Prairie Emergency Medical Services Inc. Collective Agreement 2020-2025

Article 13: Overtime

1. Overtime is all hours authorized by the Employer and worked by the Employee in excess of their regularly scheduled shift, either immediately preceding or following a regularly scheduled shift.  Notwithstanding the above, this does not apply to those Regular employees who have voluntarily agreed to fill casual shifts as employees listed on a "Voluntary Casual" list.  All overtime hours shall be paid at a rate of two times (2X) the 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 regularly scheduled shift.
2. Unless given fourteen (14) calendar days’ notice of the change, an Employee required by the Employer to work a scheduled day off will receive two times (2X) their Basic Rate of Pay for all hours worked.  This overtime payment will cease and the Employee's Basic Rate of Pay will apply at the start of their next regularly scheduled shift.
3. An Employee shall be allowed to bank overtime, to a maximum of two (2) shift rotations, to be taken as time off in lieu of payment for overtime.  One (1) hour of overtime shall equal two (2) hours lieu time.  This time off shall be taken at a time mutually agreed between the Employer and Employee.  Responses from the Employer to these requests shall be received in a reasonable amount of time from the application of the request.  Banked overtime may be taken in conjunction with scheduled vacation.
   
   An Employee can request their overtime bank to be paid out provided the request is made at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the payroll cut-off date.
4. All “Core Flex Shift” Employees shall be deemed to be working overtime when required by the Employer to work more than the required four (4) “Core Hours” per day shift and six (6) “Flex Hours” combined in a twenty-four (24) consecutive period.  These employees will be compensated at a rate of two times (2X) the Basic Rate of Pay.
5. All “Peak Shift” employees shall be deemed to be working overtime when required to work more than eight (8) hours per day, or forty (40) hours per week. These employees will be compensated at a rate of two times (2X) the Basic Rate of Pay.
6. All “Regular Shift” Employees shall be deemed to be working overtime when required by the Employer to work more than the twelve (12) hours per shift.  These employees will be compensated at a rate of two times (2X) the Basic Rate of Pay.
7. All Full-Time Employees working voluntary shifts will have it banked or paid in the following manner:
   1. A Full-Time Employee shall be allowed to bank voluntary shifts at the Basic Rate of Pay to a maximum of two (2) shift rotations. Time off shall be taken at a time mutually agreed between the Employer and Employee. Responses from the Employer to these requests shall be received in a reasonable amount of time from the application of the request. Voluntary shifts may be taken in conjunction with the scheduled vacation. Or,
   2. An Employee will be paid at their applicable rate of pay when the shift is paid in the pay period in which it is worked.
   3. An Employee can request their voluntary shifts to be paid out provided the request is made at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the payroll cut-off date.