Common use of ARTICLE Clause in Contracts

ARTICLE. The regular work week shall consist of forty (40) hours worked in five (5) days, eight (8) hours per day Monday to Friday inclusive. When the plant is operating on a one (1)shift basis, the regular hours of work shall be am to When the plant is operating on a two (2) or three (3) shift basis, the regular hours of work shall be am to to and to am (with the exception of stores and shipping/ receiving). When the plant is operating on a one (1) shift basis, the regular workday shall include a one-half hour unpaid lunch period. A rest period of fifteen (15) minutes shall be provided during the first half of each regularly scheduled shift and another ten minutes shall be provided during the second half of each regularly scheduled shift. A ten minute rest period shall be provided at the end of regular working hours for any employee scheduled to work two (2) hours or more overtime. When it is required by the employer to run certain operations through breaks it is understood that those currently operating the equipment will be required to work through first break and will be relieved so they take second break. This Article is intended to define the normal hours of work and shall not be construed as a guarantee of hours of work for regularly assigned hours, or for any hours per day or per week, or of days of work per week. Weekly starting and quitting times may be altered by the Employer after discussion with the Union. All employees shall be granted a five (5) minute up period at the end of their shifts. Employees are not to leave the premises prior to end of the wash-up period. The Employer will provide time clocks that allow employees to see the time they clock in and out. Pay hours will be divided into six-minute intervals for the purposes of For employees working two (2) or three (3) shifts, there shall be a twenty (20) minute paid lunch and two ten minute rest periods. Employees will be paid for travel time at the applicable rate while required to travel on Company business. They will also be reimbursed for out of town expenses according to company policy.

ARTICLE. The regular provisions of this Agreement apply to the Alliance, employees and the Employer. Both the English and French texts of this Agreement shall be official. Feminine, masculine, singular and plural pronouns used in this Agreement shall be interchangeable in the interpretation of this Agreement except where specifically precluded by the context. Employees whose normal scheduled hours of work week shall consist of forty (40) are less than the normal weekly hours worked by a full-time employee shall be entitled to the benefits provided under this agreement in five the same proportion as their weekly hours of work compared with the normal scheduled weekly hours of work of full-time employees except that: Such employees shall be paid at the hourly rate of pay for all hours of work performed up to the normal daily or weekly hours worked by a full-time employee. Employees will be compensated at the overtime rate as specified in Article for all work performed in excess of the normal daily or weekly hours of work. (5) daysFor the purpose of this clause, eight (8) hours per day Monday to Friday inclusive. When the plant is operating on a one (1)shift basis, the regular normal daily hours of work shall be am to When the plant is operating on a two seven (27) or three (3) shift basishours, the regular and normal weekly hours of work shall be am to to and to am thirty-five (with the exception of stores and shipping/ receiving)35) hours. When the plant is operating on a one (1) shift basis, the regular workday shall include a one-half hour unpaid lunch period. A rest period of fifteen (15) minutes shall Leave will only be provided where it may displace other leave as prescribed by this Agreement, during those periods in which the first half of each regularly scheduled shift and another ten minutes shall be provided during the second half of each regularly scheduled shift. A ten minute rest period shall be provided at the end of regular working hours for any employee employees are scheduled to work two (2) hours or more overtimeperform their duties. When it is required by the employer to run certain operations through breaks it is understood that those currently operating the equipment will be required to work through first break and will be relieved so they take second break. This Article is intended to define the normal hours of work and shall not be construed as a guarantee of hours of work for regularly assigned hours, or for any hours per day or per week, or of The days of work per week. Weekly starting and quitting times may be altered by rest provisions in this collective apply only in a the Employer after discussion with the Union. All employees shall be granted a employee has worked five (5) minute up period at the end of their shifts. Employees are not to leave the premises prior to end days and a minimum of the washnomial weekly hours worked by a full-up periodtime employee. The Employer will provide A part-time clocks that allow employees to see the time they clock in and out. Pay hours will be divided into six-minute intervals for the purposes of For employees working two (2) or three (3) shifts, there employee shall be a twenty (20) minute paid lunch and two ten minute rest periods. Employees will not be paid for travel the designated holidays but shall, instead, be paid a premium of four point six per cent (4.6%)for all straight-time hours during the period of part-time employment. When a part-time employee is required to work on a day which is prescribed as a designated paid holiday for a full-time employee in clause of this Agreement, the employee shall be paid at the applicable rate while required paid to travel a full-time employee for all hours worked on Company businessthe holiday. They will also Notwithstanding the provisions of Article (Severance Pay), an employee whose continuous employment is a combination of both full-time and part-time continuous employment shall, for the purpose of Severance Pay, have those completed years of part-time continuous employment reduced in the same proportion as the part-time weekly hours of work compare with the nomial scheduled weekly hours of work of employee. For such an employee who, on the date of the termination of employment is a part-time employee, the weekly rate of pay shall be reimbursed for out the rate of town expenses according pay that the employee is being paid on termination, adjusted to company policythe full-time weekly rate.

