Article 15.06 – Call-Back: Know Your Rights
OCHU has successfully defended members’ rights under Article 15.06 of the collective agreement.
Article 15.06 – Call-Back states:
“Where employees are called back to work after having completed a regular shift, and prior to the commencement of their next regular shift, they shall receive a minimum of four (4) hours of work or four (4) hours of pay at the rate of two (2) times their regular hourly earnings.”
What does this mean for members?
If you have completed your regularly scheduled shift and your employer calls you back to work before your next regularly scheduled shift begins, Article 15.06 applies.
The article provides for:
-A minimum of four (4) hours of work or four (4) hours of pay.
-Compensation at double your regular hourly earnings.
-The entitlement applies even if you are required to work less than four hours.
When does call-back apply?
There are three important considerations:
1. You must have completed your regular scheduled shift.
2. You must be called back to work after completing that shift.
3. The call-back must occur before your next regularly scheduled shift begins.
OCHU maintains that employees should receive the protections negotiated under Article 15.06 when they are required to return to work between regularly scheduled shifts.
In the arbitration case OCHU took on and won, the Union argued that the employee had completed their regular shift on January 2, was called back to work on January 3, and was not scheduled to return until January 5.
The Union argued that the hours worked on January 3 were subject to double-time compensation under Article 15.06 which the arbitrator allowed the grievance.
Know your rights. Contact your Local Union.
