The normal work schedule shall consist of five (5)
consecutive workdays, Monday through Friday, followed by two (2) days of rest
(Saturday and Sunday), except for those employees designated in advance by
mutual agreement between the Company and the Union who regularly work on
Saturday and/or Sunday, whose normal work schedule shall consist of five (5)
consecutive workdays, followed by two (2) days of rest, which shall be treated
as their Saturday and Sunday, in that order.
The Company will attempt to meet its nonregular
workweek assignments on a voluntary basis among the employees. In the event there are insufficient
volunteers to meet the requirement, the supervisor may designate and require
the necessary number of employees to work the nonregular
workweek. Such designation shall first
affect the junior qualified employees in the classification. When reducing the number of nonregular workweek assignments, senior employees within
each job will be given their preference to return to regular workweek
schedules. The purpose of nonregular workweek assignments is to provide for those
maintenance and service functions that are required on a continuing seven
(7)-day per-week basis. Such assignments
will not be utilized for the purpose of providing maintenance or service in
support of weekend production operations.
It is mutually agreed that Maintenance employees and employees in
organizations providing seven-day customer service may be assigned to a nonregular workweek.
In the event the Company deems it advisable to work any
number of the employees on a short workweek, the Union and the affected
employees will be notified in advance which days are to be worked, and such
days worked shall be consecutive. An
employee's options in regard to the use of vacation credit in such situation
are set forth in Section 8.4(i).
Each employee shall be assigned to a definite shift with
designated times of beginning and ending.
The first and second shifts each shall be an eight
(8)-hour-and-thirty-minute period which shall include a thirty (30)-minute
unpaid lunch period. The third shift
shall be a seven (7)-hour period which shall include a thirty (30)-minute
unpaid lunch period. The designated
times of beginning each shift during the scheduled workweek (the period covered
by Section 6.10(c)) shall be: first
shift - between 5:00 A.M. and 8:30 A.M.; second shift - between 1:30 P.M. and
6:00 P.M.; third shift - between 10:00 P.M. and 1:30 A.M. of the following
day. Each employee shall be given a ten
(10)-minute rest period in each half of the shift to which he/she is assigned,
the time of starting each such rest period to be designated by the
Company. Each employee who is required
to report for work two (2) or more hours prior to the start of his/her regular
shift shall receive a ten (10)-minute rest period prior to the start of his/her
regular shift. Each employee who is
scheduled to work two (2) or more hours of overtime after his/her regular shift
shall receive a ten (10)-minute rest period prior to the start of the
overtime. Changes of shift assignments
shall be made on the first day of a new workweek whenever practicable.
In order to ensure operational efficiency, the Company shall
have the exclusive right to assign employees to any shift. Subject to the foregoing, senior employees
who have a shift preference on file shall be given preference over junior
employees who are assigned to the same job title and shift, junior returning
non-bargaining unit employees, new hires, recalls from layoff, and promotional
candidates for placement in openings in their job title and organization. Shift preference rights are not applicable
over employees being downgraded, laterally reclassified on their current shift,
laterally transferred to the organization on their current shift or over senior
employees who are in their labor grade. Employees who have requested downgrades
will not be given preference over senior employees in their organization who
have shift preferences on file. Shift
preferences must be filed more than three (3) working days prior to an organization
effecting a shift change or declaring a job opening by submission of a dated
open requisition. If an employee does
not file a shift preference, it shall be assumed that he/she is on his/her
preferred shift. Under no circumstances
will the provisions of this Section 5.4 be construed to enable an employee, at
his/her instance and request, to displace a less senior employee from his/her
job and shift.
5.4(a) As stated, shift preferences as
defined will not apply in instances where the exercise of such rights would
affect the efficiency of Company operations in any organization on any
shift. When such instances arise, it
shall be the responsibility of organizational management to prepare an
exception request for transmittal to the organization’s designated executive or
delegate. Exception requests shall be
discussed with the
5.4(a)(1)
When staffing a new shift, the Company maintains the right to assign employees
necessary to accomplish the work, including the right to assign employees with
key skills regardless of their shift preference. The Company will attempt to complete such
staffing from volunteers, assignments from other shifts in reverse seniority
order, promotions, and new hires.
5.4(a)(2)
When senior employees are displaced from their shift of preference during a
staffing exercise, the
5.4(b) The
Company will de-staff a shift in the following order: first, by shift preference filings, and
second, in reverse seniority order among remaining employees. In cases where
the shift is to be eliminated, employees will be notified in advance and given
the opportunity to file a timely shift preference.
5.4(c) In
the event an employee is holding a higher graded job classification but is no
longer assigned to work as a lead (as defined by the Rules Governing the
Application of Job Descriptions), he/she shall have the same shift preference
rights accorded to the employees in the lower graded job classification of the
work being performed.
5.4(d) In
the event two (2) or more employees have the same seniority date, the employees
with the lowest BEMS ID will be provided the first opportunity for shift
preference movement.
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