AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE Sample Clauses

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. (a) Technological change shall include automation, mechanization, the introduction of equipment, or a change in the operation that is directly related to the introduction of that equipment. In view of the interest and concern by the parties to this agreement in the impact on manpower and condition of employment resulting from competitive automation in the converting industry, it is agreed that the parties in this plant utilize all scientific developments to the best advantage of the Company and its Employees, in the interest of reducing costs and keeping the Company competitive in its field of operation. (b) The Company and Union Standing committee will constitute a joint committee on automation. It shall be the function of this committee to study the effect of automation on employment in this plant generated by introduction of new machinery and/or modification of old machinery to ensure that the interests of the Company and employees are mutually protected. (c) The joint committee will discuss as follows any significant changes in the employment status of permanent Employees if such changes are due to the introduction of automation. 1) In the event termination is necessary, crews will be reduced in accordance with the Seniority Section of the Agreement including those who have recall rights. 2) An Employee who is set back to a lower paid job because of automation will receive the rate of his regular job at time of setback for a period of three months and for a further period of three months will be paid an adjusted rate which will be midway between the rate of his regular job at the time of setback and the base rate. At the end of this six month period, the regular rate of his new job or jobs will apply. However, such Employee will have the option of terminating his employment and accepting severance pay as outlined in following subsection (3) below provided he exercises this option within three months. 3) An Employee with five (5) or more years of continuous service and whose permanent job has been automated and eliminated and for whom no other work is available will, upon termination receive a severance allowance of one week's pay for each year of employment computed on the basis of forty (40) straight time hours at the Employees regular rate. The maximum severance allowance payable is twenty-six (26) weeks pay. Such Employees for whom no employment is available will be given at least thirty (30) calendar days notice of separation. 4) When an Employee i...

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. 30:01 The Company has the right to adjust all or any of its employees as a result of changes in processes, means of production, machinery or equipment and to make such technical and other changes in its manufacturing methods, processes and means of production, machinery or equipment necessary for efficient operation. In recognition of the impact that such changes may have upon employees and the concern of the parties regarding employees who may be affected, the following will apply: (a) The Company undertakes to advise the Union as far in advance as feasible of such changes which the Company has decided to introduce which will result in significant and immediate change in the employment status of employees. (b) The Company agrees to discuss with the Union, the effect of such changes on the employment status of such employees and to consider practical ways and means of minimizing the adverse effect on employees displaced by such change. Such measures as early retirement, re-training and transfer to other existing jobs will be considered.

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. Clause 18.01 a) as far in advance as possible before the installation of such equipment, meet with the Union Committee and provide the Committee with data regarding proposed date of installation, number and classification of employees likely to be affected by it, and; b) provide training facilities for operating such equipment which, in the judgement of Management, will assist the senior displaced employee or employees to qualify for any new jobs so created; c) provide a period of time of fifteen (15) working days or such longer period as Management may decide appropriate for the senior employee or employees to learn to operate the equipment and, if in the judgement of management such employee(s) is not competent to operate the equipment after such period, then Management shall be entitled to staff the job as covered by the provision of Article 12.

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. 20.01 The Company will provide the Union with two (2) months' notice of intention to introduce automation equipment which will result in displacement or reduction of personnel. 20.02 Employees becoming redundant due to new equipment shall be eligible for retraining to qualify them for the operation of such new equipment. Such retraining will be provided by the Company without loss of pay to the affected employee(s). 20.03 In cases where retraining of employees is not practical or where other positions within the Company are not available, the employee(s) shall elect for termination of employment or shall elect to remain on the seniority list. An employee on recall under this section shall receive all the benefits he/she had accrued to the date of being placed on the recall list. Such benefits to be paid at the end of the recall period or at such earlier time as he/she may elect to terminate. 20.04 Employees whose services are terminated because of automation shall receive a separation allowance in accordance with the scale outlined in Article 13, section 13.01of this Agreement. 20.05 The Company agrees to keep the Union committee informed of the names of the individuals responsible for directing the working force and the Union agrees to keep the Company informed of the members of the individual safety and grievance committees.

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. (a) The Company will provide the Union with three (3) months notice in writing of intention to introduce automation equipment or technological changes which will result in displacement or reduction of personnel. Such notice shall contain the following information when it becomes known or available to the Company: 1. Estimated number of Employees facing job loss. 2. Estimated number of Employees to be displaced/ transferred. 3. Estimated duration of job loss, transfer/ displacement. 4. The kind of automated equipment and/or specifics of the technological change being contemplated and the departmental areas affected. (b) Employees becoming redundant due to technological change, new equipment or procedures shall be eligible for retraining to equip them for the operation of such new equipment or procedures, or to qualify for new positions. Such retraining will be provided by the Company without loss of pay to the affected Employee(s). (c) In cases where the retraining of Employees is not practical, or where other positions with the Company are not available, the Employee(s) shall elect for termination of employment or shall elect to be placed on the recall list. An Employee on recall under this Section, shall receive all the benefits the Employee had accrued during employment at the end of the recall period or at such earlier time as the Employee may elect to terminate. Employees on recall under the provisions of this clause shall report to work within the stipulated period of time as outlined in Article 5.08. (d) A specified extension of the recall period where recall is applied under subsection (c) above may be mutually agreed by the Employee and the Company, subject to written approval by the Union. (e) Employees whose services are terminated because of automation or technological change, shall receive a separation allowance in accordance with the scale outlined in Article 23 of the Agreement.

