Common use of HIRING PROCEDURE Clause in Contracts

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing of the Union to perform all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period of forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidays, should the Union be unable to fill the Employer's request for employees, the Union and the Employer will undertake joint recruiting. All employees shall be in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or Sub- ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. 3.3 The Employer recognizes seniority in the event of a reduction in forces; by job classification that the last employee hired shall be the first employee released. For the purposes of calculating seniority for Apprentices who graduate to Journeyman status while employed, their seniority as a Journeyman shall be calculated from their last date of hire as an Apprentice with the Employer. Subject to the foregoing, IBEW members shall be retained over non-members. When computing length of service to determine seniority, time lost due to sickness, accident, annual vacation and Statutory Holidays or leave of absence for military service or IBEW business shall be counted as time worked; other leaves of absence without pay must be by mutual consent in writing of the Parties, hereto, otherwise time on leave shall not be counted as time worked. Employees shall have company-wide seniority and where the Employer has more than one headquarters as defined herein, employees upon the reduction in forces shall be entitled to replace the most junior employee by classification within the employ of the Employer. Employees who elect to bump junior employees shall be entitled to no greater benefits than those earned by the employee displaced. 3.4 The Employer shall maintain current seniority lists for all classifications and make same available to the Union and employees upon request.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing that whenever employees covered by this Agreement are required, the Employer shall call the Union office of the Local having jurisdiction. The Employer shall, where possible, give the Union advance information as to the employment requirements in order that the Union may make its members available. Only Union members having confirmation of dispatch from the Local Union, to be given to the Employer by the employee at time of hire, or sent to the Employer by electronic transmission prior to the employee being hired, shall be hired, providing the Local Union can supply same. members supplied by the Local Union must be qualified to perform all the work in for which they have been referred, otherwise such member will not be dispatched unless acceptable to the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all Employer. The Employer shall have the right to name request one member from the out-of-work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction list of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise Local Union in every four employees hired. This ratio shall be maintained on a "one-in-four" basis for the Union Dispatcher duration of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be requiredthe job. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And employment of straws shall be determined and agreed upon at the Conference by the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at and the insistence Local having territorial jurisdiction over the area of the Employer, job. Members supplied by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall the Local Union must be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period of dispatched within forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidaysof request, should such notice to be given during the Local Union's normal office When qualified members of the Union be unable are not available, the Employer may obtain employees elsewhere, subject to fill the provisions of Article The Employer shall have the right to restart any interrupted job with the same crew laid off for Christmas or Spring breakup, work windows specified by a third party, or prolonged weather or other shutdown beyond the control of the Employer's request , provided such shutdown extends no longer than a twenty-one (21) calendar day period or has been a subject of the Conference and provided the laid-off employees are available for employees, the Union and the Employer will undertake joint recruitingsuch re-start. All Any additional and/or replacement employees shall be engaged in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or Sub- ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. 3.3 The Employer recognizes seniority in the event of a reduction in forces; by job classification that the last employee hired shall be the first employee released. For the purposes of calculating seniority for Apprentices who graduate to Journeyman status while employed, their seniority as a Journeyman shall be calculated from their last date of hire as an Apprentice accordance with the Employer. Subject to the foregoing, IBEW members shall be retained over non-members. When computing length of service to determine seniority, time lost due to sickness, accident, annual vacation and Statutory Holidays or leave of absence for military service or IBEW business shall be counted as time worked; other leaves of absence without pay must be by mutual consent in writing of the Parties, hereto, otherwise time on leave shall not be counted as time worked. Employees shall have company-wide seniority and where the Employer has more than one headquarters as defined herein, employees upon the reduction in forces shall be entitled to replace the most junior employee by classification within the employ of the Employer. Employees who elect to bump junior employees shall be entitled to no greater benefits than those earned by the employee displaced. 3.4 The Employer shall maintain current seniority lists for all classifications and make same available to the Union and employees upon request.Article

