WAITING TIME. (A) Consistent with this Article XIII, Employees are entitled to payment for a lost shift in instances where the Employer, at its discretion, determines no work will be performed on a scheduled work day (“Waiting Time”). Journeymen and Helpers shall be paid Waiting Time for any day(s) or regular shift(s) lost during the normal scheduled work week. For any day lost during any one work week, the Waiting Time payment shall be a lump sum which is the equivalent of four (4) hours’ pay plus per diem, if applicable, for Journeymen and three (3) hours’ pay plus per diem, if applicable, for Helpers. Such payment shall be at the straight time rate applicable on that particular job. Employees shall not receive any fringe benefit contributions as part of any Waiting Time payment. (B) The applicable Waiting Time for each State is based on the applicable straight time rate and not on any premium rate. Waiting Time is not payment for any hours worked and in no event shall the Waiting Time payment be included in counting the eight or forty hours after which overtime is payable. (C) If no work is performed on a holiday designated by this Agreement falling on a regularly scheduled work day, Journeymen and Helpers shall be paid Waiting Time. , If an official holiday as designated by this Agreement comes on a Sunday, and the Employer is working a regular six day (or fewer) week, such Journeymen and Helpers will not be paid Waiting Time for that day. (D) If the regularly scheduled work week is less than seven (7) days, Journeymen and Helpers shall not be paid any Waiting Time for the days lost which are not part of the regularly scheduled work week. (E) If a Journeyman’s Assembly Point is moved from one location to another, he shall be paid a lump sum equivalent of eight hours at the straight time rate whether any working time is actually lost or not. Such hours are not considered compensation for any hours worked and shall not be counted in computing the forty hours after which overtime is payable, and no fringe benefit contributions shall be required in connection with such moving time payment. (F) If the Assembly Point for a Helper or Graded Helper is moved, such Helper or Graded Helper shall be paid a lump sum equivalent of four hours at the straight time rate whether any working time is actually lost or not. Such hours are not considered compensation for any hours worked and shall not be counted in computing the forty hours after which overtime is payable, and no fringe benefit contributions shall be required in connection with such moving time payment. (G) If one or more days of work are lost during the work week and Journeymen/Helpers are paid Waiting Time for such lost days, then Employer may require Journeymen/Helpers to make up such lost days in the future by working on days which are not part of the regularly scheduled work week without incurring any liability for payment of Waiting Time on such days not worked in the future. However, once the Employer declares a make-up day, such day must then be worked or, if no work is provided on such day, then Waiting Time will be paid. The Employer must declare its intent to work no later than 10 a.m. the day prior to the day the Employer plans to work. The Employer shall notify the Employees directly; informing only the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall not constitute sufficient notice. (H) Even if no days are lost during the regularly scheduled work week, those Journeymen/Helpers regularly employed in utility, tie-in crews, gate or valve settings, road crossings or fabrication work may work on the days not part of the regularly scheduled work week or on holidays without the Employer becoming liable for Waiting Time payments to the other Journeymen/Helpers. Helpers and those Journeymen regularly employed as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ bead Welders, hot-pass Welders, firing line Welders, spacers, or stabbers may be worked in tie-in crews, gate or valve settings, road crossings, or utility or fabrication work on the days not part of the regularly scheduled work week or on holidays, when needed, without the Employer becoming liable for Waiting Time payments to other Journeymen/Helpers provided each Journeyman/Helper in the classifications needed is given equal opportunity to work, starting with the firing line. (I) If the regularly scheduled work week is less than seven (7) days, in emergencies, when the Business Agent of the Local Union is notified beforehand, Employer may require Journeymen and Helpers to work on the days not part of the regularly scheduled work week without incurring liability for Waiting Time payments on future such days not worked.
