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Highlights
- Eight (8) hours work for eight (8) hours pay when three (3) shifts are worked;
- $2.00 per hour second shift additive
- $2.25 per hour third shift additive
- Forty (40) hours per week, Monday – Friday constitutes a typical work week.
- The National Maintenance Agreements (NMAs) operate on a twenty-four (24) hour clock. (Reference Policy Decision XV-6)
- All time worked before or after the established shift shall receive premium time pay.
- Change in starting and quitting times of an established shift requires mutual consent of the Employer (Contractor) and the Union (Craft), unless Owner/Client directed.
- Employees are to be at their posts at their regular starting time.
- Employees are to be provided a thirty (30) minute unpaid lunch break.
- Premium time Monday-Friday as well as Saturday is time and one-half (1 ½x), Sunday and Holiday premium time is not to exceed double time (2x).
- Four (4) day, ten (10) hours per shift Flexible Work Schedule
- Monday – Thursday with Friday as an optional straight-time make-up day
- Ten (10) hours work for ten (10) hours pay
- $2.00 per hour second shift additive, when applicable
- Friday is a voluntary make-up day
- Employees must inform their Employer on Thursday if they are not willing to work the make-up day and shall NOT be penalized
- Flexible Work Schedule Questions & Answers (See Policy Decision XV-20)
Policy Decisions
- XV-1 – Clarification of Shift Additives by Example
- Provides clarification of the proper application of shift rates, shift additives and overtime through several shift schedule variations using one (1), two (2) and three (3) shift schedules.
- XV-2 – Application of Shift Additives
- Provides clarification that when shift additives differ in local collective bargaining agreements from those contained in the NMA that the applicable shift additives for NMA work shall be those contained in the NMA.
- It also provides clarification that shift additives will follow a shift through its completion spirit and intent of the NMA by deliberately mis-assigning work
- XV-3 – Organized Breaks
- Provides clarification that there are no organized breaks provided for under the NMA.
- XV-4 – Shift Additives Payable on Single Shifts
- Provides clarification that shift additives may be applicable for work being performed under a single shift schedule.
- XV-5 – “Pick-Up” Time and “Early Quits”
- Provides clarification that non-productive time is contrary to the spirit and intent of the NMA and that the employers shall determine the necessary time needed to pick-up or clean-up after a shift.
- XV-6 – Determining When Overtime is Payable Due to Change in Starting Times
- Provides clarification as to proper application of the twenty-four (24) hour clock rule for determining what the applicable premium-time rate is for work involving Saturday and Sunday hours.
- XV-7 – Establishing Starting Times
- Provides clarification of the steps that an Employer would need to take once it has established a starting time different than that provided for in the NMA.
- XV-8 – Establishment of Work Break Requirements
- Provides clarification of work break requirements for situations where it is necessary to utilize employees from previous shifts in order to complete a maintenance task within a twenty-four (24) hour period.
- XV-9 – Proper Remuneration for Second (2nd) and Third (3rd) Shifts
- Provides clarification for situations pertaining to the proper compensation of employees when they report tardy and /or leave early before the completion of the regularly scheduled shift.
- XV-10 – Clarification of Application of Second Meal-Breaks
- Provides clarification of the proper application, and compensation if any, due employees for second and subsequent meal-breaks.
- XV-11 – Clarification of Application of Second Meal-Breaks for Craft Supervision
- Provides clarification of the proper application of second and subsequent meal-breaks as they pertain to craft supervisors.
- XV-12 – Proper Payment for Working Through and Changing the Regularly Established Lunch Period
- Provides clarification of the proper remuneration for situations where an employee is required to work through their regularly scheduled lunch period.
- XV-13 – Proper Remuneration for “Split Shifts”
- Provides clarification of situations when employees report to work at their regularly scheduled time and then are directed to go home and report back on a later shift for work within the same twenty-four (24) hour period.
- XV-14 – Determining the FIRST Shift in Multiple Shift Operations
- Provides clarification of situations when multiple shifts are required and the established shift starts at a time different than those outlined in the NMA.
- XV-15 – Inclusion of Shift Additives in Gross Wages When Calculating Fringe Benefit Contributions
- Provides clarification of the proper method of calculating fringe benefit contributions when they are based on a percentage of gross wages.
- XV-16 – Proper Compensation For Time Lost to Visit Contractor’s Physician
- Provides clarification as to the proper compensation of employees when they are sent to the employer’s physician because of a job related injury and/or follow-up visit
- XV-17 – Appropriate Overtime Rate
- Provides clarification as to the appropriate rate of pay for employees that work before and after the established work day of eight (8) hours Monday – Friday.
- XV-18 – Scheduled Days Off
- Provides clarification and instructions for employers involved in situation where an owner shuts down maintenance projects by withholding work order.
- XV-19 – Proper Compensation for an abbreviated Work Day (A One Day Job)
- Provides clarification of situations when newly hired employees do not receive eight (8) hours of work before being laid-off.
- XV-20 – 4-10’s Flexible Schedule Interpretations
- Provides clarification as to the implementation and execution of a four (4) day, ten (10) hours per day flexible work schedule through a series of questions and answers.
- XV-21 – Extended or Short Term Plant Shutdowns
- Provides clarification regarding the planned shutdown of plants/facilities at the direction of Owners and how contractors should address their employees accordingly.
- XV-22 – Scheduling of Overtime
- Provides clarification whether scheduled overtime is mandatory for Employer’s employees..