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing of the Union to perform all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period of forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidays, should the Union be unable to fill the Employer's request for employees, the Union and the Employer will undertake joint recruiting. All employees shall be in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or Sub- Sub-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. 3.3 The Employer recognizes seniority in the event of a reduction in forces; by job classification that the last employee hired shall be the first employee released. For the purposes of calculating seniority for Apprentices who graduate to Journeyman status while employed, their seniority as a Journeyman shall be calculated from their last date of hire as an Apprentice with the Employer. Subject to the foregoing, IBEW members shall be retained over non-members. When computing length of service to determine seniority, time lost due to sickness, accident, annual vacation and Statutory Holidays or leave of absence for military service or IBEW business shall be counted as time worked; other leaves of absence without pay must be by mutual consent in writing of the Parties, hereto, otherwise time on leave shall not be counted as time worked. Employees shall have company-wide seniority and where the Employer has more than one headquarters as defined herein, employees upon the reduction in forces shall be entitled to replace the most junior employee by classification within the employ of the Employer. Employees who elect to bump junior employees shall be entitled to no greater benefits than those earned by the employee displaced. 3.4 The Employer shall maintain current seniority lists for all classifications and make same available to the Union and employees upon request.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 15.1 The Union shall establish and maintain separate, open and non-discriminatory Employment lists for workers desiring Employment on work covered by this Agreement, and such workmen shall be entitled to registration and referral free of charge, subject to the provisions of this article. All Employees covered by this Agreement shall be dispatched by the Union with a proper referral and requested certifications. 15.2 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing shall first contact the referral office of the Union for the workers they may from time to perform all work time need, and the Union shall immediately furnish to the Employer the required number of workers of the classification needed and requested by the Employer strictly in accordance with the procedure established. 15.3 The referral office will fill the Employer’s request for workers of the type specified from among those entered on said lists by use of written referral in the constructionfollowing order of preference and the selection of workers for referral to jobs shall be on a nondiscriminatory basis and shall not be based on, installationor in any way affected by, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 Union membership, policies or requirements. The Employer will advise be able to select every worker off the list by name. 15.4 The Union will establish a separate list for the various classifications. There will be no residence requirement. When the Employer has notified the Union Dispatcher in writing that a worker is not eligible for rehire, he/she shall not be forced into hiring but may do so should he/she elect to at a future date. Applicants referred by the Union who are not eligible for rehire shall not be entitled to show-up time or any form of all required vacanciescompensation. 15.5 The Employer hereby agrees that when a worker is laid-off or terminated, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed forshall fax or Email a Separation Form to the Union office and shall furnish the Union with information relative to reason for layoff or termination and eligibility for rehire. 15.6 If the registration lists are exhausted, or at if registrants refuse referrals, and the insistence Union is unable to refer applicants for Employment, it shall immediately notify the Employer of the Employerfacts and, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period of if within forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends from the time the Employer’s request was received (Saturday and Statutory HolidaysSunday excluded), should the order is still not filled, the Employer may procure Employees from any other available source. If Employees are recruited from such other source, the Employer shall, within twenty-four (24) hours, report to the Union the names, dates of hire and classification of such Employees. 15.7 Should an Employee be unable hired contrary to fill the Employer's request for employeesprovisions of the hiring procedure, the Union and Representative shall request the Employee that the Employer will undertake joint recruitingso hired, be dismissed. All employees Should the Employer refuse to dismiss such Employee, the matter shall be in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject referred to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or Sub- ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. 