Common use of CALL-BACK AND STANDBY PAY Clause in Contracts

CALL-BACK AND STANDBY PAY. 31.01 If an employee is called back to work and returns to the workplace either: on a designated paid holiday which is not the employee’s scheduled day of work, or on the employee’s day of rest, or after the employee has completed their work for the day and has left their place of work, or from standby duty; then the employee shall be paid the greater of: (a) a minimum of three (3) hours pay at the employee’s regular rate. These hours shall be counted toward overtime entitlement; or (b) compensation at the applicable overtime rate for time worked, provided that the period worked by the employee is not contiguous to the employee’s normal hours of work. In the application of Article 31.01(a)(i) and (ii) above, a second or subsequent call(s) within the three (3) hour period does not trigger a new minimum. 31.02 Other than when required by the Employer to use a vehicle of the Employer for transportation to a work location other than the employee’s normal place of work, time spent by the employee reporting to work or returning to the employee’s residence shall not constitute time worked.