Community Living Services Collective Agreement - British Columbia ...

CSSBA and CSSEA - Community Living Services (03/2012) Page 21
15.2 Shortfall of Shifts
There will be no pay back for shortfall of annual working hours in the shift systems.
15.3 Short Changeover Premium
(a) Except by mutual agreement, an employee will receive eight consecutive hours off duty when
changing shifts. If shifts are scheduled so that there are not eight hours between the finish of an
employee's shift and the start of her next shift, a premium calculated at overtime rates will be paid for
hours worked on the succeeding shift within the eight hour period.
(b) Where an employee exercises seniority rights to work shifts, one of which falls within the eight
hour period from the finish of the previous shift, the employee will not be entitled to claim the premium
rate referred to in (a) above.
15.4 Split Shifts
(a) Subject to (b) below, it is understood that there will be no regularly scheduled "split shifts" except
in School Age Child Care Programmes or as negotiated between the Union and the Employer at the
local level.
(b) All existing split shift arrangements will be retained as per the previous Collective Agreement
until the expiration of the service contract associated with the arrangement.
The Employer will give the Union sufficient notice of any new/renewed split shifts arrangement in
order to ensure adequate time to discuss the arrangements.
15.5 Work Schedules
(a) Work schedules must be posted 14 calendar days in advance of the beginning of the work
schedule.
(b) Changes to the posted work schedule may only be made for bona fide operational requirements .
(c) With the exception of (d) below, if the change to the employee's schedule is initiated by the
Employer with less than 48 hours' notice, the employee will be paid a premium of 85¢ per hour for
work performed on the first shift of the revised schedule.
(d) The penalty in (c) above does not apply if the change is initiated by the Employer with less
than 48 hours' notice because of an unanticipated absence of a scheduled employee, and no casual
employee is available.
(e) If child care or other serious personal circumstances do not permit such a change, employees may
choose to transfer to casual status. An employee who transfers from regular to casual status will have
their regular sick bank frozen and inaccessible until such time as the employee posts back to regular
status or posts to a vacancy under Article 24.11 (Temporary Vacancies).
16.1 Definitions
ARTICLE 16 - OVERTIME
(a)
(b)
"Overtime" means work authorized by the Employer and performed by an employee in excess of:
(1) the scheduled daily hours of a full-time employee;
(2) the maximum daily hours for those employees on flextime; or
(3) the agreed averaging period.
"Straight-time rate" means the hourly rate of remuneration.