3.3 The Employer recognizes seniority in the event of a reduction in forces; by job classification that the last employee hired shall be the first employee released. For the purposes of calculating seniority for Apprentices who graduate to Journeyman status while employed, their seniority as a Journeyman shall be calculated from their last date of hire as an Apprentice with the Employer. Subject to the foregoing, IBEW members shall be retained over non-members. When computing length of service to determine seniority, time lost due to sickness, accident, annual vacation and Statutory Holidays or leave of absence for military service or IBEW business shall be counted as time worked; other leaves of absence without pay must be by mutual consent in writing of the Parties, hereto, otherwise time on leave shall not be counted as time worked. Employees shall have company-wide seniority and where the Employer has more than one headquarters as defined herein, employees upon the reduction in forces shall be entitled to replace the most junior employee by classification within the employ of the Employer. Employees who elect to bump junior employees shall be entitled to no greater benefits than those earned by the employee displaced. 3.4 The Employer shall maintain current seniority lists for all classifications and make same available to the Union and employees upon request.Article 10,

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 Upon receipt of Job Notification Employer, the Local Union may, prior to the Conference, provide the Employer with a list of available Journeymen. The Employer agrees Employershallhave the right to employ members in good standing selecttwenty-fivepercent (25%) of the Union to perform all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of Journeymen from any auxiliary skills that may be requiredsource provided such employees are. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period The Employer shall select fifty percent (50%) of the remainder of the required Journeymen from the list of qualifiedmembers supplied by the Local The the to Employees supplied by the Local Union must be dispatched within forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidays, should of request. The portion of employees required by the Employer which the Local Union may be unable to fill supply as well as the Employer's request for employees, remaining twenty-five percent (25%) required will be members of the Union and when they are available. qualifiedmembers of the Union are not available,other qualifiedJourneymenand Helpers may be hired subject to Art. The Employer shall, upon request, notify the Local Union of the names of all Journeymen hired under this provision. A- In the event the Local Union is unable to qualified members, the Employer will undertake joint recruiting. All employees shall provide every opportunity for any employeewho has successfully completeda welding training course and is approvedby a committee to take a qualification test and, in the completesthe qualification test, the employee will be admitted to membership in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employedin accordance with Art. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Foremen and Job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or Sub- ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇are excluded from the provisions of this Article. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. 3.3 The Employer recognizes seniority shall have the right to retain the original crew once established throughout the territory covered by the job for which the Re-job Conference was held. The International Representative will designate the Local Union which will have jurisdiction. The Employer shall have the right to re-start any job with the same crew laid off for Christmas or Spring breakup provided such shutdown extends no longer than a twenty-one (21) calendarday period or has been a subject of the Conference and provided the laid-off employees are availablefor such re-start. Any additional replacement Journeymen shall be engaged in accordance with Art. clam lining up of pipe and the event of a reduction in forces; by job classification that the last employee hired m The Employer shall be the first employee releasedsole judge as to the number of employees required. For It is recognized that the purposes work of calculating seniority for Apprentices who graduate to Journeyman status while employedhandling aking of joints is the work of the Helpers, their seniority as a Journeyman the Employer shall be calculated from their last date required to employ a minimum of hire as an Apprentice with the Employer. Subject to the foregoingfive (5) Journeymen on jobs where pipe is greater than 14" in diameter, IBEW members four (4) of whom shall be retained over nonused in the pipe gang, and the fifth Journeyman to be used either in the pipe gang,bevelling ahead of the pipe gang, in the bending crew, in the tie-members. When computing length of service to determine seniorityin crew, time lost due to sicknessin stress relieving, accident, annual vacation and Statutory Holidays or leave of absence for military service in preheating with oxy-acetylene torches; on pipe 14" in diameter or IBEW business less the Employer shall be counted as time worked; other leaves of absence without pay must be by mutual consent in writing of the Parties, hereto, otherwise time on leave shall not be counted as time worked. Employees shall have company-wide seniority and where the Employer has more than one headquarters as defined herein, employees upon the reduction in forces shall be entitled required to replace the most junior employee by classification within the employ of the Employer. Employees who elect to bump junior employees shall be entitled to no greater benefits than those earned by the employee displaced. 3.4 The Employer shall maintain current seniority lists for all classifications and make same available to the Union and employees upon request.two

