Christenson Communities Ltd. (Royal Oak Manor, Lacombe) Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Article 9: Hours of Work

1. Regular hours of work, exclusive of meal periods shall be:
   1. seven and three-quarters (7 3/4) work hours per day, and
   2. include, as scheduled by the Employer, one (1) rest period of fifteen (15) minutes during each half shift of not less than four (4) hours.  The fifteen (15) minutes shall commence when an Employee leaves their place of work and the Employee shall be back at their place of work when the fifteen (15) minutes expire.  Rest periods will not be scheduled in conjunction with meal periods, starting times, quitting times, or taken together except by mutual agreement of the employee(s) and the Employer; and
2. Regular hours of work shall be deemed to:
   1. exclude a meal period of thirty (30) minutes to be scheduled by the Employer during each working day on which the Employee works in excess of four (4) hours.
   2. 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 theshift. Such paid meal period shall not be included in the calculation of regular hours of work.
3. If an Employee is recalled to duty during their meal period or rest period they shall be given a full meal period or rest period later in their shift. Where that is not possible they shall be paid for the meal period or rest period at one and half times (1 1/2X) their Basic Rate of Pay.
    

Effective February 1, 2022 replaces 9.03 entirely as follows:

9.03  If an Employee is recalled to duty during their meal period or rest period they shall be given a full meal period or rest period later in their shift. Where that is not possible they shall be paid for the meal period or rest period at two times (2X) their Basic Rate of Pay.