Wheatland & Adjacent Districts Emergency Medical Services Association Collective Agreement 2018-2023

Article 12: Hours of Work

1. Hours of work shall consist of the following shift structures and shift rotations:
   1. ACP Shift Structure
      1. ALPHA shift rotation
   2. PCP Shift Structure
      1. ALPHA & BRAVO shift rotation
      2. DELTA (Peak) shift rotation
   3. Dispatch Shift Structure
      1. Dispatch Shift rotation
2. ACP Shift Structure shall:
   1. Operate on the basis of two (2) twelve (12) hour day shifts followed by two (2) twelve (12) hour night shifts, followed by four (4) days off.
   2. Consist of an average of forty-two (42) hours per week over one (1) complete cycle of the shift.
   3. Annual Hours of Work for an ACP shall consist of two thousand one hundred ninety (2190) in each year of full time employment.
3. PCP Shift Structure shall consist of ALPHA & BRAVO Shift Rotation and Delta (Peak) Shift Rotation.
   1. The ALPHA & BRAVO Shift Rotation shall consist of:
      1. Two (2) twelve (12) hour day shifts followed by two (2) twelve (12) hour night shifts, followed by four (4) days off.
      2. Consist of an average of forty-two (42) hours per week over one (1) complete cycle of the shift schedule.
   2. The DELTA (Peak) Shift Rotation shall consist of a continuous rotation of five (5) eight hour 24 minute (8:24) shifts followed by two 2 days off.
   3. A full time PCP shall work two thousand one hundred ninety (2190) hours of work in each year of full time employment.
4. Dispatch Shift Rotation shall consist of:
   1. A shifting schedule set by the employer that is compliant with Article 12.
   2. Consist of an average of forty-eight (48) hours per week over one (1) complete cycle of the shift.
   3. Annual Hours of Work for a Dispatcher shall consist of two thousand one hundred ninety (2190) in each year of full time employment.

5. Employees may exchange shifts, partial shifts and/or days off with Employees in the same classification and the same employment status (i.e. regular Employee to regular Employee, or casual Employee to casual Employee) provided that:

   1. both affected Employees submit the request in writing, giving reasonable notice and;
   2. the Employer approves the exchange; and
   3. operational efficiency is not disrupted; and
   4. there is no increased cost to the Employer; and
   5. the shift schedule shall be amended by the Employer to reflect the shifts being exchanged.
   6. partial shift exchanges shall be limited to personal exchange of shift that does not require any change in pay administration

   Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

6. Employees called in to work and not required to commence work and/or who work two (2) hours or less shall receive a minimum of three (3) hours at their Basic Rate of Pay.
7. Hours of Work for a Casual Employee
   1. A casual Employee may work any of the work shifts and rotations as described above at the applicable rates of pay for casual Employees.
   2. Overtime rates of pay shall apply to a casual Employee as applicable to the shift structure worked by the casual Employee when the overtime occurs.
   3. On-call rates of pay shall apply to casual Employees when applicable to the shift structure being worked by the casual Employee.
8. Schedule Posting and Schedule Changes (not applicable to Casual employees)
   1. Unless otherwise agreed between the Association and the Employer, shift schedules shall be posted four (4) weeks in advance. If a shift schedule is changed after being posted, the affected Employees shall be provided with fourteen (14) days notice of the new schedule. In the event that an Employee’s schedule is changed in the new shift schedule and he is not provided with fourteen (14) calendar days notice, he shall be entitled to premium payment subject to the provisions of Article 12.08 (b), (c), and (d).
   2. Unless an Employee is given at least fourteen (14) calendar days notice of a change of his scheduled days off he shall be paid two times (2.0X) his basic rate of pay for all hours worked on such day(s) unless such change is at the Employee’s request. 
   3. If, in the course of a posted schedule, the Employer changes the Employee’s scheduled shift (i.e. days to evenings, days to nights or evenings to nights) but not his day off he shall be paid at the rate of two times (2.0X) his basic rate of pay for all hours worked on the first shift of the changed schedule unless fourteen (14) calendar days notice of such change has been provided.
   4. If, in the course of a posted schedule, the Employer changes the Employee’s shift start time by two (2) hours or more he shall be paid at the rate of two times (2.0X) his basic rate of pay for those hours which constitute the change in the shift start time unless fourteen (14) calendar days notice of such change has been given.
9. In the event that an Employee reports for work as scheduled and be required by the Employer not to commence work but to return to duty at a later hour, he shall be compensated for that inconvenience by receiving three (3) hours pay at his basic rate of pay.

10. Should an Employee report and commence work as scheduled and be required by the Employer to cease work prior to the completion of his scheduled shift and return to work at a later hour, he shall receive his basic hourly rate of pay for all hours worked with an addition of three (3) hours at his basic rate of pay for that inconvenience.

11. Voluntary Additional Shifts 

    1. A “Voluntary List” shall be maintained of regular Employees who are available to perform such assignments which may consist of coverage for regular shifts, relief shifts, standbys or public relations work. Employees from the Voluntary list will be offered this work at their applicable rate of pay. Where the assignment of the additional shift results in the Employee exceeding sixty (60) hours of work in a week, averaged over a four week shift cycle, the overtime rate of pay shall apply.

    2. The following functions are examples of standby and public relations work:
       
       Municipal Parades
       Teaching
       Committee Work
       Mall Displays
       Auto Races
       Local School Events
       Trade/Education Fairs
       Concerts
       Rodeos/Equestrian Events
       Car Seat Clinic