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The 5.01 Subject to Article 5.03, the Employer agrees to employ hire only members in good standing of the Union to perform all work in through the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction services of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be Hall when Employees are required. The Employer shall have a right to name hire employees. Members so hired shall be in possession of a referral slip from the Union undertakes or the Union agrees to provide necessary referral slips to the Employer before commencement of work. When the Employer calls the Union for workers and the Union is unable to supply only qualified personnel. And competent workers within twenty-four (24) hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays, the Employer further agrees may engage new workers directly on the understanding that all such work performed for, or at the insistence they shall make application to become members of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties Union within fifteen (15) days of commencement of employment. Any such Employee who has not made application to become a member of the Union within the allowed fifteen (15) days shall be performed by terminated. The Union will provide the workers resumes to the Employer in order to validate the training and experience. 5.02 All Employees who are members in good standing of the UnionUnion and all Employees who becomemembers shall, asa condition ofemployment, maintain their membership ingood standing. After a period of forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidays, should Any employee who fails to maintain their membership in the Union because of a failure to pay the periodic dues, assessments and initiation fees uniformly required to be unable paid by all members of the trade union as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the trade union shall be subject to fill discharge after seven (7) days written notice to the Employer's request for employees, . 5.03 The early andcontinued participation ofmembers of the Union and the Employer will undertake joint recruiting. All employees shall be in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a ▇▇Fort ▇▇▇▇▇ or Sub- First Nation and Métis peoplesis desirable. Accordingly, thePartiesagreetomaximum practicableemployment of qualified members of the Fort ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ First Nation and Métispeoples under theterms of this Agreement. 5.04 All employees newly hired directly by the Employer for regular employment, or for a member dispatched from the Union who has been a member of the Union for a period of less than ninety (90) days, shall be considered as probationary employees for the first forty-five (45) days worked days from the date of hire. There will shall be no loss probationary period for those employees dispatched directly from the Union, and who are a member of work the Union for a period of ninety (90) days or jurisdiction more. 5.05 There shall benoresponsibilityon thepart of the Employer respecting the employment of probationary employeesshould they belaidoffordischarged duringtheprobationary period and no grievance may be filed except to the Union as a result. 3.3 The Employer recognizes seniority in the event of a reduction in forces; by job classification extent that the last termination is alleged to be a violation of Article 7.04 which grievance byaprobationary employee hired shall be the first employee released. For the purposes of calculating seniority for Apprentices who graduate to Journeyman status while employed, their seniority as a Journeyman shall be calculated from their last date of hire as an Apprentice with the Employer. Subject to the foregoing, IBEW members shall be retained over non-members. When computing length of service to determine seniority, time lost due to sickness, accident, annual vacation may befiled and Statutory Holidays or leave of absence for military service or IBEW business shall be counted as time worked; other leaves of absence without pay must be by mutual consent in writing of the Parties, hereto, otherwise time on leave shall not be counted as time worked. Employees shall have company-wide seniority and where the Employer has more than one headquarters as defined herein, employees upon the reduction in forces shall be entitled to replace the most junior employee by classification within the employ of the Employer. Employees who elect to bump junior employees shall be entitled to no greater benefits than those earned by the employee displacedis arbitrable. 3.4 The Employer shall maintain current seniority lists for all classifications and make same available to the Union and employees upon request.