OFF SHIFTS. 9.01 The Company may operate off-shifts in any or all departments if necessary to comply with work requirements, and will compensate any employees engaged in such off- shifts by the payment of an off-shift premium in the amount of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per hour per shift. Such a premium shall be included in the hourly rate for the calcula- tions of overtime.
OFF SHIFTS. Employees must give the hospital at least (24) hours notice of their intention to book off a shift, subject to the approval of the Hospital, considering patient care and the efficiency or illness. Otherwise an employee shall be liable for deduction from his pay of an amount equal to any premium pay necessarily paid to an employ- ee who replaces him. Employees may exchange shifts with hours notice by agreement of both employees and their supervisor or designate. Such approval shall not be unreasonablywithheld. Employees are not permitted to give away shifts. ARTICLE REGULAR WORK WEEK (FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES) The Hospital to use its best efforts consistent with prop- er management of the Hospital to ensure that days will be taken consecutively and days off rotated so as to effect an equal distribu- tion throughout the employees. The daily working hours shall be seven and one-half (7 112) consecutive hours per day. Employees must report to their respective supervisors in uniform and remain in uniform for the full working shift. In no instance will an employee be required to work more than seven (7) consecutive days without receiving a day off. ARTICLE OVERTIME Authorized time worked in excess of seven and one-half (7 112) hours in one day will be counted as overtime worked with the under- standing for employees in the nursing service, a period of not more than minutes necessary to finish assigned work on an irregular basis shall be deemed as "tag end". Call-in Shifts Part-time employees are to be scheduled equitably in accordance with the terms of the Collective Agreement. When ail part-time employees in a department have their minimum requirement of hours, hours (12 hour unit) or hours (8 hour unit) in a two-week period, additional available hours will be offered to the most senior part-time until their maximum of hours per two-week period has been accrued and so on down the list of part-time staff in the department. In areas where cross-pools exist (i.e. Emergency, Triage and Patient Registration) staff will be considered for addition- al regular shifts from the other pools before overtime is used. Reassignment of tasks or location is to be considered prior to using overtime.
OFF SHIFTS. Each employee working a shift other than a normal day as defined in Section 12 shall receive additional compensation at the rate of 12%.
