POLICY:

Regular hours of work identify normal hours of work for full time employees and scheduling options for those hours.

PROCEDURE:

• Hours of work will be communicated to all employees in writing at the time of hire and will be posted in the Library for employee awareness on an ongoing basis.

• Normal full-time hours of work are 37.5 hours per week, 7.5 hours per day, with 30 minute scheduled unpaid meal break and 15-minute paid rest break during the course of a five-hour working period. Two fifteen-minute breaks will be accommodated in a 7.5- hour workday.

• Rest periods or other break periods not taken:

1. 1. Are not recorded for additional remuneration.

1. 2. Are not accumulated for extra time off.

1. 3. Are not used for the purpose of leaving work early unless prior approval is received, and this practice is not to occur on a regular basis.

• Part-time employees shall work up to the scheduled full-time hours in a day and less than the required full-time hours in a week.

• Scheduled hours of work may include weekends. Where weekend hours are a stipulation of a position, that information is provided at the time of posting/hire.

• The Library Director will provide employee work schedules that adhere to the rest period guidelines as outlined below:

• One day of rest each work week.
• Two consecutive days of rest in each period of two consecutive work weeks.
• Three consecutive days of rest in each period of three consecutive work; weeks.
• Four consecutive days of rest in each period of four consecutive work weeks.
• At least four consecutive days of rest after 24 consecutive workdays.

From the Alberta Employment Standards.