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing A. With the exception of those regular employees of the Union to perform all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by who are members in good standing of the Union. After a period , as identified at the Re-job Conference and cleared by the Local Union for work the Jurisdictional Boundary of that Local Union, the Employer shall hire all employees through the Local Union dispatch In all cases the Local Union dispatch office will be given forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends Monday through Friday to complete the dispatch and Statutory Holidays, should the all employees must be in possession of a Union be unable to fill the Employer's request for employees, the referral slip or Local Union and must have provided the Employer will undertake joint recruitingwith confirmation of dispatch by electronic transmission prior to his commencement of work which includes equipment move out. All The Employer shall hire the required employees from among the qualified members of the Local Union. Where the Local Union has dispatch procedures established such employees shall be in receipt of provided with a clearance from dispatch slip by the Local Union before commencing workoffice. Notwithstanding All members supplied by the aboveLocal Union shall be qualified to perform the work for which they have been requested, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will otherwise such shall not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or Sub- ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction dispatched unless acceptable to the Union as a result. 3.3 The Employer recognizes seniority in the event of a reduction in forces; by job classification that the last employee hired shall be the first employee released. For the purposes of calculating seniority for Apprentices who graduate to Journeyman status while employed, their seniority as a Journeyman shall be calculated from their last date of hire as an Apprentice with the Employer. Subject to the foregoingterms and conditions of this Agreement, IBEW members the Employer shall be retained over non-members. When computing length of service have the right to determine seniority, time lost due to sickness, accident, annual vacation refuse any provided the cause for such refusal is stated and Statutory Holidays or leave of absence for military service or IBEW business shall be counted as time worked; other leaves of absence without pay must be by mutual consent in writing of the Parties, hereto, otherwise time on leave shall not be counted as time workedunreasonable. Employees When qualified members of the Local Union are not available, employees may be hired elsewhere, subject to Article E. The Employer shall have companythe right to re-wide seniority and where start any job with the Employer same crew laid off for Christmas or Spring breakup provided such shutdown extends no longer than a twenty-one (21) calendar day or has more than one headquarters as defined herein, employees upon the reduction in forces shall be entitled to replace the most junior employee by classification within the employ been a subject of the EmployerRe-job Conference and provided the laid-off employees are available for such re-start. Employees who elect to bump junior Any additional replacement employees shall be entitled to no greater benefits than those earned engaged in accordance with Paragraph A of this Article. Any qualified person dispatched by the employee displaced. 3.4 The Employer Local Union to be employed in any capacity that requires the operation of a Commercial Motor Vehicle, as defined by the applicable Provincial motor vehicles regulations, shall maintain current seniority lists for all classifications possess and make same available provide to the Union and employees upon requestEmployer, at the time of hire, a driver’s abstract issued within the previous ninety (90) days by the applicable motor vehicle licensing agency.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 5.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing that whenever employees covered by this Agreement are required, the Employer shall call the Union office of the Local Union(s) having jurisdiction. 5.2 The Employer shall, where possible, give the Union advance information as to the employment requirements in order that the Union may make its members available. Only Union members having confirmation of dispatch from the Local Union, to be given to the Employer by the employee at time of hire, or sent to the Employer by electronic transmission prior to the employee being hired, shall be hired, providing the Local Union can supply same. All members supplied by the Local Union must be qualified to perform all the work in for which they have been referred, otherwise such member will not be dispatched unless acceptable to the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all Employer. The Employer shall have the right to name request one member from the out-of-work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction list of the IBEWLocal Union in every four employees hired. This ratio shall be maintained on a "one-in-four" basis for the duration of the job. The employment of straws shall be determined and agreed upon at the Pre-job Conference by the Employer and the Local Union(s) having territorial jurisdiction over the area of the job. 3.2 The Employer will advise 5.3 Members supplied by the Local Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may must be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period of dispatched within forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidaysof request, should such notice to be given during the Local Union's normal office hours. 5.4 When qualified members of the Union be unable are not available, the Employer may obtain employees elsewhere, subject to fill the provisions of Article 3.3. 5.5 The Employer shall have the right to restart any interrupted job with the same crew laid off for Christmas or Spring breakup, work windows specified by a third party, or prolonged weather or other shutdown beyond the control of the Employer's request , provided such shutdown extends no longer than a twenty-one (21) calendar day period or has been a subject of the Pre-job Conference and provided the laid-off employees are available for employees, the Union and the Employer will undertake joint recruitingsuch re-start. All Any additional and/or replacement employees shall be engaged in receipt accordance with Article 5.2. 