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Sources: National Pipeline Agreement, National Pipe Line Agreement, National Pipeline Agreement
WAITING TIME. (A) Consistent with this Article XIII, Employees are entitled to payment for a lost shift in instances where the Employer, at its discretion, determines no work will be performed on a scheduled work day (“Waiting Time”). Journeymen and Helpers shall be paid Waiting Time for any day(s) or regular shift(s) lost during the normal scheduled work week. For any day lost during any one work week, the Waiting Time payment shall be a lump sum which is the equivalent of four (4) hours’ as waiting time pay plus per diem, if applicable, for Journeymen and three (3) hours’ pay plus per diem, if applicable, for Helpers. Such payment shall be at the straight time rate applicable on that particular job. Employees shall not receive any fringe benefit contributions as part of any Waiting Time payment.
(B) The applicable Waiting Time for each State is based on the applicable straight time rate and not on any premium rate. Waiting Time is not payment provided for in Article 7 as follows:
12.1 The equivalent of five (5) hours pay for any hours worked and in no event shall the Waiting Time payment be included in counting the eight or forty hours after which overtime is payable.
(C) If no work is performed on a holiday designated by this Agreement falling on a regularly scheduled work day, Journeymen and Helpers shall be paid Waiting Time. , If an official holiday as designated by this Agreement comes on a Sunday, and the Employer is working a regular six day (or fewer) week, such Journeymen and Helpers will not be paid Waiting Time for that day.
(D) If the regularly scheduled work week is less than seven (7) days, Journeymen and Helpers shall not be paid any Waiting Time for the days lost which are not part of during the regularly scheduled work week.
12.2 If the Employer is working a regularly scheduled six (E6) If day work week, waiting time for the seventh (7th) day shall not be required except as provided for in 12.4 hereof.
12.3 When, on a Journeyman’s Assembly Point continuous line job set up on a regular six (6) day work week, the office or warehouse is moved from one location to anotheranother on the same job, he waiting time for any working day lost because of the move shall be paid as in 12.1 above, and the Employer may, that week, work the seventh (7th) day without affecting the six (6) day work week.
12.4 On a lump sum loop line construction job only, set up on a regularly scheduled six (6) day work week, the equivalent of eight (8) hours at pay for the straight time rate whether seventh (7th) day of any week during which the office or warehouse is moved from one location to another on the same job.
12.5 On a loop line construction job only, the equivalent of eight (8) hours pay for the first working time is actually lost or not. Such hours are not considered compensation for any hours worked and shall not be counted in computing the forty hours after which overtime is payableday, and no fringe benefit contributions shall be required five (5) hours pay for the second and each subsequent working day lost in connection with such moving time paymentany week during which the office or warehouse is moved from one location to another on the same job.
(F) If the Assembly Point for a Helper or Graded Helper is moved, such Helper or Graded Helper shall be paid a lump sum equivalent of four hours at the straight time rate whether any working time is actually lost or not. Such hours are not considered compensation for any hours worked and shall not be counted in computing the forty hours after which overtime is payable, and no fringe benefit contributions shall be required in connection with such moving time payment.
(G) If one or more days of work are lost during the work week and Journeymen/Helpers are paid Waiting Time for such lost days, then Employer may require Journeymen/Helpers to make up such lost days in the future by working on days which are not part of the regularly scheduled work week without incurring any liability for payment of Waiting Time on such days not worked in the future. However, once the Employer declares a make-up day, such day must then be worked or, if no work is provided on such day, then Waiting Time will be paid. The Employer must declare its intent to work no later than 10 a.m. the day prior to the day the Employer plans to work. The Employer shall notify the Employees directly; informing only the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall not constitute sufficient notice.
