Language Training. If the Company requires an employee to become proficient in a second language, language training shall be paid for by the Company, and the employee shall not suffer loss of normal pay during such training. The Company shall provide instructors (indeterminate and term instructors in excess of four (4) years at refresher training which shall include one (1) training opportunity every three (3) years at an appropriate facility to be determined by the Company. Before scheduling the training opportunity at the facility, the Company’s representative at and the local Union representative shall discuss the training plan. Time spent during training shall be considered as time worked. All reasonable costs for this program shall be paid by the Company in accordance with the CANADA Travel Guidelines. In the event that the Company closes both the administrative and teaching facilities at for all or a portion of the holiday season (December to January inclusively), and the Company does not assign an instructor appropriate alternative work, he or she shall not be required to take leave.
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