5.6 The Employer and the Union agree to discuss and to cooperate to encourage opportunities for Indigenous employment under the terms and conditions of this agreement. The Laborers International Union of North America is committed to encouraging youth, diversity and Indigenous hiring and membership on all projects. 5.7 Each employee shall present to the Employer, at commencement of employment, a valid Certificate of Completion of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or Sub- ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a resultcomputer-based Pipeline Construction Safety Training (PCST) program. 3.3 The Employer recognizes seniority in the event of a reduction in forces; by job classification that the last employee hired shall be the first employee released. For the purposes of calculating seniority for Apprentices who graduate to Journeyman status while employed, their seniority as a Journeyman shall be calculated from their last date of hire as an Apprentice with the Employer. Subject to the foregoing, IBEW members shall be retained over non-members. When computing length of service to determine seniority, time lost due to sickness, accident, annual vacation and Statutory Holidays or leave of absence for military service or IBEW business shall be counted as time worked; other leaves of absence without pay must be by mutual consent in writing of the Parties, hereto, otherwise time on leave shall not be counted as time worked. Employees shall have company-wide seniority and where the Employer has more than one headquarters as defined herein, employees upon the reduction in forces shall be entitled to replace the most junior employee by classification within the employ of the Employer. Employees who elect to bump junior employees shall be entitled to no greater benefits than those earned by the employee displaced. 3.4 The Employer shall maintain current seniority lists for all classifications and make same available to the Union and employees upon request.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing of the Union to perform all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of I Upon receipt Notification from the Employer, by contractorsthe Local Union may, sub-contractorsprior to the Conference, and/or third parties provide the Employer with a list of available qualified Journeymen. The Employer shall be performed by have the right to select five percent (25%) of the required Journeymen from any source provided such employees are members in good standing of the Union. After The Employer shall select a period further twenty-five percent (25%) of the required Journeymen from the list of qualified members supplied by The remainder of the required employees shall be supplied by the Local provided that qualified members are available. The ratio of employees selected from and supplied by the Local shall be maintained throughout the project. All employees supplied by the Local must have had previous pipeline experience and be qualified to perform the work for which they have been requested; otherwise such employees will not be dispatched unless acceptable to the Employer. The Employer shall have the right to refuse any referral prior to dispatch provided the cause for such refusal shall not be unreasonable. The Local Union shall be given forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and Statutory Holidaysholidays to supply the required employees but shall advise the Employer of expected delays in dispatching any employees within eight (48) hours. Employees shall be entitled to Waiting Time or Reporting Time upon arrival at the on the day designated by the Employer for arrival, should if no work is provided. The portion of employees required by the Employer which the Local Union may be unable to fill supply as well as the Employer's request for employees, remaining twenty-five percent (25%) required will be members of when they are available. When qualified members of the Union are not available, other qualified Journeymen and Helpers may be hired subject to The Employer shall, upon request, notify the Local Union of the names of all Journeymen hired under this provision. In the event the Local Union is unable to supply qualified members, the Employer will undertake provide every opportunity for any employee who has successfully completed, a welding training course and is approved by a joint recruiting. All employees shall be training committee to take a qualification test and, in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding event that such employee completes the abovequalification test, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees employee will be under admitted to membership in the direct supervision of a Local Union accordance with The Foremen and Job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ are excluded from the provisions of this Article. The Employer shall have the right to retain the original crew once established throughout the territory covered by the job for which the Conference was held. The International Representative will designate the Local Union which will have jurisdiction. The Employer shall have the right to re-start any interrupted job with the same crew laid off for Christmas or Sub- Spring breakup provided such shutdown extends no longer than a twenty-one (21) calendar day period or has been a subject of the Conference and provided the laid-off