Suspension of the Compressed Work Week. The compressed work-week schedule may be temporarily suspended by joint and mutual agreement of the Union and the College Administration from the jurisdiction concerned. Except in extraordinary circumstances, the College shall give a minimum of ten (10) working days notice of suspension of the Compressed Work Week schedule. In order to accommodate situations, such as emergencies, vacation, illness and peak periods, scheduled fortnight days may be deferred at the request and with the approval of the administration and must be rescheduled and utilized at the earliest opportunity. Where such situations are known in advance, fortnight scheduling shall be arranged to accommodate them. Staffing needs within a department or area may necessitate suspension of the compressed work week schedule for an employee required to provide back-up service in the absence of another staff member if it cannot be accommodated via the provisions contained within the Flextime Letter of Understanding. During periods of suspension of the Compressed Work Week, the College shall require employees to continue working a seven and three-quarter (7¾) hour day for the period of suspension. However, in order to meet the College's commitments, departmental staffing needs and/or to meet individual needs, an employee and a department may mutually agree that the employee shall revert to a seven
Suspension of the Compressed Work Week. The compressed work-week schedule may be temporarily suspended by joint and mutual agreement of the Union and the College Administration from the jurisdiction concerned. Except in extraordinary circumstances, the College shall give a minimum of ten (10) working days notice of suspension of the Compressed Work Week schedule. In order to accommodate situations, such as emergencies, vacation, illness and peak periods, scheduled fortnight days may be deferred at the request and with the approval of the administration and must be rescheduled and utilized at the earliest opportunity. Where such situations are known in advance, fortnight scheduling shall be arranged to accommodate them. Staffing needs within a department or area may necessitate suspension of the compressed work week schedule for an employee required to provide back-up service in the absence of another staff member if it cannot be accommodated via the provisions contained within the Flextime Letter of Understanding. During periods of suspension of the Compressed Work Week, the College shall require employees to continue working a seven and three-quarter (7¾) hour day for the period of suspension. However, in order to meet the College's commitments, departmental staffing needs and/or to meet individual needs, an employee and a department may mutually agree that the employee shall revert to a seven (7) hour day during the period of suspension. In areas that request suspension for two or more bi-weekly periods, two of those periods should be considered the periods in which no days off will be scheduled as provided for in item 2c. of this Letter of Understanding. If there is a suspension period greater than one month, the affected employees will revert to a seven-hour day. During a period of suspension where an employee reverts to a seven-hour day, absence for vacation or sickness will be utilized at the rate of seven (7) hours per day. No credit towards compressed work week will be earned in this instance.
