Alternate Work Schedules

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 4, the Company may implement the following weekly schedules as an alternative to the regular work week outlined in the Collective Agreement under the following conditions:

1. Packaging Department
   
   
   1. One-Shift Operation
      The Company may implement a four-day workweek based on ten-hour shifts. The days worked would be consecutive and the department would be scheduled on either a Monday to Thursday or a Tuesday to Friday schedule. Such scheduling would be limited to the packaging department and related support positions as identified and agreed upon between the parties. An additional coffee break/rest period would be scheduled in the latter part of the shift to compensate for the extended workday. Normal start times may be backed up by up to two hours by agreement between the parties without incurring the night shift premium contained in Article 5 of the Collective Agreement.
      
      
   2. Two-Shift Operation
      In the event the Company requires a two-shift operation to meet production requirements they shall return to the five-day, eight-hour Monday to Friday regular workweek.
      
      
   3. Non-production afternoon shifts shall continue to be scheduled on the 5 x 8 hour, Monday to Friday basis as per article 4.01. It is understood that the afternoon shift shall commence when day shift ends.
   
   
2. Maintenance Department
   In addition to the regular workweek contained in Article 4 of the Agreement, the Company may institute a weekend work force, Friday to Sunday or Saturday to Monday with four consecutive days off, for special projects and or capital expenditures or to augment the normal weekly maintenance duties.
   
   Such shifts would be limited to day shift and would consist of either:
   
   
   1. 3 x 12 hours with one additional paid lunch break or *
      
      
   2. 3 x 11 hours with one additional rest period. *
      
      *Selection of either (a) or (b) shall be by mutual agreement between the Company and the maintenance employees. Compensation for either option to be forty hours per week.
      
      
   3. Paid leave provisions contained in the Collective Agreement would be applied on the principle of “a day is a day and a week is a week” except that sick leave shall be converted to hours and drawn down accordingly. Stats shall be observed in accordance with Article 6.
      
      
   4. It is clearly understood that the implementation of this provision shall not result in:
      
      
      1. any employee being required to work more than two consecutive weekends at any one time, or:
         
         
      2. any employee being required to work more than thirteen weekends in any calendar year, or;
         
         
      3. any employee being required to work a long weekend.