employees are available for such re-start. Any additional and/or replacement Journeymen shall in accordance with I The Employer shall be the sole judge as to the number of employees required. It is recognized that the work of handling clamps, lining up of pipe and the making of joints is the work of the Union. In addition to the Welder ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, the Welders and their Helpers, the Employer shall be required to employ a minimum of five (5) Journeymen on jobs pipe is greater than in diameter, four (4) of whom shall used in pipe gang, and the fifth Journeyman to be used either in the pipe gang, bevelling ahead of the pipe gang, in the bending crew, in the tie-in crew, in stress relieving, or in preheating with torches; pipe 14" in diameter or less the Employer shall be to employ two (2) Journeymen other than the Welder ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, the Welders, and their Helpers; provided however, that in the event an inside clamp is being used on pipe in diameter and less, the Employer shall also be required to employ one (1) Helper. If outside clamps are used, a Welder Helper shall be assigned to handle such clamps. On pipelines of 14" in diameter or less, the operation of the bending mandrel and the handling of clamps shall be performed by a Helper. On pipelines of greater than 14" in diameter the handling of clamps and the operation of bending mandrels shall be performed by Journeymen. If any additional employees are needed, they shall be employed as Journeymen or Helpers depending on what work is involved. All tie-in crews shall employ one (1) Non-Welder Journeyman. On small jobs when less than five (5) Welders are employed, the Welder ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will be allowed to work with the tools, at the discretion of the Employer. At the beginning and end of where more than five (5)Welders will be or have been employed, at any given time, the Welder ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will be allowed to work with the tools where it is not a full-time work day task. These provisions may be modified at the Pre- job conference. There shall be no inequitable minimum or maximum amount of work which an employee may be required to perform during the working day and there shall be no restrictions imposed against the use of any type of machinery, tools, or labour saving devices. classification to another within the jurisdiction of the Union. During emergencies, any employee of the Employer may be assigned to any work, provided, however, that no employee's hourly rate shall be lowered under this provision, and provided further that in the event an employee is assigned to work calling for a higher rate of pay he shall receive such higher rate. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ bead and hot-pass welders and helpers can be required to weld back on incompleted welds, as long as their wage rate not lowered. Such welders and helpers will paid for the hours received by the pipe gang plus the hours engaged in welding back and there shall be no restriction as to the location where such "welding back" may begin. In back welding weld is performed inside the pipe as a regular procedure, one welder will be no loss selected each day to perform all of such back welding. This condition is not intended to apply to occasional back performed by pipe gang to repair a bead, rectify a "hi-lo'' condition or wall thickness change, The regular payday shall not later than Thursday of each week, the Employer agrees to allow employees to draw on money earned; such conditions, day may be every two weeks. Insofar as job conditions permit, employees shall receive their pay cheques during their regular shift and in any event not later than within twenty (20) minutes of their return to the warehouse following said shift. When employees are laid off or discharged their cheques for wages due at the time of lay-off or discharge must he delivered on the same date. If the cheques due to the employee at time of lay- off or discharge are not delivered the date of lay-off or discharge, the employee shall be entitled to waiting time or reporting time, subsistence allowance, or camp privileges, where applicable, for each day up to and including the date upon which the cheques are delivered. The Employer and the Local Union may agree at the Conference that, on jobs with less than one hundred (100) employees, if Employer is unable to deliver the employee's cheque for wages due at the time of lay-off or discharge, the employee will not be eligible for further waiting or reporting time, subsistence allowance, or camp privileges, however, this final cheque must he mailed to the employee's home address two (2) working days of the date of lay-off or discharge. Unless otherwise agreed by the Employer and the Local Union at the Conference, the Employer shall make arrangements in each locality where employees are employed to enable such employees to cash their pay cheques or, where it is impracticable to do so, will provide any employee within twenty-four (24) hours written request with a cheque in the equivalent of subsistence allowance payable. Where are provided in remote areas devoid of normal banking facilities, the Employer shall make reasonable effort to provide cheque cashing facilities, it being understood that where it is impracticable to do so, suitable substitute provi- sions shall he agreed at the Conference. All cheques to he negotiable at par. The Employer shall provide a copy of the "Approved Safety Manual for Pipeline Construction in Canada" issued by the Association to the Job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and, upon