(H) Even if no days are lost during the regularly scheduled work week, those Journeymen/Helpers 12.6 Those laborers regularly employed in utility, testing, or tie-in crews, gate or valve settings, road crossings or fabrication work fabrication, maintenance and service may work on the days not part seventh (7th) day of the a regularly scheduled six (6) day work week or on holidays without the Employer becoming liable for Waiting Time payments to the other Journeymen/Helpers. Helpers and those Journeymen regularly employed as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ bead Weldersweek, hot-pass Welders, firing line Welders, spacers, or stabbers may be worked in tie-in crews, gate or valve settings, road crossings, or utility or fabrication work on the days not part of the regularly scheduled work week or on holidays, when needed, without the Employer becoming liable for Waiting Time waiting time payments to other Journeymen/Helpers provided each Journeyman/Helper in the classifications needed is given equal opportunity to work, starting with the firing lineemployees who do not work that day.
12.7 If no work is performed on a holiday designated in this Agreement, waiting time shall be paid. However, if such holiday falls on the seventh (I7th) If the day of a regularly scheduled six (6) day work week is less than seven (7) daysweek, in waiting time for that day shall not be required.
12.8 In emergencies, when the Business Agent of notification has been sent to the Local Union is notified beforehandUnion, the Employer may require Journeymen and Helpers to work any employee on the days not part seventh (7th) day of the a regularly scheduled six (6) day work week without incurring liability for Waiting Time waiting time payments on future such seventh (7th) days not worked.
12.9 In the absence of an emergency as provided for in Article 12.8 above, if the Employer is working a regularly scheduled six (6) day work week and works a crew for two
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Sources: Laborers Mainline Pipeline Agreement, Laborers Mainline Pipeline Agreement
WAITING TIME. (A) Consistent with this Article XIII, Employees are entitled to payment for a lost shift in instances where the Employer, at its discretion, determines no work will be performed on a scheduled work day (“Waiting Time”). Journeymen and Helpers shall be paid Waiting Time waiting time for any day(s) or regular shift(s) lost during the normal scheduled work week. For any day lost during any one work week, the Waiting Time waiting time payment shall be a lump sum which is the equivalent of five (5) hours’ pay for Journeymen and four (4) hours’ pay plus per diem, if applicable, for Journeymen and three (3) hours’ pay plus per diem, if applicable, for Helpers. Such payment pay shall be at the straight time rate applicable on that particular job. Employees Helpers shall not receive any fringe benefit contributions as part of on any Waiting Time paymentwait- ing time hours.
(B) The applicable Waiting Time waiting time for each State is based on the applicable straight time rate and not on any premium rate. Waiting Time is not payment for any hours worked and in In no event shall the Waiting Time waiting time payment be included in counting the eight or forty hours after which overtime is payable.
(C) If no work is performed on a holiday designated by this Agreement falling on a regularly scheduled work dayAgreement, Journeymen and Helpers shall be paid Waiting Timewaiting time. However, If if an official holiday as designated by this Agreement comes on a Sunday, and the Employer is working a regular six day (or fewer) week, such Journeymen and Helpers will not be paid Waiting Time waiting time for that day.
(D) If the regularly scheduled work week is less than seven (7) days, Journeymen and Helpers shall not be paid any Waiting Time wait- ing time for the days lost which are not part of the regularly scheduled work week.
(E) If a Journeyman’s 's Assembly Point is moved from one location to another, he shall be paid a lump sum equivalent of eight hours at the straight time rate whether any working time is actually lost or not. Such hours are not considered compensation for any hours worked and shall not be counted in computing the forty hours after which overtime is payable, and no fringe benefit contributions shall be required in connection with for such moving time paymenthours.
(F) If the Assembly Point for a Helper or Graded Helper is moved, such Helper or Graded Helper shall be paid a lump sum equivalent of four hours at the straight time rate whether any working time is actually lost or not. Such hours are not considered compensation for any hours worked and shall not be counted in computing the forty hours after which overtime is payable, and no fringe benefit contributions shall be required in connection with to the Pipeline Industry Benefit, Pension and Advancement Funds for such moving time paymenthours.
