Common use of AND RECOGNITION Clause in Contracts

AND RECOGNITION. The Employer recognizes the Union as the sole collective bargaining agency on behalf of employees for whom the Union has been elected as sole bargaining authority The term Employee as used in this Agreement shall apply to any person performing work in any job classification on a regular full-time and casual employee basis which is covered in the classification listing of this Agreement, and excludes, management and supervisory employees exercising management functions, sales, and employees. In the event that an employee performs work covered by the bargaining unit and there is no previously established classification or wage rate covering the work performed, the Union and Employer shall immediately negotiate a classification and wage rate. Regular full-time employees are those employees who are regularly scheduled forty (40) hours of work per week. Full-time employees where possible will be guaranteed two consecutive days off at the employees request. Regular part-time employees are those employees who are regularly scheduled thirty-six (36) hours per week. A part-time employee performing emergence work in another classification will be paid the higher rate of pay of classification for the emergency work being performed. Casuals are employees who are not regularly scheduled for nor guaranteed six (36) hours of work for the Employer at all times and/or who make their principal place of employment elsewhere. Casual employees will be permitted to work in both and Route positions so as to provide casuals with more hours. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, an employee shall be on probation for a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of hiring by the Employer. During the probationary period, the Employer may terminate a probationary employee's employment for any single or combination of which is determined as being sufficient cause within the purpose and context of the probationary period. After completing the probationary period the employee's seniority will begin from date of hire providing the employee is regular full-time, The probationary period is defined as the initial one hundred and eighty (180) day employment period of a new employee which provides on-the-job training, adaptation, and the performance of the responsibilities established within any job classification. It provides the employee with a practical work experience and exposure to the Company, and its operations and the job responsibilities to which he is assigned. It also provides the Employer with sufficient time to determine the employee's overall suitability and compatibility to perform the work for which he was employed.

AND RECOGNITION. The Employer recognizes the Union as the sole collective bargaining agency on behalf of employees for whom the Union has been elected as sole bargaining authority The term Employee as used in this This Agreement shall apply with respect to any person performing work in any job classification on a regular full-all of the Corporation’s employees comprised within the unit prescribed by The Alberta Labour Relations Board Certificate or said certificate as it may be amended from time and casual employee basis which is covered to time The Corporation the Association as the exclusive bargaining agent for all employees as defined in the classification listing Alberta Labour Relations Board as referred to in Article or said certificate as it may be amended from time to time. It is agreed that Casual employees shall not be included within the scope of this Collective Agreement. A Casual employee is defined as an employee who does not work more than hours within any three calendar month period. OF CATEGORIES employees covered by this Collective Agreement shall fall into the following categories: Permanent employees, and excludes, management and supervisory Probationary employees exercising management functions, sales, and or Seasonal employees. In the event that an employee performs work covered by the bargaining unit and there is no previously established classification or wage rate covering the work performed, the Union and Employer shall immediately negotiate a classification and wage rate. Regular full-time employees are those employees who are regularly scheduled forty (40) hours of work per week. Full-time employees where possible will be guaranteed two consecutive days off at the employees request. Regular part-time employees are those employees who are regularly scheduled thirty-six (36) hours per week. A part-time employee performing emergence work in another classification will be paid the higher rate of pay of classification for the emergency work being performed. Casuals are employees who are not regularly scheduled for nor guaranteed six (36) hours of work for the Employer at all times and/or who make their principal place of employment elsewhere. Casual employees will be permitted to work in both and Route positions so as to provide casuals with more hours. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, an Permanent employee shall be an employee who has been appointed by written notice to a permanently established position following the successful completion of a one hundred and eighty day probationary period. The parties agree that any Seasonal employee who completes four hundred and fifty calendar days of continuous employment shall achieve Permanent employee status except when the Seasonal employee is specifically to accommodate maternity leave, adoption leave, parental leave, sick leave and Workers’ Compensation Board situations. In situations accommodating maternity leave, adoption leave, leave, sick leave and Workers’ Compensation Board, Permanent employee status shall be achieved after completion of nine hundred calendar clays of continuous employment. Appointment to a Permanent category shall be communicated to the employee and the Association in writing within seven calendar days of appointment. A Probationary employee shall be either: A new employee appointed to a permanently established position, for whom there shall be a one hundred and eighty calendar day trial period, during which period his employment may be terminated at Management’s discreetion. A review of the performance of such employee will be discussed with him during the final thirty days of the trial period. A Seasonal employee appointed to a permanently established position, for whom there shall be a one hundred and eighty calendar day trial period, during which period his employment may be terminated at Management’s discretion. Such trial period shall include his period of continuous employment as a Seasonal employee on probation for the following basis: A Seasonal employee shall be credited with fifty percent of the continuous time worked to a period maximum of one hundred and eighty (180) twenty calendar days from the date trial period. A review of hiring by the Employer. During the probationary periodperformance of a Probationary employee will be discussed with him, if practicable, the Employer may terminate a probationary employee's employment for any single or combination of which is determined as being sufficient cause within the purpose and context final thirty days of the probationary trial period. After completing the probationary period the employee's seniority will begin from date of hire providing the employee is regular full-time, The probationary period is defined as the initial one hundred and eighty (180) day employment period of a new employee which provides on-the-job training, adaptation, and the performance of the responsibilities established within any job classification. It provides the employee with a practical work experience and exposure to the Company, and its operations and the job responsibilities to which he is assigned. It also provides the Employer with sufficient time to determine the employee's overall suitability and compatibility to perform the work for which he was employed.