve efficiency, productivity and flexibility regarding the use of personnel, and shall actively contribute to avoiding a crew increase – as far as possible. When a work schedule is agreed with a lower number of hours per year than 1582, the pay shall be reduced correspondingly. When a 2–4 work schedule is agreed, an annual average of 122 hours will be due. A deduction will be made for these hours of 10.16 hours per month, calculated to 7.71%. In the 2006 settlement it is agreed that the wage deductions on 7.71% for 2-4 work schedule lapses. When working time under 1582 hours is permanently introduced for any employee, the basis for sickness benefits and pensionable income shall be reduced correspondingly. Changing to and introducing a new work schedule, for example 2-4, shall not entail any additional expenses for the company, in the form of compensation for swing shifts, overtime, waiting time and/or lost leisure time. In the event of future working hours reductions, the agreed number of working hours on the Shelf, 1460 hours, shall be maintained until the agreed number of hours is harmonised by working hours reductions in the industrial sector/ society at large. Such reductions are to be compensated as regards financial value if the general working hours reductions are implemented without a reduction in pay. 4.1 Wage group position B 1 Trained worker/technician with apprenticeship certificate or similar training B Administrative staff, crane operator, warehouse personnel (matr.exp.) C Administrative staff E Unskilled labourer, administrative staff, junior trained worker/operator, warehouse personnel (storekeeper) The working ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ pay is fixed on an individual basis taking into consideration the company’s wage conditions and other factors, as well as the employee’s competence, experience, training, time of employment, line of work and responsibilities. Working ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ means a shift operator and other operators who do not have personnel responsibility and who have been set to distribute and control work on behalf of the employer while taking a substantial part in operative work Any deviation from the above wage group positions for employees in the various categories, including combination positions, will be agreed at each company in local negotiations on the basis of the content of the position. Promotion to wage group A is based on operational needs or needs for special competence. 4.1.1 In case of promotion to a higher wage group, each employee shall be placed in the wage level which, as regards monetary amount, lies immediately above the wage level which the employee was in before being promoted. 4.1.2 New employees shall be placed in wage level 0. For exceptions, see items 4.1.3 and 4.1.