Canadian Blood Services (Technical) Collective Agreement 2021-2024

Article 6: Hours of Work

1. Full-time
   The regular hours of work for regular and temporary full-time Employees exclusive of an unpaid meal period, shall be:
   1. normally seven and one-half (7 1/2) consecutive hours per day and/or one hundred and fifty (150) hours in a four-week period.
   2. modified hours of work may be implemented when mutually agreed in writing between the Employer and Union.
   3. on any day where an Employee has not reported for their scheduled duty assignment without good reason satisfactory to the employer, they shall be considered on leave without pay status on the day of such an absence.
2. Part-time
   1. Regular hours of work, exclusive of unpaid meal periods, for a regular and temporary part-time Employee shall be as scheduled by the Employer but shall normally be less than for a regular full-time Employee and scheduled so as to fulfill the part-time Employee’s full-time equivalency in an eight (8) week period.  
   2. A regular and temporary part-time Employee may work additional shifts from time to time.  Such shifts shall be at the basic rate of pay for all hours worked up to seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours per day.
   3. Regular part-time, temporary part-time, and casual Employees who wish to be considered for additional shifts will advise their immediate supervisor, in writing, as to their availability.   Such additional shifts will be distributed as equitably as possible among available and qualified Employees at no additional cost to the Employer.
   4. On any day where an Employee has not reported for their scheduled duty assignment without good reason satisfactory to the employer, they shall be considered on leave without pay status on the day of such an absence.
3. The Employer will not schedule split shifts.
4. Meal Periods and Rest Periods
   1. Regular hours of work shall be deemed to:
      1. include, as scheduled by the Employer two (2) rest periods of   fifteen (l5) minutes each during each shift of seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours; and
      2. include, as scheduled by the Employer, one (1) rest period of fifteen (15) minutes during each shift of not less than three and three-quarters (3 3/4) hours; and
      3. the Employer shall endeavour to schedule rest periods as near as possible to the middle of each three and three-quarter (3 3/4) hour work period; and
      4. exclude an unpaid meal period of a minimum of thirty (30) minutes, or up to a maximum of sixty (60) minutes, as scheduled by the Employer during each shift where the Employee works in excess of six (6) continuous hours inclusive of any rest period, unless otherwise mutually agreed between the Employer and the Employee.  On mobile clinics, the Employer shall endeavour to schedule meal periods commencing between the hours of 1100 and 1400 hours for lunch and commencing between the hours of 1600 and 1900 hours for dinner.
5. 1. Availability During Meal Periods
      When an Employee is required by the Employer to remain readily available for duty during their meal period, they shall be paid for the meal period at their basic rate of pay unless they are permitted to take compensating time off for the full meal period at a later time in the shift. Such paid meal period shall not be included in the calculation of regular hours of work.
   2. Working During Meal and Rest Periods
      When an Employee is required or is recalled to work during their meal period or rest period, equivalent time off may be provided later in the shift.  If the missed time cannot be provided, the Employee shall be deemed paid a premium at the rate of two (2) times their basic rate of pay for the missed time and the provisions of Article 8 will not apply.
       
6. 1. During conversion from Daylight Time to Standard Time, the night shift will be extended to include the additional hour required for conversion, with additional pay at the applicable overtime rate(s).
   2. During the conversion from Standard Time to Daylight Time, the night shift will be reduced by the one (1) hour required for conversion, with the appropriate deduction of regular earnings.