Common use of AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE Clause in Contracts

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. (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. (a) The Company will provide the Union with three (3) months 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 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.