Community Living Services Collective Agreement - British Columbia ...

CSSBA and CSSEA - Community Living Services (03/2012) Page 19
(f)
(4) Regular employees requesting additional hours must give the Employer written notice of
their desire to work additional hours and their availability.
Twenty-four (24) Hour Live-In Shifts
All existing 24 hour live-in shifts will be retained as per the previous Collective Agreement until the
expiration of the service contract associated with the 24 hour shift arrangement.
New and/or renewed 24 hour live-in shifts arrangements will be subject to local agreement.
The Employer will give the Union sufficient notice of any new/renewed 24 hour shift arrangement in
order to ensure adequate time to discuss the arrangements.
(g)
Extended Hours Shifts
Extended workdays and/or extended workweeks are shifts in excess of the regular hours of work as
outlined in Article 14.2(a) (Hours of Work) that average the regular hours of work as outlined in
Article 14.2(a) (Hours of Work) over an agreed upon averaging period. In no case will extended
workdays be greater than 16 hours in length.
All provisions of the Collective Agreement continue to apply to an employee working extended
workday and/or extended workweek schedules except as varied below:
(1) Implementation of extended workday and/or extended workweek schedules requires the
agreement of the Employer and the Union.
(2) Extended workday and/or extended workweek schedules may be cancelled by the
Employer upon 30 days written notice. The Employer will consult with the Union prior to such
cancellation.
(3) Daily overtime for regular employees working extended workday and/or extended
workweek schedules commences after the completion of the scheduled shift.
(4) Any paid leaves in the Collective Agreement will be paid using the principles of
equivalent hours up to the maximum entitlement.
It is understood by the parties that the guiding principles of extended workday and/or extended
workweek schedules are to ensure that the employees working these shifts receive no greater nor lesser
benefits than what they would have received working "regular" work hours/week.
14.3 Rest Periods
(a)
Rest periods will be taken without loss of pay to the employees.
(b) All employees will have two 15 minute rest periods in each work period in excess of six hours,
one rest period to be granted before and one after the meal period.
(c) Employees working a shift of three and one-half hours, but not more than six hours, will receive
one rest period during such a shift.
(d) Due to the needs of the clients, employees may be required to remain within the general area
during rest periods so that they are readily available for safety or emergency situations if needed.
14.4 Meal Periods
(a) Meal periods will be scheduled as closely as possible to the middle of the workday. The length of
the meal period will be not less than 30 minutes and not more than 60 minutes.
(b) An employee will be entitled to take her meal period away from the worksite. Where the
Employer determines that this cannot be done, the meal period will be considered as time worked at