LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING # 7

SELF DIRECTED HOURS OF WORK

The Parties agree that self-directed hours of work may continue under the following circumstances:

1. The period of work for full time employees on self-directed work hours shall be seventy (70) hours per pay period for inside workers and eighty (80) hours per pay period for outside workers. The period of work for regular part time employees shall be to a maximum of seventy (70) hours per pay period for inside workers and eighty (80) hours per pay period for outside workers.
2. The work day for these employees shall not exceed ten (10) hours per day for inside workers and eleven (11) hours per day for outside workers. Employees shall not schedule themselves for more than five (5) consecutive days in a row.
3. Employees shall be required to take their scheduled meal breaks as per Article 11.09 and rest breaks shall be as per Article 11.10
4. Starting and finishing times shall be reviewed with Managers, ensuring organizational needs have been adhered to. A written record of hours worked by each employee shall be recorded at the local level and available to the Union upon request.
5. Employees called in for emergency situations or required to work overtime by their managers shall be compensated as per Article 12.
6. Leaves of absences shall be converted into hours for full time employees, ensuring their hours at the end of the pay period equal seventy (70) hours for inside workers and eighty (80) hours for outside workers. Hours for regular part time employees must equal to at least their minimum originally posted hours of work during the pay period.
7. When a statutory holiday falls during a pay period, employees will be entitled to the day off with pay (eight (8) hours for full time outside staff, seven (7) hours for full time inside staff, and prorated for regular part time staff), and such day will be considered as part of their total hours of work during the pay period. If a manager requests the employee to work on a statutory holiday, the employee will be compensated as per Article 17.02.
8. It is understood that the self-directed work hours shall be restricted to those classifications listed below.
9. New classifications changes (job evaluation notwithstanding) shall not be permitted without mutual agreement of the Employer and the Union.