Common use of Training Allowance Clause in Contracts

Training Allowance. When an Employee (excluding those Employees who as a core duty of their job are designated as a trainer) is assigned to train other Employees, the parties agree to the following; (a) Employees selected by the Employer as trainers, will receive a bonus of three dollars ($3.00) per hour worked while involved in the preparation and delivery of training to other Employees. The Employer will select pools of qualified Employees to act as trainers. Employees within such pools will be offered the opportunity to accept assignments as trainers in seniority order. It is understood that “orientation” will not be considered “training” unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing. (b) Payment of half the differential between the rate of pay for the present classification and the rate of pay for the training classification to Employees selected by the Employer as trainees. At the conclusion of the training the Employee will return to their standard rate of pay. (c) Where it is necessary to transfer a trainee to another work location for training, the junior Employee in the new work location in the same classification as the trainee left shall be subject to transfer. The Employer agrees that the Union shall have the right to express their concerns with the operation of the training program. The Joint Labour/Management Committee shall hear these concerns and make recommendations to the Employer for amendments to the training program. The Employer further recognizes that no bargaining unit member will be asked through the training program to express judgements with respect to the abilities of other bargaining unit members.