House Next Door Society Collective Agreement 2012-2026

Article 8: Overtime

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   1. The Employer shall determine when overtime is necessary and for what period of time it is required.  All time, where approved by the employer, worked in excess of and in conjunction with forty (40) hours per week shall be paid for at the rate of one and one-half times (1½ X) the basic rate. Overtime worked on excess of fifty two (52) hours will be compensated at a rate of two times (2X) the basic rate.
   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.
2. Full Time Employees required to work by the Employer on their scheduled days off shall be paid at overtime rates.  This shall not preclude shift trading, where the shift trade is mutually agreed upon by affected parties subject to Employer approval.
3. Employees shall not be required to layoff during their regular shift to equalize any overtime worked previously.

4. Overtime during unscheduled sleep function shifts shall be paid at the overtime rate based on the “sleep shift hourly wage scale,” and be paid out by the following pay period.

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   1. An Employee may request time off in lieu of overtime worked to be taken at a mutually agreeable time within twelve (12) months of the pay period in which the overtime was worked.

   2. Time off in lieu of overtime shall be the equivalent of the actual time worked adjusted by the applicable overtime rate.

   3. Failing mutual agreement under (a) above, the Employer shall effect payment of time off in lieu banks, to be paid out in the first full pay period of March 1st every year. 

   4. An Employee may request overtime be converted to vacation leave credits.

   5. Time off in lieu banks shall not be permitted to exceed forty (40) hours at any time. Overtime will be paid out once the bank reaches forty (40) hours.

6. On-Call 
   The term “on-call duty” shall be deemed to mean any period during which an Employee is not on regular duty and during which the Employee is on-call and must be reasonably available to respond without undue delay to any request to return to duty and/or available for electronic consultation.
   
   When an Employee is called for a consultation, they shall be paid at the applicable base rate. If the total accumulated time spent on telephone consultation(s), and corresponding required documentation, during the on-call period is less than thirty (30) minutes, the Employee shall be compensated at the applicable rate for thirty (30) minutes.
   
   An Employee who is called back for duty shall be paid at the applicable base rate of pay for a minimum of (2) two hours or all hours worked, whichever is longer and shall also be paid for reasonable, necessary and substantiated transportation expenses. If the Employee travels for such purpose by private motor vehicle, reimbursement shall be reimbursed at the highest Canada Revenue Agency non-taxable amount per kilometer paid by the Government of Alberta, from the Employee’s residence and return. In those situations where Employer requires that the Employee use a taxi for call-back purposes, should the Employee commence their regular shift during the call-back and the Employee’s regular mode of transportation is not available, the Employer will pay the taxi fare from the Site to their place of residence upon completion of the shift.