Community Living Services Collective Agreement - British Columbia ...

CSSBA and CSSEA - Community Living Services (03/2012) Page 22
(c)
(d)
(e)
"Time and one-half" means one and one-half times the straight-time rate.
"Double-time" means twice the straight-time rate.
"Double time and one-half" means two and one-half times the straight-time rate.
16.2 Overtime Entitlement
Overtime entitlement will be calculated in 20 minute increments; however, employees will not be entitled
to any compensation for periods of overtime of less than 10 minutes per day.
16.3 Recording of Overtime
Employees will record starting and finishing times for overtime worked on a form determined by the
Employer.
16.4 Sharing of Overtime
Overtime work will be allocated equitably within a programme/worksite (see local issues agreement).
16.5 Overtime Compensation
Employees requested to work in excess of the normal daily full shift hours as outlined in Article 14.2
(Hours of Work), or who are requested to work on their scheduled day of rest, will be paid:
(a)
(b)
(c)
time and one-half for the first two hours of overtime on a regularly scheduled workday; and
double-time for hours worked in excess of the two hours referred to in (a) above;
double-time for all hours worked on a scheduled day of rest.
The compensation of overtime in (a) and (b) is to be on a daily basis and not cumulative.
An employee may choose to receive equivalent compensatory time off in lieu of overtime. Time off will
be scheduled at a mutually agreeable time.
16.6 No Layoff to Compensate for Overtime
Employees will not be required to layoff during regular hours to equalize any overtime worked.
16.7 Right to Refuse Overtime
(a) All employees will have the right to refuse to work overtime, except when required to do so in
emergency situations, without being subject to disciplinary action for so refusing.
(b) When an employee is required to work overtime, the Employer will pay for any dependant care
expenses incurred by the employee. Such expenses to be the dependant care expenses normally paid by
the employee.
16.8 Callback Provisions
Employees called back to work, to work overtime will be compensated for a minimum of two hours at
applicable overtime rates.
These employees will receive a transportation allowance based on the cost of taking a taxi from their
home to the Employer's place of business and return or, if the employee normally drives her automobile
to work, the vehicle allowance from the employee's home to the Employer's place of business and return.
The minimum allowance will be two dollars.
16.9 Rest Interval
An employee required to work overtime beyond her regularly scheduled shift will be entitled to eight
clear hours between the end of the overtime worked and the start of her next regular shift. If eight clear