ARTICLE. Section Health and Welfare Plan The Health and Welfare Pian covering all company employees, members of the Union, as set out in Appendix hereunto annexed and forming part of this Agreement continue. Section Companies which are in arrears in the remittance of union dues, initiation fees or health and welfare payments of thirty (30) days or more shall be required to pay all legal costs involved should the Union take legal action to recover said payments. Regular Work Except as hereinafter provided, the regular work day shall consist of eight (8) consecutive hours of work between and not including the meal period. The regular work week shall consist of forty (40) hours worked in five (5) days, eight (8) hours per day hour days in the period from Monday to both days included with Saturday and Sunday as regular assigned days off. Weekly Guarantee Except where otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties the Company shall sixty percent (60%)of all its employees in each unit as classified in Article taken in order of their seniority and to a minimum of one not less than forty hours' wages per week exclusive of overtime. Assignment of Guaranteed Men to Scheduled Work Week Employees within the most senior sixty percent (60%)in each unit shall be assigned to a work week on either of the following basis: Monday through Friday inclusive. When Saturday and Sunday off Tuesday through Saturday Sunday and Monday off provided, however, that any employee by reason of his seniority placing him within the plant is operating said sixty percent (60%) may, if qualified in all respects as provided in Article elect to remain on a one (1)shift basis, the regular hours of work shall be am to When the plant is operating on a two (2) or three (3) shift basis, the regular hours of work shall be am to to other than those in and to am (with the exception of stores and shipping/ receiving)hereof. When the plant is operating on a one (1) shift basis, the regular workday shall include a one-half hour unpaid lunch period. A rest period of fifteen (15) minutes shall be provided during the first half of each regularly scheduled shift and another ten minutes shall be provided during the second half of each regularly scheduled shift. A ten minute rest period shall be provided at the end of regular working hours for any employee scheduled to work two (2) hours or more overtime. When it is required by the employer to run certain operations through breaks it is understood that those currently operating any employes within this sixty percent shall, subject to qualifications as aforesaid, always have precedence over all other employees in his unit on vacancies within group Notice of Alteration of Work Week Upon being assigned, per the equipment will be required to provisions of the above save as where a job has been eliminated, an employee's scheduled work through first break and will be relieved so they take second break. This Article is intended to define the normal hours of work and week shall not be construed as a guarantee altered until six weeks have elapsed the date of hours assignment, excepting for the movement of work for regularly assigned hourshousehold goods utilizing moving vans from one residence to another and of office furniture and equipment from one office to another, or for any hours per where notice must be given on the last working day or per week, or of days of work per the previous week. Weekly starting and quitting times Flexible Work Week For all employees, other than the senior sixty percent the flexible work week may be altered scheduled between Monday and Saturday inclusive with Sunday and one other day scheduled as days off provided, however, that unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Employer after discussion with the Union. All Parties hereto that all employees not assigned to a scheduled Monday through Friday shall be granted guaranteed (401 hours' wages and shall where possible be notified of the schedule to be worked on the last working day of the week preceding that to which the schedule refers. In the event goods or materials due to be handled on a five (5) minute up period at the end of their shifts. Employees Saturday are not available, by reason of failure of a schedule arrival, any employee who does not commence work shall only be entitled to leave the premises prior to end of the wash-up period. The Employer will provide time clocks that allow employees to see the time they clock in and out. Pay hours will be divided into six-minute intervals for the purposes of For employees working two (2) or three (3) shifts, there shall be a twenty (20) minute paid lunch and two ten minute rest periods. Employees will be paid for travel time at the applicable rate while required to travel on Company business. They will also be reimbursed for out of town expenses according to company policyfour hours' pay.

