Common use of Utility Clerk Clause in Contracts

Utility Clerk. A Utility Clerk is an employee whose duties do not include any of the work of a Warehouse Clerk, General Clerk, Meat Clerk or Service Clerk. Utility Clerks may be assigned to perform only clean-up work, cart collection, related front-end duties, baling and/or collection of cardboard and other refuse, and hanging advertisements or other related materials. If Utility Clerks are assigned to work in other classifications, they shall be paid at the appropriate rate of pay for that classification and all hours worked in the higher classification shall be credited to their progression steps. 5.5.1 Effective June 19, 2000, the maximum number of hours in any one (1) week, in any one (1) store, that Utility Clerks may work in a higher classification shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total number of hours scheduled in the Utility Clerk classification for that week. In the event of a violation, the most senior part-time employee in the classification(s) in which the majority of that work was performed, shall receive pay for the number of additional hours that were worked over the twenty percent (20%) up to forty (40) hours. If any balance of hours remains then that balance shall be paid to the next senior part-time employee(s) in that classification until such balance is exhausted. Three (3) violations of this provision in any one store within any ninety (90) day period shall result in that store being prohibited from using Utility Clerks in a higher classification for a period of ninety (90) days. Maintenance forms will be kept for a minimum of six (6) weeks and made available at store level to Union Representatives, upon request. Grievances over this section must be filed within fourteen (14) days of the week in which the violation occurs. Claimed violations must be separately grieved to the Labor Relations Department to be considered as one (1) of the three (3) violations.

Utility Clerk. A Utility Clerk is an employee whose duties do not include any of the work of a Warehouse Clerk, General Clerk, Meat Clerk or Service Clerk. Utility Clerks may be assigned to perform only clean-up work, cart collection, related front-end duties, baling and/or collection of cardboard and other refuse, and hanging advertisements or other related materials. If Utility Clerks are assigned to work in other classifications, they shall be paid at the appropriate rate of pay for that classification and all hours worked in the higher classification shall be credited to their progression steps. 5.5.1 Effective June 19, 2000, the maximum number of hours in any one (1) week, in any one (1) store, that Utility Clerks may work in a higher classification shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total number of hours scheduled in the Utility Clerk classification for that week. In the event of a violation, the most senior part-time employee in the classification(s) in which the majority of that work was performed, shall receive pay for the number of additional hours that were worked over the twenty percent (20%) up to forty (40) hours. If any balance of hours remains then that balance shall be paid to the next senior part-time employee(s) in that classification until such balance is exhausted. Three (3) violations of this provision in any one store within any ninety (90) day period shall result in that store being prohibited from using Utility Clerks in a higher classification for a period of ninety (90) days. The ninety (90) day penalty period shall be extended by thirty (30) days if there is a further violation during the ninety (90) day penalty period. Maintenance forms will be kept for a minimum of six (6) weeks and made available at store level to Union Representatives, upon request. Grievances over this section must be filed within fourteen (14) days of the week in which the violation occurs. Claimed violations must be separately grieved to the Labor Relations Department to be considered as one (1) of the three (3) violations.