Work on Scheduled RDOs Circumstances (a) Work may take place on a scheduled RDO by agreement between the Parties to this Agreement or on any substituted day where it is required by the Employer and such work is necessary to meet operational requirements, manage its business and/or improve productivity subject to the below procedure.
(b) Examples of where work may take place include, but are not limited to, the following:
(i) to allow other Employees to be employed productively, to carry out out-of-hours maintenance; or
(ii) because of unforeseen delays to a particular Project or a section of it; or
(iii) for other reasons arising from unforeseen or emergency circumstances on a Project. For the avoidance of doubt, unforeseen or emergency circumstances include, but are not limited to: excessive periods of Inclement Weather, matters not necessarily the fault of the Employer which has led to the Project being delayed or behind schedule, the requirement to meet the Employer’s work program and unexpected delays in the Project due to scheduling of other works or supply of materials, or work that cannot be performed on other days because of municipal council restrictions, or other relevant laws or regulations. Such requirement must be based on genuine circumstances.
(c) Where the Employer requires work to be performed on a Scheduled RDO (or any substituted day) because of the existence of any of the above, it will:
(i) consult with the affected Employees and the Union within a reasonable timeframe;
(ii) determine that affected Employees agree to work on the Scheduled RDO; and
(iii) the Employer will notify and agree with the Employees and their Union representative in writing (via email prior to the RDO when work needs to be performed. The attached notification form (Appendix I) may be used for this purpose. Affected Employees will be entitled to meet with their Union Representative for the purpose of consulting about works to occur on a scheduled RDO. The attached notification form (Appendix I) may be used for this purpose.
(d) The Employer is committed to providing as much notice as is reasonably practicable of a requirement to work. Wherever possible, the process outlined above will occur at least nine (9) calendar days prior to the RDO in question. An Employee may refuse to work on a scheduled RDO (or any substituted day) if the requirement to do so is plainly unreasonable having regard to:
(i) the hours of work that will be worked by that Employee in the week of the scheduled RDO;
(ii) the number of scheduled RDOs worked by the Employee within the previous six weeks;
(iii) the Employee’s family responsibilities; and
(iv) any other special circumstances peculiar to the Employee.
(e) An Employee required to work who has been consulted with in accordance with the Procedure, in addition to accrued entitlements, will be paid at the Employee’s Ordinary Rate prescribed in this Agreement for the Employees’ classification.
(f) An Employee required to work who has not been consulted with in accordance with the Procedure, in addition to accrued entitlements, will be paid as if they were undertaking Public Holiday Work in accordance with clause 39.9 of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, where the Employer has consulted with the Union in accordance with subclause
Excluded Appointments With respect to the Excluded Appointments, (a) nothing in this Agreement shall give the Purchasers the right to control or defend any Proceeding to which any Seller or any of its Affiliates is a party to the extent such Proceedings have resulted in such Appointment being classified as an Excluded Appointment, and, except as may otherwise be agreed between the parties hereto, the Sellers or their Affiliates shall be responsible for the control, defense and/or settlement any such Proceeding and (b) the Sellers or their Affiliates shall be responsible for the control, defense and/or settlement of any matters that have resulted in such Appointment being treated as an Excluded Appointment because the Seller Representative reasonably determines that such appointment is required to be excluded pursuant to applicable Law. Subject to Section 8.2, the Purchasers shall use reasonable best efforts to take any Specified Actions reasonably requested by the Sellers in connection with the Sellers’ defense of such Proceedings or the settlement thereof; provided that the Sellers shall promptly reimburse the Purchasers for any reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Purchasers in connection with taking any such actions.
Unforeseen and Emergency Scheduled RDO work where Notice not Provided (a) If notice is not provided by the Employer in accordance with clause 38.8(c) and 38.8(d) then the affected Employees, in addition to accrued entitlements, will be paid as if they were undertaking Public Holiday Work in accordance with clause 39.9 of this Agreement.
Initial Appointments The Company appoints the Trustee as the initial Paying Agent, the initial Registrar and the initial Conversion Agent.
Term Appointments 1.02.1 A term appointment is one in which the beginning and end dates of employment are clearly identified in the appointment letter.
1.02.2 It is agreed that employees employed on term appointments (hereinafter referred to as term employees) are covered by the terms of this Collective Agreement except for those Articles and conditions set out below:
a) It is agreed that there is no guarantee or commitment of employment to an employee beyond that which is identified in their appointment letter.
b) Term appointments normally are from 3 months to 1 year in length, though such an appointment may be for a longer period under special circumstances such as, Long Term Disability, Family Leave or Leave of Absence.
c) Prior to hiring or renewing an employee on a term appointment, Human Resources staff will evaluate a job description submitted by the Department Head/Designate and determine the appropriate salary range and hiring salary in accordance with the Salary Administration provision of this Agreement. If the original appointment letter indicates a period of employment of more than 12 months, or if the employee's actual period of employment in the same position exceeds 12 months, the position description will be submitted for evaluation by the Joint Technical Position Evaluation Committee at the beginning of the thirteenth month of employment. If this evaluation results in a salary increase, the increase shall be made effective to the beginning of the thirteenth month of employment.
d) Notwithstanding Article 21.01, term appointments of 3 to 6 months duration will not normally be posted; however, written notice will be sent to the Union.
e) For the purposes of seniority, term employees will not be considered as new employees if they are rehired within 6 months of a previous termination.
f) Notwithstanding Article 17 (Sick Leave), term employees shall be entitled to accumulate paid sick leave determined at the rate of 2 days per calendar month of their appointment to a maximum of 60 days.
g) Notwithstanding Article 12 (Layoff and Recall), in the event of a layoff the University will provide as much advance notice as possible to term employees. However, term employees shall not be entitled to recall rights.
h) Term employees shall not be covered by the following articles or clauses of the Collective Agreement: Article 12, Article 17.01, Article 17.02, Article 21.05.
i) Term employees whose employment has been renewed beyond the original term appointment, and whose appointment will not be renewed again, will be given a minimum of 2 weeks’ notice or notice pursuant to the Employment Standards Act, whichever is greater, confirming the end date stated in their subsequent appointment letter.
j) Term employees who are laid off are entitled to severance pay in accordance with Appendix B, Chart B.