(G) If one or more days of work are lost during the work week and Journeymen/Helpers are paid Waiting Time waiting time for such lost days, then Employer may require Journeymen/Helpers to make up such lost days in the future by working on days which are not part of the regularly scheduled work week without incurring any liability for payment of Waiting Time waiting time on such days not worked in the future. However, once the Employer declares a make-up day, such day must then be worked or, if no work is provided on such day, then Waiting Time waiting time will be paid. The Employer must declare its intent to work no later than 10 a.m. the day prior to the day the Employer plans to work. The Employer shall notify the Employees directly; informing only the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall not constitute sufficient notice.
(H) Even if no days are lost during the regularly scheduled sched- uled work week, those Journeymen/Helpers regularly employed in utility, tie-in crews, gate or valve settings, road crossings or fabrication work may work on the days not part of the regularly scheduled work week or on holidays without the Employer becoming liable for Waiting Time waiting time payments to the other Journeymen/Helpers. Helpers and those Journeymen regularly employed as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ bead Welders, hot-pass Welders, firing line Welders, spacers, or stabbers may be worked in tie-in crews, gate or valve settings, road crossings, or utility or fabrication fabri- cation work on the days not part of the regularly scheduled work week or on holidays, when needed, without the Employer becoming liable for Waiting Time waiting time payments to other Journeymen/Helpers provided each Journeyman/Helper in the classifications needed is given equal opportunity to work, starting with the firing line.
(I) If the regularly scheduled work week is less than seven (7) days, in emergencies, when the Business Agent of the Local Union is notified beforehand, Employer may require Journeymen and Helpers to work on the days not part of the regularly regular- ly scheduled work week without incurring liability for Waiting Time payments waiting time pay- ments on future such days not worked.
(J) In the absence of an emergency, if Employer is work- ing a regularly scheduled work week which is less than seven (7) days and works the pipe gang and/or firing line for more than twenty (20) days without a day off, the Employer will incur liability for waiting time payments on all such days that were not part of the regularly sched- uled work week if those days are not worked in the future on said job. A “day off” is a day in which no work is performed.
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Sources: National Pipeline Agreement
WAITING TIME. (A) Consistent with Where, due to causes beyond his/her control, an employee has waiting time because of machine shortage of materials or the like or because of an unacceptably low workshop temperature, and the employee concerned is not transferred to other work for which a different payment has been fixed, the employee shall • in the case of piecework - receive his/her average earnings from both piecework and time-rate work in the preceding quarter, and • in the case of time-rate work - continue to receive his/her usual time rate. However, any existing arrangements shall not be impaired by this Article XIIIprovision. Attendance in vain Where an employee attends for work and through no fault of his/her own is sent home without having been set to work, Employees are he/she shall receive, as payment for attending for work in vain, the normal payment for four hours' time-rate work. If he/she is sent home due to other employees' stoppage of work, the enterprise shall be exempted from any obligation to pay. However, employees who have been asked by the enterprise to attend for work during a strike and who can prove that they attended for work without being set to work shall be entitled to payment under the first paragraph. Weather Employees may be sent home without pay if the weather conditions for outdoor work make it impossible to perform the work. Employees who have been sent home shall resume work once the unfavourable weather conditions are no longer present. Unless otherwise agreed locally, the pay period shall be two weeks and shall normally be reckoned from the beginning of a lost shift in instances where the Employer, at its discretion, determines no work will be performed on a scheduled work day (“Waiting Time”)calendar week. Journeymen and Helpers Wages shall be paid Waiting Time on the first succeeding Thursday after the end of the pay period. If, for any day(s) or regular shift(s) lost administrative reasons, it is found to be more expedient to prolong the period between the end of the pay period and the pay day, an agreement concerning payment of wages on Fridays may be made locally. Where the wages are paid in cash, such payment shall take place during working hours. In enterprises where the normal scheduled work week. For any day lost during any one work weekmajority of the employees are covered by another collective agreement than the present one, the Waiting Time payment shall be a lump sum which is the equivalent of four (4) hours’ pay plus per diem, if applicable, for Journeymen and three (3) hours’ pay plus per diem, if applicable, for Helpers. Such payment shall be at the straight time rate applicable on that particular job. Employees shall not receive any fringe benefit contributions as part of any Waiting Time payment.
