Ratio Requirements. The number of apprentices that the company may deploy is at its discretion. The company will consider the ratio parameters of journeypersons to apprentices required by the Registration Agency or any other governing authority for respective skilled trades at the location concerned. Limitations set forth below, which shall be applied separately to each trade at the location concerned. (a) When there are no journeypersons laid off in a layoff which appears to the company to be one which will exceed thirty (30) calendar days, the number of apprentices to journeymen/women shall not exceed one apprentice for every five journeymen/women, except that: (i) Where there is a shortage of journeypersons available in relation to the need, such as occurs, for example, in the case of a new plant, expansion of an existing plant, certain technological changes or retirements, the parties shall mutually agree to a number of apprentices greater than one (1) to five (5) journeypersons, in accordance with the need. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the company may add apprentices greater than the ratio of one (1) to five (5) to meet the need resulting from early retirement of journeypersons under the Retirement Pension Plan; and (ii) Where the existing number of apprentices is greater than one for every five (5) journeypersons, the company shall not be required to reduce the number of apprentices immediately, but shall add no more apprentices until the ratio shall be reduced to one (1) to five (5), but thereafter shall not exceed such one (1) to five (5) ratio. (b) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, when a layoff which appears to the company to be one which will exceed thirty
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