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. ‌ 26.01 Whenever possible the Corporation will give six (6) months advance notice of any decision to introduce major changes in plant, equipment or work methods which may have an adverse effect on present manpower requirements. 26.02 Permanent or regular employees who may lose their jobs by virtue of automation or technological change will be given the opportunity to fill other vacancies in accordance with the Seniority and Lay-off provisions of this Agreement. 26.03 The Corporation will undertake to retrain any employee who has been displaced by automation or technological change. The degree of retraining will be governed by the capability of the employee to be retrained and the availability of a suitable position with the Corporation.

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. (i) Definition of Technological Change: (a) the introduction by the Company of equipment, material, or automated/technological process of a different nature or kind than previously utilized in the workplace; or, (b) a change in the manner in which the Company carries on work that is directly related to the introduction of that equipment, material, or automated/technological process; or, (c) the removal or relocation outside of the Bargaining Unit by the Company of any part of the Company’s work. (ii) Notice and Disclosure Prior to introducing technological change which would result in the reassignment, relocation to another town or city, reclassification, lay-off or demotion of permanent Employees, the Company will notify the Union of such change. The notification shall be given at least ninety (90) calendar days prior to the date of implementation of the technological change. The notice shall be in writing and contain: (a) the nature of the technological change; (b) the date of implementation of the technological change; (c) the number and type of Employees likely to be affected by the technological change; (d) the effect that the technological change is likely to have on the job status or working conditions of the Employees affected. (iii) Should the Company fail to provide the notice described in this Article, it will be prevented from relocating, laying off, or demoting any permanent Employee affected by the technological change, until either an agreement is reached with the Union on the implementation of the change or ninety (90) calendar days have elapsed, whichever comes first. In no event will the Company be constrained by this Article following the conclusion of the ninety (90) day notice period. (iv) The Company and the Union will make every reasonable effort to prevent the lay-off, as a result of technological change, of any Employees regularly employed in a position in the Bargaining Unit, provided Employees will accept relocation, reassignment and/or retraining. (v) Should it become necessary to relocate an Employee due to technological change, the provisions of the SaskPower/CEP Local 649 Employee Relocation Policy will apply. (vi) The notice under this Article will run concurrently with all other notice requirements. This Article shall not be interpreted as specifying the number of Employees deemed to be “significant” for the purposes of Section 43 of the Trade Union Act.

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. (1) A Joint Committee on Automation and Technological Change will be established which shall consist of three (3) persons representing management and three (3) persons representing the Union. It shall be the function of each committee to study the effect of projected and proposed technological, operational, organizational or other changes on employees, on their employment status and their working conditions, and on future manpower requirements in the mill. (2) A proposed or projected technological or other change which is likely to be of a permanent nature and which may materially affect the employment status and/or conditions of employment of the employees covered byte agreement of future manpower requirements shall not be put into effect until the following conditions have been satisfied. The Company has advised the Union of the proposed or projected changes as far in advance as possible and, in any event before orders placed on any equipment which involved a change under this section. Discussions will be held with the union regarding the nature of the change, its time sequence and duration, its anticipated effects on employment status and/or the conditions of employment of the employees and on future manpower requirements, including the number and location of the employees likely to be affected. (3) In the event that a Company-initiated change involves a material alteration in the nature and/or skill or other requirements of an occupation, a new rate shall be negotiated for the job in question. The employees concerned shall receive the necessary instructions and training to enable him to fulfill the changed requirements of the job. During the training period the employee shall be paid at the former job rate pending agreement on the new job rate, whereupon the new rate shall be paid with retroactive effect from the date on which altered job requirements are considered to have come into effect.

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. 29.01 Wherever possible the Corporation shall give six (6) months advance notice in order to discuss any decision to introduce changes in plant, equipment or work methods, which may have an adverse effect on present manpower requirements. Permanent employees, who may be displaced from their job by virtue of automation or technological change, will be given the opportunity to fill other vacancies according to the provisions as set forth in Article XVI relative to seniority and qualifications. 29.02 Tbaytel will undertake to retrain, at regular rates of pay, an employee who has been displaced because of automation or technological change. The degree of retraining will be governed by the capability of the employee to be retrained and the availability of a suitable position within Tbaytel.