ARTICLE. The regular work week Regular working days shall consist of forty (40) hours worked in five (5) days, eight (8) hours per day be from Monday to Friday inclusive, excluding holidays. Holidays shall mean those days hereinafter specified so to be. Regular working hours which shall constitute the day shift shall be from to with one-half hour for lunch from Noon to unless mutually agreed otherwise. Regular working hours can also mean a compressed work week of four (4) ten-hour (10 days when it is mutually agreed to by both Union and Contractor before work commences. When the plant is operating on a one ten-hour (1)shift basis1 days are worked, the regular work day will be from to with one-half hour for lunch from Noon to unless mutually agreed otherwise. Regular hours may also be adjusted to conform to work schedules imposed by the project owner and will be paid as if they were a day shift. By agreement of the Employer and the Union, such work and work hours may be modified when it is mutually advantageous to do so. In the jurisdiction of Local overtime for service work shall be am paid for at the regular rate of pay up to When the plant is operating on a two (2) or three (3) shift basis, hours per day after which the overtime rate of one and one-half (1 the regular rate shall prevail. The Employer may work shift work (involving two or more shifts) on a particular job The second shift shall commence at the end of the day shift unless special circumstances exist and agreement is reached between the Union and the Employer. The hours of work for the second shift shall be am to to and to am (from until with the exception of stores and shipping/ receiving). When the plant is operating on a one (1) shift basis, the regular workday shall include a one-half hour unpaid for lunch periodbreak unpaid. The Employer may, after consultation with the Business Manager, start another shift prior to the end of the second shift. Employees shall be paid for eight (8) hours when full shift hours are worked. Lunch break will be The shift premium for other than day shift shall be fifteen percent (15%) above the regular hourly rate of pay for all hours worked. COMBINED COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT Main ▇▇▇▇▇ work worked prior to a.m. on Saturday or a holiday shall be considered to have been worked on the previous day. A rest period of fifteen eight (15) minutes 8) hours shall prevail between work periods or overtime rates prevail. All overtime shall be provided on a strictly voluntary basis. The Employer may, if hours or shifts are lost during the first half of each regularly scheduled shift and another ten minutes shall week on a compressed work week schedule as described in above, due to weather, offer the employees the opportunity to make up the time to ensure wages up to a full work week. Such hours worked will not be provided during the second half of each regularly scheduled shift. A ten minute rest period shall be provided at the end of regular working hours for any employee scheduled to work two (2) hours or more overtime. When it is required by the employer to run certain operations through breaks it is understood that those currently operating the equipment will be required to work through first break considered overtime and will be relieved so they take second break. This Article is intended to define the normal hours of work and shall not be construed as a guarantee of hours of work for regularly assigned hours, or for any hours per day or per week, or of days of work per week. Weekly starting and quitting times may be altered by the Employer after discussion with the Union. All employees shall be granted a five (5) minute up period paid at the end of their shifts. Employees are not to leave the premises prior to end regular rate of the wash-up period. The Employer will provide time clocks that allow employees to see the time they clock in and out. Pay hours will be divided into six-minute intervals for the purposes of For employees working two (2) or three (3) shifts, there shall be a twenty (20) minute paid lunch and two ten minute rest periods. Employees will be paid for travel time at the applicable rate while required to travel on Company business. They will also be reimbursed for out of town expenses according to company policyemployee.

ARTICLE. The regular work week Wages shall consist be paid in with Appendix " A, which is hereby made a part of forty (40) hours worked in five (5) daysan employee is to a higher rated job, eight (8) hours per day Monday to Friday inclusive. When that employee shall be paid the plant is operating on a higher rate for the rated job for one (1)shift basishour, or, the actual on job, whichever is pater. Rates above job rates are payable completion of the probationary period specified in Article Newly employees will be paid a rate below the applicable classificationjob rates Continuous Operating Premium Employees who work the 12-hour continuous operating schedule will receive a continuous operating premium of seventy six cents hour, for each hour worked, payable on regular pay days The. premium is an add-onto the base rates and will be in rates only in the calculation of pay for with no (including hours worked)and pay. ARTICLE BEREAVEMENTLEAVE The. purpose of work shall this Leave is to active employeesfor wage in the event of death in the family. An employeewill be am to When the plant is operating on below) for a two (2) or three periodof (3) shift basissuccessivedays on which the employeewould have otherwiseworked. Such will be paid at the employee's regular time rate for a period not to exceed twelve hours day limited to absences when the otherwise have worked. rate shallbe the hourly rate the employee during last worked prior to bereavement. An employee will not receive Bereavement Leave pay when it duplicatespay received for time not worked for any other family, for the of this section is defined as employee'slegal mother, stepmother, father, stepfather or legal guardians, mother-in-law, father-in-law, children, brother, sister, half-sister, stepsister, addition to the above, the regular hours Company agrees to active employees for wage loss for a of work shall be am to to and to am (with the exception of stores and shipping/ receiving). When the plant is operating on a one (1) shift basisday on which the employee would otherwisehave worked, in the regular workday shall include a oneevent of the death of the employee's sister-half hour unpaid lunch periodin-law,son-in-law, daughter-in-law,or grandchildren. A rest period The employee be to of fifteen (15) minutes shall death. Payment will be provided during the first half of each regularly scheduled shift and another ten minutes shall be provided during the second half of each regularly scheduled shift. A ten minute rest period shall be provided at the end of regular working hours for any employee scheduled to work two (2) hours or more overtime. When it is required authorized by the employer to run certain operations through breaks it is understood that those currently operating employee's on the equipment will be required to work through first break and will be relieved so they take second break. This Article is intended to define the normal hours of work and shall not be construed as a guarantee of hours of work for regularly assigned hours, or for any hours per day or per week, or of days of work per week. Weekly starting and quitting times may be altered Form supplied by the Employer after discussion with the Union. All employees shall be granted a five (5) minute up period at the end of their shifts. Employees are not to leave the premises prior to end of the wash-up period. The Employer will provide time clocks that allow employees to see the time they clock in and out. Pay hours will be divided into six-minute intervals for the purposes of For employees working two (2) or three (3) shifts, there shall be a twenty (20) minute paid lunch and two ten minute rest periods. Employees will be paid for travel time at the applicable rate while required to travel on Company business. They will also be reimbursed for out of town expenses according to company policyCompany.

