15.11 Minimum Number of Days Scheduled Off From Work

Employees shall be scheduled off from work, exclusive of annual vacations, a minimum of 116 days per year [that is, an average of two days per week plus a minimum of 12 paid holidays]. If, at the end of 52 weeks dating from an employee’s first scheduled shift in January, an employee has not had a minimum of 116 days off, he/she shall be paid extra at the applicable overtime rate for each day by which his/her total number of days off falls short of 116 days except for days for which he/she was paid overtime in accordance with Articles 16 (Overtime) or 17.3 (Holiday Falling on a Day of Rest).