request, to any other employee. The parties hereto shall comply with any governmental occupational health and safety regulations applicable to the work. Any refusal by the employee to work in contravention of such regulations shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement and shall not be reason for discharge. After due warning, any refusal by an employee to abide by any applicable regulation of a governmental body having jurisdiction shall be cause for discharge. The parties hereto recognize that employees covered by this Agreement may be exposed to hazardous fumes in the workplace and undertake to make every effort to minimize such exposure. Safety equipment supplied by the Employer must be worn by the employees who are exposed to hazardous fumes. The Employer shall not require any employee to operate unsafe or jurisdiction improperly loaded equipment and an employee may refuse, for valid reasons, to operate such equipment until defects have been remedied. The Job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall represent the Union as a result. 3.3 member of any Job Safety Committee and he, or another committee member representing one of the Unions, depending upon the nature of the inspection, shall be made freely available by the Employer to accompany any authorized governmental representative on project inspection. of the Minutes of all Job Safety Committee meetings shall be forwarded to the Local Union promptly month. The Employer recognizes seniority shall provide a safety hat, gloves, and special protectiveclothing or special safety equipment required by the Workers’ Compensation the Occupational Health and Safety Act or the owner’s requirements, except safety footwear, at no cost to the employee provided the employee returns these items on termination of employment. The Employer shall provide drinking water in approved sanitary containers and paper cups where no running tap water is available. During summer months the Employer shall supply salt tablets. determined at the Conference, are such as to require special clothing for protection from adverse weather elements and such clothing is not normally in the possession of the employee, the Employer shall provide or, at his option, reimburse the cost of such clothing. In the event that any employee does not return the foregoing items supplied to him by the Employer, the Employer shall charge the cost of a reduction same to the employee and deduct this cost from any money owing to the employee. In Ontario, the Employer shall provide water flush toilets and wash-up facilities at the yard and, where right-of- way conditions make it practicable and feasible, on the right- of-way near the main pipe gang for the employees' use. Where employees are required to work at locations away from the main pipe gang, the minimum facility will consist of chemical flush toilets. Effective May I, these requirements will apply to all areas covered by this Agreement. On jobs where camps are provided, the Employer shall insure the personal effects of each employee against loss by fire in forces; by job classification that the last employee hired shall be the first employee released. For the purposes an amount not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) provided an inventory of calculating seniority for Apprentices who graduate to Journeyman status while employed, their seniority as a Journeyman shall be calculated from their last date of hire as an Apprentice such personal effects is filed with the Employer. Subject to the foregoing, IBEW members shall be retained over non-members. When computing length of service to determine seniority, time lost due to sickness, accident, annual vacation and Statutory Holidays or leave of absence for military service or IBEW business shall be counted as time worked; other leaves of absence without pay must be On any day a is used by mutual consent in writing of the Parties, hereto, otherwise time on leave shall not be counted as time worked. Employees shall have company-wide seniority and where the Employer has more than one headquarters as defined herein, to employees upon to and from their place of work on the reduction in forces shall be entitled to replace or the most junior employee by classification within the employ and/or marshalling point of the Employer, each employee so transported shall receive one hours pay for day. Employees who elect hour is in addition to bump junior employees shall be entitled to no greater benefits than those earned by the employee displaced. 3.4 his regular pay for that day. The Employer shall maintain current seniority lists that each employee required to travel by will be covered by a minimum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000)accidental death insurance. In the event that an employee is sued in conjunction with the Employer for any action taken or omitted at the express direction of the Employer, then Employer shall have the right to select legal counsel and shall cover all classifications reasonable expenses incurred in the preparation and make same available filing of a statement of defence on behalf of the employee. The Employer will provide parking at warehouse and/or marshalling point. During cold operation, will provide for vehicle The Employer shall not require any employee to work for periods that do not allow the employee eight consecutive hours of rest in any period of hours. In the event an employee does not receive eight consecutive hours of rest prior to the Union and employees upon requestcommencement of his next shift, he shall be paid at the applicable overtime rate until receives at least eight consecutive hours of rest.