ARTICLE. The regular work week shall consist An employee who works on any of forty the holidays mentioned in clause (40) 9 shall: If entitled to the payment provided in clause (9 be paid, in addition thereto, at the rate of time and one-half for hours so worked in five (5) days, up to eight (8) hours per and at the rate of double time for the remaining four (4) hours. In the case of clause the minimum payment and travelling allowance shall apply. Payment for hours worked in excess of twelve (12) hours shall be as shown in clause (a) of this Article If not entitled to the payment provided in clause (9 be paid at the rate of time and one-half for all hours so worked up to twelve (12). Payment for hours worked in excess of twelve (12) hours shall be as shown in clause (a) of this Article For the purpose of establishing which shift crew employees regularly scheduled to work on Sunday, shall receive Sunday premium and which shift crew employees shall receive premium pay for work on the holidays shown in clause (9 of this Article the day Monday shall extend from hours to Friday inclusivehours. For all other purposes, any day shall be deemed to be a twenty-four (24) hour period, as shown in schedules established from time to time. When considered necessary by the plant is operating on Company, employees shall be required to perform work in excess of their regularly scheduled hours. The Company shall determine when overtime shall be worked and when an employee shall report for duty. The Company shall consider any legitimate reason why an employee does not wish to work overtime and shall endeavour to find a one (1)shift basisreplacement for such an employee. Failing this, the regular hours of work employee shall be am required to When work overtime. The Company will establish an on-call schedule of employees who will, after the plant is operating day shift, on a two (2) or three (3) shift basistheir days of rest, the regular hours of work shall be am to to and to am (with the exception of stores and shipping/ receiving). When the plant is operating on a call for one (1) shift basishour prior to the commencement of both shifts for relief work on either the day, or night shifts. An on-call employee who is called for overtime work and is then excused from reporting for good reason, by their supervisor, will have the overtime recorded as if worked, as will also the employee who serves as their replacement. An employee will not be disciplined should the Company be successful in getting a qualified employee from the on-call crew. Should no qualified employee from the on-call crew be available during the call periods, then the entire on-call crew shall be subject to discipline. On-call crew personnel will be able to make use of the mutual procedure. In those departments where the practice is to have the employees off on their extra day of rest work the overtime, the regular workday obligation for the Company to distribute overtime as evenly as possible shall include a one-half hour unpaid lunch period. A rest period of fifteen (15) minutes shall be provided during not apply on the first half of each regularly scheduled shift and another ten minutes shall be provided during the second half of each regularly scheduled shift. A ten minute rest period shall be provided at the end of regular working hours for any day which an employee scheduled is called to work two (2) hours or more overtime. When it is required by the employer to run certain operations through breaks it is understood that those currently operating the equipment will be required to work through first break and will be relieved so they take second break. This Article is intended to define the normal hours on their extra day of work and shall not be construed as a guarantee of hours of work for regularly assigned hours, or for any hours per day or per week, or of days of work per week. Weekly starting and quitting times may be altered by the Employer after discussion with the Union. All employees shall be granted a five (5) minute up period at the end of their shifts. Employees are not to leave the premises prior to end of the wash-up period. The Employer will provide time clocks that allow employees to see the time they clock in and out. Pay hours will be divided into six-minute intervals for the purposes of For employees working two (2) or three (3) shifts, there shall be a twenty (20) minute paid lunch and two ten minute rest periods. Employees will be paid for travel time at the applicable rate while required to travel on Company business. They will also be reimbursed for out of town expenses according to company policyrest.

