Canadian Blood Services (Technical) Collective Agreement 2021-2024

Article 8: Overtime

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   1. Overtime is all time authorized by the Employer and worked by any Employee in excess of seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours per day.
   2. The Employer shall endeavour to schedule overtime hours on an equitable rotation basis whenever possible, subject to qualifications and operational needs. 
2. 1. The Employer shall designate those individuals who may authorize overtime.
   2. Authorization for overtime after the fact by the Employer shall not be unreasonably denied where overtime arises as a result of unforeseeable circumstances in which it is impossible to obtain prior authorization.
3. Overtime will be paid in accordance with the following:
   1. For work in excess of seven and one half (7 1/2) hours per day, two times (2X) their basic rate of pay, exclusive of meal periods.  This overtime payment will cease and the Employee’s basic rate of pay will apply at the start of the next regularly scheduled shift.
   2. For work on a full-time Employee’s scheduled day(s) off, two times (2X) their basic rate of pay. This overtime payment will cease and the Employee’s basic rate of pay will apply at the start of their next scheduled shift
   3. A regular or temporary part time Employee who is required by the Employer to work on their scheduled days off, without being given fourteen (14) calendar days of notice, shall receive two times (2X) their basic rate of pay for all such hours worked.  This premium payment will cease and the Employee’s basic rate of pay will apply at the start of their next scheduled shift. This article shall not apply when an employee has exchanged their shift or when an employee works additional hours on an unscheduled day off or when given to them by another employee.
   4. An Employee shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) minute rest period after completion of two (2) hours of overtime actually worked (excluding travel time).
4. Compensating time off in lieu of pay for overtime worked by an Employee will be granted by the Employer at the appropriate overtime rate, upon request of the Employee, if operational requirements permit. All banked overtime in excess of thirty-seven and one-half (37 1/2) hours will be automatically paid out.  Employees who desire to receive time off in lieu of overtime payment must so notify the Employer no later than the Sunday of the week (Monday to Sunday) in which such overtime was worked.
5. Except in cases of emergency, no Employee shall be required or permitted to work more than a total of twelve (12) hours (inclusive of regular and overtime hours) in a twenty-four (24) hour period beginning at the first (1st) hour the Employee reports for work.
6. If an Employee is required to work overtime and does not receive a total of eight (8) hours off duty in the twenty-four (24) hour period beginning from the commencement of their shift, then the Employee will not be required to report for duty until the Employee has received a total of eight (8) hours off duty (these eight (8) hours off duty need not be continuous).  In such circumstances, no deduction will be made on the Employee’s pay and the Employee’s normal shift hours will not be extended to have the Employee work a full shift.  The Employee in the above situation will advise their Supervisor in advance of the fact that they will not be reporting for duty at their scheduled time. This provision is waived if the Employee is granted a request for a particular shift arrangement that does not give the Employee eight (8) hours in total off duty in the aforementioned twenty-four (24) hour period.