Canadian Blood Services (Transport Unit) Collective Agreement 2017-2021

Article 7: Work Schedules

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   1. Shift schedules in the rough shall be posted four (4) weeks in advance to be replaced with firm shift schedules which shall be posted at least two (2) weeks in advance, provided that, in the event of an emergency or where unusual circumstances exist, a change may be made.  
   2. The Employer shall undertake in the scheduling of assignments to ensure equitable distribution of work assignments among all members (drivers) of the bargaining unit.  This shall include scheduling the working of Named Holidays on a rotational basis for all drivers.  Drivers’ duties shall be assigned by the Manager/Supervisor or designate who will take into consideration suggestions or preferences submitted by the Union Local Unit Chair.  In the event a dispute arises over any assignment, the Manager/Supervisor or designate will nevertheless make the assignment subject to the right of appeal by the Union under grievance procedures.
   3. For the purposes of 7.01, notice of schedule changes will be communicated to effected Employees, in a manner to ensure receipt of such message.
2. Employees shall be aware that, in the course of their regular duties, they may be required to work on various shifts throughout the twenty-four (24) hour period of the day and the seven (7) days of the week; however, there shall be no split shifts.  Employees will also be required to work out of town on overnight mobile clinics. 
   
   Employees shall be scheduled at least a ten (10) hour rest period between the end of work of the day previous and the start of the next day’s work.  When an Employee is required to work without being given the ten (10) hour rest period, they shall be entitled to two times (2X) their basic rate of pay at the start of the next shift for all hours encroached on the ten (10) hour rest period of that shift.
3. Employees may be allowed, upon due request to the Manager/Supervisor or designate, to switch shifts provided it does not inconvenience or result in increased cost to the Employer.  Employees shall submit shift exchange requests in writing and such must be approved by the Manager/Supervisor or designate.
4. In the event that an Employee reports for work as scheduled but due to unavailability of work is requested by the Employer to return and commence their work on that day at a later hour, the Employee shall be compensated for the inconvenience by a payment equivalent to four (4) hours of their basic hourly rate, and this payment shall be apart from the payment that will ordinarily be due their for the actual number of hours of work performed on the same day.
5. Employees shall be scheduled two (2) days off per calendar week.  Where operationally feasible the Employer will schedule these two (2) days as consecutive.  For the purpose of this Article consecutive days on weekends are defined as either Friday and Saturday, Saturday and Sunday, or Sunday and Monday.