Common use of Travel Interruption Clause in Contracts

Travel Interruption. Employees who live in an isolated community connected by a ferry service who are required to travel on business of the employer shall be paid regular hours of pay for any hours of work missed resulting from travel interruptions within the transportation system, provided there is no alternate means of transportation. ARTICLE 29 SEVERANCE PAY This article is effective March 31, 2018. (a) An employee who has one (1) or more years of continuous service in the employ of the Employer is entitled to be paid, or in the event of death to the employee's estate, severance pay equal to the amount obtained by multiplying the number of completed years of continuous employment by his weekly salary to a maximum of twenty (20) weeks’ pay. Maternity leave and adoption leave up to fifty-two (52) weeks shall be counted as service for severance pay purposes. (i) For the purpose of this Article, service for a temporary and part-time employees shall be the equivalent of one (1) year of accumulated service provided that where a break in employment exceeds twenty-four (24) consecutive months, service shall commence from the date of re-employment. (ii) For the purpose of this Article, any period during which an employee is on authorized leave without pay, such period shall not be deemed to be a break in service; however, periods of authorized leave without pay shall not be considered as service in the calculation of severance pay entitlement unless otherwise specified in the collective agreement. (iii) An employee who has resigned or retired may be re-employed if he has been out of the public service for a period which is not less than the number of weeks for which he has received severance pay pursuant to (a) above, or, if he/she refunds the appropriate proportionate part of such severance pay. (c) The maximum severance pay which an employee shall be paid for his total period of employment in the public service shall not exceed the number of weeks as specified in (a) above. (d) The effective date of this Article shall be March 31, 2018. Notwithstanding that employees may elect which quarter of the 2018/19 fiscal year to receive their severance entitlement, the rate of pay, service for severance entitlement and position used shall be that on March 31, 2018. Where an employee is on layoff or an approved leave of absence, the position and rate of pay at the date of layoff or date of leave of absence shall be used. (i) The fiscal year commencing April 2018 shall be divided into four (4) quarters: April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 July 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018 October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019 (ii) An employee shall notify the employer in writing and no later than April 30, 2018 which quarter they wish to receive their severance entitlement. Furthermore, the employee shall indicate in their written notification if he/she wishes to have all or a portion of his/her severance entitlement rolled into a RRSP. Where the employee fails to indicate same, they shall be paid their full severance entitlement. (e) Effective March 31, 2018, there shall be no further accumulation of service for severance pay purposes.