(B) The applicable Waiting Time for each State is based on the applicable straight time rate and not on any premium rate. Waiting Time is not payment for any hours worked and in no event shall the Waiting Time payment be included in counting the eight or forty hours after which overtime is payable.
(C) If no work is performed on a holiday designated employees covered by this Agreement falling shall follow the pay period and payment of wages rules which apply to the majority of the employees. Where the pay day falls on a regularly scheduled work dayweekday holiday, Journeymen and Helpers the wages shall be paid Waiting Timetwo days before such holiday. However, If the enterprises shall be entitled to pay the wages by payment of an official advance two days before the weekday holiday as designated by this Agreement comes on a Sunday, and the Employer is working a regular six day (or fewer) week, such Journeymen and Helpers will not be paid Waiting Time for that day.
(D) If the regularly scheduled work week is less than seven (7) days, Journeymen and Helpers shall not be paid any Waiting Time for the days lost which are not part payment of the regularly scheduled work week.
(E) If a Journeyman’s Assembly Point is moved from one location balance on the next normal pay day. Employees who have resigned shall be entitled to another, he have their wages sent to them for payment on the first normal pay day after their resignation. At the option of the enterprise the wages shall be paid in cash or be deposited in a lump sum equivalent of eight hours at the straight time rate whether any working time is actually lost or not. Such hours are not considered compensation for any hours worked and shall not be counted in computing the forty hours after which overtime is payablebank, and no fringe benefit contributions shall be required in connection with such moving time payment.
(F) If the Assembly Point for including a Helper or Graded Helper is moved, such Helper or Graded Helper shall be paid a lump sum equivalent of four hours at the straight time rate whether any working time is actually lost or not. Such hours are not considered compensation for any hours worked and shall not be counted in computing the forty hours after which overtime is payable, and no fringe benefit contributions shall be required in connection with such moving time payment.
(G) If one or more days of work are lost during the work week and Journeymen/Helpers are paid Waiting Time for such lost days, then Employer may require Journeymen/Helpers to make up such lost days in the future by working on days which are not part of the regularly scheduled work week without incurring any liability for payment of Waiting Time on such days not worked in the futurepostal giro account. However, once the Employer declares a make-it shall be up day, such day must then be worked or, if no work is provided on such day, then Waiting Time will be paid. The Employer must declare its intent to work no later than 10 a.m. the day prior to the day individual employee to decide the Employer plans to workbank and type of account. The Employer An itemised pay statement shall notify the Employees directly; informing only the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall not constitute sufficient notice.
(H) Even if no days are lost during the regularly scheduled work week, those Journeymen/Helpers regularly employed in utility, tie-in crews, gate or valve settings, road crossings or fabrication work may work on the days not part of the regularly scheduled work week or on holidays without the Employer becoming liable for Waiting Time payments be handed out to the other Journeymen/Helpers. Helpers and those Journeymen regularly employed as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ bead Weldersemployee, hot-pass Welders, firing line Welders, spacers, or stabbers may be worked in tie-in crews, gate or valve settings, road crossings, or utility or fabrication work on the days not part of the regularly scheduled work week or on holidays, when needed, without the Employer becoming liable for Waiting Time payments to other Journeymen/Helpers provided each Journeyman/Helper in the classifications needed is given equal opportunity to work, starting with the firing linepossibly electronically*.
(I) If the regularly scheduled work week is less than seven (7) days, in emergencies, when the Business Agent of the Local Union is notified beforehand, Employer may require Journeymen and Helpers to work on the days not part of the regularly scheduled work week without incurring liability for Waiting Time payments on future such days not worked.
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Sources: Industrial Agreement