ARTICLE. The regular provisions of this Agreement will apply to the work week of Freight Handling in the Port of Halifax. All freight, mail and baggage designated to the Company for handling shall consist be handled by the Freight Handlers. not available, the Company may then engage other men. An accredited Representative of forty the Organization shall be present day and night to see that Union members are employed, For the purpose of this Agreement work periods shall be from to noon, to from to and from midnight to When men are required to work until they shall be notified not later than to and When men are required to work all night they shall be notified not later than of service shall be midnight to a.m. Men will not be hired after am., March Men when employed will be paid a minimum of four (404) hours worked at the prevailing rates for work periods specified in five (5) daysClause except on the to period when work is interrupted and it is not the first shift of the day for the gang in which case, the minimum shall be two hours for the period involved. If work stoppage after the two hour period has elapsed the full shall be paid. Men on stand-by due to weather be held at the work site or transferred to another work site. The gangs’ failure to with such an order will entitle them be paid only actual hours of work. Meal hours shall be as follows: to to to midnight and a.m. to Such meal shall be paid for at the rate specified in the Wage Schedule until relieved. Work performed on Sundays shall be The following will be considered as Holidays: New Years Day, the day following Years Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Should the named Holidays fall on either Sunday or Saturday, the day observed by the Federal Government shall be recognized. In the event Parliament establishes Heritage Day as a Statutory Holiday then this day shall replace the day following New Years Day and not be in addition thereto. Employees who qualify in accordance with Clause of this Agreement shall receive pay at the prorated rate for eight (8) hours per day Monday hours. It is agreed that for the payment of Statutory Holidays the Company will be allowed reasonable time from the date of the Statutory Holiday to Friday inclusiveprepare paysheets and pay eligible employees. When It is understood and agreed that contributions will be allocated to the plant proper week, irrespective the date wages are paid. In order qualify for any of the holidays specified in Clause of this rule, the Employee: [a] Must have been in the service of the Company and available for duty for at least thirty calendar days. Must be available for duty on such holiday if it occurs on one of his work days excluding vacation days, if notified prior to completion of his last shift or tour of duty preceding such Holiday that his services will be required. (Clause does not apply in respect of an employee who is operating laid off or suffering from a bona fide injury.) Must be entitled to wages for at least ten shifts or tours of duty during the thirty calendar days immediately preceding the Statutory Holiday. This Clause does not apply to an employee who is required to work on the Holiday. An employee who is required to work on a one (1)shift basis, the regular hours of work Statutory Holiday shall be am paid in addition to When the plant is operating on rate provided in Clause of this rule at a two (2) or three (3) shift basis, the regular hours of work shall be am rate equal to to one and to am (with the exception of stores and shipping/ receiving). When the plant is operating on a one (1) shift basis, the regular workday shall include a one-half hour unpaid lunch periodtimes his regular rate of wages for the actual hours worked by him on that holiday, with a minimum of four (4) hours. A rest period of fifteen (15) minutes shall be provided during the first half of each regularly scheduled shift and another ten minutes shall be provided during the second half of each regularly scheduled shift. A ten minute rest period shall be provided at the end of regular working hours for any employee scheduled to work two (2) hours or more overtime. When it is required by the employer to run certain operations through breaks it is understood that those currently operating the equipment Men will not normally be required to work through first break during meal periods. The handling of perishables, baggage and will be relieved so they take second breakmail and unforeseen emergencies are exceptions to this rule. This Article Should other urgent situations arise, provided no more than one (1)hour’s work is intended to define the normal hours of work and shall not be construed as a guarantee of hours of work for regularly assigned hoursinvolved, or for any hours per day or per week, or of days of work per week. Weekly starting and quitting times men may be altered by required to work during the Employer after discussion with the Unionmeal period. All employees If necessary to work meal periods, men shall be granted a five (5) minute up period paid at the end of their shiftsrate specified in the wage schedule until relieved. Employees When men are not to leave the premises prior to end of the wash-up period. The Employer will provide time clocks that allow employees to see the time they clock in ordered and out. Pay hours will be divided into six-minute intervals waiting for the purposes of For employees working two (2) or three (3) shiftsrail shunts, there shall be a twenty (20) minute paid lunch and two ten minute rest periods. Employees men will be paid for travel time at the applicable rate while required period involved. Men on stand-by may be shifted to travel on another work site if the Company business. They will also be reimbursed for out of town expenses according elects to company policydo so.